Improvements in and appertaining to Smoothing Irons for Smoothing and Glossing Linen and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
DI DUITIVATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Smoothing Irons for
Smoothing and Glossing Linen and the like.
J. HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON, of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons, Limited, of
Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows, that is to say :—
It relates to improvements in and appertaining to smoothing irons for smoothing
and glossing linen and the like of the kind that are heated by a gas flame and which
are worked by hand, and consists in an improved construction and arrangement of
said irons and parts in connection therewith whereby the heating of same and the
removal tlierefrom of the burnt gases may be efficiently carried into effect, while
when said irons are required to be raised from the tables or boards upon which they
operate in order to allow other articles to be placed upon such tables, this
readily accomplished.
may be
In carrying this invention into effect I arrange the smoothing iron to have two
chambers, (one within the other) the upper or inner one of which receives the mixture
of air and gas from the pipe supplying same, to better secure its distribution.
Through the bottom of this upper chamber are formed perforations by which said
inixture of air and gas is admitted to be burned in the lower or combustion chamber.
The products of combustion pass away from the lower chamber, by means of a cavity
formed to surround the inner or upper chamber and escape through elongated
openings formed in the upper part of the lower or, outer chamber. Openings for the
admission of air to support combustion are formed at the lower part of the outer
chamber.
A layer or sheet of asbestos or other suitable material which has a low conductivity
of heat is placed between the cover or lid of the iron and the top of the chambers to
prevent unnecessary radiation of heat, while a suitably formed handle is mounted on
said iron in order to move same about on the table or board on which it is being
used.
A bracket is mounted upon the table or board on which the iron is used, and is
formed to have an inclined arm projecting from it, while mounted in suitable bearings
upon the iron is a bowl for contact with the surface of said projecting arm, by
which means when the iron is required to be raised from the table as when it is
desired to remove therefrom the article which has been treated and to place thereon
a fresh one, it is only necessary to move said, iron so that its bowl will come into
contact with and travel up said inclined arm, to be raised thereby from the table and
be held in that position until required to be removed.
Dated this 1st day of June 1899.
H. C. LONGSDON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in and appertaining to Smoothing Irons for
Smoothing and Glossing Linen and the like.
I, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON, of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons, Limited,
of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Makers, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in and appertaining to smoothing irons for
smoothing and glossing linen and the like, of the kind that are heated by a
gas flame and which are usually worked by hand, and consists in an improved con-
struction and arrangement of said irons and parts in connection therewith whereby
the heating of same and the removal therefrom of the burnt gases may be efficiently
carried into effect, while when said irons are required to be raised from the table or
boards upon which they operated in order to allow other articles to be placed upon
such tables, this may be readily accomplished.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings, which are illustrative of my said
invention :-
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a smoothing iron and its support constructed
in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 represents a top view of parts illustrated by Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 represents a sectional elevation, and Fig. 4 a sectional plan of my improved
smoothing iron.
Fig. 5 represents an end elevation of said smoothing iron as seen in the direction
of the arrow x, Fig. 1.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several
views.
In carrying this invention into effect, I arrange the smoothing iron to have two
chambers a and b, the upper or inner one a of which receives the mixture of air and
gas from the pipe c (which supplies same from any suitable mixing chamber) to
better secure its distribution. Through the bottom a¹ of said chamber a are formed
perforations a² by which said mixture of air and gas is admitted to be burned in the
lower or combustion chamber b. The products of combustion pass away from the
chamber b by means of a cavity b' formed to surround the inner or upper chamber a
and escape through elongated openings d, formed in the upper part of the chamber b.
Openings e for the admission of air to support combustion are formed in the walls of
the lower part of the chamber b.
The lid or cover f is fixed to the body part of the iron by means of the screws g,
while a layer or sheet of asbestos or other suitable material which has a low con-
ductivity of heat is placed between said cover or lid and the upper part of the
chamber a in order to prevent unnecessary radiation of heat; A suitably formed
handle k is mounted on the support m fixed to the lid f, by means of which the iron
may be moved over the surface of the table or board upon which the ironing or
smoothing operations are being carried out.
A bracket n is mounted upon the table or board on which the iron is used, and is
formed to have an inclined arm o projecting from it, while mounted in suitable bear-
ings pl upon the iron is a bowl p for contact with the inclined surface of the arm o,
by which means when the iron is required to be raised from the table or board as when
it is desired to remove therefrom the article which has been treated and place thereon
another article it is only necessary to move said iron so that the bowl p will
come into contact with and travel up the inclined surface of the arm o to be
raised thereby from the table and held in its elevated position until required to be

page_text: removed, by reason of the bowl p resting in the cavity or indent o¹ formed on said
arm 0.
It will readily be understood that without departing from the nature of my
said invention I may follow my improved method of construction in the produc-
tion of those irons which are operated by power, as well as those herein described
and illustrated.
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. Irons for smoothing or glossing linen and the like, the same being con-
structed substantially as herein specified and as illustrated by the accompanying
sheets of drawings.
2. In combination with irons for smoothing or glossing linen or the like, means
for raising and retaining said irons from and above the surface of the table or
board upon which they are being used, the same being constructed and arranged
to operate substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of March 1000
HENRY C. LONGSDON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.