US2624832A

US2624832A - Illuminated electric iron

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Publication number: US2624832A
Application number: US761481A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph K Moyer
Original assignee: Hoover Co
Current assignee: Hoover Co
Priority date: 1947-07-17
Filing date: 1947-07-17
Publication date: 1953-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 1970-01-06

Description

Jan. 6, 1953 J. K. MOYER 2,524,832

ILLUMINATED ELECTRIC IRON I Filed July 17, 1947 2 SHEETS SHEET 1 INVENTOR. Joseph K. Mayer Way 5.5km:

ATTORNEY.

Jan. 6, 1953 J. K: MOYER 2,624,832

ILLUMINATED ELECTRIC IRON Filed July 1'7, 1947 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 g- 4 INVENTOR.

Joseph If. Mayer A TTORNE Y Patented Jan. 6, 1953 ILLUIWINATED ELECTRIC IRON Joseph K. Moyer, North Canton, Ohio, assignor to The Hoover Company, North Canton, Ohio,

a corporation of Ohio Application July 17, 1947, Serial No. 761,481

2 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to an electric iron and more particularly to illuminating the material to be ironed and the temperature control means.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved electric iron. Another object is to provide light means in an iron to illuminate the material to be ironed. A further object is to provide light means in an iron to illuminate the temperature control means to aid the operator in Selecting the desired ironing temperatures. Another object is to provide light means to simultaneously illuminate the material to be ironed and the temperature control means. A further object is to provide a novel arrangement of the lighting means with respect to the iron handle and the temperature control means. Another object is to provide means for cooling the light means. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following specification and drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side view partly in section of one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side view partly in section of another embodiment of the invention;

Figure 3 is a section along line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a section along line 44 of Figure 2.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed in Figures 1 and 3 comprises an iron body including a sole plate II and a cover shell l2 within which is an unshown heating element and a thermostat device the latter having a rotatable shaft [3 extending upwardly through the cover shell l2 in a manner well known in the art.

A handle l5 formed of suitable insulation material includes a hand grip portion l6 and supporting legs I1 and [8 which are attached to the cover shell l2 as by screws I9. The handle legs l1 and [8 are spaced from the cover shell I2 by projecting bosses, as indicated for example at 20, to provide for passage of cooling air between the handle and the cover shell.

A temperature control dial 22 is disposed between the handle legs I! and I8 and is attached to the thermostat shaft l3 for operating the thermostat. Inscribed on the top surface of the dial 22 are the names of the materials to be ironed, and the desired ironing temperature is obtained by rotating the dial 22 into register with the dot 23 on the handle base 24.

The handle front leg I! is provided with a chamber 25 which is formed by the annular wall 26 of the handle leg I1 and the top wall 21 of the cover shell 12. Disposed in the chamber 25 is an electric light bulb 2| mounted in a socket 29 which is supported on a bracket 30 attached to the top wall 2'! of the cover shell. to the socket 29 is a pair of conductors 3i and 32 which are connected through suitable means to a source of electric current for lighting the bulb 2 I.

The rear wall portion of the handle leg I! is cut away to provide a downwardly inclined opening 34 communicating at its upper end 35 with the light chamber 25 and its opposite lower end 36 terminates adjacent to the dot 23 and the dial 22. In the forward wall portion of the handle front leg I! is an opening 38 which communicates with the light chamber 25 and the exterior of the iron adjacent the cover shell [2.

The light rays from the bulb 21 project through the opening 38 as indicated by dotted lines 4| and 42 in Figure l and are directed onto the forward portion 48 and adjacent side surfaces of the iron body and also upon the material to be ironed to illuminate the material and aid the operator in ironing the latter. The beams of light passing through the opening 34 are directed downwardly upon the dot 23 and on the dial, as indicated by the dotted lines 43 and 44 in Figure 1 and 45 and 46 in Figure 3, to aid the operator in rotating the dial 22 to the desired positions for various ironing temperatures.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed in Figures 2 and 4 includes the sole plate H, cover shell 12, and dial 22 mounted upon the thermostat shaft l3 as described in Figure l. Mounted on the cover shell I2 is a handle 511 having a hand grip portion 51 and supporting

legs

52 and 53, the former being provided with a light chamber 54 in which is a downwardly disposed light bulb 55 supported in a socket 56 which is mounted on the handle 50 by a bracket 5'! and a screw 53. A pair of electrical conductors 59 and 60 are attached to the socket 56 and extend through a bore 6! in the hand grip portion 5| for connection to a source of current for lighting the bulb 55.

The rear wall portion of the handle leg 52 is provided with a downwardly inclined opening to permit passage of the light rays from the bulb 55, as indicated by the lines 66 and 57 in Figure 2 and

lines

68 and 69 in Figure 4, to illuminate the indicia on the handle leg 52 and dial 22. In the forward wall portion of the handle leg 52 is an opening III for passage of the light rays from the bulb 55, as indicated by the line ll in Figure 2, to illuminate the iron body and the adjacent material to be ironed.

Attached In both embodiments of the invention the arrangement of the openings 34-38 and 6510 provide for passage of air through the light chambers and about the light bulbs to thereby cool the bulbs 2| and 55.

I claim:

1. In an electric iron, a body having. a sole plate, a handle having a hand grip spaced above said body by a downwardly extending supporting leg attached to said body, temperature control means for said sole plate arranged above said body adjacent the base of said sup-portingleg and. beneath said hand grip, means defining a light chamber in said handle supporting leg, light means in said chamber, and means defining an opening in the wall of said chamber in said supporting leg beneath said hand grip adjacent said control means for directing light rays onto said temperature control means to illuminate the latter, be1o W said hand grip and eliminate theshadow 4 forward portion of said sole plate and the material to be ironed.

JOSEPH K. MOYER.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,195,193 Feyes Aug. 22, 1916 1,433,061 Avery et al. Oct. 24, 1922 2;107,016' Snyder Feb. 1, 1938 2,209,086,, Johnson July 23, 1940 2,276,773' Hedeby Mar. 17, 1942 2,287,911 Snyder June 20, 1942 2,299,462 Clarket al. Oct. 30, 1942 2,404,753 Siemers July 23, 1946 2,440,041 Clark Apr. 20, 1948 2,448,606 Linton Sept. 7, 1948 2,461,561 McLelland et al.; ,Feb. 15, 1949 2,476,083; Clark 1, ,Ju1y 12,1949

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date.

530,092v England Dec. 4, 1940 591,232 England Aug. 12,1947