Improvements in Smoothing Irons.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Smoothing Irons.
I, JOHN SAMUEL CAMPBELL, of 15 Harding Street, in the Town and County of
Londonderry, Laundry Iron Designer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention.
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction of
sinootliing irons such as nro used in laundries for dressing shirts, collars, cuffs, an 1
articles of a like nature, to which it is desired to impart a highly glazod surface, by
which the desired effect can be produced more effectually and with less labour than
by means of the irons commonly used.
The improvements, which may be applied to any smoothing iron, but are more
particularly intended for application to box irons or irons internally heated by the
combustion of gas and air, consist in forming the polishing surface of the iron with
corrugations or rounded projecting parts. Preferably only a part of the surface
would be corrugated, and the corrugations may be differently distributed. Preferably
they would be formed in transverse straight lines over the smoothing surface of tho
iron, and cover about two thirds of the space. They may, however, be formed
angularly from each side meeting at the centre line, or with combined angled and
transverse lines, and some of the angled lines may be made to cross, say at the point
of the iron. A useful form of iron would be formed oval or pointed at both ends,
having the corrugations formed on one half of the smoothing surface the other half
boing smooth,
Dated the 19th day of Anonst. 1896.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in Smoothing Irons.
I, JOHN SAMUEL CAMPBELL, of 15 Harding Street, in the Town and County of
Londonderry, Laundry Iron Designer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement in writing reference being made to the
sheet of drawings hereto appended :-
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction of
sunoothing irons such as are used in laundries for dressing shirts, collars, cuffs, and
articles of a like nature, to which it is desired to impart a highly glazed surface, by
which the desired effect can be produced more effectually and with less labour than
by means of the irons commonly used.
The improvements which may be applied to any smoothing iron but are particularly
intended for application to box irons or irons internally heated by the combustion
of gus and air consist in forming the polishing surface of the iron with corrugations

page_text: or rounded projecting parts. Preferably only a part of the surface is corrugated and
the corrugations may be differently distributed. Preferably also as shown in Figures 1
and 2 of the drawings, being respectively a side view broken away and a plan of the
face of a smoothing iron, they are formed in transverse straight lines over the
sinoothing surface of the iron and cover about two thirds of the space. They may
however as indicated by the lines A in Figure 8 be formed angularly from each
side meeting at the centre line, or with combined angled and transverse linos as
indicated by the lines A and B in Figure 4 aud somo of the anglod lines may be
made to cross say at the front of the iron as indicated by the dotted lines A in
Figure 4. A useful form of iron is formed oval or pointed at both onds as shown
by Figure 2 having the corrugations formed on one half of the smoothing surface
the other half being plain.
Having now particularly desoribed and ascertained the nature of my invon-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The forming of the polishing surfaces of smoothing irons with corrugations or
ronnded projections all substantially as heroin described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Strent, Glasgow, Agents.