US1413057A - Electric iron - Google Patents

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T. C. PLATH.

ELECTRIC IRON- APPLICATION FILED Nov. a, 1920.

Patented A r. 18, 1922,

' INVENTOR. v M 0% A TT RNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

THEODORE C. PLATE, 01 L08 ANGELIS,

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

onmronn'm, AssmNon-or ONE-HALF TO .1. cnr'rnnnm, BOTH or nos ELECTRIC IRON.

Application filed November 8, 1920. Serial Hm-422,645.

To all whoin it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE C. Pm'rn,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Los Angeles, county of.,Los.

lowing is a specification.

invention relates to electric irons, and as for its primary object to provide an electric iron and a support therefor,- the support having means for connecting it with a source of electric energy, with suitable terminals, and the iron also having suitable terminals adapted, when the iron is set upon the support, to contact with the terminals of the support, and thus conduct electricenergy to the heating element of. the 1ron, thus making it possible to pick up an electric 1ron and use it without the usual electric cord dangling in. the way of the person using the iron. Every time the iron is set upon the support. it is automatically connected with the source of electric energy without the necessity of the user making special connection therewith.

'of the cord, which f iron, and man One 'of the common objections to the electric iron is the fact that the cord which conveys the electric energy to the iron is always in the 'way and 1s catchlng on things to the inconvenience of the user;

and the iron is constantly being heated un- I less the cord is disconnected,ror some other switch is opened, and frequently gets too hot.

. With my improvement, when theiron is heated, the time it sets on the stand is. sufiicientfto keep. it in good heat for the user and there 1s no switch to be manipulated, or cord to be disconnected, or to get in the way' of the person usingjthej iron. Thus there is less danger of the iron being thrown off he table or support by means requently damages the times injures a person or thing as it fa s. p

it is o y necessary to. set it down so its terminals or contacts do not engage with ain m In order to fully exp invention, I

have illustrated thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawingrs, in which,- 1gure 1 is a side eleuatmn of an iron and If the iron gets too hot,

' 6, carried by the one practice embodiment support or stand embodying my invention, with parts shown in section; Y

Specification of LettersP atent. Patented Apr. 18,1922. I

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the rear I is a rear view of thesu'p-poit as Figure 4 is a view on the lined- 4. of

fieferring now'to the drawings in detail, 1, designates a support or stand, preferably of double construction whereby to provide an air space 2, therein, with supporting means, here shown as wire mei'n ers 3, held in the rolled sides of the body 0 the stand. The front end of said stand or support is preferably higher so: at the iron will rest -m an inclined positiong-jtnd thus insure a better contact with ;the heatin connections hereinafter described. FIt 'wi 1 be understood,.of course, that anytypeof suppert or stand can be used aniii that it can be made rear of the stand, I have provided means for connecting-ta source of electric.- energy therewith. This comprises" a metal enclosing member 4, with an insulating lining v5, with two carbon contact members 6, yieldinglypositioned springs, 7 Said ,carbon contact members. are connected by means of suitable metal ribbons, 8 with terminal pins, 9, insulated from. the enclosing member 4, by means of suitable bushings, 10. The source .of electric energy is to be connected with the terminal pins, 9, just as it is nowconnected with the electric irons direct, and will be readily understood. v

The electric iron, '11, can be of any desired therein at the ends of two "type, and is provided with two metal con- 1* Thus I have provided metal contact mem- T bers, 12,.on'theiron, positioned to contact with the yielding carbon contact members,

stand or support 1. It "will be clear that when the iron is picked up from the stand that the contact 1s at once broken, and that when the iron is placed again upon the stand the contact'is made and the iron is again subjected to heat.

I thereof, and I do .I claim:

In order to provide means for placing the iron on the stand without making electrical contact between the terminals, I have 1. In combination, an electric iron stand constructed to hold an iron in a tilted position and provided at its lower side with an enclosed box-like part, open on its sidetoward the supporting part of said stand and having an insulating lining, a yieldingly mounted contact member in said box-like part, electric connections through said box-- like part to said contact member, aclosure adapted to be moved over the open side of said box-like part, and an electric iron provided with contact member adapted to contact with the contact member of said stand when said iron is set thereon, said iron being held by gravity against said box-like part of said stand.

2. In combination, an electric iron stand having an iron supporting member in an inclined position and provided with contact elements yieldingly mounted at the lower side thereof and located within an enclosing member open at its side next tothe supporting member, an electric iron having projecting contactmembers on its rear end adapted to extend into said enclosing member and contact with said yieldingly mounted contact elements therein when said iron is set on said supporting member, two of said contact members being of metal and two of said contact members being of carbon, whereby to prevent crystallization when said contact members engage each other in use.

3. In combination, an electric iron having projecting contact members, a supporting stand therefor provided with an enclosing member open at one side and having an insulating lining, a yieldingly mounted contact member within said enclosing member, said enclosing member having a closure member adapted to be placed over the open side of the same whereby to cover said contact members when not used, and means whereby the iron when 'set on said stand is held with its contact members in contact with Itohe contact members in said enclosing mem- 4. In combination, an electric iron having two contact elements projecting therefrom, a supporting stand therefor having its supporting part in an inclined position and having at its lower side a pair of yieldingly mounted contact members positioned to em gage with the contact members on said iron wlien'the iron is placed on said stand, said contact members being of metal and carbon and adapted to contact with each other by abutment, means for connecting a source of electric energy with the contact members of said stand, protecting means enclosing said contact members on the stand and having an opening to receive the contact members on said iron when set thereon, said contacts being held in contact with each other by gravity, and a closure for the opening of said protecting means, whereby to cover the contact members and hold said iron out of contact therewith when desired, substan tially as described.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 30th day of Qctober, 1920.

THEODORE C. PLATH.

In presence of- EARL B. SPENCER, H. M. BRUNDAGE.

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