US3670433A

US3670433A - Aerosol cartridge for pressing irons

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Publication number: US3670433A
Application number: US81668A
Authority: US
Inventors: Peter D Hardwick; John J Trombetta
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1970-10-19
Filing date: 1970-10-19
Publication date: 1972-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 1989-06-20

Abstract

The aerosol cartridge is a cylindrical container adapted to be inserted into a recess in a pressing iron and having at its one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes which communicate through passages in the pressing iron leading to the material being pressed, and having means at its other end for operating the aerosol container.

Description

[1s] 3,67%,433 1451 June 2%, 1972 AEROSOL CARTRIDGE FOR PRESSING IRONS Inventors: Peter D. Hardwick, Baboosic Lake Road, RFD #1, Amherst, NH. 03031; John J. Trombetta, 57 Plattsville Ave., Norwalk, Conn. 06857 Filed: Oct. 19, 1970 Appl. No.: 81,668

US. Cl ..38/77.3, 222/394 Int. Cl. ..D06f 75/06 Field of Search ..38/77.3, 77.5; 222/394 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,101,562 8/1963 Crawford ..38/77.3 3,300,884 l/1967 Giarrafia et al ..3s/77.3

Primary Examiner-Patrick D. Lawson Attorney-Scrivener, Parker, Scrivener & Clarke [57] ABSTRACT The aerosol cartridge is a cylindrical container adapted to be @inserted into a recess in a pressing iron and having at its one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes which commu- !nicate through passages in the pressing iron leading to the material being pressed, and having means at its other end for "operating the aerosol container.

1 Claim, 3 Drawing figures P'A'TE'N'TEDJum 1972 4 3, 670.433

INVENTORS PETER D. HARDWICK JOHN J. TROMBETTA Pic/W MJWW ZM ATTORNEYS 1 AEROSOL CARTRIDGE FOR PRESSING moms DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In pressing fabrics such as clothes and the like it is often desirable to use starch, and this has heretofore been applied to the fabric before or after the pressing operation in a great variety of ways which need not be described in detail in this specification, except to say that the starch is usually applied in an aqueous solution. By the present invention I have provided means incorporated into the pressing iron itself which, when operated, will release a spray or mist of an aqueous solution of starch directly onto the fabric being pressed, thereby eliminating the necessity for external means for applying starch and insuring that such application may be accomplished during the pressing operation itself.

in FIG. 1 of the drawings there is illustrated a pressing iron which may be of any desired type, construction or heating means, such as electric, steam, gas or other, and having a body portion 2, a bottom pressing surface 4, and a handle 6. Adjacent its forward end 8 the body of the iron is formed with a preferably cylindrical recess or cavity 10 having a vertical axis, the upper end of the cavity being adjacent the upper part of the handle 6 and the lower end being adjacent the bottom surface of the iron. This recess or cavity is communicated by two outwardly and downwardly inclined passages 12 with recesses 14 which are formed in the corners formed by the bottom and side walls of the iron adjacent the front end thereof, for a purpose which will be described.

In accordance with the present invention I have provided as a new article of manufacture a cylindrical container 20 which is of such size that it will fit within and substantially fill the recess 10. Adjacent its lower end the container is provided with two outwardly and downwardly inclined tubes 22 which are positioned and adapted to register with and extend into the passages 12 in the body of the iron. These tubes communicate with the interior of the container 20 and are adapted and intended to direct the contents of the container into the recesses 14 at the opposite sides of the iron at the forward end thereof and onto the fabric being pressed. At its upper end the container is provided with a button 30 which is normally held in a raised inoperative position by spring means 32 and which extends above the upper surface of the handle of the iron adjacent the front end thereof. The button may be depressed and manually held down, or it may be depressed and latched in depressed position by turning it to engage the latch pin 34 in recess 36.

The container 20 is of the aerosol type and contains an aqueous solution of starch under pressure which is released through the tubes 22 upon depression of the operating button 30, which can be done at any time while the iron is being operated. Upon depletion of the starch solution in a container, the container may be removed from the iron and a fresh container inserted We claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an aerosol-type cartridge containing liquid starch under pressure adapted to be inserted bodily into a cavity in a pressing iron, comprising a generally cylindrical container having at its one end downwardly and outwardly directed tubes communicating with the interior of the container and adapted to be received within passages in the body of the iron, and having means at the other end of the container which when operated causes discharge of a starch mist through said tubes.