US68183A - Jambs gray - Google Patents

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JAMES4 GRAY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

Letters Patent No. 68,183, dated August 27,1867,

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES GRAY, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a. new and improved Sad-Iron; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, Vwhich will enable others skilled in the art to `malte and use thel same, reference beinghad Vto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved sad-iron.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view, partly in section, of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line a: x, fig. 2. j

Similar letters of reference indica-te corresponding parts.

This invention relates-to a new manner of securing a solid sad-iron to a shield formed onf the lower ends of the handle supports, so that the handle is always kept cool, and so that it 'can be easily taken oll the iron and attached to the same, for the purpose of making one handle available for many irons.

The invention consists in the use of a solid sad-iron, which is provided with a projecting lug or lugsfby means of which it can be' secured to a shield, which is suspended from and attached tothe handle supports, said shield having a slot or slots and a swinging or sliding-bolt,` aslot by which it is attached to the sad-iron, from which suitable lugs project upward through the slots in the shield.

` The invention also consists in arranging flanges on the upper edge of the iron,and on the under side of the shield, or on either, so as to leave a space between the shield and the iron, and in arranging holes in these flanges to allow the air to pass and circulate through the said chamber, for keeping the shield and handle cool.

l Heretofore hollow sad-ironlishells were already provided with such shields, but they had a separate heatingiron t0 be put into the shell, while in my invent-ion the sadiron is made solid and no shell is used, or rather 'the lug is attached directly to the heating-iron. The plate then can be easily attached to or detached from the iron 4with the handle, and when secured to the same it acts as a shield to prevent the heat from rising to the handle and to retain the heat in the iron.

A represents a sad-iron, of suitable shape, and made solid, as shown in iig. 3. On its surface are one or more lugs, a, which are perforated or have recesses in their'sides. b b are vertical flanges arranged around the edge of the iron, and'perforated or notched, as shown. B is a plate, of about the same size and shape as the surface of the iron. It is perforated or notched, to fit over the lng or lugs a, and has a pivoted or sliding bolt, C, by which it can be locked to the iron A, as shown. The plate Bmay have similar flanges, c, atits under side, as the iron has on its surface, as shown, but they may be emitted, if desired. By these flanges an air-chamber is formed between the iron and the shield, for the air to circulate, and for keeping the shield cool. D D are the supports for the handle E, and are firmly attached in any suitable manner-to the plate B, as is Vclearly shown in iig. 3.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The solid iron A, when provided with a lug or lugs, a, in combination with the shield B, having a bolt or bolts, C, and fitted to the'handle supports I), as described.

2. The flanges b and c, or either, formed respectively on the surface of the solid iron A, and on the under side of the shield B, to form an air-chamber, as set forth.

' JAMES GRAY.

Witnesses:

A. V. BRrEsEN, ALEX F. ROBERTS.

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