Improved Heating Device for Hatters' Irons, Pads, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Heating Device for Hatters' Irons, Pads, and the like.
A communication from the Firm of Messrs. OSSWALD & KIRCHGESSNER, Of
Pfotenhauerstrasse 16/18, Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Empire of
Germany, Straw and Felt Hat Manufacturers.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111 Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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 :—
The present invention relates to a device for heating irons and pads, such as are
used in making or renovating felt or silk hats and the like, in which the source of
heat is arranged under a box, the hinged cover of which, when opened, causes at
the same time the two side walls to turn outwards to a certain angle, these side
walls returning to their original position when the cover is closed.
This device has for its object to retain the heat given off by a Bunsen or like
burner or any other heating device, in the closed box, and to use it for heating
the irons and at the same time to heat the movable cover.
When ironing and afterwards polishing or brushing hats, it has hitherto been
usual to heat the iron as much as required for ironing, on a stove, and, after
ironing, the iron was placed on the bench so that its lower surface was exposed
and could be utilised for heating the velvet or other pad. Such a method is not
satisfactory as in consequence of the air surront ng the irons, it was difficult to
heat them properly and equally, even when using a large supply of heat, and
further as they cool very rapidly during the ironing operation, they cannot after-
wards properly heat the pads, whereby a loss of time is caused, or the work is not
done properly.
According to the present invention these drawbacks are avoided by retaining
the heat given off from any suitable heating device in a closed receiver. Thus
not only the iron but also the metallic cover is heated so that the operator is not
dependent on the irons, but cau by placing them on the cover heat the pads in a
uniform manner and to the degree required.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a cross section,
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section and
Fig. 3 a plan of the device according to the present invention, the dotted lines
indicating the open position of the box.
The device is constructed and operates as follows:-
The combined cover and end wall bis hinged to the base at a and carries lugs or
catches cc. Upon the cover being raised the side walls ff of the box are turned
outwards about their pivots e e into an oblique position, by means of the lugs co
arranged over and under corresponding projections d d on the side walls. In such
position, the operator can conveniently place the iron g on the grating or base h,
whereby said iron becomes exposed to the heat from the burner or source of heat
which in the present instance is assumed to be a Bunsen burner.
In order to utilise the heat to the best advantage the cover 6 must be closed so
that it is heated at the same time to a sufficient extent to enable the operator to
use it as a heating plate for the pad or cushion; the walls ff closing in when the
cover bis closed, so that the iron is completely shut up in the box.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A heating device for use in the manufacture or renovation of hats and the
like, consisting of a box or receiver having pivotted sides and cover, and a burner
or heating device on its underside, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. A heating device of the character described, consisting of a base plate, and
pivotted end and cover provided with projections which engage with projections
on the pivotted sides of the box, substantially as described.
3. A heating device of the character described consisting of a base plate h,
pivotted end and cover 6 having catches or projections cc, which engage with
.projections d d, on the pivotted sides ff of the box, substantially as described.
DL:. 0-1 1--SML 1007
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.