IMPROVEMENTS IN SAD IRONS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Ryland, of West Bromwich, in the County of
Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAD IRONS."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Ryland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st June 1879.
FREDERICK RYLAND, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SAD IRONS."
My improvements refer to those parts of sad irons known as the legs and the
handle. and to modes of connecting them each to the other and also to the base of
the iron.
In one form I cast the legs on the base, the handle when of wood being screwed
on by screws passing through the ends of the wood and through the upper ends of
the legs, which are tenoned or countersunk into the wood so that the wood may
cover the iron of the legs, a small metal latch being attached by the same screw to
each end to prevent unsightliness.
In a second form wrought iron legs made of one piece of bent wrought iron are
screwed into the base, and a handle either of wood, as in the form last described,
may be similarly attached to the legs, or a handle of tubular iron, as in the form
to be next described, may be brazed or mechanically secured to the legs.
In a third form the legs are cast with the base, and the handle, a piece of
wrought iron tube, is laid in the mould and cast on with the arms, the advantago of
the tubular handle being that it allows the air to pass through in operating the iron
over the work.
In all these forms of sad irons I fix the handle at an angle with the base, inclining
downwards from front to back. This gives less strain to the wrist of the worker
than with the old form of handle parallel with the base.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Ryland in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
December 1879.
FREDERICK RYLAND, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SAD IRONS."
My improvements refer to those parts of sad irons known as the legs and the
handle, and to modes of connecting them each to the other and also to the base of
the iron.
In one form, shewn at Figure 1 of the Drawings, I cast the legs (a, a,) on the
base (b), the handle (c) when of wood being screwed on with screws passing through
the ends of the wood and through the upper ends of the legs (a, a,) at (d). The
legs are tenoned or countersunk into the wood so that the wood may cover the
iron of the legs, a small metal label being attached at (d) by the same screws to
prevent unsightliness.
In the second form, shewn at Figure 2, the wrought iron legs (e) aro made of one
piece of bent metal and screwed into the base at (f), and a handle either of wood
attached, as in Figuro 1, or of tubular iron, as in the next described Figure 3, may
bo brazed or mechanically secured to the legs.
In the third form, shown at Figure 3, the legs are cast with the base, and the
handle (g) is a piece of wrought iron tube, which is laid in the mould and cast
in to the legs, corresponding holes () being left in the legs to admit air to the
handle, the advantage being that the passage of air through the handle when
operating the iron over the work keeps the handle cool.
This tubular form of handle may also be applied to other descriptions of irons.
In all these forms of sad irons I prefer to fix the handle at an angle, as shown
on the Drawings. This gives less strain to the wrist of the worker than with the
old form of handle parallel with the base.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim, without limiting myself to these
precise details, the several improvements in sad irons, as herein more fully set forth
and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Ryland, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.