US651996A - Iron-rest. - Google Patents

Description

Patented June I9', |900.

S. 0. HUBBARD.

l R D N R E S T (Application led Sept. 20, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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'nin Noma AUNrTnD STATES SARAH OCTAVIA HUBBARD,

PATENT FFICE..

OF PATERSGN, NEVv JERSEY.

l R o N R E s T.

SPECIFICATION forming part of VLetters `:Patent No. 651,996, dated J' une 19, 1,900.

Application iiled September 20,1899. Serial No. 731,048. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern: j v

Be it known that I, SARAH O cTAvIA HUB- BARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the count-y of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iron-Rests, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates toiron-rests; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which may be securely and adjustably connected Withironing-boards, tables, and other devices of irregular form; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is fully disclosed inthe following specification, of which the accompanying drawiugs'form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and-in Which- Figure l is a plan view of a portion of an ironing-board, with which is connected :my improved iron-rest; Fig. 2, a section thereof on the line 2 2, and Fig. 3 a section thereof 'on the line 3 3 lookingin the direction of the arrow x.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 5 one end portion of an ironing-board, which is formed, as is customary, tapering` in width toward the end 6. Mounted upon said ironing-board and rmly connected therewith is shown my im-V proved iron-rest, which I have'designated by the general index character 7, and said restV consists, primarily, of a plurality of flexible body-strips 8, which are preferably formed of metal or other heat-resisting material.

Each of the body-strips 8 is provided at one end with a downwardly-directed hook 9, and the intermediate strips have upwardlydirected ends 9a, as shown in Figs; 2 and 3, and the hooks 9 are preferably formed integral with said body-strips. The extreme side body-strips 8 are of greater height than the intermediate. body-strips, as shown a 8b in Figs. 2 and 3.

scribed, and the inner ends 10 overlap in pairs, as shown more clearly in Fig. l, and said inner ends are provided with elongated longitudinal slots 11, through all of which slots is passed a pin or bolt 12, provided at j each end with a head or nut 13.

Mounted upon the bolt 12, between each pair of overlapping ends 10 of the body-strips 8, is a cylindrical collaror sleeve 14, and said collars or sleeves maintain the pairs of bodystrips 8 in proper relative position.

The outerends of the bod y-strips 8 are slot-3 L ted coin cidently,and passed through said slotted ends is a bolt or pin 15, upon which, intere mediate of lthe body-strips 8, are mounted a plurality of cylindrical sleeves or collarsv 16,

which also assist in maintaining said bodystrips in proper relative position.V

Upon each end of the bolt 12, exterior of the side body-strips 8, is mounted a clamping device, which consists of a beveled piece 17, rigidly connected with the next adjacent body-strip 8, and a correspondingly-beveled head 18, which operates in connection therewith and is provided with an operating-arm 19. When said arms 19 are in the position shown in Fig. l, the body-strips 8 may be adj usted upon thebolt 12, which passes through the elongated slots 11 thereof; but when the operating-arms 19 are swung into the reverse position said body-strips are locked against longitudinal movement.

It is evident that by means of the adjustability longitudinally of the body-strips 8 the iron-rest may be adjusted to fit the irregular form of ironing-board shown in the drawings or a table or other device of irregular form, and the flexibility of the body-strips 8 allows the iron-rest to be distorted in adjustment, and thus more perfectly t the device to which it is secured.

Arranged upon the sides of the body-strips 8 are a plurality of studs 20, which prevent the entrance of the edges of an iron between said bod y-strips, and the arrangement of said studs is such that they will not interfere with the fiexion of the body--strips nor with the longitudinal adjustment thereof.

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justed position in connection with the ironing-board; audit is e'vident'that to disconnect the same it is only necessary to move the bodystrips 8 outwardly anddisconnect the hooks 9 from the edges of the said ironing-board.

Itis evident that I may make many changes in the construction and arrangement of the elementsof my invention -as set forth in the preceding description without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing the advantages thereof. n A

Having-fully described myinvfntion, I

claim as 'nw and desire to secure by Letters Patent- `f j lv. A device ofthe class described, comprising two; .sets of relatively adjustable body vstrips'or members upon which the iron, di-

rectly rests, said sets being adj ustably connected 'togetherxat an end of each, said bodystrips being provided with devices for engag- Iing an ironing-board or other article to pre* vent the accidental removal thereof from said ironing-board, and means for clamping. said sets of strips in relatively-adj usted position,

substantially as shown and described.

2. vA device of the class described, comprising a pluralityofadjustable iexible bodystrips provided with hooked outer-endsby means lof which they may be engaged with an ironing-board lor other article, and devices for maintaining said kbody-strips in adjusted position, substantially as shown and de scribed.

and are provided with elongated slots thro n gh and described.

The herein-described device, comprising a bodyportion which consists of two sets of Vbody-strips, the inner ends `of which overlap which a pin or bolt islpassed,means for clampinfgsaid sets'of body-'strips in relatively-adjusted position and for engaging an ironingboard or other article, substantially as shown L."The herein-described device, comprising a plurality of relatively-adjustable bodystrips, of which the extreme side strips are of greater height than the intermediate strips, said intermediate body-strips being provided at one lend with npwardly-directed-end portions and with downwardly-directed hooks, substantially as shown andv described. 5; In fa device of the class described, two sets of body-strips, each of which sets consists of 'a pluralitylof said body-strips, said sets ofstrips being adjustably connected at the inner ends ofthe body-strips of eachset and Vprovided at the' out'er ends thereof With downwardlydirected -hooks and upwardlydirected .end` portions, the inner connected ends of said body-'strips being provided with longitudinal elongated slots, a pin passed through said slots, collars mounted upon said pin intermediate of said body-strip ends', and clamping devices mounted upon said pin ex- "teriorl of said body-strips, 'substantially as shown and described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my invention AI have signed my naine, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of September, 1899.

SARAH' ooTAviA HUBBARD.

Witnesses: f

CHARLES E. HUBBARD, Woon McKnn.

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