Improvements in Smoothing Irons.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th May, 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoothing Irons.
I, BERTEL GEORG PAGH MÖLLER, of Kolding, Denmark, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to a smoothing iron which differs from the irons hitherto
used by certain features of construction hereinafter more fully described and
designed to make it a particularly valuable household utensil. The characteristic
feature of the construction of this improved iron is that the two smoothing or ironing
surfaces are so arranged that while the one is used in ironing, the other is being
heated preparatory to being employed in its turn for ironing when the first has
cooled down and requires re-heating, simple and effective means being provided for
imparting to the two surfaces the required alternate motion or rotation. For
heating the iron any ordinary gas, gasoline or spirit lamp may be arranged within
the iron.
It will be understood that where gas is employed the work can be carried on
without interruption for any length of time, and where liquid fuel is used the iron
may remain in operation for several hours at a stretch, as the work need not be
stopped until the whole of the liquid fuel is consumed, when it is only necessary to
re-fill the receptacle of the lamp.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved smoothing iron, and
Fig. 2 a rear end view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the iron with the handle removed.
Figs. 4 and 5 represent a gas burner suitable for use in connection with the iron,
being respectively a plan and a section thereof; and
Fig. 6 represents a lamp adapted for burning spirit or other liquid fuel.
To the top of the iron K a flexible or spring controlled plate G¹ is secured. To
this plate is attached the handle A. The plate is hinged to the rear end of the
iron by means of a hinge-pin G. The front portion of the plate is fork-shaped and
embraces the handle H which is so connected with the pointed front end of the
iron as to be capable of being turned up and down as required, when the operative or
ironing surfaces are changed (Fig. 3) and serves as a means for turning the iron K
about the lamp burner or other source of heat.
Into the rear end of the iron is screwed the gas burner or liquid fuel lamp I.
When the ironing surface is to be changed, both the handle A and the plate G'
are turned up and the iron is caused to turn about the lamp or burner I, so as to
present the required surface for operation. The plate G together with the
handle A is then pressed down again against the upper surface of the iron, and
the other handle H is inserted into the fork-shaped front end of the plate G'. The
heated surface is now in position for ironing, while the surface which had been in
operation is now turned into a position over the flame and is being re-heated for
subsequent use.
Dated this 17th day of April 1893.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoothing Irons.
I, BERTEL GEORG PAGH MÖLLER of Kolding, Denmark, Gentleman, 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 which differs from the irons hitherto
used by certain features of construction hereinafter more fully described and
designed to make it a particularly valuable household utensil. The characteristic
feature of the construction of this improved iron is that the two smoothing or
ironing surfaces are so arranged that while the one is used in ironing, the other is
being heated preparatory to being employed in its turn for ironing when the first
has cooled down and requires re-heating, simple and effective means being provided
for imparting to the two surfaces the required alternate motion or rotation. For
heating the iron any ordinary gas, gasoline or spirit lamp may be arranged within
the iron.
It will be understood that where gas is employed the work can be carried on
without interruption for any length of time, and where liquid fuel is used the iron
may remain in operation for several hours at a stretch, as the work need not be
stopped until the whole of the liquid fuel is consumed, when it is only necessary to
re-fill the receptacle of the lamp.
Referring to the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved smoothing iron, and
Fig. 2 a rear end view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the iron with the handle removed.
Figs. 4 and 5 represent a gas burner suitable for use in connection with the iron,
being respectively a plan and a section thereof; and
Fig. 6 represents a lamp adapted for burning spirit or other liquid fuel.
To the top of the iron K a flexible or spring controlled plate G' is secured. To
this plate is attached the handle A. The plate is hinged to the rear end of the
iron by means of a hinge-pin G. The front portion of the plate is fork-shaped
and embraces the handle H which is so connected with the pointed front end of the
iron as to be capable of being turned up and down as required, when the operative
or ironing surfaces are changed (Fig. 3) and serves as a means for turning the
iron K about the lamp burner or other source of heat.
Into the rear end of the iron is introduced the gas burner or liquid fuel lamp I.
It can be secured by means of a bayonet joint or in any other suitable manner.
When the ironing surface is to be changed, both the handle A and the plate G'
are turned up and the iron is caused to turn about the lamp or burner I, so as to
present the required surface for operation. The plate G₁ together with the
handle A is then pressed down again against the upper surface of the iron, and
the other handle H is inserted into the fork-shaped front end of the plate G¹. The
heated surface is now in position for ironing, while the surface which had been in
operation is now turned into a position over the flame and is being re-heated for
subsequent use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A smoothing iron with two operative surfaces so arranged as to be capable of
being turned alternately about a convenient source of heat arranged within the
iron, such source of heat consisting either of a liquid fuel lamp or burner or of a
gas burner provided with the usual india rubber tube or the like, for the purpose of

page_text: alternately heating the ironing surfaces as they are rotated about such source of
heat.
2. In a smoothing iron of the kind referred to in the preceding claim the
employment of an elastic or spring controlled plate G¹, to which the handle A is
secured and which is hinged at the back by means of a hinge-pin G, and at the
front is fork-shaped and adapted to engage with another handle H which is also
capable of turning about a hinge-pin or pivot and serves as a means for turning
the iron K about the lamp, burner or other source of heat, for the purpose of
moving one ironing surface into, and the other out of, the operative position.
Dated this 5th day of May 1893.
B. G. P. MÖLLER,
By L. W., per F. B