Improved Smoothing and Glazing Iron for Laundry and similar Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Smoothing and Glazing Iron for Laundry and similar
Purposes.
I, HENRY GEORGE PAY, of 126 and 128, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool,
Laundryman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
In getting up linen and the like in the laundry it is customary to employ two
irons, namely a smoothing iron having a plane surface and a polishing or glazing
iron having a curved surface. Where such irons are employed in several sets it is
therefore necessary to have a large stove area; or if the irons are heated electrically
it is necessary to clectrically connect and disconnect the respective irons as they
are wanted.
In order to overcome these difficulties I form a combined smoothing and glazing
iron, and this I do by forming the beel of the ordinary smoothing iron with a
rounded or curved surface. With such an iron the linen, etcetera, is first ironed
with the plane surface of the iron, and a gloss or finish is imparted to the linen by
turning the iron so that its rounded end or heel bears upon the article being ironed.
It is customary for the operatives to use the heel or rear part of the ordinary
curved glazing iron. An iron formed according to this invention therefore provides
a convenient iron for both purposes of smoothing and glazing, and when heated by
electricity the combined nature of the iron obviates the necessity of connecting and
disconnecting the electric leads.
Irons formed according to this invention are applicable for other articles than
linen and similar laundry articles, to which it is desired to impart a smooth and
glossy surface.
Dated thin ith don of Doonmbo, 1905
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent,
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.
Improved Smoothing and Glazing Iron for Laundry and similar
Purposes.
1, HENRY GEORGE PAY, of 126 and 128, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool,
Laundryman, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
In getting up linen and the like in the laundry it is customary to employ two
irons, namely a smoothing iron having a plane surface, and a polishing or glazing
iron having a curved surface. Where such irons are employed in several sets it is
therefore necessary to have a large stove area; or if the irons are heated electrically
it is necessary to electrically connect and disconnect the respective irons as they
are wanted.
In order to overcome these difficulties I form a combined smoothing and glazing

page_text: iron, and this I do by forming the heel of the ordinary smoothing iron with a
rounded or curved surface.
The drawings hereto annexed illustrate a combined smoothing and glazing iron
constructed according to this invention, Figure 1 being a side elevation and
Figure 2 an underside plan thereof.
In the drawings a indicates the plane or smoothing surface of the iron, and the
curved or glazing surface.
With a combined smoothing and glazing iron constructed according to this
invention the articles to be ironed are first smoothed by the plane surface of the
iron, and a gloss or finish is imparted to them by turning the toe of the iron upward
so that its rounded end or heel bears upon the article being ironed.
As it is customary for laundry operatives to use the heel or rear part of the
ordinary curved or glazing iron, it follows that an iron formed according to this
invention is a very convenient one to use, combining as it does the two functions of
smoothing and glazing. Moreover by the use of this invention stove area is required
for one iron only instead of for two irons as at present.
Irons formed according to this invention are applicable for use upon other
articles than laundry goods, to which it is desired to impart a smooth and glossy
surface.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A combined smoothing and glazing iron having a place or smoothing surface a
and a curved or glazing surface b; substantially as and for the purposes herein
described with reference to the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 10th day of 1000
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent,
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.