claim is:- 1. A press com-o risirig javzs having pressirg surfacu-s, an Lipr'ght swil-1. t'ole gE port hpvi-ng C)ne end thereo'L@ a@ici..Io-rcl t,,-@ '.h@--, ipper ia the other end beirip: plvjtuily ported on a fuleru.-,il poinb un.@le,,nepth 'lie vvhen closed, the ful@crum poillt bei-ng confentric Nvith the are-uiate pnssiiig -@urfa@-e-l@, said swingable stipport affordii,.g coiicen4ric m6nt of the uppar j-ow @gbout the fillcl!uri-. pc,.i:@,@ ard -uiding it in ai-icl ou-t of overl-appin,- -ravel in re'!--tloli to the lowcr jpw to fu'tly.e.-,@pose ',,-Ii.e latter, operating 'rieans cooperatiiag ,,Tith the sv,7i-ngable supoo,.-t 'or oetuatiz.,g the u-oper J;.-@w to produce a,-,-id rel@-a-@e jaw co.,P-.pressioii, -meads affo.-diiig- slight jaw separating clearaiiee rovei.-,en t, and m-,a-,is causing the upper j -aw to throw itself of.@ the lower ja,-w ),t the end o--f -LIhe ,:eleasiiig operatioii. 2. A press c6mprising jaws, an upright swingable support having i'bs upper end arched around the lower jaw and anchored to the upper jaw, r65

4 tl@x oth6r end thereof being pivotall.y supported on a pivot disposed- underneath the jaws, when closed, said swingable support affording relative lateral travel of the upper jaw in relation to the lower javv to fully expose the latter, a lever carryi_ng the pivot@and connected with the swingable support, mecins cooperating with the lever to oc", o-.i the sv,,ingable slipport to produce and i,elease jaw compression, spring means for autoir) @-natically throwing the jaws out of overlapping relatio7.1, and i-reans whereby up and down adjustment of the pivot is eflected to regulate compression between the jaws. 3. A press comprising pressiiig members hav15 in,u arcu,,ite pressi,,i.- surfaces, a swingable supporb havilng one end anchored to one of the pressin.- members -,D-d its other enci pivotally slipported on a fulcrum point beneath the pressin- members when clos-,d and at a point concen2,) trio Nvith the arcuate pressing surfaces, said s-@7,7ingable support affording relative lateral movemeiil, of olie pressing member about the 1).Din-'U- -'It 'In rel.atio-,i to the ot@i--r Pr-,-Ssi-ng m.--mber, a lever connec+.ed with the sw-ln,-;,,.iy'!_e support, o,..3crotinp; rfcans '@-o f!,c-,tuate the lever to compress and separate the pressing members, -- @iean-s for th--ov-ii-.-ag the pressing memb,-rs out of overlapping relation after separation, -@,nd q@d 4 ustment means cooperating with j the lev,-r 'o alter -its iiormal position to vary the compression between the pressing mei--Qbers. 4. A p,-ess coi-nprising a frame, a buck supported on the fr@@me, .t head, a swiiig and pu',l '@ink stq-ndii'ig vertically and p-ivotally siipported in the frame at a -ooint below the buck and having ;I-ts upper end anchored to the head and setting up an overbalanced condition due to the weight of the head and the position o-' the i-)i ot -v poiiit, sai.d link adapted to swing the head back and for'@h across the buck for access to and visibility of the -oork, meails cooperating with the lov.ier eD-d of the link to produce and release co,moression betwe--n the head and buck, a-ild a spring cushioii arraii.,ed to store up spring compression when the head moves forviard across the buck aiid ae'@ing to autoriiatically throw back the head at the er@d of th.- compression release. 5. A press comprising a ij:aine, press jaws inc,,,-..dilig P,, o,-.-i tb.e frin,,ie ai-id a head, a s@,ving anrl pull link standing vertically and pivotally suppoi@ted in the frame on a compound-motio--q pivot under the buck, the udpe-r end of the lever beiiig curved around the rear ed.-e of 'uhe iavrs and anchored to the head setting up a slibstantially unbalanced condi'L-lion of the head due to the weight thereof and due to the position of the co-mpound-motion pivot, said link adapted to swing the head back a-i-.id fcrt-'(i t.-ie 1)1-ick fo-@ access to and visibility o-f the work, ope,,,ating means actin.,f7,1 "()-, lgi':i the ai-@iot on the Ili-nk to ex-l-t fo--cas thereon to produce and release compression, and iiieans to automatically throw the head back away froln the buck when release of comdression takes place. 6. A press comprising a frame, a buck suDPo-c'-Uecl o-.-i. the a he@,-d, el sl,,;ing and pull link standing vertically ond I)ivotally supported in the frariae aiid having its upper end aiieiored to the head setting up ,in unbalanced condition of the head whe-.1- the press is in closed position due to the weight thereof, said link adepted to svtiig ti@.-e !@lead ba,--k ,.iid fort,@i ac3:oss '@he buck for access to and visibility of the work, a lever coni'lected with the link to exert vertical. forces thereon to produce and release compression, operating means to work the lever, and an adjustable pivotal i-neans carried on the frame and supporting the lever to adjust the latter up and down to vary the clearance between the 80 head and buck. 7. A press @ comprising a frame supporting a buck, a head having a compound motion relatively to the buck, said head adapted to rise and fall vertically to secure slight clearance and produce compression in relation tb the buck, said 85 head being adapted to throw itself back along a curvilinear path from the buck, an upright suppott ii--qk anchored to the head and extending dovrnwardly underneath the buck and adapted to 90 pull the head down onto the buck for compression and guide it in backward travel to give access to and extended visibility of the buck, operating means for executing the rise and fall vertical motion, k@aid support link com-Drisinsub- 95 stantially parallel parts extending from the head down into the fraine, a lever i-,lcluding substantially parallel parts to which the links are pivotally connected, can adjustment means supporting one end 6f the lever in the frame, and said 100 lever having it@ other end connected with the operating means. 8. A press comprisiyig press jaws one of which is stationary aiid the other movable, a swinging support attached at its upper eiid to one jaw to 105 open the-press, operatin.- means connected with the support to -DrodLice pressure between the Jaws, two sprin.-s which undergo compression as the pre,-,s c',o,-,es, one of which expalids against the operating nleaii.@ to lift the movable jaw off the 110 stationary 'Jaw, and the other spring expands a.-ain.-,t tlie swingin.- support to throw the movab.Le jaw back to the rear of the stationary jaw. 9. A press comprisii-ig coacting press jaws consisting of a head and a buck, a frame on which 115 the buck is mounted, a substantially upright swing link at the rear of the press with its upper end curved around the buck over to and anchored on th-, head and havirl-g its lower end extended down into the frame under the buck, a lever on 120 which the lower end of the swing link is pivotally supported, a movably-adjustable pivot means carried on the frame and on which one portion of the lever is supported a-nd which leaves the 6ther lever portion free for operative movement 125 to raise and 16wer the upright swing link and produce and release jalv compression, means to set the novably-adjustal)le pivot to vary the normal position of the lever to regulate the degree of jaw compression, and means to operate 130 the lever. 10. A press comprising coacting press jaws consisting of a head and buck, a frame on which the bu,.ck is moutited, an upright swing link. at the rear of the press and curved forward and an135 chored to the head and extended down into the frarqe under the buck, a lever on which the lower end of the swing link is pivotally supported, an adjustable cam pivot means carried by the frame and on which one end of the lever is sup- 140 pofted, and operating means including a cam ergaging tl-ie other end of the lever to actuate i'Ll to produce and release jaw compression. 11. In a press the combi-nation of a frame, a press buck thereon, a press head, an upright 145 swingable supporl., on the upper end of which the head is mounted, said swingable support haviiig a forwardly, extending portion to which the head is attached and likewise having a rear and downwardly extending portion which reaches 150

1,9225052 arotuad the rear edge of the head and buck and the lower end of which terniinates at a point vertically under the buck, means cooperating with said last named portion for movably supporting and guiding the swi-ngable support to carry the pressing h-,ad toward and from the buck, said means inci@,ides a horizontal pivot which has an up and down motion in relation to the fraine ayid on which the total weight of the pressing head 10 and the swirgable support is sustained, a-Tid operating means for drawing dowiivi@-.rdly the hori-zontal pivot and the swingable slipporb to effect compression between the head aiid buck. 12. A press c6mp-risinp,@ n, fi-@.-,d @Lrairie; a 15 buck thereoia; a pressing head: an sviingable frame including two spaced porti-ons anchored to the head and extending forwardly across a-Lid beyond the head, a handle carried between the spaced portions beyond the head, 20 said tipright swingable frame likewise having a rear, curved, and downwardly ex-Llending portion v,7hich reaches around the head and buck a,.id having its lower end terminating directly under the buck; spaced pivots directly beneath the 25. buck oii -which the lower end of the upright swingable frame is pivoted and on which the full load of the pressing head and frame is sustained for guiding said frame to carry the pressing head toward and from the buck; and operating means conp-ected with the spaced horizontal pi,Vots on which the load of the head and frame is sustained for actuating the pivots in an UP a,,ld down direction to produce and release compression between the head and buck. 13. in a press the combination of a fixed frame; a pressin- buck thereon; a pressing head- an t7turight supportin.- fra,-ne on the upper e@d of vn,nich the head is mounted, sai-d upright supporbing fi:-Arne having a bodily movement vertica,lly and la,,terally with reference to the fixed fi,ame which lateral movement carries the head tow,t.,,d and from the buck while in spaced relation th--reto; horizontally disposed and spaced pivots on which the 1-ower end of the upright su-o-oorting frar-,-ie is pivotally mounted and on which the load of the pressing head and the loa d of the iipright frame is sustained, spring means o,ctiiag on the spaced pivo'us to elevate the upTight f@-aine @tnd head and to throw the same rearv,,,,,,.,dly clear of the buck; means for pulliiig the uT,)-.---i,-;ht f@-a-me forwardly to align the head and '@@-uck, and operating means to draw downwardly on the spaced pivots carrying the load of the head to co,.np.--ess the lat'@-er against the buck. A -n a press the co-m- bination of a fixed frame; a -ii,,-,essing blick thereon; a pressing head; an tipri.-lit movable supporting frame including an upper horizonual portion to which the head is i,t.),ched and includ;ng a rear,,vqrdly c7Lirved portion reachin.- around the head and buck and a do-,vnv,,arCily extendin.- portion havi-ng a lower end termin,,ttiri..@ under the buck, said movable frame havir-g a bodily movernentvertically and laterr, ally with reference to the fixed frame which lateral moverient carries the head toviard and from the buck -,vhile in spaced rel-ation thereto; spaced horizontal pivots irovable up and down in rela'Llion to the T--ixed frame vertically under the buck P,,nd upo-n Nvlli,-h the i-qovable frame and pressing head is carried; lever means pivoted in the fixed fran-ie and to ivhich the spaced horizontal pivo'us are ooeratively connected; the aforesaid 2:earwg,rdly curved portion of the movable frarae 75 is located off-center of the pivots and consequei-iluiy introduces an unbalanced condi-tion tending to throw the head back away from the buck by gravity actioii; spring means lifting the !ever rfieans and the spaced horizontal pivots to elevate th-2 head and to aid the g.-avity action to throw 80 the head rearwardly clear of the buck; means for inovii@g the he,.id --rol-,wardly to aligii the head and biick, aiid operating rneans to wo-rk the lever nieaiis to draw the movable frame aild head downkf;ai@dly to produe-3 head and buck compression. 85 15. A press comp@-ising a frame, a buck mounted the.-eon, and a press head; a swingable up-,ight spaced portions haviiig upper parhorizortal e,.ids onchored to the head to irove t,)e 1--ail,@er avvay fa'oin buck, horizontal 90 ,@pacc -d p;-Ivots disdosed vertically under the buck and - movabi.0- i:tp @,r-)d down in relation to the ffar@ie, the spa(-z-,d upri-ght portions being curved D,,@'o u,. d hea,d and buck -at the rear of the latter and exlending down into the frame where 95 their jol,@7er extreii@ities are fulcriimed on the spaced pivots aiid hence applying the weight of the upright and the head on the pivots, lever means pivotally corried on the frame and operatiVely cot-inected with the spaced pivots to move 100 th-, latter dov@;n to lower the head onto the buck, and opcra'u,il'lg means 'co actuate the lever means. 16. A press comprisliig a frame, a buck fixed thcr@, oii, a press he,.td to coact ivith the buck; a re-eiriber pivoted in the frame under the buck, 105 pivot means correlated therewith and disposed vertical ly under the buck and the member, the pivot mea-Lis being iiiovable up and down in relation, to th,-@ Lraine,. an upright the lower end of @,71iie h is fu-lcfu3aied atid supported on the pivot 110 r,,ieails and tb.e upper end o-.' @,vhich curves around the rear of the head a,,id buck and being anchored to the head aD-d hence applying the weight of the upright and head on the meinber and the pivot mears, a-qd operating means cooperating 115 with the member to draw downwardly on the pivot means to compress the head against the bucl@:. 17. A garment or ironinv press compri-sing a frame, a buck supported on the frame, a head, a 1/110 swing and pull lirk staiadir@g vertically and pivotall y supported at a poin'Ll below the buck, the upper end of the siving aiid pull link being anchor ed to the head and adapted to swing the 125 head back and forth across the buck, and means cooper ating ivi'6h the lo@ver end of th@- link to produce and release compression betweei-i the head aiid buck, said cooperating means i-ncluding a pair of spaced and rigidly connected parts ope@a- 1900 tively connected iiith atid supportit-ig the link to insure more a urate aligpment of the head and cc buck when they come together. 18. A garment or iroii-Lng press comprising a frame, a buck supported on the frame, a head, a swing and pull link standing vertically and 135 pivotall y supported at a po-int below the buck, the upper end of the swing and plill link being anchor ed to '.-he head and adapted to swing the head bak and forth across the buck, and means cooper ating with the lower end of the link to 140 produc e and release compression between the head and buck, said cooperating means including a pair of spaced parts rigidly connected together at one end, the spaced parts being operatively 145 connec ted w-ith the link at spaced points thereupon to insure more accurate alignment of the head and buck when they come together. 19. A press compri ' right swing-@ sing jaws, an up able support having its upper end arched around the lower jaw and anchored to the upper jaw, the 150

6 l@:922,052 other end thereof being pivotally supported on p, pivot disposed under.-Lieath the jaws @vheii closed, said swin.-able support affording relati-@7e lotern@l travel of the upper ja-@v in relation to the lower jaw to fully expose the latter, a lever carryin.- 'he pivot connected v,,,ith the, swi-,igable sjpport and movable do@vnwa,.,dly to pu.1 the swir@gable s,,ipport downwordly to prod@,ice @@nd release j,,ilv compression, and means at one end of the lever for a,,Ijusting the position of the pivot and thereby re.@ulating the coripression be'uiveeii 'Llhe jav,,s. 20. A, garment -or ironin.- press comprisit-ig a frame, a buck supported on the frame, a head, a swing and-pull link standing vertically and supIj ported on a pivot at a point below the buck, the -20 2a 30 30 -115 50, 55 66 65 TO appor end of the @swing and pull Iiiik being anc@-iored to the head and :@dapted to swing,the head I)ack and forth across the buck, a lever carrying the pivot connected with the s@ving,and pull link and movable downwardly to pull @the @80 link downwardly to produce and release compression between the head and buck, said lever including a pair of spaced and rigidly connected parts operatively connected @vith and supporting the link to insure more acclirate alig,@iment. of -85 'Lliie he-ad and buck when'they come together, and means at one end of the lever for adjusting the position of the pivot and thereby regulating the compression between the head and buck. JAMES C. LEDBETTER. 90 100 105 115 120 126 136 i35 i4O 146 150

Patented Aug. 15, 1933 19922@052 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,922,052 GARP4ENT PRESS Jaines C. Le,,@,better, N. '17., assignor, by r@'lesne ass to The Prosper',ty Com,nany, Syraciise, N.-Y., a corporation of New Yc;rk Appli,@ation Apr5l 26, 1921. Serial No. 709,147 2,0 01,11T.-.is. This invention relates to p,-esses and particularly to garrreiib presses aiid iroriii.- machiiiery. A main object of the inventioii is to prnduce a press capable of being closed by hatid follo,7@ed by application o-f high pressure and ,vhicii does not have the usual wide open-ing 4aws or high lifting head wi-th consequen' . dange-r to the hands of the operator, but at the stm,- time rny improvement provides -@ea,,er visibility of -oressiiar@ surface upon which the Nvork is spre,,td th,,@n roodern pressing machines now in use, and i-s @-o constri,icted that, in opc-.ain.- up, the pressii-ig members or iaws do not uiadergo the usual angu1--ar jaw action but slip apart lateraily and 4:o16 gether olit of and L-ito overla,.oling posi@@-lon out at aiiy time perr@littin,- the operator to get hi-s fingers in betvT,,e-.-i the pressing merrbers because in fact my pressing rieinbers p-.rt o-.@ ouen into exposed positi-on to permit the rem.@val anc','- 20 repiaceme-Tit of the wo-,k upoii a fully visible I)u,,@k prefera'@-)Iy viithout allowin,- any Trore than st,,intially a fraction of an inch clearan-le between the head and bu-,k, a--id so an o-oc@"ato--ca,Tinot possibly -et his fingers in between such 25 swall jaiit clearance as this. Fui,thermo,.-e, an object is to simpli-fy the constru-.t-iol-.,, of pressina machines and I acco--@np.Lish this ii or.Le w,.ty by e'iiminat-il'lg sue.L-. frequently us(-,d parts a@@ the toggle, counterbal@a@ice w-lig',It, 30 aid press !-ever yoke. i\,Iy ii@-proved pressi@ng chip-e possesses a press head which itself is the counterbalance weight because i eiaiploy the principle of an inverted peidulu-ni aiid so pivotally mount the press head in the frame 1-lhat it stai?,d-, -5 iii po4sed overbalaiieed posi-tion acted on by @rq-v@ity and ever ready to th,@.,ow itself bodily off the bup-k when the cow..-oressioT-i i-s released. By elirf.- inatin.- the uarts named the press l@?ss w-aterial and is lighter in weight and smaller in 40 size. By rneai-is of a compouiid motion of o-ae or both pressiiig merilbers rriounted on a compolnd-motion pivot whereby they unde-@-go slighf vertic2@l sepai-ating clearance rpovement automatielly fol45 low--d by a rapid rectilinear or Igteral travel, the press is caused to open wide for accees to and visibility of the work on the buci,,, and yet at the same tiiyie the pressing meinb@-rs are not permi-tted to onen up by seoarat-lon and tlierefore the op50 ei,,,itor cannbt possibly get hi-s fingers pire'aed iii the prcss; and there@Loi,e iny pressitig i-@iachine i-s safe; i.ts pressing buck is not partly covered by ar, angulal-ly poised press head standing iii the oderator's way above the buck as iii t-he A-.idree 55 Patent 1,379,601; and I find no need of e..apicy(Cl. 68-9) ing coinplicated "main or stipplemeiitary controllinr.-ieans" w-th an effort to make a press s,-,fe as ii-, the Benjamiii & Carroll Pateiit 1,489,227 because my press is inherei-itly safe. The characteristic compouiid r@iotion (latera;i and vertical) for the press head is atta-ned by a co-n-ipoundmotion pivot carr-led in the fraine, the pi.vot being capable of a rotary -@nd up ap-d down ,iiotion; and the pivot is p-laced scbstentially in a vertical plan,- passing th-,-,ough the press blick. 65 The accompa.-iying drav,7ing ilustrates one practical. f orin of the construction, and it, i-S unders4loo@l how cha-7i.-es both as to structure and mode of ma . y be made witl-iout departing from the pr@,ncii3le of the invet-ition. 70 !Pi @yul,c 1 is @- side vie-.,v of the machine; and liligLIre 2 is a fro-(it vi,-v,7 therebf with the exception that a part of Figure 2 is developed on the 2--2 of Figure I to remove the motor to expose rdore essential parl@-S in @the froht view. 75 F,' @gure 3 shows a sectio-,ial vie@v on the line 3-3 of Figur-, I i-liu@,trating ar- adilistable lever formi-la part ol the motor power rneans operatii@g to br,@'ii g the pressing members tbgether and separatin-, them by imparting @vert-',cal niotion to one 80 or both of the pressin.- -nembers. Ref err-iil," no-,li @,.iore paz@uicularly to the drawino.- L'or a det,,),iled description of the iiivention, there is shovm- a m. -achine frarne 10 upon w'@,iieh one of the pressi.ng jaixr members, as the buck 11, 8,5 iray).)e rigidly supported. i A press head 12 coacts with the bucic 11 to produce jaw compression th,-rebetween o,.a the work; and the head 12 13ossesses a compound. or double motion in that th-. said head 12 firs@ ri es through a very short go u s dista-ice, as for ejample, about ore-eighth of an inch,of-,L the N@Tork, ap-d thereafter tlle said head throws itself backwardly off of the buck 11 to t,-Tie dotted line position shovin ;@n Figure I whereby the buck 11 is uncovered to fully expose the 9,5 surfgce of the bucir- @uo give access to the worl@: the,,-,eor, as v7e!l ,),s ext,@,nded visib,ility. By noting the dotl@-ed line posi.tion 12 of the head, it will be apprec-lated how, in my present machine imrrovements, the head is not left in an angular loo posi-tioyi above the buck in the way of the operatoi: as preseiit-day so-called modern type large s,,irface wide opening pressing mochines, but the licad is re-moved eiitirely from the region of the buck; and it will be u-@iderstood later on just how 105 this irrproved -,'eature contributes to safety as ,,7e!l as to visibility of the v,7ork. The pressing members 11 -)nd 12 are heated electrically or by steam or any ol@ the kriown approved me.ans. An upri.-ht pull Iiilk 14 is anchored to the top ]@ip

2@ 1,922,052 of the head 12 and curves rearwardly around the back board 15 of the pressing machine table 16 and rearwardly of the bucl,, 11 extends downwardly throu.-h the frame underneath the buck 11. T-Iiis s-vvin-able-uDright head-catrying frame link 14 may in fact be constructed by employiiig two of the links mounted in spaced parallel relation, as shown in Figure 2, in order that the head 12 be attached to the swing element 14 at two 10 separated poiiits so as to provide a well balanced and gli-ided movement as to the operation of the head. The upper e-,ld of each spaced swing link 14 is anchored, as at 17, to the head 12 and thus it will be noted how the head is held in slidable 1,5 alignment so as to slip back and for'uh in very close relation to the buck 11 without disarranging the work on the buck ' The lower end of the upright swing Iiilks 14 cooperate w-ith or are pivotally connected to@ a co20 operating means or power lever 19 made, in one form, with pa-i:allel spaced and rigidly connected parts in the nature o@@' @l bifurcated lever as@shown in Figure 3, and a p;in 20 pivotally joins the lower end of the upright swing l,.nk 14 with the said 25 lever 19. The head 12 is therefore pivotally suDported to swiiig about the point 20, and in the present disclosure of my inveii'Lion, i have showii the pressing metnbers 11 and 12 as having coacting arcuate pressing surfaces 13 which may 30 be made eacb. conce--,Itric with the axis of the co,-npound-motion pivot 20 4uhereby permitting the head !2 to slip easily and naturally into overlapping position with the buck 11. However, the curvatiire 13 of the meetiiig p.,cess surfaces is 35 itnmaterial a-,id the -,oressi-pg or ironing faces of the two members LI a-nd 12 may be flat or curved 'uo any degree desired, Th-- lever 19 in having spaced and rigidly conrected parl@s, insures a more accurate aligiipient of the head aid buck when 40, they con,,e togetl-ie-,@-- for pressing engagement. u ' the power bil'urcated lever 19 The fron' end o.L is adju8tably si-lpported on the fra@-.ie 10 for thb purpose of adjusti3ig the cor.- @pound fulcrum point 20 up and.down throu,@h a short distance to 45 increase or decrease the clearance sdace b--tween @he pressi-,ig mei-@ibers. To tliiis end a shaft 22 is journaled to rotate on each eild thereof in the fra-(ne 10 as at 23. The sliaft 22 carries integral oT fixed cams 24 ro'uatcbj'.y mou-.q'-b.-d in the 50 front ends of the. lever 19, and the arrar..@eme-@it is such that when an adjustment crank 25, w ch is integral wi-th the shafl@- 22, ;@s swun,a ,ibout its center, the said cams 21 are rotated to depress or ele-vate this end of the lev@Ir 19 which corre55 spoiadi,,igly moves the fulcrum pin 20 tl-iereby raising or IoNvering the press head 12 in relotion to the buck 11 so as to adjus@@ or regulate the clearance betweer@ the pressing su,2faces. A handle 26 is made oT-i the crank 25 and the handle 60 is-provided with I a 16ek pin 27 wl-i-ich goes in and out a perforated lock plate 28 en-rried on the frame 10 ' The lock pl-,Lte 28 is provided with a plurality of lo@,k adjustment holes 29 in whi@-h the pin 27 engages by shovin.- inwardly on the 65 handle 26. The handle 26 with its lock pin 27 and plate 28 permits an operator to quickly alter the position of the cams 24 in order that more or less clearance be had between the pressi-ng memb.Irs 70 11 and 12. Tt is seldom necessary to alter the adjustmenlu in ironing machines inasmuch as they are usually devoted to the pressiii.- of wash goods whibh do nbt vary greatly i-ii thickness, and therefore af@@er th@- povjer lever 19 is on,.e properly 75 adjusted to provide about oiie-eighth of an inch clearance between the pressilig members, it follo,,vs that the machine will be used to a large extent without changing the pressing surface clearance space. The rear end 30 of this adjustable power press lever 19 cooperates with 80 motor power riieans for imposin- high jaw. compression between the head and buck as will be seen. A spri-ng 31 has. one end thereof supported on the frame with the upper end placed uilderneath the free end of 'uhe lever 19 thereby exert- 35 ing a continual upward thrust on the swing link 14 to hold the press head 12 in upwardly lim-ited position away fi:om and slightly clearin.- the pressing surface of the buck 11. l@Iowever, the spring 31 readily go-,s down under the ap,,olica- 0,0 ti-on of final py.-ssure by the motor means, yet always returns the lever 19 to its normally upivard position at the end of the corf-,i)ression and r8lease stroke of the head. Any suitable motor power means is applied gri to the outer free end of the -cower lever 19 for moving it downwardly under great force through a short distance; and in the. present instance I have shoivn an electrical motor and gear train employed 'Lo actuate the power lever 19, but it is 100 understood that this particular motor means is Mployed only for illustrating my invention@ A cam 33 is carried on, a shaft 34 which is motor driven, and the cam-33 bears up and down on the i-,ar end 30 of the power lever; and when the i Ci5 cam is do-wn, the spring 31 compresses, but@when the cam. 33 goes up the spring 31 expands to lift he press head 12 and hold the lever 19 in contact ,vitil the rbtating cam. A worm wheel 35 is a.,ichbred to the power shaft 34 and is driven by 110 2. woi7i2i pinion@ 36 connected directly to a motor 37, aiid a fly vjheel. 38 is usually carried on the rdotor shaft 40 to impart momentum and produce '-@, st--ady continuous drive with an even flow of -oower to the cam 33. The gear transmission 35 115 and 36 and other parts related therewith are carried in a housing 41. The requiremet-its of garment pressing aild laundry ironing machines are such that the pressin.- period varies. It is desirable therefore that 120 me,-ns be provided for stopping and starting the -am 33 in order that the heed 12 be compressed Liporr the buck for a period depending iipon the will of the operator ' In some cases a stop and. ,tart --'n-@tOr 37 is employed whereby the motor 125 is sv,7itched on to, rtin until the carn 33 rotates 131-1 degrees to produce- final pressure or relieve it, a@nd 'hereafter the motor is usually cut off automatically thereby leaving the pressing members under high pressure. But in the present 130 disclosure, I have illustrated a continuously running motbr 37 with an automatic clutch and re"-easing mechanism o-f any approved design whereby the cam 33 is turned one-half revolution and th.-n automatically comes to a stop. For example, 135 a clutch disc 42 is mounted to reciprocate back and forth on the shaft 34 to engage and disengage the continuously running worm gear 35. Inasmuch as the gear 35 is journaled ireely on the shaft 34, the said cam 33 is not rotated until @IC the clutch 42 is thrust toward the worm wheel 35 to engage the driving pins 43 with the worm wheel 35. A clutch lever 44 is pivoted at 45 in the housin., 41, and when the clutch 44 is swung to the righ'Ll, observing Figure 2, the clutch functions to st,-,rt the shaft 34 and after the cam 33 is driven oi-ie-half revolution the clutch automatically releases perrnitting the cam to stop under high com@ pression as shown in Figure 1. The operator's '150

1,922,052 3 haiadle 46 is pivotally carried on @the frame of the 7Dressing Piachine and is fitted with a weighted bob 47 carry-Ina a dog 48 pivoted on the inside t'.,lereof. Thedog43engagesandpicksuptheupper end of the lever 4,@- whe-@i the handle @t6 is de-ores@,ed thereby e--(i.- F@ging the clutch to dri-Ve the carl 33 througli o,.ie-half revolution. After the oilerator releases the 1,@andle 46, the bob 47 ,2etur,,as to iiormal positi.on by virtlie of the dog 48 10 sli-ding by the iipper elid of the lever 44. Any ;@,,a;@ta,ble pe-,7ier clutch --,neans, or stop and start .motor, may be emrloyed to rotate the cam 33. I The link 14 may be pro-,7--lded with a cross @oie bar @9 -@7,Ti-th a buinper sprin.- 50 anchored to 1.5 the -rear thereof and a comoressing automatic bi,.,,,o@v-off spr-l.np@ 52 Lnehored to bhe frop-t side o-f the bar 49. The s-ori--,ag 50 acts to seat back agq-inc@t a stop 53 whe--,,i the -oress is opened to pr-vent r-,oise -iiid ja@.-ring o-f the machine. The 20 coiiqpressioii 52 noves forwardly agairist a buffer 54 -,nchored on the front of the frame 11 ,,). Tie sp-,-iiig 52 -is relativel@y short and hi.-hly co.iii-cressible so that it only resists lightly the c'lo,,zing motion of the head. As the operator 25 draws the head 12 forwardly, the spri-ng 52 finnlly n,ieets the face o-f the bui-ier 54 and as the head 12 is l@ulled further forward the sprit-ig 52 becor,,,es coiiipressed. just as soon as the operator dt-presses the power --pplyinp,, handle 46, ,the r i n - Q_ 52 beco@rI7,e:,3 @lyieficetii7e to open the press be caiise the press s tightly closed. When, howcirer, the oderator again thrusts the handle 46 dov,7nw,@l,,diy causing the cam 33 to travel to its uppe-,-.Ilaost -Dosition, the spring 52 instantly ex,,5 " -i ds to ai7,tor@latically throv-7 the head 12 back it i.s cau,-ht iL,-i restiiig position by the s,orii,ig s@@op 5@,'. it is seen, therefore, how I have orni@)loyed throw-oft or openin.- means to ihro-.,@7 '@he head 12 back to expose 'the buck 11 4(@ @,,,id b,-,cad -,,,i-si-bility. Tt is to be noted that the fulcrum -ooint 20 is preferably "@n vertical aligiament, or approximately so, wi-th the mean center of the pressing members, aiid thqt the swing link 14 is pivoted s7Libstanti-fl!ly in a v,-rtical position with the v,7eight of the head 12 poised above all the other part@, o-c the pressing machine, vvhi@-h cor@stitutes a st@@uctui:e iiot uiilll@,e an inverted pendullim having its ce-,il,er of gravity high above the pivotal po-int, the--reby produci,.ig a Dress hen-d -,,i7hich is s-@,,7ing,).bly qustqired on a pivot disposed unde,.L'he bu,-k 11 a,.)-d the head easily moves back aiid orth ov.-r the bue,- and no counter balaT-ici3.1-g --eaqs is real-ly iieedecl to balan@ -e the head. The 7 'he pivot 20, whether it is towaid the posi@ bil.n of u - ii.,--nt or rear of the press, deter,-.uiiies the balanciiig cha3:acteristi-cs of the head ,,,i-id the uD@@,@ht II,,!, or head supportin.- frame 1,1. Ho@i,,ever, the curved pos-L of the sv@ing link passil?g ba@-k of the tq-b'ie throws the center. of gravity slightly off-center and so the head may 't.,e re@terred to 9,s slightly over-balarced be-@w@ise i may prefer it this way so as to obtain , quick o,oen-ing movemer-t. Because the swing link 14 cirves around to the rear of the press jailis to clear the tpble --nd the other parts, as aforesaid, it folilows that T have placed the center of gravity sl@ightly to the rear of the head 12 thereby settit-ig Tip a co,,itiruously exerted backiliard pull on the head of the p.-ess. This over-balai-.cing -fa-eto-,, ca,,ises the head 12 to q-Liiekly execute a ,@earward motion when compression is release d ,,,nd it therelore is not always necessary to employ the throw-off spring 52. It will therefore be a,,opreciated that this press-ing machine is constructed witholit w.-igl-its or toggles to open the press@ The press head 12 itself perforins the funct-lon of the counter-balance weight which is so prevalent in the art as well as elir.,iinating the no.-essity o.E springs, so iaeither the weight or spring is required. Fu,,7thermore, toggles are not employed .@"or p--eoduciiig high coEnpression and my constl,uctiot-i constitutes an i-Y.D..provement iii thalu resp,--,t for toggles are dif-.-icult to release without -,-,esuit,ing Jar and racking of the n-iachine. Inasmuch as the press h,-ad does rot o--o(@n by a pivotal angular lifti-ng r@iol@-ion, but 91.i-ps back aiid forlb-7@i !,-,terally irto overlapding pofit,'@Oll withrut s,,iostantial cle@-,rap-ce between t'-,@e hearl a,,nd L)uck, il@ follows that ,,,n op-.rotor el,,nnot ,tccidently catch 1-ais -fin,-@ers or get the-.-n -,oi-,iched betweeil the pi,essing raembers. Furtherinore his hand o-f n,,@l,e p;-Ished oPf 4,-he buck by the head as it traverses the buck. inasriacl@i as the operato@- re.@ches forward atid grasps t-ie h.R,Ildle 56 to draw the head 12 fori@iardly he @voL,,Id :-in,- c -1 it very awkward to press or pinch one h,,iiid (i-l the back edge of the bucl-:. I-T-e could hgrd'@y stretch hilmscif far enough to stqrt the iro'Lor -me,,ins whille adjusting tiie work ,ind liolding the head ail at the sar-ae time, and thus.riy inveiition affords sa.-'ety to a large degree. Work is spread upon the btick 11 ond --he hen-d drawn forwardly agaii,.st the slight puli. OF gr,tvity and Lig--inst the s'1-1(,@ht force of the t7cirow-oft sprinp., 52, if the spri.-Tig is eiqdloyed, 9,iid the '@ever IP, i-s then cal-7sed tb swi-lig down w-ith grea'u I)y depressing the handle M to turii on tiae power. The machine 4 l@, le-ft 1)nder co.---,ipressio-,i, and '@he operator opens the machine by moving t.@:ie h,,-ndle 46 to Droduce the 180 deg--.e iipward t-.iovemel'it of the carii, a--iid instantly '.he head 12 'lift@,3 slightly above the bu@-.k, aild throw,@-o@,-L rea-cvia-rd'y as exolained. I '-rhe fulerlim 20 corapiises a con-ipound-n,,otioi.-i pivot because it i-s capzible o' tvio rpot-i.ons, n---mely, rotary and up--ari-d-d,-,wn ii).otion. Tho upright 1,1@ rotates oD the pivol.- ',O to the head bacl@,, and fortli 4@1-1 re,@,Ltion to the bu@-1:, aid the upright --, @l moves up and dowti V,7it,@I the 20 to release and produce jaw cor@ir,@ression. it is signi,-@icant that the horizoiital compound-r@ioio-Ti pivot 20 is placed slibstanti-ally in a pl,@?ne passing thro7,igh the buck wliereby i-s adapted to move verti--ally to prodiice an@d release jaw conipression, ; and swinp, laterq,llly to close and open the press. What I