US562394A

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Publication number: US562394A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 1913-06-23

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.. J. GRAVES. SHEET METAL SADIRON HOLDER.

Patented June 23, 1896.

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Nrin STATES JOI-IN GRAVES, OF BROOKLYN, NE? YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THE NATIONAL VVROUGHT STEEL MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY.

SHEET-METAL SAD-lRON HOLDER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,394, dated June 23, 1896. Application filed November 30, 1894. Serial No. 530,516. (Model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN GRAVES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Metal Sad-Iron Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sheet-metal sadiron holders.

In respect of cheapness, ease of construction, and lightness, sheet-metal sad-iron holders possess great advantages over the castiron holders heretofore made. But in order that these advantages may be realized it is indispensable that the sheet metal holder shall be so shaped and formed that it will be provided with stiffening flanges and corrugations, for otherwise the sheet metal, when heated by the sad-iron, will become so flexible as to be distorted out of shape and ruined. I attain the requisite stiffness first by providing the holder with flanges at the sides and end which run into the legs of the holder; second, by providing the top of the holder with corrugations which run parallel to the periphery and crosswise of the top; third, by giving to the legs a curved shape.

Referring to the drawings which accompany the specification, Figure 1 is a plan of the metal blank before the same is stamped.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the finished sad-iron holder.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same on the Fig. 4c is a longitudinal section on the line y y of the same. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of one of the rear legs, taken about midway of the height of the leg; and Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the front leg, taken at a similar position.

A sheet of metal, as mild steel, is cut into a blank A, having the same general contour as the finished article. The blank is then put in a die, and at a single operation is stamped complete, with the top CL, rims or flanges b c, corrugations d e, and legs f f 9 all in one piece. The flanges b are preferably turned upward to form a rim, and extend all around the long sides of the holder and down into the legs, as shown. The flange 0 across the broad end of the holder is preferably downward to facilitate putting the sad-iron on and taking it off the holder, and also runs into the legs, as shown. Said flanges 12 c extend practically continuously around the article and stiffen the periphery both lengthwise and crosswise. Of course said flanges h 0 could be all turned up or down, but I prefer the arrangement described.

The corrugations d 6 respectively stiffen the top a lengthwise and crosswise, so that when heated said top cannot bend down under the weight of the iron. Said corrugations cl run at each side down into the rear legs f f. I prefer to arrange said corrugations cl 6 approximately parallel to the periphery, as shown.

, The front leg g is formed with sides g, bent or curved at an angle each to each corre sponding with the angle of the point of the top a, and the corrugations d d by running down into the legs f f greatly stiffen them.

By the method of construction described thin steel can be employed in the holders, and made to have such stiffness as to endure great weights and be unaffected by the sad-iron even when highly heated.

Now, having described my improvement, I claim as my invention- A sheet-metal sad-iron holder having flanges at the long sides of the top and across the rear end, corrugations in said top sub stantially parallel with said long sides, a front leg provided with sides turned down from the top and meeting at an angle, and rear legs turned down fromthe top and provided with corrugations similar to those in the top, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 24th day of October, 1894.

JOHN GRAVES.

WVitnesses:

Enw. l-I. WEBER, I LOUIS MONJO.