US817275A - Wax-holder. - Google Patents

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No. 817,275. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. K. ROHRDANTZ.

WAX HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEIB.28,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed February 28,1905. Serial No. 247,710.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KArnnrNE ROHRDANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented. new and. useful Improvements in. Wax Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wax holders which are used for holding wax in applying the same to sad-irons.

The object of this invention is the production of a wax holder having a fastener whereby the same may be readily secured to a support within convenient reach of the operator, which fastener also serves as the means for adjusting the wax in the holder as the wax is consumed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved wax-holder applied to the edge of an ironing board or table. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view thereof with the fastener removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fastener.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A represents the wax-cake, which is preferably of cylindrical form and arranged loosely within an inclosing receptacle or box B. The top of this box is closed by a covering C, of loosely-woven fabric or other openrnesh or porous material. This covering is lapped at its margin or edge downwardly around the outer side of the box and is held in place on the same by a retaining band or ring I), which is slipped over the lapping edge of the covering and confines the latter frictionally between the outer side of the box and the inner side of said band. Centrally in its bottom a the box is provided with an opening 6, through which projects the head F for adjusting the wax in the box. This head. bears at its upper end against the under side of the wax-cake, a protecting disk or sheet 9 being preferably interposed between the un- ,der side of the wax and the upper side of the adjusting-head, as shown in Fig. 2. At its lower end the adjusting-head is connected with a clamp H, whereby the head. and the parts carried thereby may be detachably connected with the edge of an ironin board, table, or similar support I. This Setup is substantially U-shaped, and consists of upper and lower horizontal clamping-jaws h h, which are connected by a flexible bow or arch 72. and. the upper one of which carries the adjusting-head. The fasteningclamp and adj usting-head are preferably constructed from a single strip of spring metal, one end of which is bent upon itself to form the upper jaw, the lower jaw, and the bow of the clamp, while its other end is bent in the form of a rectangular eye or loop, which constitutes the adjusting-head. and which consists of a straight horizontal top f, a straight vertical side f connecting one end of the top with the end. of the upper elamping-jaw, and a straight vertical sidef, extending from the opposite end of the top to the upper side of the upper clamping-jaw. The head of the fastener when thus constructed is non-circu lar or rectangular. The opening 6 in the bottom of-the wax-receiving box is made of the same non-circular or angular form as the adj usting-head, which enters the same, thereby preventing these parts from turning relatively to each other when assembled.

In the use of the wax-holder the jaws of the clamp are sprung apart and engaged with the edge of the ironing board or table within convenient reach of the operator, so that the adjusting-head is above the same, and the wax-box is slipped with its bottom opening over the adjusting-head. until the upper end of the latter presses the waxcake firmly against the woven covering, as shown in Fig. 2. The tension of the clamping-jaws is so adjusted that they grip the ironing-board sufficiently tight to hold the fastener and wax-receptacle firmly in place thereon. The wax-holder is now ready for use, and. upon pressing the heated. sad-iron against the top of the fabric covering the wax underneath the same will melt and pass through the meshes of the same and coat the face of the sad-iron. As the wax-cake gradually melts down and becomes reduced in height by the repeated application of the hot sad iron thereto the inclosin g box is at the same time lowered on the cake and the adjusting-head by the sad-iron, which overhangs the waxcake and presses downward. on the upper edge of the box while engaging the covered wax. Inasmuch as the box containing the wax is incapable of turning on the adjusting head the wax and its support remain stationary, thereby permitting the sad-iron to be freely turned on the wax for applying the desired coat of wax over the surface of the sad iron without liability of displacing the wax and its holder.

In addition to securing the wax to the ironing board or table the clamp may serve to fasten the usual cloth J to the ironing-board, which is used for cleaning or wiping the sadiron, this cloth being preferably clasped between the upper side of the ironing-board and the upper jaw of the clamp, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention 1. A Wax-holder comprising a wax-receptacle having an opening in its bottom, and means for fastening said receptacle to a support and adjusting the wax in the same, comprising a clamp constructed to grip a support and carrying a head which enters said opening and bears against the wax in the recepta cle, substantially as set forth.

2. 'A wax-holder comprising a wax-receptacle having an opening in its bottom, and means for fastening said receptacle to a support and adjusting the wax in the same, comprising a pair of connected spring-jaws adapted to grip a support and ahead arranged on one of said jaws and entering the opening in said receptacle, substantially as set forth.

3. A wax-holder comprising a wax-receptacle having an opening in its bottom, a disk arranged loosely in the receptacle underneath the cake of wax, and an attachingclamp for the receptacle having an adjusting head extending through said opening and not affixed to said disk, substantially as set forth.

4. A device for securing a wax-receptacle to a support and adjusting the wax in the receptacle, consisting of a continuous strip of metal which has one end bent to form upper and lower clamping-jaws and a bow connecting corresponding ends of said jaws while its opposite end is bent to form a rectangular head consisting of a flat top, a straight side connecting one end of the top with the upper jaw and another straight side extending from the opposite end of said top toward said upper jaw, substantially as set forth.

WVitness my hand this 10th day of February, 1905.

KATHRINE ROHRDANTZ. Witnesses:

THEO. L. PoPP, EMMA M. GRAHAM.

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