US1080016A

US1080016A - Iron.

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Publication number: US1080016A
Application number: US73965213A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hjalmar Lindestrom
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-01-02
Filing date: 1913-01-02
Publication date: 1913-12-02
Anticipated expiration: 1930-12-02

Description

H. LINDESTROM. IRON. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1913.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913. F4. a? III/:3 15 l/ v II// A n m .7 2% Z6 a? 7 29 J N)!" fl\ li 11. x 29 HJ'ALMAR LINDESTROM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed January 2, 1913. Serial No. 739,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HJALMAR LINDE- srRoM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Irons, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to improvements in that class of irons used by tailors and large tailoring establishments for pressing garments, the seams thereof and cloth, and has particular relation to that type of such irons which are heated internally by a mixture of air and gas supplied thereto under pressure; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The main object of the invention is to provide an iron of theabove named general character, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and efficient in operation, and so made that the fuel or mixture of air and gas will be supplied to and discharged within the cavity of the iron in such a manner as to cause complete combustion thereof and uniform distribution of heat, to the end that the iron will be quickly and evenly heated.

7 Another important object is to provide an iron of such construction that the burner therefor and the fuel supply pipe leading to said burner may be adjustably and detachably connected to the iron in such a manner as to be out of the way of the operator and so that they can be readily removed for cleaning and repairs, yet will be securely held in their operative positions against danger of being broken off or misplaced.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing which serves to illustrate an embodiment of the inventionFigure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of an iron embodying my improvements showing the burner and supply pipe section by continuous lines secured in one position on the iron, and by dotted lines in another position to which it may be changed or placed; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the iron body with the handle plate removed, but illustrating the burner and supply pipe mounted thereon; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the burner and a portion of the supply pipe, and Fig. 4 is a fragmental plan view of the top of the iron body.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 7. designates the body of the iron, which is hollow, and is provided with a horizontally disposed partition 8, located a slight distance above the upper surface of the base 9 of said body. This base is provided on its upper surface, at about its middle, with a circular and upwardly extended enlargement 10, the central portion of which is located directly beneath an opening 11 in the partition 8, for the reception of the lower portion of the burner 12, which is cylindrical in shape and is provided at its upper end with an annular flange 13 to rest on the upper surface of the top of the body 7, around an opening 14: therein, through which opening the burner is extended as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The burner 12 is provided with a bore 15, which is enlarged at its lower end as at 16, and communicates at its upper end with a laterally extended channel 17, with which the upper portion of the burner 12 is provided.

Connected to the upper portion of the burner 12 and communicating with the channel 17 is a section 18 of a fuel supply pipe, which may be connected at its other end by means of a flexible tube to a supply of fuel, such as a mixture of gas and air, which supply is not shown, and which may be under pressure. The section or pipe is of curved form; that is, its lower portion is extended laterally and horizontally from the upper portion of the burner 12, and has its outer portion upwardly and outwardly inclined. At the juncture of the pipe 18, with the burner 12, the latter is provided with a depending lug 19, for the purpose of strengthening the parts and to aid in holding the burner and said pipe in position on the top of the iron.

As is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 1 of the drawing, the upper surface of the iron 7 is provided with a number of apertured bosses 20, which project a slight distance above the top of the iron, and to which a plate 21, having a handle 22, is secured by means of screws 23, engaging the apertures of said -bosses. It will also be seen that the top of the iron is provided with a series of

grooves

24 and 25, the former of which are extended longitudinally with respect to the iron from the opening 14 therein, and the latter are extended diagonally and rearwardly from said opening. Each of these grooves is provided at its juncture with the opening 14, with the recess 26, to receive the lug 19, on the upper portion of the burner 12, just below the flange 13 thereof. Near the outer end of each of the

grooves

24 and 25 are located a pair of spaced apart lugs 27, which project upwardly and are for the purpose of receiving therebetween the upturned portion of the supply pipe 18, while the

grooves

24 and 25 are for the purpose of receiving the horizontal portion of said pipe. By this arrangement it is apparent that the horizontal portion of the pipe 18, may be located in any of said grooves, and that its curved portion will lie between the lugs 27 at the outer end of the groove in which the pipe is located, which lugs will assist the groove in holding the pipe in position and against accidental dislocation. Then the pipe is thus placed in one of the grooves, it will be understood that the burner will be located in the

openings

14 and 11 of the top and partition 8 of the iron respectively, and that the handled plate 21, may then be secured in position by means of the screws 23 on the top of the iron. The rear end of the iron 7 is formed with an opening 28, which preferably extends from the upper surface of the base 9, to the lower surface of the top of the iron, and may be closed by means of a door 29, hinged at its lower portion to the iron body. This door may be held in its closed position by means of a latch 30, pivoted at its upper end to the rear end of the upper portion of the iron and in such a manner as to allow suflicient spaces between it and the walls of said opening for the passage of air and the products of combustion from the iron.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing, it will be readily understood and clearly seen that by admitting fuel through the pipe 18, to the burner 12, it will be discharged from the lower end of the latter through the enlarged opening 16, thereof, against the apex or upper part of the rounded enlargement 10, by means of which it will be uniformly distributed over the base of the iron and within the cavity between said base and the partition 8, where it may be ignited and consumed in such a manner as to uniformly distribute the heat and evenly heat the iron.

As some operators desire that the supply cated on the burner and a pipe shall be located on the forward portion of the iron, and others that it shall be located on the rear portion, while others that it shall be on one of the sides of the iron, it is obvious that by providing the top of the iron with the

grooves

24 and 25, said pipe may be located in the proper one of said grooves to meet the desires of the operators.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided with a groove leading from said opening, a burner located in the opening, a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and extended there from in said groove, and a plate located on the burner and a part of said pipe and. secured to the iron body.

2. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided with a groove leading from said opening and within a pair of spaced-apart projections one on each side of the longitudinal axis of said groove, a burner located in the opening, a fuel sup ply pipe connected to the burner and extended therefrom in said groove, and a plate located on the burner and a part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

3. An iron consisting of a body having an opening provided with a plurality of grooves leading from said opening, a burner located in the opening, a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and extended therefrom for location in one of said grooves, and a plate located on the burner and a part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

4. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided with a groove leading from said opening, said body having a recess at the juncture of the groove with said opening, a burner located in theopening and having a projection to fit in said recess, a fuel supply pipe connected with the burner adjacent to the projection thereon and extended therefrom in said groove, and a plate located on the burner and a part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

5. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided With a plurality of grooves leading from said opening, said body having at the juncture of each of its grooves with the opening a recess, a burner located in the opening and having a projection adapted to fit in any of said re cesses, a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and adapted to be extended therefrom in one of said grooves, and a plate 10- part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

6. An iron consisting of a hollow body having an apertured top provided on its upper surface with a groove leading to said aperture, a burner located in the aperture,

a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and extended therefrom in said groove, and a plate located above the burner and pipe and secured to the body.

7. An iron consisting of a hollow body having an apertured top provided on its upper surface with a plurality of grooves leading to said aperture, the top of said body also having at the juncture of each of its grooves with said aperture a recess, a burner located in the aperture and having a projection adapted to fit in any of said recesses, a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner adjacent to the projection thereon and extended therefrom for location in one of said grooves, and a plate located above the burner and a part of said pipe and secured to the body.

8. An iron consisting of a hollow body having on the inner surface of its base an upwardly extended enlargement and an opening in its top above said enlargement, a burner located in said opening, a fuel supply pipe communicating with the upper portion of the burner and extended along the top of the body, and a plate secured to said body and located above a part of said pipe and the burner.

9. An iron consisting of a hollow body having on the inner surface of its base an upwardly extended enlargement and an opening in its top above said enlargement, a horizontally extended partition within the cavity of the body and having an opening, a burner located in said openings, a fuel supply pipe communicating with the upper portion of the burner and extended along the to of the body, means on the body to hold the burner against rotary movement and to secure said pipe against sidewise movement, and a plate secured to said body and located above a part of said pipe and the burner.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2lth day of December A. D. 1912, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HJALMAR LINDESTROM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, A. S. PHILLIPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington; D. O.