. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . n shaping standup collars or cuffs, the machinemay be run rapidly, and when shaping turndown col-lars it may be run at a slow Speed as is desirable. After the collars have been run through the shaperthey will be found to be more or less roughened andbent at the edge where the fold is made, and in orderto do a first-class job this unevenness should be ironedout. This is done on what is known as an edgeironer. This is a little machine having a curved, raisedflange, which is brought to an edge. The coll
. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . n shaping standup collars or cuffs, the machinemay be run rapidly, and when shaping turndown col-lars it may be run at a slow Speed as is desirable. After the collars have been run through the shaperthey will be found to be more or less roughened andbent at the edge where the fold is made, and in orderto do a first-class job this unevenness should be ironedout. This is done on what is known as an edgeironer. This is a little machine having a curved, raisedflange, which is brought to an edge. The collar isplaced on this curved flange, having the edge of theflange extending inside of the collar, and snug up intothe fold; a grooved hot iron is then passed around onthe edge of the fold, smoothing the edge and finishingthe job. There have been various machines manu-factured lately, commonly kno^\^l as the saw edgemachine, examples of wdiich are shown in Figs. 61 to used to be a general complaint from people wear-ing standup collars, about the edges being so rough, and — 193 —. — 194 — for this reason the saw edge machine was invented. Itis ahnost impossible to launder a standiip collar withontits having rough edges, and to overcome this, the edgeis slightly moistened and ironed. Some accomplish itbj passing it through a groove in a hot iron, others Fig. 55. No. 7 COLLAR AND CUFF IRONER. (F. M. Watkins Co.) by having a system of rolls having grooves in device is practicable. There is no inventionin the laundry line that has been so much appreciatedby the public as this little saw edge machine, and everylaundryman who would be up to date in his equipmentshould not overlook this simple device. 195 PART SECOND. CHAPTER 1. CUSTOM OB OLD WORK LAUNDERING. This branch of the industry has grown to be a largecommercial factor in the business world. While thefundamental principle of laundering remains the samein old work as in new, the conditions vary to a co
Size: 1317px × 1898px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidlaundererpra, bookyear1900
