AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF SAD IRON
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical
Draughtsman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF SAD
IRON." A communication from abroad by Robert A. Van Rensselaer,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 2nd October 1871.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUC-
TION OF SAD IRON," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to remove the necessity in the using of
sad irons for a separate stand on which to rest the same during the

page_text: moments the work is being arranged for the iron. These stands, besides
costing as much or more than the iron itself, have this disadvantage
that they are liable to scratch or otherwise injure the face of the iron
when placed violently upon the stand.
As a substitute for the separate stand it is now proposed to cast or
apply to the iron, say at the rear end thereof, two short legs, and at the
hinder part of the handle a similar leg, so that the iron when set on end
may stand upon a tripod.
In place of applying these legs as described a tripod frame may be
cast and rivetted, or otherwise secured to the iron, so as to support it
in an elevated position with the smooth surface of the iron free from
contact with any hard surface.
It should be remarked that although the legs will be heated with the
iron they will not burn the ironing table because of their being so small
and their ends so extended from the iron as not to conduct a sufficient 1
amount of heat to the table unless the iron be greatly overheated.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 2nd April 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the 2
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, Her special
licence that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree 3

page_text: rivetted to the rear or wide end thereof so that the iron stands upright
on end when resting on the stand.
This stand is shewn detached in plan view at Fig: 3. It consists of
two legs A for the end of the iron, and one B for the handle. These
legs are connected together by the curved bar C, thus forming a frame
which is provided with brackets D, D, extending under the end of the
iron, each having a stud on which the end of the iron is seated. This.
frame is also provided with projections E which extend upwards and are
rivetted to the top side of the iron. The frame thus constructed may be
conveniently cast in malleable iron.
Fig. 4 represents another mode of carrying out the Invention.. In
this example the sad iron is shewn in side view as provided with two.
legs A cast upon the end thereof, and the one B cast upon or rivetted to
the handle.
I would remark that I do not limit myself to either of these arrange-
ments as it is manifest that the Invention can be carried out in a variety
of ways. For instance, holes may be bored in the iron, and the legs be
driven in, or a stand may be hinged to the iron or legs, or hooks on the
stand may be let into holes in the iron and secured by keys or pins.
The stand also, instead of being attached to the end of the iron, which
is the preferable plan, may be attached to some other part thereof, and
yet afford the advantages consequent on the adoption of the Invention,,
viz., the avoidance of the necessity for using a separate stand which is
liable to be lost or misplaced when wanted, and which is also objection-
able because as commonly arranged the face of the iron must be placed
on hard iron, which is liable to scratch or otherwise deface or injure the
smooth surface, for by careless use the iron is liable to be let fall or thrust.
upon the stand with considerable force.
Although the legs will be heated with the iron they will not burn the
table because of their presenting so small a contact surface, and their
ends being so extended from the iron as not to conduct a sufficient.
amount of heat to the table unless the iron be greatly overheated.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "An Improved

page_text: correspondent, and explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited
Letters Patent I claim, applying to sad irons a stand or support in the
manner and for the purpose above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Thirtieth day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.