AN IMPROVED IRONING STOVE
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Juliana Martin, of Myrtle Hall, Sidmouth, in tho
County of Devon, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED IRONING STOVE."
Sealed the 6th December 1861, and dated the 8th June 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Juliana Martin at the
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Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on the
.8th June 1861.
I, JULIANA MARTIN, of Myrtle Hall, Sidmouth, in the County of Devon,.
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED IRONING
STOVE," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to manufacture ironing stoves in such a
manner that they may be heated in a more simple, clean, and economical
manner than by those hitherto manufactured for the. like purpose.
I
propose forming the stoves of a square or oblong form so as to obtain the
required heating surface, the lower part of which is made hollow and forms a
tank for hot water. This tank is open in the centre and is provided with a
thin metal smoke guard to gather the smoke and blacks emitted from the
lamp below.
Over this guard is placed a heater of iron or other suitable
material, which is placed in a fire until red hot, when it is replaced and
covered over with a polished metal shield, against which the irons are laid to
heat. Fresh heaters may occasionally be applied if necessary, but in most
cases the lamp beneath will be found sufficient to heat the stove for an entire

page_text: day. The tank is to be fitted with a steam pipe and safety valve to prevent its
bursting. The whole is then mounted on a suitable framing, and the lamp
placed beneath, which may be gas, oil, or other luminous matter, gas being
preferable where convenient.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Juliana Martin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
December 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JULIANA
MARTIN, of Myrtle Hall, Sidmouth, in the County of Devon, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth-year_of_Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me; the
said Juliana. Martin, Her special licence that I, the said Juliana Martin,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such other as I, the said
Juliana Martin, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed; should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED IRONING STOVE,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Juliana, Martin,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my
or their, or one of their bands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Juliana Martin, do hereby. declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this Invention is to manufacture ironing stoves in such a way
that they may be heated in a more simple, clean, and economical manner than
those hitherto manufactured for the like purpose.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the

page_text: same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of
Drawings hereto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference:
marked thereon respectively as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
: Fig. 1 is a transverse and vertical section of the stove, taken at or about the
centre thereof, and Fig. 2 a side or front view of the stove and stand.
complete, or as it would appear when ready for use, similar letters of reference:
denoting corresponding parts at each of the Figures respectively.
It will appear on reference to the Drawings that the stove a may be made
of a square or oblong form so as to obtain the required heating surface, the
lower part of which 6, is made hollow and forms a tank for hot water: This
tank is open in the centre and is provided with a thin metal smoke guard c, to
gather the smoke and blacks emitted from the lamp to be employed below.
I Over this guard is placed a heater of iron or other suitable material d, which
is to be placed in a fire until red hot, when it is to be replaced and covered
over with a polished metal shield e, against which the irons are to be laid to
heat. Fresh heaters may occasionally be applied if necessary, but in most
cases the lamp beneath will be found sufficient to heat the stove for an entire
day. The tank is to be fitted with a waste steam pipe, or in some cases a
safety valve
may be applied to prevent the bursting of the water reservoir or
tank. The whole may then be mounted on a suitable framing, and the lamp
placed beneath, in which may be burned gas, oil, or other suitable matter, gas
being preferable where convenient. Spaces or openings are to be formed in
the heater d at the upper part thereof for the purpose of inserting box-iron or
Italian heaters, the upper surface of the heater d being in most cases flat so as
to place a small saucepan for starch or other such like purposes.
In some instances I propose to dispense with the water reservoir, and use
only a stout flat metal plate with holes in and around its sides for the intro-
duction of box-iron or Italian iron heaters, or the stove may be so arranged as
to use only part of that shewn in the Drawings by dispensing with the water
reservoir and steam pipe and applying the flame only to the interior of the
solid block of metal d, this being provided with a small ledge around its lower
portion to prevent the flat irons from slipping off while being heated.
The flat plate stove will be better heated by jets of gas issuing from perfora-
tions made in a tube bent horizontally to a circular or square form, but for the
latter description of stove an ordinary oil lamp will be found sufficient for the
purpose required.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention of "An

page_text: Improved Ironing Stove," and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed, I would remark in conclusion that I do not confine or restrict
myself to the preciso details herein described and shewn by the accompanying
Drawings, as many slight variations and modifications may be made therein
without in any way departing from the principle of my Invention, but what I
claim as my Invention intended to be secured to me by the herein in part
recited Letters Patent is the peculiar arrangement of parts constituting my
improved ironing stove as berein fully described and shewn by the accom-
panying Drawing, together with any modifications thereof, substantially the
same to all intents as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Juliana Martin, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
JOHN HENRY TAYLOR,
Sidmouth.
JULIANA MARTIN. (L.S.)