US3603012A - Flat irons - Google Patents

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US3603012A
US3603012A US861084A US3603012DA US3603012A US 3603012 A US3603012 A US 3603012A US 861084 A US861084 A US 861084A US 3603012D A US3603012D A US 3603012DA US 3603012 A US3603012 A US 3603012A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D06F75/30—Hand irons of special external shape or form

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  • This invention relates to flat irons particularly adapted for seam pressing, and to attachments to apply to flat irons for this purpose.
  • the ironing of seams in dressmaking and tailoring presents problems in ensuring that the free edges of the material, once pressed into place on either side of the stitch line do not create of form tramline marks or ridges on the-right side of the garment and that the free edges of material are correctly located on each side of the stitch line before the material is pressed. This is normally done by using the finger or fingers of the one hand to fold free edges of material on opposite sides of the stitch line immediately in advance of the movement of the flat iron.
  • An object of this invention is to provide means for the elimination of tramline marks or ridges on the right side of the garment and means whereby such folding of the material may be done automatically during a seam-pressing operation.
  • a seampressing attachment for a flat iron comprising a metal plate having means for detachably securing it against the bottom surface of the soleplate of the flat iron, the exposed surface of said metal plate embodying a longitudinally extending guide rib.
  • a flat iron in which the soleplate embodies a longitudinally extending and downwardly projecting guide rib.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric top view of an attachment for a flat iron
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the underside of the attachment in position on a flat iron
  • FIG. 3 is a section taken on line A-A in FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a soleplate for a flat iron.
  • the invention is applied to a seam-pressing attachment 1 for a conventional electric flat iron 2.
  • This attachment comprises a metal plate 3 having one flat surface 4 adapted to abut the flat bottom surface of the iron soleplate 5.
  • the metal seam-pressing plate 3 has a pointed front end 6 and conforms generally to the shape of the soleplate though it need not conform exactly as long as it can be centrally attached against the soleplate.
  • the sides 7 of the front end of the seampressing plate extend upwardly and slightly inwardly to engage around the corresponding edges of the soleplate 5.
  • the rear end of the seam-pressing plate has an upwardly extending clip formation 8 which clips against the back of the soleplate and/or adjacent portions of the iron thereby detachably locating the seam-pressing plate in position.
  • the bottom surface of the seam-pressing plate embodies a projecting guide rib 9 having a rounded surface and extending centrally along the length of the seam-pressing plate.
  • the rib extends from the front end along the full length of the seam-pressing plate.
  • the flat iron is switched on, thereby heating the seam-pressing plate by reason of its contact with the soleplate.
  • the guide rib on the seam-pressing plate is then moved along the stitch line, the rib acting simultaneously to fold the free edges of the material away from the stitch line and press the material in the immediate vicinity of the stitch line. Should further seam-pressing then be required this may be done easily with the normal soleplate of the iron since the material is corrcctly positioned for the operation.
  • a rib 10 may be formed integral with an iron soleplate 11 as shown in FIG. 3, the iron then being used solely for seam-pressing purposes.
  • the shape 0 the attachment may be altered and also the means for securing the attachment to a flat iron may be changed.
  • the attachment may be secured by means of springs attached to the body of the iron.
  • the invention provides useful means for seam pressing of newly made articles of clothing.
  • a seam-pressing attachment for a flat iron having a soleplate bottom comprising a metal plate including means for detachably securing it against and covering the bottom surface of the soleplate of the flat iron, the exposed surface of said metal plate including a longitudinally extending guide rib of substantial transverse width for pressing an article seam.
  • a seam-pressing attachment as claimed in claim I in which the attachment includes a point at one end thereof and the edges of the plate adjacent the point are bent upwardly and slightly inwardly.
  • a seampressing attachment as claimed in claim 2 in which the end of the plate opposite the point includes a clip constituting said means for detachably securing the plate to the flat iron.
  • a seam-pressing attachment as claimed in claim 1 in which the metal plate corresponds in shape to the shape of a flat iron.

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US5014454A (en) * 1989-01-11 1991-05-14 Seb S.A. Smoothing iron having screen printed enamel strips wider at the front and narrower at the rear of the pressing sole surface
US20090223097A1 (en) * 2005-07-05 2009-09-10 Jung-Min Lee Iron
US20100132230A1 (en) * 2008-12-01 2010-06-03 Tsann Kuen ( Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd. Soleplate unit of electric iron

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FR2743578B1 (fr) * 1996-01-17 1999-06-11 Moulinex Sa Semelle de fer a repasser

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US494020A (en) * 1893-03-21 Harkiet isabel noble
US592918A (en) * 1897-11-02 Sad-iron attachment for pressing seams
GB112861A (en) * 1917-03-24 1918-01-31 Birmingham Metal And Munitions Improvements relating to Cartridge Making Machines.
US1963858A (en) * 1932-10-27 1934-06-19 Meidell Birger Oivind Steam developing device for flatirons

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US494020A (en) * 1893-03-21 Harkiet isabel noble
US592918A (en) * 1897-11-02 Sad-iron attachment for pressing seams
GB112861A (en) * 1917-03-24 1918-01-31 Birmingham Metal And Munitions Improvements relating to Cartridge Making Machines.
US1963858A (en) * 1932-10-27 1934-06-19 Meidell Birger Oivind Steam developing device for flatirons

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5014454A (en) * 1989-01-11 1991-05-14 Seb S.A. Smoothing iron having screen printed enamel strips wider at the front and narrower at the rear of the pressing sole surface
US20090223097A1 (en) * 2005-07-05 2009-09-10 Jung-Min Lee Iron
US7716858B2 (en) * 2005-07-05 2010-05-18 Jung-Min Lee Iron
US20100132230A1 (en) * 2008-12-01 2010-06-03 Tsann Kuen ( Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd. Soleplate unit of electric iron
US8166682B2 (en) * 2008-12-01 2012-05-01 Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd. Soleplate unit of electric iron

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