US637039A

US637039A - Ironing-board.

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Publication number: US637039A
Application number: US70678899A
Authority: US
Inventors: John D Smith
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-02-25
Filing date: 1899-02-25
Publication date: 1899-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 1916-11-14

Description

No. 637,039. Patented Nov. I4, |899.

J. D. SMITH.

IRONING BUARD.

(Application filed Feb. 25, 1899.)

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JOHN D. SMITH, OF POND HILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,039, dated November 14, 1899. Application filed February 25, T899. Serial No. '706 ,788. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pond Hill, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards and I do 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in ironing-boards; and it consists in a suitable clamp by means of which the improved attachment is secured in place, combined with a pivoted sleeve-board, which is adapted to be turned freely around and is provided with means to support it while in position, and a pivoted cross-piece to which the sleeve-board is pivoted, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide an attachment for ironing tables and boards for the purpose of enabling sleeves to be ironed upon their sides or edges, the sleeve-board of which is adapted to be rotated not only upon its own axis, but to swing through half a circle when it is to be turned back out of the way.

An attachment illustrating my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-e .Y Y

Figure lis a side elevation,partly in section; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the clamping devices, and in which no novelty is claimed.

A represents the two uprights of the clamp, and to one of which the cross-piece B is pivoted. This cross-piece catches under the end ofthe ironing-board or a portion of the ironing-table and clamps the attachment in the usual well-known manner. The two uprights A are rigidly secured together by the crosspiece C, and pivoted in the two standards above this cross-piece C is the cross-piece D, to which the sleeve-board G is pivoted. This sleeve-board Ghas 'a pivot I secured to one end, and this pivot projects through the pivoted cross-piece D, and thus permits the sleeveboard Gr to turn freely upon its own axis, at

the same time that the cross-piece D is free to turn through half a circle, and thus enable the sleeve-board Gr to be brought into and moved out of position, as may be desired.

The board G is given the shape shown, and in order to support it when turned upon either of its sides the two side pieces J are secured thereto, and which by resting upon the table or ironing-board when one of the [iat sides of the sleeve-board is turned upward forms a support for the sleeve-board, as shown. The sleeve-board is made suiciently wide near its inner end to have one of its edges rest upon the top of the table or ironing-board while the sleeve-board is being used in a vertical position to enable the edges of the sleeve to be ironed. No matter which edge of the board is turned upward a portion of its opposite edge will rest upon the board or table, so as to prevent too great a strain being brought to bear upon its pivot. When this sleeve-board is to be brought into use, it is swung over the top of the table or board, and either its flat sides or its edges can be brought into use, as may v be desired, as the `board can be freely turned upon its pivot. When the board is no longer' needed, it is turned backward through half a circle by the pivoted cross-piece'D turning upon its pivots in the standards.

By means of an attachment as here shown the sleeves of garments can be perfectlyironed upon all sides, and the attachment can be quickly removed from the board or table when not needed.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. An attachment for ironing-boards con; sisting of a clamp by means of which the attachment can be secured to ironing boards or tables, a pivoted cross-piece journaled in the clamp, and a sleeve-board pivoted in the pivoted cross-piece, combined with means attached to opposite sides of the sleeve-board for supporting the sleeve-board in position while either of its iiat sides is in use, substantially as shown.

2. In an attachment for ironing boards and tables, a clamp and a pivoted cross-piece'joun naled in the clamp,.'combined with a sleeveboard which is pivoted in the cross-piece so as to be freely revolved, and which sleeveboard is made sufficiently wide near its inner IOG In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOI-IN D. SMITH.

Vitnesses:

LEWIS REMENSNYDER, H. R. RooKEL.