. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . W n ^o d o b w -a w S 007. — 338 — a large circular drum which is heated with steam,and arranged to move around it is an endless apronwhich carries the goods in contact with the heatedsurface while the drum remains stationary. Abovethe drum are arranged in reverse order two con-cave steam-heated chests, and revolving in contactwith these chests are two padded cylinders. Thegoods are fed in at the top of the machine be-tween the first steam-chest and the first padded cyl-inder, and are ironed on the s
. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . W n ^o d o b w -a w S 007. — 338 — a large circular drum which is heated with steam,and arranged to move around it is an endless apronwhich carries the goods in contact with the heatedsurface while the drum remains stationary. Abovethe drum are arranged in reverse order two con-cave steam-heated chests, and revolving in contactwith these chests are two padded cylinders. Thegoods are fed in at the top of the machine be-tween the first steam-chest and the first padded cyl-inder, and are ironed on the side next to the iron-ing chest. Then the goods are passed to the nextcovered cylinder and are ironed on the opposite sideof the goods by passing in contact with the other ironchest. The direction taken by the goods is on a curveshaped like the letter S. The goods are then carriedto the large steam-heated drum and slid around it bymeans of revolving carrier rolls and endless machine aifords a large heating surface, and itsubjects the goods to such friction under slight pres-sure that it produces a sof
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