GB768538A - Improvements in domestic irons - Google Patents

Abstract

768,538. Hand irons. McLAUGHLIN, J. C. April 27, 1955, No. 12194/55. Class 138 (2). A domestic iron comprises a housing 2 fixed to a sole-plate 1, the housing enclosing heating means 5 for the sole-plate and acting as a water reservoir, and manually operable means disposed adjacent to a handle 3 for the iron for supplying air pressure to a spraying device connected to the reservoir and adapted to spray water on to the work being ironed. Air circulating openings (as 33a) in the housing expose the exterior of the reservoir to the cooling effects of air circulation. In one example a rubber bulb 10 is connected to the restricted bore 13 of a nozzle 14 which is connected to the interior of the housing 2 by a tube 15. The bulb 10 is compressed by means of a handle 11 pivoted at 12 and connected to upper and lower plates 22, 23. The plate 22 has a pair of lugs 24 with a pin 25 and slots 26 connected to the side limbs of a forked part 11a of the lever 11. A similar connection is made between lugs 27 on the plate 23 connected to levers 28 pivoted at 29 to lugs 30 fixed to the housing 2, links 31 connecting the levers 28 to the forked parts 11a of the lever 11. A pair of torsion springs 32 urge the plates 22, 23 apart. The bulb 10 is provided with a non-return air valve 21. The tube 15 is surrounded by a second tube 16 and the housing 2 is provided with an air inlet 18. The compartment 4 is provided with ventilating tubes 7 passing through the housing 2. In a modification the bulb 10 is replaced by an elongated rubber bag 34 partly nested within a channel formed along the lower side of the handle 3. This bag 34 is adapted to be compressed by finger pressure. The bag 34 has an extension 35 of smaller diameter connected to the nozzle 14.