Improved Sad Iron.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
Improved Sad Iron.
I, XAVER SCHINDELE, Mechanic, of 15 Neureuther Strasse, Munich, Kingdom
of Bavaria, German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The present invention consists of a sad iron adapted to be heated by spirit,
which is first gasified and then burned in the body of the iron, the supply of spirit
to be consumed being contained in the handle of the iron, and fed by suitable
means hereinafter particularly described first to the gasifying chamber and then to
the burner.
And in order to render the present Specification more easily intelligible reference
is had to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters of reference denote
similar parts throughout the several views:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the sad iron,
Fig. 2 a horizontal section on line - in Figure 3,
Fig. 3 a vertical section through the iron,
Fig. 4 a horizontal section on line X-y of Figure 3.
The device consists of the body of the iron B having cover B₁ attached to the
sides by means of its lugs a and suitable screws b, and a handle A. mounted on said
body by means of hollow standards, the front one of which communicates with the
hollow body of the iron as shown at Figure 3. Within the said body B at about
half way up its sides are provided lugs d d, which serve to support a horizontal
Beneath this plate
partition plate D extending throughout the body of the iron.
C
in the sides of the iron are provided air holes c to enable the proper combustion of
the gasified spirit. In the lower of the two chambers formed by the plate D is
mounted the gasifying apparatus Fat the rear end of the iron. The same consists
of the sleeve F extending through the rear wall of the iron and having a boring h
therein provided with internal thread at its outer end in which a screw spindle m
having suitable button to enable its manipulation fits.
In the interior end of the sleeve F a nut i is screwed having a conical bore
forming the prolongation of the bore h of the said sleeve F, whilst the spindle m is
tapered at its end to fit said conical bore.
As may be seen at Figures 2 and 4 the sleeve F is provided interior of the iron
body with lateral enlargements one of which is provided with a rectangular boring
extending with one arm upwardly by means of a suitable nozzle through the
plate D and being in communication with a tube carrying a wick said tube f
communicating at its further end with the hollow standard of the handle A
(Fig. 3). The horizontal arm of the said rectangular boring receives one end of
a tube y bent U-shaped and having its opposite end fitted into the opposite lateral
enlargement of the sleeve F and communicating with the boring of the said
sleeve by means of a channel g'. This tube y constitutes the gasifying chamber,
the gasified spirit burning at the end of the tapered boring of the nut i.
The burner may be ignited by means of the door Gas shown at Figure 1.
The operation of the device takes place in the following manner :-
The handle A is filled with spirit by means of the inlet », the spirit flowing
down the hollow standard onto the wick which allows it to pass dropwise into the
tube g through which the first few drops will pass to the conical bore of the
burner. These are ignited through the door G and in burning heat the tube g

page_text: into which in the mean time further quantity of spirit has passed. This spirit will
be gasified and issue in the form of gas at the burner , burning at this point and
heating the iron as also the gasifying chamber g, and thus producing the further
required gas feed. By means of the conical spindle m the flame may be regulated
to a nicety and simultaneously the consumption of spirit.
The plate D serves to prevent the transmission of heat upwardly towards the
handle and the latter is advantageously provided with inserted plates or washers of
heat nonconducting material at its points of juncture with the body of the iron.
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
A sad iron adapted to be heated by spirit, having a hollow handle A and a
gasifying apparatus arranged above the ironing plate and a wick enclosed in a
tube and adapted to feed the spirit to the gasifying apparatus aforesaid which
consists of a tube y bent U-shaped and extending into the flame issuing at the
burner, said flame being fed by the gasified spirit in the manner and for the
purpose substantially as described.
Dated this 6th day of September 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.