IRONING AND SMOOTHING CLOTHS
Year: 1885

page_text: We GEORGE T. KEARNS, and JOHN H. NOBLE, both of the City of Hamilton,
in the County of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for IRONING AND
SMOOTHING CLOTHS to be as follows:-
Our improved smoothing iron consists of a heating devise that can be regulated
at will so as to give greater or less flame according to the quantity of wick
exposed to the flame, and also stopping the evaporation of spirits when the iron is
not in use; also in the construction of the iron which enables the operator to see
the fore part of the iron this being very essential.
These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying.
drawing in which:
Fig. 1. is a side elevation embodying our invention.
Fig. 2. is a sectional plan of the same.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the fore standard, and reversing lever.
Fig. 4. is a sectional elevation of that part of the wick tube that is in the
smoothing iron.
Fig. 5. is a plan of the same, the fore part being sectional.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The smoothing iron A is made in two halves, each being provided with lugs for
screwing together, thus forming a whole one.
A pivot C is screwed into the fore part of the iron for the reversing lever C" to
work on, thus by unlatching the lever, the smoothing iron may be reversed from
top to bottom, and repeated as often as necessary.
Perforations are made in the iron for ventilating purposes, as shown by the six
round holes.
B and B are standards which are attached to the iron and handle, the fore one
being in a bent form, so that the smoothing iron may project out in front as far as
as to be seen by the operator.
The hind one has two elongated holes around the bottom for the purpose of
admitting cold air to the reservoir wick tube c.
D is the spirit reservoir attached to the hind part of the said iron by four prongs
fitting into the hole at the bottom of standard B', a wick tube e is attached, and
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page_text: comes into the reservoir near the top, as shown on drawing by broken lines, also
in the smoothing iron, this tube is provided with a slide e¹ for the purpose of
covering "or partially so "the wick, so as to give greater or less flame, the end of
Baid tube being solid or closed. The slide e¹, the fore part of which forms a
cover ell (figs. 4 and 5) thus evaporation being cut off, also the quality of the
flame is regulated preventing also the iron from becoming to hot, and the spirits
wasted.
D¹ is a non conductor of any suitable material.
F, denotes shields inside the iron and prevents the flame coming through the
fore and aft ventilation holes when the iron is in operation.
Having thus described our invention so far as we are enabled to do at present
we subscribe our names.

page_text: GEORGE T. KEARNS and JOHN H. NOBLE, Merchants and Manufacturers, both of
the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario,
Canada, 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 :-
Our improved smoothing iron consists of a heating devise that can be regulated
at will so as to give greater or less flame, according to the quantity of wick
exposed to the flame, and also stopping the evaporation of the spirits when not in
use. Also in the construction of the iron which enables the operator to see the
fore part of the iron, this being very essential.
These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying
drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation embodying my invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a front view of the fore standard and reversing lever.
Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of that part of the wick tube that is in the
smoothing iron.
Figure 5 is a plan of the same, the fore part being sectional.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The smoothing iron A is made in two halves, each being provided with lugs for
screwing together, thus forming a whole one.
A pivot C is screwed into the fore part of the iron, for the reversing lever C¹ to
work on, thus by unlatching the lever the smoothing iron may be reversed from
top to bottom, and repeated as often as necessary. Perforations are made in the
iron for ventilating purposes, as shown by the six round holes.
B and B are standards which are attached to the iron and handle, the fore part
being in a bent form, so that the smoothing iron may project out in front as far as
to be seen by the operator.
The hind one has two elongated holes around the bottom for the purpose of
admitting cold air to the reservoir wick tube.
D is the spirit reservoir attached to the hind part of the said iron by four
prongs fitting into the hole at bottom of standard B¹. A wick tube e is attached
and comes into the reservoir near the top, as shown on drawing by broken lines,
also in the smoothing iron. This tube is provided with a slide e¹ for the purpose of
covering, or partially so, the wick, so as to give greater or less flame, the end of
said tube being solid or closed.
The fore part of slide e¹ forms a cover ell (figs. 4 and 5), evaporation being thus
cut off, also the quality of the fame is regulated, preventing the iron from becoming
too hot, and the spirits wasted.
D¹ is a non-conductor of any suitable material.
F denotes shields inside the iron and prevents the flame coming through the fore
and aft ventilation holes, when the iron is in operation,

page_text: CLAIM.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st In a smoothing iron, the combination of the iron A, recessed out in front,
with the standard B attached thereto, and the projecting shields F cast to the
inside of the iron, as specified.
2nd The combination in a smoothing iron A, of the spirit reservoir D, non-
conductor D', the wick tube e provided with slide e' and projecting cover e¹¹, as
specified.