Improvements in the Handles of Sad Irons and other like Smoothing Irons.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 4th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
Improvements in the Handles of Sad Irons and other like
Smoothing Irons.
I, GEORGE SALTER, of the Firm of George Salter and Company, of West
Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the handles of sad irons and other like
smoothing irons, and has for its object a simple and more efficient method of affixing
the said handles to the terminations of the bracket arms, or the upright shanks
directed from the top side of the iron into which they are cast.
My invention relates particularly to tubular handles made up from a strip of
sheet metal turned up into a skelp or open jointed tube, and then affixed through
piercings formed within the middles of the upper parts of the said bracket arms.
In carrying out my invention, I take a piece of strip metal, of a length sufficient
to form the handle, and I then turn the same up into an open jointed tube or
cylinder. The outsides of the extreme ends of this tube or cylinder are then
wormed or screwed, and which wormed parts take into corresponding inside wormed
holes formed through the middles of the upper ends of the socket arms.
Thus, after the screwing of the ends of the open-jointed tube, the bracket arms
are then screwed upon the ends of the tube, until the extreme outer ends of the
tube come flush with the outside faces of the saw bracket arms, and with the front
side faces of the aforesaid brackets coming up to the shoulders formed by the
screwed and unscrewed parts of the said tubular ends. After the screwing on of the
bracket arms, which are disposed downwards or in the same directions, and in liko
relative positions, the outer ends, or the foot ends are then laid in the casting
mould of the iron, when molten metal is then run into the said mould and around
the said foot ends, aflixing the same permanently within the cast metal, hence the
completion of the handle.
As a modification, the holes in the upper parts of the bracket arms have portions
of the metal displaced inwardly, forming collars or shoulders, which are subsequently
outside screwed, and upon which screwed parts, the ends of the tubular handle,
which are inside screwed, take and are there affixed.
The feet of the bracket arms are secured within the iron as before.
Dated: 101 1
ML 1000
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Handles of Sad Irons and other like
Smoothing Irons.
I GEORGE SALTER of the Firm of George Salter and Company, of West
Bromwich in the County of Stafford, 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 :--
This invention relates to improvements in the handles of sad-irons and other like

page_text: smoothing-irons, and has for its object, a simple and more efficient means of aflixing
the said handles to the terminations of the bracket arms, or the upright shanks
directed from the top side of the iron, into which they are affixed by casting.
My invention relates particularly to tubular handles made up from a strip of
steel metal turned up into a skelp or open jointed tube, and then affixed by passing
the ends of the same through piercings formed within the middles of the upper
parts of the said bracket arms.
In carrying out my invention, a piece of strip metal, of a length and breadth
sufficient to form the handle is first taken, then the same is turned up into an
open-jointed tube or cylinder, and the extreme ends outside wormed or serewol,
and which wormed ends take into corresponding inside wormed holes formed
through the middles of the upper ends parts of the bracket arms.
Thus, after the screwing of the ends of the open-jointed tube, the bracket arms
are then screwed upon the said ends and up to shoulders and until the extreme
onter ends of the said tube come flush with the outside faces of the bracket arms,
After the screwing on of the bracket arms, which are disposed downwards or in
the same directions, and in like relative positions, the outer ends, or the foot ends
are then laid in the casting mould of the iron, and molten metal run around them
hence the aflixing of the same permanently within the cast metal body part.
As a modification, the holes in the upper parts of the bracket arms have
portions of the metal displaced inwardly, forming collars or shoulders, which are
subsequently outside screwed, and upon which the ends of the tubular handle,
which are inside screwed, take and are there affixel.
The feet of the bracket arms are preferably secured within the iron as before.
Figure 1. of the accompanying drawing represents partly in vertical section, and
partly in elevation, a sad iron with handle part made or fitted according to my
invention.
Figure 2 represents, also partly in elevation, and partly in section, the component
parts of the said handle part separately.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of Figure 1, and Figure 4 is a cross section upon
the dotted lines A B Figure 1.
is the tubular handle hent up or formed from a skelp or length of sheet metal,
and with the extreme ends of the same outside worned at b, and which outside
screwed ends take into inside screwed holes ², made or formed within the upper
ends e, of bracket arms or upright c, whose lower ends are secured by the same
being cast within the sad-iron d.
The said inside screwed holes ², are screwed upon the serewed ends b, until the
inner faces, of the same come up to the shoulders b', formed at the junctions of
the said screwed parts &, with the plain part a.
Figure 5 represents in longitudinal section another form of my invention.
Figure 6 shows one of the ends of the tubular handle part and Figure 7 is one
of the connection ends of the bracket arms separately.
a is a tubular handle part, preferably formed, as before from a strip of sheet
metal turned up into a cylinder, and a' are the ends of the same, cach inside
screwed at b, and within which the outside screwed neck, collar or boss e, formed
from the metal of the upper part of the bracket c, takes and with the
shoulders e, of the bracket arm parts coming up to the shoulders ', of the tubular
handle part.
I prefer to make the said collars, necks or bosses from the metal of the said
bracket ends by shaping the metal cup-wise, or by bulging or otherwise displacing
the metal into the figure as desired.
The tubular handle, instead of being slightly flattened upon the underside, may
be made perfectly cylindrical, although I do not confine myself to either of these
forms, as the cross section of the handle may be varied as desired, and further, the
said tubular handles, instead of being made from sheet metal, may be made from
solid drawn or other tubing.

page_text: 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
First. In sad-iron and smoothing iron handles, uniting or connecting the handle
parts or the tubular handle parts to the handle brackets or the bracket arm parts,
by screwing, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. In sad-iron and smoothing iron handles, uniting or connecting the
handle parts or the tubular handle parts to the handle brackets or the bracket arm
parts by outside worming the extreme ends of the said handle part and inside
worming holes in the upper parts of the bracket parts, and screwing the latter
member parts upon the ends of the former member part, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Thirdly. In sad-iron and smoothing iron handles, uniting or connecting the
handle parts or the tubular handle parts to the handle brackets or bracket arms, by
outside screwed necked parts of the said bracket arms taking or screwing into inside
wormed ends of the tubular handle part, substantially as described and set forth
in Figures 5, 6, and 7.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1893
GEORGE SALTER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.