Improvements in Stoves or Heating Apparatus for Sad-irons and the like for Laundry and other Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Stoves or Heating Apparatus for Sad-irons and
the like for Laundry and other Purposes.
I, GEORGE CLEMENTS, Mill Street, Loughborough in the County of Leicester,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a novel construction of stove or heating apparatus for
Bad-irons and the like used for laundry, tailoring and other purposes.
The invention comprises a stove constructed to receive the sad-iron and imprison
the hot air round about it so that a maximum heating power is obtained with a
minimum consumption of gas or other heating agent..
The stove consists of a practically closed chamber or receptacle when the iron is
placed therein to be heated.
According to one form of construction the stove may be of a shape similar in
outline to that of the iron and may have a narrow groove or slot in the upper side
or fixed lid through which thin plates connecting the handle with the iron
may pass.
When the iron has been placed within the stove a door is closed over the
entrance which by preference is located at the wide end of the stove.
The burner which is of the "Bunsen" or bluelight type, consists preferably of
a straight arm extending along the length of the stove and provided with a
projecting arm or side branches so that when the burner is in use the whole of the
face of the sad-iron is practically covered by the flame.
The burner is furnished with a projecting plate or flange connected to the stove
by screws or bolts so that it can be readily detached or taken out for attention
when desired.
The entrance end of the burner may be revoluble to permit of ready adaptation
or connection to a supply tube or pipes in any position.
One or more slides may be combined with the upper part of the stove to cover
the slot or groove therein so that the escape of heat may be effectually prevented
and as will be readily understood when the sad-iron is introduced into a gas heated
chamber such as hereinbefore described it is heated with greater rapidity and a
more economical consumption of gas than in those stoves where the gas flame
merely plays on the face of the iron and then escapes into the atmosphere.
Dated this 28th day of July 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Stoves or Heating Apparatus for Sad-irons and
the like for Laundry and other Purposes.
I, GEORGE CLEMENTS, Mill Street, Loughborough in the County of Leicester,
Engineer 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 a novel construction of stove or heating apparatus for
sad-irons and the like used for laundry, tailoring and other purposes.
The invention comprises a stove constructed to receive the sad-iron and imprison
the hot air round about it so that a maximum heating power is obtained with a
minimum consumption of gas or other heating agent.
The stove consists of a practically closed chamber or receptacle when the iron is
placed therein to be heated.
According to one form of construction the stove may be of a shape similar in
outline to that of the iron and may have a narrow groove or slot in the upper side
or lid through which the thin plates connecting the handle with the iron
may pass.
When the iron has been placed within the stove a door is closed over the
entrance which by preference is located at the wide end of the stove.
The burner which is of the "Bunsen" or bluelight type, consists preferably of
a straight arm extending along the length of the stove and provided with a
projecting arm or side branches so that when the burner is in use the whole of the
face of the sad-iron is practically covered by the flame.
The burner is furnished with a projecting plate or flange connected to the stove
by screws or bolts so that it can be readily detached or taken out for attention
when desired.
The entrance end of the burner may be revoluble to. permit of ready adaptation
or connection to a supply tube or pipes in any position.
One or more slides may be combined with the upper part of the stove to cover
the slot or groove therein that the escape of heat may be effectually prevented
and as will be readily understood when the sad-iron is introduced into a gas heated
chamber such as herein before described it is heated with greater rapidity and a
more economical consumption of gas than in those stoves where the gas flame
merely plays on the face of the iron and then escapes into the atmosphere.
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description in
reference to the accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of an iron heating stove constructed
in accordance with my invention and showing the iron in dotted line.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section on the line X X of Fig. 1, the iron being
removed.
Figure 3 is a plan of the top or lid of the stove with a sliding shutter to close the
slot therein.
Figures 4 and 5 show an alternative construction of iron, in side and end
elevations respectively.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A represents the stove, the preferred shape of which as most clearly indicated
in Fig. 2, is that of the iron to be heated.
The stove is supported on three legs A¹ to raise it and leave an air space under
and its wide end or fixed part of the front is furnished with two lugs A 2 thereon

page_text: located at the side of two other lugs B2 formed integrally with the door or
movable part B of the front of the stove.
A pin C passing through the said four lugs forms a pivot or fulcrum upon which
the door turns for opening and closing.
The door may however be otherwise hinged or connected thereto.
The lugs B2 on the door are preferably of the shape shown in Fig. 1, i.e. the
lower part projecting at a right angle so that when the door is open, as shown in
dotted line in Fig. 1, it does not drop below the horizontal line.
The lid of the stove is made with a longitudinal slot D2 Fig. 3 forming a
passage to admit. the vertical supports E' of the handle E 2 when the iron E is
being placed in the stove.
To prevent the heat escaping through this slot when the iron is being heated a
longitudinal rib E3 is cast on the top of the iron to fill the slot or as an
alternative a sliding shutter F as shown in Fig. 3 may be employed to close
the slot.
A knob F attached to the shutter is used for sliding it to and fro and alots F 2
passed over pins or screws D¹ on the lid D restrict its to and fro movement.
When the iron is placed within the stove it may rest on a flange projecting all
round from the inner surface of the wall IA of the stove, but in the preferred
construction the lid is provided with a downwardly depending flange D3 having
at its bottom a central open floor or flange D4 upon which the iron rests when
placed inside the stove.
The opening D5 Fig. 2 in the floor of the stove is immediately over the
greater number of the holes G in the burner which latter comprises a main
branch G and side branches G 2.
To place the burner in the stove it is first passed under the bottom thereof and
when in the position shown in the drawing the main branch G is in a slot in the
fixed part of the front of the stove and an integral plate G 3 on the said main
branch is fixed by screw bolts G4 to the front of the stove.
The main branch of the burner has an air passage G 5 Fig. 1, therein and on
its end there is screwed a stop-tap H the pipe H' leading to which may be connected
to any gas supply pipe.
A space is left between the wall of the stove and the flange D3; and
slots D6 Fig. 1 are made in the latter so as to allow the heat to circulate freely all
round the stove.
The lid is secured to the stove by screws D7 Fig. 2 passing through the latter
and into the flange D3 which is also provided with projections D 8 to maintain the
space J.
A small escape opening K is formed in the upper part of the stove which
allows the heated air to get away sufficiently quickly to prevent the burner lighting
back.
In some cases the door B may be dispensed with and a shutter or plate E
Figs. 4 and 5 may be cast on across the wide end of the iron so as to fill the
space or opening in the front of the stove when the said iron is placed within the
stove.
The invention is not confined to the shape of the stove nor to the particular
shape or construction of the burner as these may be varied without departing from
the main lines of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A stove for heating sad-irons and the like consisting of a chamber such as A,
slot in the lid, such as D2 an entrance in the chamber for the iron and means to
close the said entrance and the said slot, flange or supports in the chamber for the
iron, and burner thereunder substantially as described.
2. In a stove for heating aad-irons and the like and having a slot in its lid and

page_text: an entrance for the iron the combination of a sad-iron or the like provided with
means to close the said slot and entrance substantially as described and illustrated
in Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In a stove for heating sad-irons and the like and having an opening in its
lid the combination of a shutter such as F substantially as and for the purpose
.described.
4. The stove for heating sad-irons and the like constructed and arranged
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
GEORGE CLEMENTS.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.
GEORGE CLEMENTS.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.