Year: 1886

page_text: We, RICHARD WILLIAM THOMAS, Engineer and PERING CASTLE SMITH Solicitor
of 1 Queen Victoria Street in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the
nature of our invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to irons for smoothing fabrics, heated and kept hot by
combustion of gas along with a suitable proportion of air. Within the body of the
iron we form a chamber into which we introduce a supply of gas and air under
pressure a little above that of the atmosphere. Through the perforated bottom of
this chamber the mixed gas and air issue in jets which, receiving an additional
supply of air from end apertures near the bottom, are ignited producing flames
that play on the inner surface of the bottom of the iron heating it. The products
of combustion escape by lateral openings at the upper part of the iron. In order
to supply the air, we provide a small bellows with regulating chest. This bellows
may be worked by a spring or weight that is from time to time wound up. We
prefer however to work it by the movement of the iron itself, in the following
manner. We connect the iron to the bellows by flexible pipes which pass round a
roller on an arm which is loaded by a weight or spring and attached to the bellows,
so that, as the iron is moved to and fro, the bellows flap is caused to reciprocate.
One of these pipes receives air from the regulator of the bellows, the other conveys
gas from an ordinary service pipe. The gas and air nozzles, where they enter the
chamber of the bellows, are provided with regulating cocks. Instead of working
the bellows directly by these pipes, they may work an arm which keeps winding
a spring that gives movement to the bellows.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, RICHARD WILLIAM THOMAS Engineer and PERING CASTLE SMITH, Solicitor
of 1 Queen Victoria Street in the County of Middlesex 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 invention relates to irons for smoothing fabrics, heated and kept hot by
combustion of gas along with a suitable proportion of air, as we will describe
referring to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in
section shewing the iron and the bellows for supplying air, Fig. 2 is a plan of the
bellows, Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the lower part of the iron looking from below.
Fig. 4 is a side view of the bellows collapsed in compact portable form.
Within the body of the iron I we form a chamber C into which we introduce gas
by a nozzle g from a service pipe G, and air by a nozzle a from an air pipe A by
which it is supplied as hereafter described at a pressure a little above that of the
atmosphere. From the chamber C the mixed gas and air pass by a pipe P having
through its underside a number of perforations by which jets issue. These being
kindled and receiving an additional supply of air through aperatures i near the
bottom of the iron, produce flames that play on the inner surface of the bottom of
the iron heating it. The products of combustion pass the edges of a plate B and
escape by lateral openings 6 at the upper part of the iron. In order to supply the
pipe A with air, we employ a small bellows D with regulating chest d. This
bellows might be worked by a spring or weight wound up from time to time. We
prefer however to work it by the movement of the iron itself. For this purpose
we connect the iron I to the bellows D by the flexible pipes G and A which pass
round a guide roller R and rollers R¹ on an arm E which is sufficiently heavy to
descend of itself or may be loaded with a weight or spring. As the iron is moved
to and fro alternately hauling and slackening the pipes G and A, the arm E and
with. it the bellows flap is caused to reciprocate. The regulating chest dis
provided with a loaded valve V which, when the upper flap of the chest attains a
certain elevation opens to permit escape of surplus air..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The construction of gas heated smoothing iron with an internal chamber
supplied with gas and air, perforations for issue of jets of the mixed fluids directed
against the bottom of the iron, and openings below for admission of air and above
for emission of products of combustion, substantially as herein described.
2. In combination with a gas heated smoothing iron such as is referred to in the
preceding claim, a bellows connected thereto by flexible pipes, so arranged that
the two and fro movements of the iron work the bellows, substantially as herein.
described.
Dated this 18th day of August 1986