US2517010A

US2517010A - Cord support

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Publication number: US2517010A
Application number: US705863A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mcgraw Max
Original assignee: McGraw Electric Co
Current assignee: McGraw Electric Co
Priority date: 1946-10-26
Filing date: 1946-10-26
Publication date: 1950-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1967-08-01

Description

M. MCGRAW CORD SUPPORT Aug. 1, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 26, 1946 INVENTOR.

ai M M R G c M X A M A TY Aug. 1, 1950 M, MOGRAW 2,517,010

CORD SUPPORT Filed Oct. 26, 1946 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I N VEN TOR. MAX McGRAW Patented Aug. 1, 1950 CORD SUPPORT Max McGi-aw; Chicago, 111., .assi gnor to McGr aw Electric Company, Elgin, 111., a corporation-of Delaware Application October 26, 1946, Serial N0.70 5,8 63

Claims. (01. 248 -52 My invention relates to electric irons and particularly to cord supporting means therefor.

One object of my invention is to provide a novel and relatively simple means for supporting a cord for an electric iron away from the ironing board.

Another object of my invention is to provide an extensible and retractable means'for supporting a cord of an electric iron away from the ironing board. I

Another object of my invention is to provide a resilient extensible and retractable electric cord support extending rearwardly and to one side and above an electric iron.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a support for a cord for an electric iron that i shall be such as to permit of extension either to one side or the other of the iron for different distances to the rear of an iron.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a support for the cord of an electric iron, aid support being normally concealed in the handle of iron at the rear end thereof.

Yet another object of my invention is to pro vide a resilient cord support for an electric iron that shall extend to the rear of, upwardly from, and to one side of an electric iron. i 7

Other objects of my invention will either be apparent from a description of one form of device embodying my invention or will be pointed out in the course of such description.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a view in side elevation with apart shown in section, of an electric iron embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a View in lateral section taken. onthe line 53-45 of Fig. 2,

l is a top plan View the rear handle removed, and

Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of a fully assembled iron embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawings, I have there shown an electric iron designated generally by numeral l l and comprising a soleplate l3, 2. cover it thereabove as well as a handle i'l secured to said cover. The iron comprises also an electric heating element (not shown) for heating up the ironing surface of soleplate l3, as well as a thermally-actuable control switch for the heater, the iron being provided with an adjusting handle l9 which may be suitably secured to the heated body of the iron just beneath the handle portion of handle structure ll.

Handle structure il includes a molded intermediate grip portion as well as a front handle with the cover. for

"cord 43.

support 2l integral. with the intermediate grip portion, as well as a rear handle support 23which may preferably beonly a relatively'short: member. While I .haveshown my handle structure to be molded to desired shape, I do not desire to be limited to theme of a molded structure-since the members particularly embcdyingrny invention may be used with a metallic handle structure or structure of other materialif desired. a 1 l a I provide a relatively. small .subst'antially circular metallic housing 24 comprising

complemen tary members

25 and 26, which housing. is adapted to be pivotally supported on cover :l'5. oithe iron at its rear end by abolt El and heldby a nut 28. Housing memberml has securedtl'lereto a lever arnitl which lever arm is long enough to extend outwardly of a metallic housing 33 which constitutes a part of th'ehandle structure "of the iron.

Lever arm 3'! is suitably secured to housing memthrough a slot Bl. Theupper edge portion of member 33 is spaced 'a'predetei mined amount belowthel lower edgeof a handle-support cover 39 which, in case the rest ofthe handle is molded may also be of moldedmaterial,"such as Bakelite.

At its outer end, tape 35 is providedfwith a spring clamp il for a cord 43. This clamp M is pivotally mounted on. and secured totheend of tape 35 as by averns, memberx tlbeing of such dimensions andshapeasto receive and hold Together the clainp andtape constitute a resilient extensible and retractable support for the electric cord 43.

The inner end of cord 43, comprising a pair of conductor wires 4'! and 49, extends through an opening 51 in member 39, the conductor being secured by

screws

53 and 55 to a pair of fixed terminals which are mounted on a projecting member 5'! of electric-insulating material secured to the upper end of rear handle support 23.

Screws

53 and 55 are adapted to have screwthreaded engagement with molded-in metallic electric conducting members and one of the ends of the resistor of the heating element is secured to screw 59, and a lead from the thermostat controlled by handle 19 is connected with screw 6|, which extends into the same electric conducting members molded in member 51. While I have shown a specific form of current conducting lead in that end mounting, I do not desire to be limited thereto since other equivalent structures may be used.

Member 39 may be held in proper operative position as by a pair of short machine screws 63 which are adapted to have screw-threaded engagement with molded lugs 65, one of each such lugs being molded on the inner surface of handle structure H at opposite sides thereof.

The device embodying my invention provides a resilient means which is in the shape of a narrow resilient tape of a thickness sufliciently large so that it will properly support the cord away from the ironing board even when it has been extended its full amount. The device embodyin my invention further provides means easily actuable so as to permit of a right-hand iron being used by a left-handed user, all that it is necessary to do, being to move the lever arm 3| from the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings to the opposite side where it will be held by a recess 67 in member 33. The use of a pivotally mounted cord receiving and holding means 4! insures that the cord will not be. worn as to its external covermg.

The operator of such an iron may grasp the spring clamp and tape by the fingers of one hand and pull out the tape any desired amount either with or without the cord in the spring clamp of U -shape. The inner end of the tape is provided with an enlargement 69 thereon, which will not pass through slot 3'! in housing 24, so that it is impossible to pull the resilient tape 35 entirely out of housing 24.

When a user is through with the iron, all that it is necessary to do is to push tape 35 and spring clamp toward the iron, the fit of cord 43 in spring clamp 41 being loose enough so that spring clamp 4| will slide easily along cord 43 until clamp 4| is substantially in engagement with the rear surface of member 39.

Various modifications may be made in the device embodying my invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof and all such modifications clearly coming within the scope of the appended claims shall be considered as part of this invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A support for the cord of an electric iron having a handle, comprising a relatively thin, narrow, resilient tape normally wound up in said handle and extensible and retractable relatively thereto so that one end thereof may be positioned above, to one side and to the rear of the iron, and cord receiving and holding means secured to said end of the tape.

2. A support for the cord of an electric iron having a handle, said support comprising a housing in said handle, a pivot for said housing, a lever arm secured to said housing, means on said handle for holding said lever arm in a given position, a relatively light, narrow, resilient tape normally in said housing and extensible and retractable relatively thereto so that one end thereof may be positioned above, to one side and to the rear of the iron and cord receiving and holding means pivotally secured to said end of the tape.

3. A cord support as set forth in claim 2 in which said lever arm is adapted to be moved rela tively to the longitudinal axis of an iron, so that the end of said tape will be located on either side of said iron.

4. A support for the cord of an electric iron having a molded electric and heat-insulating handle, a hollow rear handle support, said cord support comprising a housing in said hollow rear handle support, a pivot for said housing, a lever arm secured to said housing and holdable in any one of a plurality of predetermined positions, a relatively light, narrow, resilient tape normally coiled in said housing and extensible and retractable relatively thereto so that the outer end thereof may be positioned above, to one side and to the rear of the iron and cord receiving and holding means pivotally secured to the outer end of the tape.

5. A support for the cord of an electric iron, said support comprising an elongate, normally extended, resilient boom adapted to be curled up but tending, by its resilience, to return to its extended shape, a holder mounted on said iron for receiving at least a part of said boom and coin fining said part in a curled-up position, means on said iron near said holder for supporting an uncurled portion of said boom in an outwardprojecting, cord-supporting position, said means including at least one abutment near said holder on which abutment said uncurled portion of said boom that projects from said holder may rest in said cord-supporting position, and across which abutment said boom may pass when being extended or retracted, and cord-gripping means at the projected end of said boom.

MAX MCGRAW.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,236,302 Hooper Aug. 7, 1917 1,516,781 Mylen Nov. 25, 1924 2,079,759 Burns May 11, 1937 2,205,139 Gunderson June 18, 1940 2,332,374 Fagan Oct. 19, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 448,796 Germany Aug. 24, 1927