US2510055A

US2510055A - Iron cord guide

Info

Publication number: US2510055A
Application number: US653842A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fred J Aves
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1946-03-12
Filing date: 1946-03-12
Publication date: 1950-06-06
Anticipated expiration: 1967-06-06

Description

Fl J. AVES IRON com: GUIDE Filed March 12, 1946 June 6, 1950 INVENTO R FRED J. AVE-5 AT TORN EY Patented June 6, 1950 IRDN CORD GUIDE Fred J. Aves, Beverly Hills, Calif., assignor to Vincent Marco, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 12, 1946, Serial No. 653,842

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for guiding and retrieving the conductor cord of an electric flat iron. It relates specifically to that type of cord guide and retriever in which the cord passes through a hollow guide member and then through a coil spring one end of which is anchored to the guide member and the other end of which is attached to the cord. While a number of attempts have been made previously to provide a guide and retriever of this general type, they have not proven successful. The general object of the present invention is to provide a combined guide and retriever of this type which is efficient in operation, simply constructed, relatively inexpensive, and attractive in appearance.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a retriever and guide member which is adapted to support the iron cord with the slack portion thereof extending generally downwardly therefrom and with a portion that extends from the guide to the arm being supported in a generally horizontal position, To this end, the invention provides a guide member having an arcuate guide channel one end of which is directed horizontally and the other end of which is directed downwardly. To facilitate the movement of the cord through the guide channel, there is provided a single roller which provides a portion of the bottom of the channel. This roller is so positioned that it carries the majority of the weight of the cord in the arched position that the cord will naturally assume in passing through the guide.

Provision is made for the guide to pivot on a vertical axis so that it may always point in the direction of the iron. This avoids the necessity for the cord bending in a horizontal direction.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a structure incorporating the functional characteristics set forth above, and one that is extremely easy to assemble. This is accomplished by forming the guide member in symmetrical sections. Each section incorporates half of a vertical bearing for a post on which the guide member is swiveled; half of a socket in which a head on the upper end of the post is encased so as to prevent removal of the guide member from the post; half of a socket for the anti-friction roller, and half of a neck region in which the end of the coil spring member is anchored. A single rivet or equivalent fastening device is employed for securing the sections together, and the engagement of the coil spring in the neck region, together with the engagement of the post member in its bearing and socket, or either of these engagements, serves to prevent displacement of the two sections relative to each other about the axis of the securing element.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple construction for attaching the post member to a spring yoke member to form a bracket that can be readily attached to an ironing board.

Other objects will become apparent in the ensuing specification and appended drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board with an electric fiat iron supported thereon and with my improved cord guide and retriever attached thereto;

Fig, 2 is a rear elevation of the cord guide;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the guide and retriever taken on the symmetrical median plane thereof;

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof taken on the line l4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the guide member and adjacent parts.

As an example of one form in which the invention may be embodied I have shown in the drawing a cord guide and retriever embodying generally a bracket member I which may be attached to the end of an ironing board 8 as shown in Fig. 1, a guide member 9 swiveled upon the upper end of the bracket 1. and a retrieving member in the form of a coil spring HJ one end of which is anchored to the guide member 9 and the other end of which is secured, by a clip II, to the iron cord I2.

The clip may be attached to the cord I 2 near the point where the latter enters the strain relief device |3 of the flat iron M. The spring I0 is a low tension spring. its length being so correlated to the gauge of the wire from which it is made as to offer minimum resistance to movement of the fiat iron 14 and provide just sufiicient pull to draw the cord 52 back to the guide member 9 whenever the flat iron I i is moved toward the guide member. The spring is of sufiicient length to permit the iron to be moved freely to the remote end of the board 8,

The guide 9 has a guide channel l5 which is arcuate in shape so as to provide one end that is directed horizontally and an opposite end which constitutes a downwardly opening mouth H5. The radius of the channel l 5 is such as to permit the cord 52 to assume a natural bend resulting from the weight of its slack portion depending from the mouth 16 which bend is suificiently gradual so that it does not interfere with the free moveoccasionally slide with a minimum of frictional resistance.

The guide 9 is provided with a neck region 22 forming the horizontally directed extremity of the guide channel I5. The butt end of the coil spring I!) is anchored in the guide member by. having an enlarged terminal coil received in an annular channel 2'? in the neck region 22.

The shank portion of the post 2| is journalled in a cylindrical bearing 23 in the guide member 9, and the post is secured against withdrawal from the guide member by the socketing of the head 21] in the socket i 9.

The bracket 1 is constructed very simply yet effectively by utilizing a spring yoke 25 having .in one corner thereof an opening 2'! to receive the post 2|. A portion of the post is extended alongside the web portion 28 of the bracket 25, and is spot welded thereto as indicated at as and Fig. 2 The spot weld 29 and the wall of the opening 21 provide spaced points of support through which the post 2! is rigidly secured to the yoke 25. The fingers of the yoke 26 straddle the upper and lower surfaces of the ironing board 8 and engage the same with sufiicient pressure to securely hold the bracket in place.

The axis of the bearing '23 is located adjacent the mouth 56 so that the majority of the guide member 9 lies on that side of the swivel axis from which the spring Hi projects, whereby the guide member may respond with maximum ease to the lateral swinging of the spring 19. This arrangement also makes it possible for the roller l; to be accommodated between the swivel socket Hi and the neck region 22, with maximum room for the roller.

Employment of an integral head 2!) on the post 2!, and a socket and bearing to fit these members, contributes greatly to the sought after simplicity of construction. The clamping of the butt end of the spring I!) directly in threads formed in the guide member 8 also contributes to simplicity.

These features are made possible by constructing the guide member 9 in two sections each of which provides a half of the guide channel l5, socket l9, bearing 23, recess l8 and neck region 22. The two sections are secured together by a pin 24 which extends through the respective sections nd through the roller H, and which has heads received in recesses 25 in the respective sections. Pin 24 may be a bolt, screw, or rivet. It serves the dual function of securing the sections together and providing a shaft on which the roller 11 may rotate.

The engagement of the butt end of the spring 4 ID in the neck region 22 functions not only to anchor the spring to the guide member but also to hold the two sections of the guide member against displacement relative to each other about the axis of the pin 24.

The assembly of the parts of the device is accomplished very simply by engaging the butt end of the spring 10 between the halves of the neck region 22, engaging the post 2! between the halves of the bearing '23 and socket I9, and passing the pin through the respective sections and through the roller I! which has previously been inserted in the recess H3. The pin 24 is then riveted to secure the parts together, and the assembly is complete.

I claim as my invention:

1. An iron cord device comprising a bracket having a cylindrical post provided at its upper end with a head, a guide member comprising two sections each including a portion of a cylindrical bearing in which said post is journalled and a portion of a socket in which said head is engaged to secure the guide device against removal, and means securing said sections together.

2. An iron cord guide and retrieving device comprising a pair of guide sections each having a portion of a guide channel formed therein and each having a portion of an internal annular recess therein, a coiled retrieving. spring having a coil fitted into said recess and thereby anchored, and means securing said guide members together and clamped upon said coil.

3. An iron cord guide and retrieving device comprising a bracket having a post, a guide member comprising a pair of sections each providing a portion of a bearing in which said post is swiveled, a portion of a guide channel, a portion of an internal recess in a neck region communicating with one end of said channel, and a portion of a socket communicating with an intermediate region of said channel, a retrieving coil spring having at its butt end coil clamped in said recess and thereby anchored to the guide member, an anti-friction roller disposed in said socket and having a periphery defining at least a portion of one side of said guide channel, and a pin upon which said roller is journalled, said pin extending through the respective sections and acting as a means for securing them together with the sections clamped upon the butt end of the spring and thereby secured against displacement relative to each other about the axis of said pin.

FRED J. AVES.

REFERENSES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 994,605 Ricks June 6, 1911 1,943,134 McKesson Jan. 9, 1934 1,943,136 Moser Jan. 9, 1934 2,034,510 Esch Mar. 17, 1936 2,190,108 Crammond Feb. 13, 1940