Improvements in Devices applicable for use in Heating Laundry Irons and for other purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1906
Complete Specification Left, 20th July, 1897-Accepted. 21st Aug. 1897
Complete Specification Left, 20th July, 1897-Accepted. 21st Aug. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices applicable for use in Heating Laundry
Irons and for other purposes.
I, JOSEPH EDWARDS of 15, Roache Street, Park Road, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object a device for use in connection with heating
laundry irons, and is designed to enable a laundry iron to be heated without soiling
its working surface. The appliance is also applicable for other purposes.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a sloping plate having a shoulder
or rest at its lower end to form a stop for the laundry irons to rest against. Extend-
ing from the back of this plate are wings for supporting the plate aforesaid in a
sloping posture in the fire. In use the device is placed in the grate on the hot coals,
the wings aforesaid forming a rest for keeping the plate in a sloping position.
The heat impinging against the sloping plate will quickly heat it, and the laundry
irons being placed on the plate are prevented from slipping off by the stop, and as
they do not come in contact with the coals will not get soiled. An eye is pro-
vided at the top of the plate to enable the device to be lifted off the fire by a poker
or other tool.
Dated this 26th day of Octohun 1906
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Devices applicable for use in Heating Laundry
Irons and for other purposes.
I, JOSEPH EDWARDS of 15, Roache Street, Park Road, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object a device for use in connection with heating
laundry irons, and is designed to enable a laundry iron to be heated without soiling
its working surface. The appliance is also applicable for other purposes.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a general view of the apparatus in use on a kitchen fire;

page_text: Figure 2 a side view showing the apparatus in position in the grate.
Referring to these Figures, A is a kitchen grate, B a sloping plate having
shoulders Cc or rests to form stops for the laundry irons D to rest against. Ex-
tending from the back of this plate are wings for supporting the plate aforesaid in
a sloping posture on the fire, the flames having free access behind the plate B and
wings E so as to thoroughly heat the irons placed on the plate.
In use, the device is placed in the grate on the hot coals, the wings aforesaid
forming a rest for keeping the plate in a sloping position. The heat impinging
against the sloping plate and wings will thoroughly heat them and the laundry irons
being placed on the plate are prevented from slipping off by the stops C c, and as
they do not come in contact with the coals will not get soiled. An eye F may be
provided at the top of the plate to enable the device to be lifted off the fire by a
poker or other tool.
G is a slotted plate adapted to keep the device at a given distance from the back
of the plate.
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. The improvement in devices for heating laundry irons and other like purposes,
which consists in forming them of a sloping plate having shoulders or rests for the
laundry irons to rest against, and wings extending from the back which are so arranged
as to support the plate in a sloping posture on the fire, whereby if the device is
placed on the hot coals, and the irons be placed on the surface of the sloping plate,
the heat impinging against the plate inside will quickly heat the irons without soiling
them substantially as described.
2. The manufacture of devices for heating laundry irons on domestic fires sub-
stantially as set forth, whereby the laundry irons can be heated without soiling their
working surfaces.
Dated thin 10th Jan T1 1005
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London.