Improvements in Smoothing Irons for Laundry and other Purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th July. 1292-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1-92
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoothing Irons for Laundry and other Purposes.
We, JONAS WRIGHT, Tin Plate Worker, and EDWARD SHUTT, Ironmonger,
both of 29, East Street, Bradford in the County of York, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in smoothing irons for laundry and other
purposes, and its object is to facilitate heating and using such irons.
The said improvements consist in the employment of an independent sole having
a highly polished face and adapted to be readily secured to the body or bodies of
the iron or irons which is or are intended to be heated in any convenient manner.
The said sole preferably has a flange round the upper edge to enclose or surround
the iron and such sole may be secured to the iron by means of a projection on the
sole passed through an opening in the iron and provided with an inclined slit to
receive a catch or wedge to fix the sole in position.
A. sheath handle, or a removable handle is preferably employed and so constructed
that it may be removed whilst the body of the iron is being heated.
We find the above arrangement fully as convenient to use as the best "box" iron
and it can be produced at a very considerably less cost.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1891.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoothing Irons for Laundry and other Purposes.
We, JONAS WRIGHT, Tin Plate Worker, and EDWARD SHUTT, Ironmonger,
both of 29, East Street, Bradford, in the County of York, 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 improvements in smoothing irons for laundry and other
purposes, and its object is to facilitate heating and using such irons.
The said improvements consist in the employment of an independent sole having
a highly polished face and adapted to be readily secured to the body or bodies of
the iron or irons which is or are intended to be heated in any convenient manner.
The said sole preferably has a flange round the upper edge to enclose or surround
the iron and such sole may be secured to the iron by means of a projection on the
sole passed through an opening in the iron and provided with an inclined slit to
receive a catch or wedge to fix the sole in position.
To fully describe our invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this Specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, is a plan view of our improved smoothing iron with the handle broken
away to more clearly show the parts beneath.
Figure 2, is a longitudinal section of the same.
Figure 3, is a side elevation of the complete iron, and
Figure 4, is a separate plan view of the independent sole.
The body A of the iron is of approximately the ordinary form and has the usual
handle B rigidly secured thereto. The indepen lent sole Ċ has a flange D adapted
to surround the sides of the body A, and the central projection E on C extends up
through the hole F in the body A. A catch H pivoted by the rivet J to the

page_text: body A may be pushed under the top K of a notch O formed in the projection E
and thus secure the sole in position. The broken lines H¹ Figure 1, represents the
catch H in the position to which it is turned to disengage it from K and release
the sole.
We find the above arrangement considerably less expensive than a "box" iron
and much more convenient to use than the ordinary type of iron as the smooth
polished face of the sole is not damaged during the heating process. It is obvious
that two or more bodies A may be made to fit and be used with one sole and be
heated alternately.
A sheath handle or a removable handle may be employed but we find it adds too
much to the cost and we do not desire to make any claim therefor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare what we
claim is:
1. A smoothing iron for laundry and other similar purposes having an independent
sole, substantially as herein shown and described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The improvements in smoothing irons herein shown and described and illustrated.
in the accompanying drawings.