An Improved Heater and Box for Irons for Laundry and other Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Lott, 13th Oct 1892 Accented 10th Dec. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Heater and Box for Irons for Laundry and
other Purposes.
JOHN BUSH 23 Clifton Road Peckham London S.E. do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
To be a cast iron; or any metal case, for covering a sad or other iron, for the
purpose of keeping the iron clean when placed upon the fire; or to be used as a
box, the iron in this case forming the heater.
The principle or construction of the iron covering may be made to open at the
back; or sides; or at the bottom, to slide, or with hinges, or the iron to lift out
at the top.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Heater and Box for Irons for Laundry and
other Purposes.
I JOHN BUSH, of 23, Clifton Road, Peckham, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved holder or means for protecting smoothing
irons when being heated, from direct action of flames and smoke.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved casing or holder for a smoothing
iron, the latter being shown in dotted lines.
Fig. 1 shows the tool or hook used to withdraw the closing end or door of the
said casing applied thereto for this purpose.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the casing showing separately the tool applied to the end
aforesaid.
Fig. 3 shows a modification of my invention applicable for two or more
smoothing irons,
.
Fig. 3 showing the tool or hook for removing the holder from the fire, gas or
other source of heat.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
My improved holder consists of an iron casing C preferably of the shape shown
in Figs. 1 and 2 and open at the top to receive the smoothing iron I placed therein
after the end or door c has been removed. This end consists of a vertical flange f
a bevil part ca horizontal part or top edge t and two slanting or bevilled sides c¹
furnished each with a rectangular notch cut out of their lower edge. The
bevil part e is provided centrally with a strap or buckles through the opening of
which is inserted the slant projection p formed on the tool or handle h. The upper
or bevilled edge of the casing C is cut off at the rear, the vertical side of the same
being furnished with a projection or tooth a which enters the corresponding notch
of the end or door e when the latter is placed in position and closed, the underside
edge of the flange having a triangular shape as shown in Fig. 1 to fit in a
groove of corresponding shape formed in the inner surface of the bottom of the
casing along its rear edge. The end e being withdrawn in the manner stated, by
the tool h, the smoothing iron I is placed in the casing C and the end or door c is
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page_text: replaced in its closed position, when the casing can be now placed on the fire by
the aid of the handle of the smoothing irou I. When the latter is sufficiently hot,
the apparatus is withdrawn from the fire, and the tool h which had been previously
removed is now inserted again by means of its projection p into the opening or loop
formed by the straps, the end is removed and the smoothing iron I withdrawn
from the casing C ready for immediate use.
In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 34 I provide a rectangular casing C
open at the top so that two or more irons may be freely placed therein and removed
therefrom. The casing C is furnished with transverse bars e rivetted to its
underside and with an opening d wherein the hook of the tool T can be inserted
for the purpose of withdrawing the casing C from the fire.
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
1. The combination with a smoothing iron of a casing or holder for protecting the
former from the direct action of flames and smoke, this casing having a removable
end or door which is successively detached and locked in position by means of a
special tool to allow the smoothing iron to be inserted in the casing and the whole
to be placed on the fire substantially as herein described and shown.
2. The combination of a rectangular casing furnished with an opening or
perforation whereby it may be readily removed from the fire by means of a tool
having a hooked end with two or more smoothing irons for the purpose of protecting
the latter when heated from the direct action of flames and smoke substantially as
herein described and shown.
Dated this 3th day of October 1892.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.