US858969A - Ironing-table. - Google Patents

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-No. 858,969. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

A. E. FRENCH. v IRONING TABLE. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PT. 8, 190a.

No. 858,969. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

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IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 8. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- INVENTOH.

fiLBE'R Y ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES ALBERT EDWARD FRENCH,

OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

momma-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application filed se emba 3.190s. Serial No. 333,840.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ALBERT EDWARD FRENCH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of lndianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,

have invented an Improved Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that class of iron ing tables comprising a vertical frame having'a horizontal foot piece, and theironing-board being hinged so as to fold from the extended horizontal position required for use to the vertical position, which facilitates storage and transportation.

- In my invention the vertical frame is telescopic, and the prop which supports the ironing-board proper in horizontal and working position is also telescopic, so that the board may be adjusted vertically at different heights to accommodate ironers of difierent stature.

My invention further includes a hinged foot piece constituting a, horizontal extension of the foot or horizontal portion of the frame, the same being adapted to be folded parallel to the ironing-board proper when not required for use. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ironing table arranged in position for use. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the upperportion of the ironing table, including particularly the ironing board proper and the' sleeve board arranged horizontally as required for use.

Fig. 3 is mainly a side viewa portion being broken away-showing, the ironing table in folded position. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the ironing board proper in folded position, the view including also the top portion of the hinged prop used to support the table in the horizontal position. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an intermediate hinge piece, or section, of the foldable ironing board. v r I Referring in the first instance to Fig. 1, A and A indicate the vertical ortion of the fiame, comprising hollow standards and smaller tubes adapted to slide ,therein. The numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4 indicate horizontal bars connecting the telescopic parts A, A. B indicates hollow or tubular horizontal parts constitut ing the base or foot of the frame, the same being connected transversely by rods 5-. and 6. The tubes A and B are connected by tees 7 and the outer ends of the tubes B are provided with fdownwardly curved tubes 8 whose lower ends rest on the floor. Inbrief;

the main portions of the frame are tructed of gas the ironing-board proper D in horizontal position,

shown in Fig. l, is also constructed with two parts 1t) and 11, arranged telescopically and provided in a similar manner with'a pin 12 for securing the two parts in any required adjustment. Thus the ironing-board D may be adjusted higher or lower, as conditions require, by sliding the parts A in the standards A and the portion 11 of the prop in the tubular lower part 10.

The ironing-board proper D is made in two sections 13 14, which are hinged together transversely as will be presently described, the section 13 being hinged at 15 to the extensible portions A of the standards. The adjacent ends of the two sections 13,14, are not hinged directly to each other but to an interposed piece 16,

see Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5, the same consisting of a wooden the hinge piece 16. All the portions of the hinge are countersunk as shown so as to form a surface flushwith v the top of the board proper. In folding the ironing board D the section 13 is swung down on its pivotsso that it hangs between. the standards A, A, and rests against the cross-bar 3 which connects the parts A; and the outer section 14 is in turn folded up parallel posed hinge section 17 separates sections 13, 14, from 14, were hinged directly to each other, would prevent them folding in parallel position.

A metal plate 19, see Figs. 2 and 4, having a flange provided witha notch, is secured by screws to the under side of the ironing-board section 13, and extends across the joint when the board is extended as shown in Fig.2. The upper end of the sliding section 11 of the prop C isnotched, see Fig. 4, to adapt it to engage the notched flange as shown in Fig. 2, and thus support the board D rigidly in the horizontal position. The free orunattached portion of the plate 19 which extends beyond the joint, underlies the section 14 when the ironing-board is extended and thus serves as a support for the same. Metal cleats, or short rectangular plates 20, see Figs. 2 and 4, are secured by screws to "the under edge of the interposed hinge piece 16, and serve, when the ironing-board is extended, to brace and strengthen the joint, since the ends of such cleats board sections 13, 14.

A small ironing-board E, adapted for use in ironing sleeves and other smaller portions of garments, is arranged over the rear section 13 of the ironing-board D and hinged to the upper bar 1 of the frame by means biangular pieces 21. "When down to the horiironing-board, and the intermediate part 17 secured toto the section 13, as indicated in Fig. 3. The inter- I each other, thus providing space for the cloth ordinarily used on ironing-boards, and which, if the sections 13,

in that case extend under the adjacent ends of the the 11011?) f cross'im r of L 1 gusting 1.110 ilevrcse I AVFQLABLE CQPY zontal or working position, the board rests upon the second cro -bar whn-lr in secured 1,0 the 'rnni of the heads of 1110 t lescopic A, and, a= catvzl in Fig. 2,-I Iurilrer provide A hinged 11149 which is, adapted lo I 1 upon the hurling-beard. SQCUUH and constitutes a further 511 ori or f. bunml When the apparatus is ")lllP-l sleeve-board E is turned upward anu parallel in the The prop C slandarcls and :11 rear of! same. is hinged to the cross-bar 5 connecting bass parts -13 and is thus ed back against .and pa -allel to r shown in Fig. in 01110 24, which is pivnicd to the outer 7 :10 base, By turning and thus :16- r. il'lK. bar F ba quickly secured I Fig. l, or released "iherefronr, as

If; is sbvions reversed as.

:lnce of and slide W1 llrin. the hollow npp 4 1 claim 1. The imngrn e111 iraning ing the horizonmor base portion and a x composed of fieldscopic pa 3, an ire-11in 11 ed L0. the anger telescopic part (1 n L low-epic. scicnred to the base and nGupiq-d for outer portion 01 the ironing-ward, snnmanufilly scribud.

2. The improved imni. mg a horizontal base p0 tions, 2m ironing-beard prapqir hi scopic yortions of the frame and nmrvle in together transvgrselg; nnrlaiiap 5 1:0 n0 inlderi one a V a frame the the ui'iur; and n (P myopic prop fur Hm ln-nr'l. being hincriwl in tho base of til, mm and up be iwldcd alongside Um i'omwl s 'fiiunr; plan; pazralllui t; the wriical pmtinnr:

nlinlly as Crmcrib d.

In an ironing table 011 the class lll(li(' th \nrlirnl purilion of flnl. mm, 0.5 an 1 rd ihvrvlo 11nd ummr 1 hm main LlJDS and an intervening: nivcu or svcrmn. m0 thren hoiw.

ad together whereby L'nc board I final position and thus snspvndmi J snhstnntiaily as described.

in an ironin table of the class indicated, Hm uninhination wiih the vm'tiwl portion 0f Lhu franm. of H ironing-bunrd pm fo med of two ma n SOP intervening we 0 action, Hm 1'111'0' mar: trail zmu nation with the vert al portion of 11m frame and an ironing-board proper hin'wl thereto and iormcd of :rmctinnw hinged a i of :1 metal piece ,urnfl 10 sidv 01 the innvr siwtiun :md z.-x,tvn lin;: u'rru Hie joint of: the auctions :lnii a prop :zdnplvd 17m ungzng went with such plate, srnmmntinlly as :Zmcrinnd.

*3 In an ironing ULlJlu of thc chi indicuwd n1 n1 wril: 'i'he mm: fraun of n lli 7 L0 he preys-KM heymrd the has: and beneath Um iI'uI:h board prener when in working posiiiun. and menus n1 securing the same in such position. as We 7. In an imnlng table oi the c nation with the base frnme 01. an nwrsion mnignming :1 hr hingcd to the base and adapted \vlrun thrown dunn 1n end beyond the me and, thuslurnish an additional supgnrt for tin: llilhlQ as a whole, and :L' device for smfillrlllg:

vxmnsioir in working; position, substantially 15;: (10

8. The combination with a frame comprising a hori- 1107:1411 gmrtion and a vertical portion 1 G 3 connvciwl, m an ironin mm hinged and Mumed to he Yolded vex-ii wily, :r r L m iwmin' -imm'd hinged 10 the hm" an extension for the [art both being hingvd t0 t1 and :1 :lpied Manually as indmntm 1hr: onmiv r to be folded nlongshic rho irnnilnshosn'd, bub described.

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