US2543239A

US2543239A - Electric iron cord support

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Publication number: US2543239A
Application number: US142860A
Authority: US
Inventors: Owen B Gross
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-02-07
Filing date: 1950-02-07
Publication date: 1951-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 1968-02-27

Description

Feb. 27, 951

o. B. GROSS 2,543,239

ELECTRIC IRON CORD SUPPORT -Filed Feb, 7, 1950 "Huang-n.. MALL w OWE/V B goss,

INVEN TOR.

Patented Feb. 27, 1951 UNITED EzN- l 0F FIG E ELECTRIC IRON CORD iSIIPP-ORTI' OWenB'." Gross, Pasadena, .Dttlif.

Application February 7, 1950; SrialN0;-142',860

(Cl; ,248e-51 stoma-ms.. 1.

Thisdnventionirelates to :acdevicei or yieldingly,

supporting the: conductor; of] an:v electric: iron' high enough above an ironing board. toafiordi-the operator freedom ofmovement of ,the -iron and i so as to protect the cord; fromrdamagevduerto twisting: or contact with 1; the iron during; theoperation thereof.

It is the objectof' the presentzinventionlto provide a; cord supporting device which may readily be clamped inrposition on the edge: of thetypes of ironing; boards? in common use: atpthe present time: It 'isrwa further. object to provide the. cordxsupportwhich,-. whilein. use, ,m'ay be held. firmly; clamped: in upright position but which; when the ironing board is .put. away; for storage: may. be; swung: downward into:;contact with? the operating surface:- of! the board.- An:-

other-ob-iect isrto providemeans-for locking .the

device in; contact with 'the;.-board;-.

These-"and". other 'objectsaof. the invention, to.-

ge-ther with the many;' advantageous features thereof willbe better-understood from the following detailed; description, particularly ref.- erence is hadi-to the--accompanying. drawingyin which:

Fig. 13 is; a, fragmentary.- cross-.-sectional.- end view of' an-ironing board showingthetdevice tof.

they-invention clamped-inposition; thereon as in practice Y Fig; 2 is a; substantially. corresponding-1 cross.-

sectional sideyviewof .amortionrof ithe board with the device: of theinventiorr clamped. inposition thereon;v

Fig. 3-.is-. an end view of the. cord support as it appears-in its relation :to the::ironing .boardland in a different position ofladiustmenty.

Fig. 4-isa. substantially. corresponding... plan viewwof the.device;.

Fig 5.shows a clampingqelement ofthe device modified as required for. mountingwn .-.a di-fierent type of. ironing board; and,

Fig. .6 is a. side.-.-elevationalj view of the. device with portions. thereof... broken away; in order to disclose .the interiormeoh'anism thereof.

Aszillustrated. in Fig. '1', the numeral I denotes aeonventional wooden ironing-board'toiwhichiis,

shown applied the usualipadding. 2i The; cord support.v of the. invention. consists; mainly. of a body, portion 3-i from. which extends .a clamping member. or tongue- 4- which isishapedito. fit over the sideedgeof the ironing;.b'oard.fl Thisxcord support is l conventionally made. from. a strip of metal: of? suificientu strength. and resilience. to maintain it firmly-in position; on. the. ironing board when pressed against the sidetedgeitherethezzstrip do not meet bntathatthe narrowmpeningxomgapfivis formed between-:the edges-forthe purpose which' .will;'now.a be" described. The end 8; of the; body: is partly 1 closed asgby means. of lips 9.

A: cylindrical .ab'odyz orz plungera. lfleis fitted to slideawithintheatubuhr body} and "this plun er is. radially; recessed: from the: circumference thereof .toireceive andzrigidlyisupport a- WiIGIOl rod; I '5 which; aszbest' showrrinhie. 2; rises through-the gapsfisof thezttubulargbody 52. The root: is; at: the: upper; end thereof: shown; downwardly fo1ded:ito.;form;a .hook:.l2 of aawidthto provide therein a: recess; l 3;; intogwhioh. the. cord 1 Mai 'therelectric. iron-may be seatedx When :the

20 erode I l issmadeafmm;.resi1ient material; such as pianoizwirezorythe;like; it .is-found not only, that thea'cord may... beheld ;firmly;c1amped in position withimthe ihook l2 butzalsoethat the rod,i.when of; sufficient ,height; to. maintain-1 the. cord supported azconsiderablezdistance above: the; surface of fthe:board; ..wi1l -.y.i'eld, to, :any; pulL-On the. cord incidental to .operationsuof theiron;

AseshownainiFig; 1,- the-rod is; rig-idly held in upright positionwithinthe-gap fivand willremain-in- .thisaposition aduring;,ordinary .operations ofiithe iron; When thezironingbo-ard is no. longer tvCXIbe': used: and isto.- ber-stored I away untilrequired-forrfurther use;.it is merely required to withdraw.the-cmsdsupport therefrom and to put .itaaway; untiliagain-needed- This method .may,

however betfound disadvantageous for. the reason thatstoringspace; must be---provided=for the cord support after it has been removed from the boardlan'd that wheniremoved-fit may. be misrlaid and-:notreadilyioundwhen required foruse.

It may also .be'; found. that, due. to carelessban-.- dling pthe.support-.may be damagedor perhaps even, entirely. ruined: It is for these. reasons found advantageousso, to. construct the device that the rod :may be folded .1againstpthesurface of the ironing boardwhen notin use inwhich case. it. may remain permanently in position thereon and stored. away, withthe. board; For the. purpose .of such folding ,I have shown ,a, slot .Textendingfr'om the gap fidownward along the outer. wall iof the tubular. member: 5" to a position neanthe lbottom .thereofi This not is. of i aiwidth too receivetherein .the; rod I I. when the plunger is. axially. moved. within.- the; support. until the rodireachesethe. position.ofregistration with the slot whereupon the rod may be swung downward in the position substantially as shown in Fig. 3. When this slot is nearer the right end 8 of the support and when the plunger is carefully fitted to slide within the support, it is found that it will remain securely in any position of adjustment.

While the conventional wooden ironing boards are preferred by most users, it is at times found more convenient to use a board which is made from other material such as a metal casting or perhaps a plastic molding. Such a board is, in Fig. 5, shown to consist of a relatively thin plate the side edges of which are downwardly extended to form thin flanges 2| and 22. In order to reinforce such structure and so as to be able to make it out of thin light material it is customary to place an additional flange 23 near each side edge of the board and in parallel spaced relation to these edges. When this type of board is used, it becomes necessary in order to clamp the cord support securely in position thereon to extend the lip 25 inwardly far enough to come to rest against this additional flange 23. As indicated at 2B, the tongue is extended inwardly a distance beyond this flange and this is done to make certain that the tongue may adapt itself to variations in distance between this flange and the outer flange of the board.

It was above stated that, when the plunger is carefully fitted within the tubular support, it

may be relied upon to remain in any position of adjustment during ordinary operation of the device. In addition, it is possible, if desired, to

provide means designed to'urge the plunger toward the bottom of the tubular support in order that in case it should accidentally become shifted between the open end of the support spring 3i is placed within this plunger to occupy 1 the space between the bottom thereof and the lips 9 which close the entrance to the support. The tension of this spring should be calculated surely to return the plunger to bottom position and at the same time to permit of manual movement of the plunger within the support as required in order to fold the rod against the surface of the board. In addition, it may be found advantageous in cases where the support remains in position on the board while the latter is folded and stored away to provide means for locking the rod in position against the surface of the board. In order to do this, it is merely required to extend the bottom of the slot 1 axially a short distance to the left, as indicated at 32 in Fig. 5. When this recess is added it is found that the rod, as it is swung downward through the slot '1, will by the spring 3| be pushed into this recess thereby to lock the rod in collapsed position against the surface of the board.

I claim:

1. For use on an ironing board, a support for a flexible current conducting cord including a tubular body having a board clamping member extending from the inner end thereof, the body having at the top an axially directed slot therein and a downwardly directed extension of said slot nearly to the bottom of the body along one side and near the outer end thereof, there being an axially directed recess at the bottom of said 4 slot extension, a plunger slidable within said body, a spring urging the plunger against the inner end of the body, a rod rising from the plunger through said slot for movement with the plunger along said slot against the tension of said spring into registration with and downwardly through said vertical extension of the slot to the bottom thereof, the tension of the spring urging the rod into said recess to lock the rod in position therein.

2. For use on an ironing board, a support for a flexible current conducting cord made from a strip of flat resilient material, one end of the strip being folded to provide a tubular body having in the upper surface thereof an axially directed slot from which extends a downwardly directed slot along one side of the body, the opposite end of the strip being downwardly and inwardly bent to form, a clamp shaped for engagement with the board at the edge thereof to maintain the support firmly clamped in position thereon, a plunger seated for axial movement within the body, the outer end of the body having inwardly bent lips limiting movement of the plunger therein, a rod rising from the plunger through said slot for axial movement therein with the plunger into registration with and downwardly through said vertically directed slot.

3. For use on an ironing board, a support for a flexible current conducting cord made from a strip of flat resilient material, one end of the strip being folded to provide a tubular body having in the upper surface thereof an axially directed slot from which extends a downwardly directed slot along one side of the body, the opposite end of the strip being downwardly and inwardly bent to form a clamp shaped for engagement with the board at the edge thereof to maintain the support firmly clamped in position thereon, a thimble shaped plunger seated for axial movement within the body, the outer end of the body having inwardly bent lips limiting movement of the plunger therein, a compression spring in the plunger bearing against said lips to urge the plunger against the inner end of the body, a rod rising from the plunger through said slot for axial movement therein with the plunger against the tension of said spring into registration with and downwardly through said vertically directed slot, the outer end of the rod being shaped to receive and tightly to hold said cord.

4. For use on an ironing board, a support for a flexible current conducting cord made from a strip of flat resilient material, one end of the strip being folded to provide a tubular body having in the upper surface thereof an axially directed slot from which extends a downwardly directed slot along one side of the body, the opposite end of the strip being downwardly and inwardly bent to form a clamp shaped for engagement with the board at the edge thereof to maintain the support firmly clamped in position thereon, a plunger seated for axial movement within the body, the outer end of the body having inwardly bent lips limiting movement of the plunger therein, a compression spring between the plunger and the said lips to urge the plunger away from said downwardly directed slot, a rod rising from the plunger through said slot for axial movement therein with the plunger against the tension of said spring into registration with and downwardly through said vertically directed slot, the outer end of the rod being shaped to receive and tightly to hold said cord.

5. For use on an ironing board, a support for a flexible current conducting cord made from a strip of flat resilient material, one end of the strip being folded to provide a tubular body having in the upper surface thereof an axially directed slot from which extends a downwardly directed slot along one side of the body terminating in an axially directed recess, the opposite end of the strip being downwardly and inwardly bent to form a clamp shaped for engagement with the board at the edge thereof to maintain the support firmly clamped in position thereon, a thimble shaped plunger seated for axial movement within the body, the outer end of the body having inwardly bent lips limiting movement of the plunger therein, a compression spring in the plunger bearing against said lips to urge the plunger away from said downwardly directed slot to the inner end of the body, a rod rising from the plunger through said slot for axial REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of tliis patent:

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