US901836A

US901836A - Laundry appliance.

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Publication number: US901836A
Application number: US42241308A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Butters Rogers; John William Gardner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-03-21
Filing date: 1908-03-21
Publication date: 1908-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1925-10-20

Description

G. B. ROGERS & J. W. GARDNER.

LAUNDRY APPLIANCE.

.APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21, 1908.

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CHARLES BUTTERS ROGERS AND JOHN WILLIAM GARDNER, OF ST. PETER, MINNESOTA.

LAUNDRY APPLIANCE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OHARLEs BUTTERs ROGERS and JOHN WILLIAM GARDNER, of St. Peter, county of N icollet, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in laundry apparatus and particularly to the stands used in connection with the ironing boards or tables therefor.

The object of our invention is to provide a neat ornamental stand which will occupy but little space in the ironing room and is adapted to support a series of ironing boards arranged parallel with one another on each side of the stand and spaced apart sufficiently to allow the ironers to work between them.

A further object is to provide a stand having means whereby the boards may be swung to an upright position out of the way when the room is being swept or cleaned.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as here-' inafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of an ironing stand or frame showing the manner of mounting the boards thereon. Fig. 2 is an end view partially in section showing a board on one side in a horizontal position ready for use and on the other side raised to a vertical or inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the manner of securing the ironing board leg in its raised position when the board is not in use.

In the drawing, 2 represents upright hollow standards supported in bases 3 that are secured to the floor by any suitable means. These standards are arranged in pairs at intervals, a suitable distance apart, those of the same pair being connected at the top by cross pipes 4 and the adjoining standards on the same side of the frame being connected by pipes 5. Centrally mounted on the cross pipes 4 are standards 6 connected at the top and near their lower ends with one another by pipes 7 and 8. k

Above each standard 2 on both sides of the frame an ironing board 9 is provided, having hinges 10 on the pipes 8 and adapted to swing on said hinges to a vertical position against the upper portions of the standards 6. A loop 11 is pivoted to the under side of each ironing board and a tube 12 has a pivotal connection at 13 to said loop and is adapted to slide vertically in the hollow standard Fig. 2. Near its lower end the said tube is provided with a slot 14 and a spring catch 15 that is adapted'to fly out and rest upon the to of the hollow standard and support the tu e thereon when it is raised to a predetermined point. This raising takes place when the ironing board is swung to an upright position and when the spring catch engages the to of the standard the ironing board will be held in this raised position and cannot drop down until the spring catch is pressed inwardly and the tube is allowed to slide down into the hollow standard. When this has been done the ironing board will drop to a horizontal position and the loop 11 in conjunction wlth its pivotal connection to the tube will act as a brace and support the board during the ironing operation. Adj ustable collars 16 are provided on the pipe 8 to hold the hinges of the boards in place thereon. We prefer to construct the frame of gas pipe as it is light and strong and comparatively inexpensive, and furthermore, by providing a hollow frame we are able to utilize it as an inclosing and protecting means for the electric wires. This feature of the invention we have illustrated in Fig. 1 wherein the electric conductor 17 is shown extending from the top of one of the standards 6 and connected to a fiat iron 18 that is supported upon a rest 19 that is adjustably mounted upon the pipe 8.

Each standard 6 will be e uipped with an electric conductor and each oard will have a flat iron supported within convenient reach of the ironer. Electric lights 20 are mounted upon thepipe 7. A gas pipe 21 is arranged to run through the pipe 8 to which suitable burners not shown may be attached and a water pipe 22 is rovided in the pi e 5 and has a tube connection 23 with a sprin rler 24 by means of which the clothes can be dampened.

There may be any desired number of these ironing boards according to the size of the room and the laundry. Each one is operable independently of the others and as many of them may be used as desired. Each board has an independent iron heated by electricity,

and a sprinkling device is provided, as shown, between the pairs of boards and adapted for use on either side of the frame.

We claim as our invention:

1. An ironing board frame comprising upright standards 2 arranged in pairs and means securing them to the floor, and cross bars connecting the upper portions of said standards, standards 6 mounted on said cross bars, and longitudinal bars 7 and 8 connecting said standardsfi with one another, a series of ironing boards having their inner ends hinged on said connecting bars 8, said boards being adapted to swing to an upright position, and braces connected to the under side of said boards and having sliding connections with said standards 2, for the purpose specified.

2. An ironing board frame comprising hollow upright standards 2 and cross bars connecting them, standards 6 arranged between said standards 2 and projecting. above the same, horizontal longitudinal connections between said standards 6, ironing boards hingedon said horizontal connections and adapted to swing to a vertical position or to a horizontal position, bracesconnected to said boards and means slidably arranged within said hollow standards and pivotally connected at their upper ends to said braces and means for locking said slidable meansin their raised position.

3. An ironing board stand composed-of gas pipe having upright standards arranged in pairs and cross ipes connecting them, standards supporter? upon said crosspipes and extending above said pairs of standards, a series of pipes connecting said first and second named standards, the lowerpip es of the series having water supply pipes therein, the

intermediate pipes of the series having gas pipes therein and the upper ipes of theseries containing electric con uotors, ironing; boards hinged on each side of saldframe and having braces su porting them in a horizontal position, said electric conductor having means for connection to a flat iron and said water pipe having means for connection with a sprinkling device.

4.. The combination, with a hollow standard, of a plunger slidable therein and having a spring catch adapted ,to engage the top of sai standard and lock said plunger in its raised position, a brace pivotally connected to said plunger, an ironing board having a pivotal connection with said brace and a hinge at one end of said board and whereon it is adapted to swing to a vertical inoperative position or to a horizontal operative position.

5. An ironing board stand composed of gas pipe having upright standards and horizontal pipes connecting them, said horizontal pipes having water supply pipes and gas pipes and electric conductors therein, ironing boards hinged to said frame and having suittal pipes having water supply pipes and electric conductors therein respectively, ironing boards hinged on said frame and having suitable. braces, said electric conductors having means for connection to a flat iron and said water'pipe having means for connection with a sprinkling device.

7. An ironing board frame comprising a hollow upright standard, an ironing board hinged at one end above and in the rear of said standard, a plunger slidable in said standard and having means for looking it in a raised position and a brace pivotally connecting said lunger with the forward portion of said board 8. An ironing boardframe comprising upright standards, and plungers telescoping therewith andmeans for, locking said plungers in araised position, ironing boards hinged at one end between said standards, braces connecting said boards with said plungers and said lungers when raised cooperating with said races to support said boards in a vertical position, substantially as described.

9. An ironing board frame comprising a series of standards arranged in pairs, said frame having aportion thereof projecting above said standards, ironing boards hinged at one end on the projecting portion of said frame above said standards, braces having a sliding pivotal connection with said standards, the upwardly projecting portion of said frame having water pipes and electric conductors therein, and connections for a sprinkler device, and flat irons between said ironing boards...

10. Anironing board frame, comprising upright standards arranged in pairs and a middle portion/extending upwardly above said standards, and between the same, ironing boards hinged at one end on said frame above said standards and between them, and braces attached at one end to said boards and having sliding pivotal connections at their other ends with said standards, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 13th day of March 1908.

CHARLES. BUTTERS ROGERS.

JOHN,WILLIAM GARDNER. Witnesses:

WM. M. CRANE,

MARIE CnRrsToFFERsoN.