US1795180A - Flatiron - Google Patents

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March 3, 1931.- I E. A. PETERSON v 1,795,180

FLATIRON Filed March 12, 1929 Fia l.

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' ton Patented Mar. 3, 1931 uni-Ten STA-T ESYPATENT OFFICE EDWIN A. PETERSON, or s'r. PAUL, ,arrnnnsora, Assrenon TO nmsoivntncrnro .AP-V PLIANCE COMPANY, 1110., or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPQRATIONOF NEW YORK FLATIRON Application filed March 12, 1929. Serial No. 346,425.

My invention relates toflatirons andhas for itsobject the provision of an improved flatiron whereby the fabric under and around the buttons orthe like ofagarment may be pressed in a convenient and efficient manner.

Certain irons, heretofore, have been provided for pressing the cloth under and adja cent the buttons of a garment. Generally these irons were provided with recesses or grooves in the ironing surface for-receiving the buttons in the ironing operation. Irons of this character were more or less object-ionable in that it proved very difficult because of the recess to slide the iron sidewiseor to rotate the iron. as is usually desired in ordinary ironing operations. Moreover, the recesses often collected dirt and their edges oft-en rusted.

My invention contemplates the provision of a fiat-iron whereby the fabric under and around buttons may be pressed without sacriicing the advantages derived from a smooth and uninterrupted ironing surface.

In carrying my invention into effect in one form thereof, I provide a recess or slot in the side of the iron above the ironing surface. As the iron is moved over the garment or fabric being pressed, the recess will receive the button laterally so that the cloth under and around the button will be pressed without danger of tearing the button from the garment and without damag' to the butitself. To accommodate the iron to both right and lefthanded persons, and to facilitate pressing operations in general, each side of the iron may be provided with a.

recess.

For a more complete understanding of my invention reference should be had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electric fiatiron embodying my invention; Fi g. 9. is a. f.:-tagrncntal view in section illustrating the recesses provided in both sides of the iron; and Fig. 3 is a section of the iron taken through the line 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown my invention in one form in connection with an electric flatiron. As shown, the iron is provided with a heavy ironing body shown as a sole plate .10, a suitable cover member 11 and an ordinary grip or handle 12. These members will be secured in any suitable manner as for instance by screw fastening means 13. It will be understood that the flatiron will be provided with a suitable heating element (not shown), the terminals of which will be brought .to a conventional plug socket 14 so as to provide for external electrical connectionwith a suitable electrical supply source.

In order that the material under and about the button of agarment or the like may be pressed in a convenient and eflicient manner, I' provide each side of the ironing body 10 with a. groove or recess 15. Preferably, these recesses will be located toward the point, i; c., in the forward portionof the iron. It will be understood that each recess will be positioned adjacent the working surface of the'iron so as to receive the button laterally in the ironing operation and thereby permit the edge of the ironing surface 16 beneath therecess to press the cloth under the button, as shown in Fig. 3. Obviously, each recess may take any suitable shape and have any suitable dimensions, the particular size and shape of the buttons to be received being determining factors. As shown, the lower wall 15a of the recess is'inclined downward towarf the side of the iron.. Preferably, the ends of each recesswill be tapered as indicated 156, 150,50 that the button will slide freely into and from the recess as the iron is moved forward without injury to either the button or its fastening means. It will be observed that since the recessis lo-- cated adjacent the pressing surface 16 of the iron, but a very thin portion 17 of the side wall is left between the recess and the pressing surface. Obviously, this construction facilitates the reception of the button by the recess. Althoughit is not essential to my invention, the side or edge surfaces of the sole plate 10, within which the recesses are formed, should be substantially vertical. This construction serves both to facilitate the ironing operation and to provide the maximum weight commensurate with the working area of the iron.

It will be understood in the ironing operation, that one or the other of the recesses 15 will serve to receive the button laterally as the iron is passed over the adjacent material ig. 3). Thus, the iron may be guided so that the edge of its pressing surface 16 be neath the recess will pass beneath the adjacent half of the button and thereby press the fabric thereunder. Likewise, the fabric under the other half of the button may i be pressed. It will be understood that the material underthe button may be pressed, if desired, by rotating the iron about the button, the button, of course, being received in the recess during this operation.

By providing two recesses 15, one for each side of theiron, I accommodate the iron readily to both right and left handed persons. Moreover, the two recesses facilitate the ironing operation even though the operator uses but one hand only. Thus, the operator may iron under both sides of the button by nosing'the iron forward, first on one side of the button and then on its other side.

It will be observed that I have provided an iron so that the material under a button or the like may be conveniently pressed without danger of tearing the button from the fabric or of damaging the button itself. Moreover, the material adjacent the button may be pressed more efiiciently since there is no danger because of the recess of injuring the button or of tearing it from the fabric.

While I have, in accordance with the pro- Visions of the patent statutes, described my invention as embodied in concrete form and operating in a s ecific manner, it should be understood that do not limit my invention thereto, since various modifications thereof will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the annexed claims.

IV hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A fiatiron comprising an ironing body provided in its side with a groove-like recess having a lower wall terminating in the surface of said side so as toleave a comparatively thin unbroken portion of said side between said recess and the pressing surface of said iron whereby that portion of said pressing surface beneath said recess can be projected under a button or the like so as to iron the fab me under and about said button.

' 2. An electric flatiron comprising an ironing body having substantially vertical sides, said ironing body being provided in one of said sides with a recess having a lower wall terminating in the surface of said side so as to leave a comparatively thin unbroken portion of said side between said recess and the press ing surface of said iron.

3. A fiatiron comprising an ironing body having substantially vertical sides converglngto a point at one end thereof, said ironing body being provided with a recess in one of said converging sides adjacent the pressing surface of said iron, said recess having a low er wall terminating in the surface of said side so as to leave a comparatively thin unbroken portion of said side between said recess and said pressing surface.

4. A flatiron comprising an ironing body provided with a recess in its side for receiving a button or the like in the ironing operation so that the fabric under and about said button may be pressed, said recesshaving tapered end portions terminating in the surface of said side to facilitate the movement of the button into and from the recess.

5. A. flatiron comprising an ironing body provided in its side with a recess having a lower wall inclined downwardly toward the surface of said side so asto leave but a comparatively thin portion of said side between said recess and the pressing surface of the iron whereby that portion of said pressing surface beneath said recess may be projected under a button or the like so as to iron the fabric thereunder, said recess also having tapered end portions terminating in the surface of said side to facilitate the movement of the button into and from the recess.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 8th day of March, 1929.

EDWIN A. PETERSON.

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