Improvements in Gas Irons.
Year: 1898

page_text: ARTHUR GIBSON THEED, Wimbledon Laundry Company, Cranbrook Road,
Wimbledon, Laundry Proprietor, I do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
By these improvements I secure a gas iron from which the flame within is
prevented from flaring out in a direction which would cause damage.
I fasten a plate to the back end of the gas iron with a movable door, in iron,
in connection with such plate and I place a hood or guard on the top of the
iron, covering the opening formed by the end of the iron and the top edge of
the plate.
By raising the gas iron in an inverted position, the door opens and I am
enabled to light the iron and to insert goffering tongs through the hole in the
back end of the gas-iron then accessible and to heat such goffering tongs by the
flames inside the gas iron. The plate and hood are preferably screwed to the
back end and top respectively of the gas iron to facilitate new plates and hoods
being fixed when necessary.
When complete the gas iron may be used for ironing linen and other materials
in a serviceable manner preventing the inner flame from flaring out of the gas
iron and burning or scorching any linen that may be in close proximity to the gas
iron.
Dated this 9th day of November 1898
Improvements in Gas Irons.
I, ARTHUR GIBSON THEED, of the Wimbledon Laundry Company, Cranbrook
Road, Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey, 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, and accompanying
drawings, that is to say:-
My invention relates to irons heated by gas, and used for ironing by hand linen
and other articles of dress and the like. It has for its object a novel method

page_text: of construction by which the internal gas flame by which the iron is heated
is prevented from flaring out in a manner and direction which might cause
damage.
Gas irons for the purpose of ironing linen and the like are constructed of
cast iron, with a suitable handle above by which the iron is held and used by
the ironer, one of the supports of the handle being tubular and being connected
with a flexible pipe by which the gas and air to be burned for heating the
iron are brought to the latter, the gas and air passing into the upper hollow
part of the iron, and thence through a finely perforated plate which forms the
bottom of a chamber held tightly by a flange between the top plate of the iron
and the hollow bottom of the latter into which the chamber descends leaving
a free space all round it, whence the hot products of combustion pass out through
narrow horizontal slits in the upper part of the iron. The air and gas may be
introduced through a separate pipe, instead of through the hollow support.
In order to ignite the mixture of gas and air a suitable hole is provided at the
back of the iron, through which the lighting is effected, and through the same
hole goffering irons or tongs may be inserted for the purpose of heating them,
for use in certain kinds of ironing.
In carrying out my invention, in order to prevent the flame from flaring out
through the hole described, and so possibly causing damage, I fasten a plate
to the back end of the iron, the plate having an opening provided with a vertical
door sliding freely in guides in the plate, the latter being prevented from coming
completely out of the guides by a knob or stop, or the like upon its outer
side.
By raising the iron into an inverted position, the sliding door falls open,
and the gas can be lighted through the opening which is thus uncovered and
made accessible, and goffering tongs may be heated by inserting them through
the hole, so that they become heated by the flame inside the gas iron. When the
gas iron is again turned over into its original position, the sliding door closes
by its own weight and there can be no escape of flame through the hole in the
end of the iron.
The accompanying drawings are in illustration of my invention. Figure 1 is a
side view, and Figure 2 a back view, of a gas iron constructed according to my
invention. Figure 3 is a side view, and Figure 4 a back view of a similar gas
iron in which the improved addition is formed upon the body of the iron, instead
of being screwed to it as in Figure 1.
Figure 5 shows a slightly modified form of Figure 4. Figure 6 is a side
view, and Figure 7 a back view of another modified form of arrangement, and
Figure 8 is a side view, and Figure 9 a back view, (both shown broken off) of a
still further modification.
In Figures 1 and 2, a is the hollow body of the gas iron of the usual shape,
is the flat top of the gas iron, and c is the flange of the inner chamber which
is held between the parts a and b by screws d.
The handle e is carried at one end by
a support screwed into the top of the
iron, and at the other end by the curved pipe g through which the gas and air
are admitted, from a flexible pipe at h into the hollow chamber in the iron.
i, i are slits through which the products of combustion escape.
is a plate screwed to the back end of the iron, and having guides at 1, 1,
between which slides vertically the metal plate or shutter m, a knob n enabling
the plate to be raised if required, the knob passing out through the opening o
in the plate k, and p is an opening through the end of the iron, which is opened
or closed by the plate m as the latter is raised or lowered.
By inverting the iron, the plate m falls open, and the gas can be ignited
through the opening p, and a goffering iron or tongs can also be inserted through
the same opening, to be heated, in any position.
When the gas iron is returned to its proper position as shown, the plate m
falls back and closes the opening 2 from which no flame can then flare out.
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page_text: hood or guard may be fixed upon the part b, to cover the opening, formed at the
end of the iron and the top edge of the plate.
In Figures 3 and 4, the construction and operation is the same, but the slides 1, 1,
are shown formed upon the end of the iron, instead of being screwed to it. A
stop may be provided at w, to prevent the plate m from falling out.
Figure 5 shows a similar arrangement, but instead of a knob, the door m
has a projecting tongue n.
In Figures 6 and 7, instead of a sliding door a pivotted door r is shown. In
this case the back end of the iron is flat, and a plate r, pivotted at s, forms the
cover by which the opening is closed (or opened as shown in dotted lines), t is
a stop to limit the movement of the plate r.
In Figures 8 and 9, a plate forming the cover is also shown, suspended
upon a pivot at v, so that it readily falls open or closed, by its own weight.
I do not confine myself to any particular method of making the door by
which the opening at the back of the gas iron is opened and closed, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
In gas irons, the moveable door covering the opening at the back of the iron,
such door opening by its own weight when the gas iron is inverted, and closing
when the gas iron is in its ordinary position, substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated.
LIDYAA
EDWARDS AND Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
EDWARDS AND Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.