Improvements in Hand Irons for the Use of Tailors.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1899-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand Irons for the Use of Tailors.
I, CHARLES W. IDEN, of University Place, between 9th and 10th Streets, in
the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, United States of
America, Manufacturer, 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: -
My invention relates to tailors' irons, and has for its object to automatically
shut off the air and gas supply from the burner within the iron when the iron
is placed upon a support other than the usual rest provided for it.
I will describe a tailors' iron embodying my invention, and then point out
the novel features thereof in a claim.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tailors' iron
having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view.
Similar letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in both figures.
A represents the usual rest for the tailors' iron, and a bail or projection
extending upwardly from the rest at the front end thereof. B represents a
tailors' iron, and the handle thereof. 6 represents a burner of the usual con-
struction within the body of the iron, and 62 a pipe leading to said burner.
Connected with this pipe is a mixing chamber C for air and gas, and G
sent passages leading to said mixing chamber from the air and gas supply &, c
respectively. represents a valve for opening and closing the passages e, cl
of the air and gas supply.
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The parts herein above described are of the usual construction, and hence,
further detailed description thereof is not necessary.
1) represents a lever, the movement of which controls the operation of the
valve The lever is provided with an extension, which is adapted to
engage with the projection or bail a of the iron rest when the iron is on the
rest, and with an extension which is adjacent the handle. represents a
spring, one end of which is secured to the casing of the valve e, while its other
end bears upon the extension. The purpose of this spring is to force the lever
and its extension into the position shown by dotted lines, in which position the
air and gas supply is shut off from the mixing chamber and consequently the
burner. When the iron is grasped, the extension 2 is moved to the position
shown in full lines in Fig. 1, to open the air and gas supply to the burner,
so that the iron may be heated. While the iron is in use, the lever is held in
this position, so that the supply will be continuous to the burner. Should the
iron be set down on any support other than the rest provided for it, the spring d
will force the lever, and its extensions, into the position shown by dotted lines in
Fig. 1, and thus shut off the supply to the burner.
Ordinarily the iron should be placed upon the rest A, and when this is done,
the extension d² will be held from any movement that may be caused by the
spring d, and thus prevent the valve from shutting off the supply of air and gas
to the burner

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign corespondent, I declare that what I claim is:
1. In a tailors' iron, the combination of the iron body, a burner for heating
the body, a gas supply for said burner, a valve for controlling the same, means
for moving said valve to cut off the gas supply, which means are adapted to
operate when the iron is placed upon a support other than the usual rest, and
the rest which when the iron is placed thereon prevents the means for operating
to move the valve to cut off the gas supply.
2. In an iron, the combination of the iron body, a burner for heating the
same, a gas supply for said burner, a valve for controlling said gas supply, means
for keeping said valve in closed position when the iron is not on its rest, to com-
pletely cut off the gas supply, said means adapted to be operated by the hand in
grasping the iron handle, to open the valve when the iron is to be used.
3. In an iron, the combination of the iron body, a burner for heating the
same, a gas supply for said burner, a valve for controlling said gas supply, a
lever connected with said valve and actuated by a spring to keep said valve in
closed position when the iron is not on its rest, said lever being adapted to be
moved to open the valve when the iron is to be used.
4. In a tailors' iron, the combination of the iron body, a handle for said body,
a burner within the body, an air and gas supply for the burner, a valve for
controlling said air and gas supply, and a lever connected with said valve held
in such position as to have the valve in closed position when the iron is not on
its rest, said lever having an extension adjacent the iron handle, which is moved
in the act of grasping the iron handle.
5. In a tailors' iron, the combination of the iron body, a rest for said body
that is provided with a projection, a burner within said body, an air and gas
supply therefor, a valve for controlling said air and gas supply, a lever connected
with said valve, and an extension on said lever adapted to engage with the
projection on the rest for keeping the valve in open position.
6. In a tailors' iron, the combination of the iron body, a burner for heating
the body, a gas supply for said burner, a valve for controlling the same, and
means for positively moving the said valve to cut off the gas supply, which means
are adapted to operate when the iron is placed upon a support other than the
usual rest.
Dated this 28th day of June 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.