AN IMPROVED IRON FOR THE USE OF LAUNDRIES, TAILORS, OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Midworth, of the Firm of Messieurs John
Midworth and William Midworth, of Newark-upon-Trent, in the County.
of Nottingham, Engineers, Ironfounders, and Ironmongers, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED IRON FOR THE USE OF LAUNDRIES, TAILORS,
OR OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 11th November 1859, and dated the 16th May 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Midworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th May 1859.
I, WILLIAM MIDWORTH, of the Firm of Messieurs John Midworth and
William Midworth, of Newark-upon-Trent, in the County of Nottingham,
Engineers, Ironfounders, and Ironmongers, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED IRON. FOR THE USE OF LAUNDRIES,
TAILORS, OR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My improved iron for laundries, tailors, or other purposes is made hollow,
and heated with gas by means of a tube placed within it, and perforated for
gas jets. The admission of air and the ventilation are so arranged that the
gas burns brightly inside the iron when closed, thereby causing it to keep
constantly hot. The gas is introduced into the iron by means of a flexible
tube attached to the gas pipe, and connected by means of an union joint and
tap to regulate the quantity of gas, so as to render the iron hotter or cooler as
may be required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Midworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th November 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
MIDWORTH, of the Firm of Messieurs John Midworth and William Midworth,
of Newark-upon-Trent, in the County of Nottingham, Engineers, Ironfounders,
and Ironmongers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Midworth, Her special licence that I, the said William
Midworth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Midworth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED IRON FOR
THE USE OF LAUNDRIES, TAILORS, OR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Midworth, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Midworth, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to an improved iron for the use of laundries, tailors,
or other purposes, constructed in the following manner :-My improved iron
is hollow, and heated with gas by means of a tube placed within it, and
perforated för gas jets. The admission of air and the ventilation are so
arranged that the gas burns brightly inside the iron when closed, thereby
keeping it constantly hot. The gas is introduced within the iron by means o
a flexible tube attached to a gas pipe, which is connected by means of an
union joint and tap, so as to regulate the quantity of gas, and thereby render
the iron hotter or cooler as may be required.

page_text: In order that my said Invention may be more fully understood, I now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying Drawings,
shewing how the Invention may be carried into effect.
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved iron; and Figure 2, an end view of
same. The upper part of the body A of the iron is pierced with holes on each
side, as shewn on one side on Figure 1; the moveable piece B, the front of
which is shewn on Figure 2, is also pierced with holes, and is held in its place
by a small pin at the bottom, as shewn by dotted lines, and also by a small
thumbscrew placed at the upper end. The dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2
represent the inside of the iron containing the bent tube C, in which are
screwed a number of burners, or the tube is drilled for gas jets where shewn.
The gas is supplied through the tube and union joint D, to which is attached
a flexible tube, through which gas may be supplied from any convenient gas
pipe the tube D is furnished with a stop-cock, by which to regulate the
quantity of gas required, and on account of the perfect ventilation and supply
of air in the iron, the gas will burn with a bright flame when the iron is
closed. The gas jets are so arranged that the flame impinges towards the
bottom of the iron. One, two, or more rows of burners or jets are placed
upon the pipe C according to the size of the iron. The piece E may be of
cast iron, cast as part of the body A, or of thick sheet iron, secured in any
convenient manner above the pipe C, the use of which is to conduct the heat
towards the sides and bottom, without which the flames of gas would be liable
to escape through the holes in the upper part of the iron.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the improved
iron for the use of laundries or tailors, or for other purposes, constructed and
arranged in the manner herein-before described and represented in the
accompanying Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Midworth, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
WILLIAM MIDWORTH. (L.S.)
GEO. JON. ROBINSON, Patent Agent,
Nottingham.