. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . ch. It is claimed for this machinethat this action removes the wrinkles in the goods. Asthe goods are fed into the machine they are passedbetween two rolls which revolve at a slower speed thanthe speed of the apron and as the goods are being heldbetween the. rolls the aprons catch hold of the goods,and as they are running faster than the goods the ten-dency is to stretch the material and to draw the wrinklesout. Another good type of Collar Starcher is the Hagen,shown in Fig. 9. The j^iii^ciple of fee


. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . ch. It is claimed for this machinethat this action removes the wrinkles in the goods. Asthe goods are fed into the machine they are passedbetween two rolls which revolve at a slower speed thanthe speed of the apron and as the goods are being heldbetween the. rolls the aprons catch hold of the goods,and as they are running faster than the goods the ten-dency is to stretch the material and to draw the wrinklesout. Another good type of Collar Starcher is the Hagen,shown in Fig. 9. The j^iii^ciple of feeding the goodsthrough this machine is the same as the McKay, butinstead of the rolling, reciprocating motion of theMcKay, there is a system of stationary rolls coveredwith rubber, having numerous small cells or cavitieswhich carry the starch. The goods pass between theserolls and by pressure on them the rubber yields andthe starch in these small cells is forced through thegoods. Still another machine is the Weldon, sho^vn in This machine does away entirely with the fibre — 41 —. Fie. 9. THE HAGEN COLIiAR AND CUFF STARCHER. (A. T. Hagen Co.) — 42


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