Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Flat Irons and Box Irons, also Applicable in the Construction of a Combined Oven and Ironing Apparatus Heater.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Flat Irons and Box Irons,
also Applicable in the Construction of a Combined Oven and
Ironing Apparatus Heater.
I THOMAS GREGSON DORNING of 69 Upper Moss Lane, Manchester Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in applying one or more pockets or sockets on the outside of
that description of plate which hangs upon the front of the fire bars and is technically
known as an oven heater. In these sockets the flat or sad irons are placed when the
plate is hung in front of the fire bars and thus the irons rapidly become heated and in
a cleanly and efficient manner.
As applied to box iron heaters the heating plate may be hung on the inside of the
bars with the pockets or sockets next to the fire.
In this manner I construct a combined oven and ironing apparatus heater.
And in order to facilitate the handling of box iron heaters, and to obviate the risk of
their falling on to the floor when red hot I form a female screw hole in such heater
and employ a handle bar which has a corresponding screw formed at its extremity and
which being screwed one or more turns into the heater so enables the same to be
carried about and introduced into the box iron with absolute safety.
The handle of this bar may be formed of wood, earthenware or other suitable non-
conducting material.
Dated this 15th day of November 1887.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Flat Irons and Box Irons,
also Applicable in the Construction of a Combined Oven and
Ironing Apparatus Heater.
I THOMAS GREGSON DORNING of 69 Upper Moss Lane, Manchester Ironmonger,
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:
On the accompanying drawing I illustrate a front view in Fig. 1 and a plan view in
Fig. 2 of my combined oven and ironing apparatus heater. Fig. 3 is a side sectional
view of Fig. 1 on the line a-b.
As illustrated in the drawing my invention consists in applying one or more pockets
or sockets a on the outside of the oven heating plate 6 (technically known as an oven-
heater and) which hangs by means of its claws or hooks c upon the front of the fire-
bars. In these sockets a the flat or sad irons are placed as indicated by the dotted
lines h in Fig. 1 when the plate b is hung in front of the fire-bars, and thus the irons
rapidly become heated and this in a cleanly and efficient manner.
As applied to heating box-iron-heaters as indicated by letter g in Fig. 1, the plate b
may be hung on the inside of the fire bars with the pockets a next to the fire.
In this manner I construct a combined oven and ironing apparatus heater.
And in order to facilitate the handling of box-iron-heaters and to obviate the risk
of them falling on to the floor when red-hot I form a female screw hole d in such
heaters as indicated in sectional view Fig. 4 and I employ a handle bar e with a
corresponding screw formed at its extremity and which being screwed one or more
turns into the screw hole d so enables the same to be lifted and to be carried about and
introduced into the box iron with absolute safety.
The handle g of this bar e may be formed of wood, earthenware or other suitable
material.
I wish it to be understood that I make no claim to the oven heater apart from my
improved application of sockets for supporting ironing apparatus as aforesaid.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
1 claim is :-
1st. The combined oven-heater and ironing apparatus heater substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
2nd. In the construction of box-iron heaters the employment of a female screw in
combination with a handle bar correspondingly screwed at its extremity substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.