Improvements in the Construction of Hand Irons Heated by Gas, Charcoal, or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Hand Irons Heated by Gas,
Charcoal, or the like.
I, HENRY BRAITHWAITE FISHER BARKER, of 15 Linden Avenue, Dewsbury
Road, Leeds, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of hand irons heated by
gas, charcoal, or the like.
The object of my invention is to provide a hand iron with more than one ironing
surface. This I accomplish by forming my box iron with a number of faces and
making the handle of the said iron so that it can be moved round to suit each face
as it is required by having pins or projections on the handle fitting into suitable
recesses on the box iron.
Dated this 3rd dovr of March 1902
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.

page_text: such a distance as will leave sufficient space for allowing of the expansion and
contraction of the parts, the said partition or midfeather so forming two heating
chambers A and A². The end or chimney portion J is secured by the screwed
end G of the spindle D and boss H, and is preferably winged shaped or projects
outwards at the top right hand corner, such part forming the chimney N or escape
for the products of combustion. Secured, by means of flange O, boss P, and
screw R, to the end or chimney portion J is a gas pipe S which is fixed to the
boss P. The box A has two holes T for receiving a pin U which is retained by a
loop U. Or a screwed pin may be used the holes T being tapped in this case.
The said pin U passes through the end J and holds the box A and ends J at the
required position. When it is desired to change the smoothing or ironing surface B
the said pin U is taken out, the iron turned so as to bring the ironing or smoothing
surface C into the position of B and the pin U is inserted again. An important
feature of my invention is that while the bottom ironing or smoothing surface is
being used, the upper surface is heated by the waste products of combustion on
their way to the chimney. The end J is provided with an air opening V which
causes the gas burner or heater to act on the "Bunsen" principle.
Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7—
In this modification the interior of the box portion A is made bell shaped, the
tops of the heating chambers A' and A² being made of a semicircular or rounded
section, see Fig. 6, and the end or chimney portion J is constructed to correspond
therewith, see Fig. 7, in which the lower end of the said end or chimney portion is
shown rounded, also the inside, both top and bottom, the chinney N being placed
at an angle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A hand iron, heated by gas, or the like, having the box portion thereof provided
with two or more ironing surfaces and made so as to be turnable or reversible upon
an axis or spindle, whereby such surfaces can be used alternately, such as shown and
described.
2. A hand iron, heated by gas, or the like, having the box portion thereof divided
into two separate chambers, which are in communication with each other and the
chimney, so that while the bottom ironing or smoothing surface is being used, the
upper surface is heated by the waste products of combustion on their way to
the chimney, such as shown and described.
3. A hand iron, heated by gas, or the like, having the box portion swivelling or
turnable upon an axis or spindle which carries an end or chimney portion constructed
as and for the purposes shown and described.
4. In a hand iron, heated by gas or the like, the combination of the box portion A,
axis or spindle D, end or chimney portion J, arms F and K, handle L, and central
partition or midfeather M, substantially as and for the purposes shown and
described.
5. In a gas heated hand iron, the combination of flange O, boss P, screw R,
holes T, pin U, loop U', and air opening V, substantially as shown and
described.
6. In a hand iron, heated by gas or the like, and having the box portion turnable
or reversible upon an axis, the combination of holes T, pin U, and loop U', as and
for the purposes shown and described.
Dated this 25th day of Sentambor 1902
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.