Improvements in Smoothing Irons with Self-contained Heating Devices.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1899-Accepted, 24th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoothing Irons with Self-contained Heating
Devices.
I, JOSEF FELDMEYER, of Kantestrasse 12, Wurzburg, in the Empire of Germany,
Artist Painter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention relates to a smoothing iron having self contained means for
heating it.
In the drawing; Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 a rear end elevation of the
improved smoothing iron. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the interior
parts of the smoothing iron with the heater partly withdrawn. Fig. 4 is a cross
sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.
The smoothing iron comprises a hollow body a having extending across its floor
and up each side internal ribs b, shouldered at b to support the base of the
heating block c. Between the ribs b near the bottom of each side are holes d
and in the upper part of the walls are holes for the entrance of air and outlet
of products of combustion respectively.
The heating block c is of metal and has a passage way c¹ from end to end.
In the rear end of body a is a hole a¹ alligned with passage way and a hole a²
alligned with the beneath the block c. On the rear end of the body a is
space
also pivoted a lever k for the purpose of locking the heater when the latter is pushed
into the body a.
The latter consists of a vessel f to contain spirit, with entrance neck f¹ and
plug for closing it. A branch pipe g from vessel f leads to a flange i fastened
to a flange insulating on non conductive rings being inserted between them.
On the flange i¹ is a vessel closed at the end remote from flange ¹ and of a size to
enter the passage way c¹. From the vessel g there branches a pipe / returned
A wick (not seen in the drawing)
parallel to vessel g and having in it holes h¹.
leads from vessel g into pipe h.
The action of these parts is as follows:-
The heater being partly withdrawn as shown in Fig. 2, the projecting part of
vessel is heated by applying any spirit lamp or the like thereto. Spirit in
vessel is thus evaporated and may be ignited as the vapours issue from the
holes h¹ in pipe h. The heater is then pushed into the body of the iron. The
flames from pipe h heat the block e which in turn radiates and conducts heat by
the ribs 6 to body a and also heats the vessel g for further supply of vapour to
pipe h. During temporary intervals in the use of the smoothing iron, the heater
may be nearly withdrawn so that sufficient heat passes to vessel 9 merely to give
enough evaporation to keep the pipe jets alight. It will be obvious also that
regulation of evaporation and consequent combustion and heating effect may be
produced by drawing the heater more or less from the body of the iron.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A flat iron with self heating hollow heating body having a pipe g for reducing
into gas arranged in it and beneath its sole a burner pipe h of a spirit holder
device f g h whereby the burner pipe heats the heater whilst the latter produces
gas in the pipe g for supply of said burner pipe.
2. A form of construction of the above described arrangement wherein the spirit
holder or its two pipes g h are in a movable connection with the flat iron and can
be pushed in and drawn out wholly or partially.
D 10+1 Love of M 1800
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.