Year: 1887

page_text: 1, JOHN BEARD, of 21 Silchester Road, Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of invention is to manufacture improved ironing stoves, suitable for
heating sad irons, flat irons, goffering irons, and analogous articles.
I construct my improved stoves of cast iron, and square, hexagonal or octagonal in
section (but I do not confine myself to any particular number of sides), and in a
series of detachable sections, one above the other, the whole standing upon a cast iron
tray formed with feet or legs resting upon the floor.
Above, and standing upon this tray, is the first section, arranged for receiving the
ashes, and fitted with a sliding door, to regulate or exclude the draft. The section
above this contains the fire, and is fitted with movable fire bars: also an external
channel for supporting the irons, and one or more sliding door or doors for gaining
access to the fire. These sliding doors are perforated, horizontally, through their
substance, with one, two, or more holes, in which goffering irons may be placed to
be heated.
A similarly formed section (but without fire bars, and with or without doors) is
placed over the fire section, and above this the upper section formed with a cover
and chimney or pipe, in which is placed a damper as an additional means of
regulating the draught. This upper section has a door for feeding the fire, and
also provisions for goffering irons.
I do not confine myself to any particular number of sections, as the number
may be varied according to requirements, but I usually form the small stoves in
three sections, and the larger sizes in four sections.
Date 32-1 Donation jeez
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Ironing Stoves
I, JOHN BEARD, of 21 Silchester Road, Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture improved ironing stoves, suitable for
heating sad irons, flat irons, goffering irons, and analogous articles.
I construct my improved stoves of cast iron, and square, hexagonal or octagonal in
section (but I do not confine myself to any particular number of sides), and in a
series of detachable sections, one above the other, the whole standing upon a cast iron
tray formed with feet or legs resting upon the floor.
Above, and standing upon this tray, is the first section arranged for receiving the
ashes, and fitted with a sliding door, to regulate or exclude the draft. The section
above this contains the fire resting upon movable fire bars: also an external channel
for supporting the irons, and one or more sliding door or doors for gaining access to
the fire. These sliding doors are perforated, horizontally, through their substance,
with one, two, or more holes, in which goffering irons may be placed to be heated.
A similarly formed section, (but without fire burs, and with or without doors) is
placed over the fire section, and above this the upper section formed with a cover and
chimney or pipe in which may be placed a damper as an additional means of
regulating the draught. This upper section has a door for feeding the fire, and also
provisions for heating goffering irons.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved ironing stove, and Fig. 2 is a
sectional elevation of the same.
a a are the supports, cast in one with the tray bb. c are the movable fire bars.
dd are the walls of the lower section, the space enclosed therein forming the receptacle
for ashes. e is a sliding door, which slides in grooves, as shown in Fig. 1, and by
which regulated currents of air can be admitted to the fire. The external portions of
the tray are useful for placing irons and other articles upon. ff are the walls of
another section having an external channel g cast therewith, the space enclosed by
the walls forming the receptacles for fuel. This section is fitted with one or more
sliding door or doors h. These doors have longitudinal holes i ¿for receiving goffering
irons as shewn in Fig. 1.
mm are the walls forming another section having an external channel g¹ for
supporting irons. nn is the top section, having an external channel g², a chimney o
and a damper for further regulating the draught. This section is provided with a
fire door p for feeding the fire and with holes for receiving the goffering irons as
shown in Fig. 1.

page_text: I do not confine myself to any particular number of sections, as the number may
be varied according to requirements, but I usually form the small stoves in three
sections, and the larger sizes in four sections.
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 :-
The manufacture and use of ironing stoves consisting of detachable sections fitted
with channels for supporting flat irons while being heated, and provision for heating
goffering irons, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.