US1990142A - Shoe iron - Google Patents

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Feb. 5, 1935.. E, c, sMELTzER 1,990,142v

SHOE IRON Filed April 30, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l 'wg. 1 6 A (V J 4 J `oao j 2 INVENTOR. Ernest Tnze/tzer,

ATTORNEYS Feb. 5, 1935. E. c. sMELTzER SHOE IRON Filed April 30, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mvENToR Ernet (Zmeltzer,

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ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 5, 1935 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOE IRON Ernest C. Smeltzer, Indianapolis, Ind.

Application April 30, 1934, Serial No. 723,033

4 Claims. (Cl. 219-21) My invention relates to improvements in shoe able lead with any desirable form of attachment irons and particularly to an iron which is adaptplug. ed for treating shoes after they have been iin- In use the iron, after being heated, is applied ished for the purpose of removing wrinkles to the shoe for the purpose of ironing out wrinkles therefrom, and shrinking parts of the shoe which therein or for the purpose of heating portions 5 may be slightly large, ironing out wrinkles in of the shoe for eliminating wrinkles or for shrinkthe lining, etc. ing that portion of the shoe slightly. Due to the It is one of the objects of my invention to propeculiar shape of the iron, i. e., the curved neck vide an iron of the above character which is with the flattened end, the iron lends itself to applicable to the shoe and which will permit the the various curvatures of the shoel so that close 10 application of the iron to various parts of the application of the iron may be obtained to vashoe both inside and out. rious parts of the shoe and also the iron lends For the purpose of disclosing my invention I itself to insertion in the shoe and application to have illustrated an embodiment thereof in the most any part of the shoe. Due to the flattened l5 accompanying drawings in which end and likewise the curved portion, the iron may 15 Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an iron embodying be inserted in the shoe to reach clear up into my invention; the toe to remove any wrinkles occurring in the Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section; lining of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a view showing one application of Furthermore, the iron lends itself particularly my iron; advantageously to the shrinking of the top edge 20 Fig. 4, a perspective view showing the manner of Oxfords, ladies pumps, and other types of of use of the iron over the toe of a shoe; Fig. 5, low shoes. Due to the curvature of the iron a view showing the manner of use within the heretofore referred to, an even heat may be aptoe of a shoe upon the under surface of the shoe plied to the quarter lining for the purpose of retop; Figs. 6, 7 and 8, views showing various poducing the quarter lining to draw in the top of 25 sitions of the tool within the toe of a shoe; Fig. the quarter for the purpose of making the shoe 9, a view showing the manner of application of t more snugly. Furthermore, due to the curvathe tool to ensmall the opening into the shoe; ture and the flat tip, application of heat to the and Figs. 10 and 11, views showing positions of lining of the vamp is easily accomplished for the the tool within the heel of a shoe. purpose of removing wrinkles or the like. 30

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated I claim as my invention: the iron comprises a cylindrical tubular iron 1 1. A shoe iron for applying heat to a shoe comhaving at its forward end a curve 2 formed thereprising a cylindrical member having a curved in and at its tip the end is flattened off as at 3. neck, substantially as shown and described.

85 'I'his curve formed in the iron preferably dips 2. A shoe iron for applying heat to a shoe com 35 below the top plane of the base 4 of the iron and prising a cylindrical member having a neck the tip with its flattened portion lies substancurved to lie below the plane of the top portion tially in the same plane as the top edge of the of the base of the iron substantially as shown and base 4. described.

'I'he base of the iron is preferably provided 3. A shoe iron for applying heat to ashoe com- 40 with a cylindrical socket 5 to receive a handle prising a cylindrical member having a curved 6 which may be formed of bakelite or of a suitneck curved to lie below the top of the base of able insulating material, and even wood, if dethe iron and having a flattened tip lying in a sired. plane parallel with the plane of the base, sub- The iron is preferably heated by a suitable restantially as shown and described. 45 sistance element 7 which is inserted in the tubu- 4. A shoe iron comprising a hollow cylindrical lar iron and preferably extends throughout its iron having a curved neck lying below the plane length. This element is connected to a control of the top of the iron and having a flattened tip switch 8 mounted in the handle and connected lying in a plane parallel with the top of the base by a suitable conductor extending through the of the iron and a resistance heating element ar- 50 handle with one member 9 of a separable socket ranged on the interior of the iron.

10. 'I'he other member 11 is connected by a suit- ERNEST C. SMEL'IZER.

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