US593661A

US593661A - Ironing-board

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Publication number: US593661A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 1914-11-16

Description

(No Model.)

D. B. HOOK IRONING BOARD.

Patented Nov. 16,1897.

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IRONING-BOARD.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersl Patent No. 593,661,` dated November 16, 1897.

Y Application tiled .Tuly 3l, 1896. Serial No. 601,240. V(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUANE B. HOOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Germany, in the county of Warren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ironingboards; and it has for its obj ect, among others, to provide a simple and cheap, yet strong. and durable, ironing-board that can be readily set up in the desired position and when not in use may be stored away so as to occupy the minimum space.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the `appended claims.

The invention in this instance resides in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a View of my improved ironingboard set up ready for use. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through thel upper end of the supporting-piece. Fig. 4. is a plan View of the casting detached from the support.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the board, which may be of any desired length and width and of any preferred wood. At one end it has secured thereto in any suitable manner the casting B, which is set flush with the upper face' of the board and serves as a support for the sad-irons, and it is formed with the'hooks O, which are rounded upon their under faces, as shown, so that when the board is tilted to engage the hooks in the openings in the support they will more readily enter the said openings.

D is the board, designed to be secured to the wall. It is provided at its upper end with the holes E, and across the upper edge of these holes upon the rear face of the board extends the rod F, with which the hooks are designed to engage. G is a shelf on the front face of this board just below these holes and upon which the end of the board rests when the hooks are engaged in the holes.

H is a cleat secured transversely of the board upon its under side about midway its length, and between this cleat and the under side of the board is secured one part of a hinge I, to the other portion of which is secured one end of the brace J, the adjacent end of which is designed to engage the side of the cleat, as shown. The other end of this brace is formed with a notch K and is designed to engage in the recess L in the board D, and in this recess is disposed a plate M, carried by a spring N. The plate may be provided with a knob O, by which it may be operated to press the Aspring inward to disengage the plate at the end from the notch in the brace. This brace serves to form a truss or support for the outer end of the board A, as will be readily understood.

P is a-spring passed through the brace and having its ends passed between the cleat and under side of the board and its ends bearing against the under face of the board, as shown. This spring P, whenl the ironing-board A is disconnected from its support, draws the brace toward the said board and prevents its swinging downward by gravity.

The operation and manner of use of the ironing-board will be apparent from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, and a further detailed description thereof is not deemed necessary.

What is claimed as new isl. The combination with the board having shelf, openings, and a rod extended across the upper edge of said openings upon the rear -face of said board and on a higher plane than said shelf, and a recess with a spring-pressed IOO plate, of the board having hooks, and a braee hinged to the under side of the board and having a noteh to engage the plate in the recess, as set forth.

2. The eoinbination with the board having shelf and openings and a recess with a springpressed plate therein, of the ironing-board having hooks, a hinged brace having a notch, constructed to enter said recess and be engaged by said plate and a spring acting on 1o said brace, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DUANE B. HOOK.

XVitllesses:

GEO. F. YATES, F. B. JACKSON.