US999581A

US999581A - Pressing-irons.

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Publication number: US999581A
Application number: US44901708A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick A Mills
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-08-18
Filing date: 1908-08-18
Publication date: 1911-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1928-08-01

Description

P. A. MILLS.

PRESSING IRON S.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 18, 1908.

Patnted Aug. 1, 1911.

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Beit known that I, Fnnnnnion A. MILLS, a citizenfof the Uni-ted States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattam in the county and State of New rlr, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in. Pressinglrons. vThis iitiventionv relates to improvements in pressingk -irons designed for pressing and 1 ()v creasing garments, such for example as trousers.-

...ne of the objects-of the invention is to.

provide a device which may be used to press and crease garments, such as trousers, while 15 they are being-'Worn Another object of my invention is to provide a device which can also be used as a smoothing or pressing iron in the usual Way.

:A further object is to provide a device of' the character stated which may be used in connection'witha-guide or support such as shown in my lapplication for Letters Patent Seri-al' No. 450,325, led August 26, 1908.

Various other objects which I have had in mind,.such as simplicity of construction, convenience and economy in operation, will ippear -frein the' following description which sets :forth apractical embodiment of the inventon, reference being had to the accom'- .3 0 p'niying drawings, in Which;-

Figure l. s a perspective :View of niy creasingv irons; :Figa 2f is a vertical section of oney of the creasing irons on line 2-2 of AFigfovvith parts of the heater element removed. yFig. 3 is a vertical section through trifley center of the.` bracket and bearing portion shown inFig. l; Fig.' Il is a perspective -View of one of the creasing irons detached from itsfel-iow member. Fig. 5 is a cross section of the saine iron, taken on line 5-5 ofV Fig. 2.

Itivill, be seen that this device is designed with special reference to the pressing of two sides of the fold of a. garmentsuch as al pairo trousers, but it is so constructed that the 'two members composing it may be lreadily and quickly detached` from each other and one of the members be usedV as a smoothing iron for pressing out Wrinkles inotherparts. of the cloth Where a crease is not desired.

A and B are twin pressing irons, oblong in shape, andconstructed with an interior I prefer to form each member as 'a single hollow casting with the exception Specification of Letters Patent. 4 Patent-edd Allg. 1, 1911. Application. ined August is, 190s. serial No. 449,017. i v

of its outer vplatre B, which is made sepa-' rate-being attached by the screws C toK lugs C formed as a 'part ofthe casting B-A so as to provide easy access to the interior in the event o16 the electrical heating cir- .cuit becoming disarranged throughy any cause. The irons are slightly rounded at one edge, as at A,-so thatV the-impression' made by' the irons on the cloth will taper off gradually. l I

On the interior of the casing -or iron A, and at the inner side thereof, designated at D, is provided an insulated electrical heating element, Which may beof any desired construction, of which I have illustrated one form, in Which E re'resents a thin strip of insulating material, such, for example, as mica, around which isfcoiled a thin electric resistancevvire F oisuitable metal, such as platinum or German silver. These are insulated from vthe metallic interior surface of the member A by another'strip of insulating material E", and insulating material is also provided on the opposite side of the resistance coil, 4as at (hover which is placed .a layerof asbestos G', Which serves to retain the generated heat at the ironing surface D. The resistance coil takes its electriccurrent from the Wire H through the binding `post I, and after the current has passed through the resistance coil, it passes. out at the binding post K, all of which will be lreadily understood. Both ofthel binding.

postsare suitably insulated from the casing A as at J and J.. The asbestos lining 'and resistance coil, and the adjacent insulating material may be secured in place to the i-nner tace D of the iron.r in any convenient manner as by a backing plate X and screwsl Y. The binding posts I and K are adaptedl to receive the usual forni of sockets connected to Wires'ivhich' will take the current from any convenient source 'of electrical' energy, such as a lighting circuit.

To the heating plates A, B, are secured the bracket frames K, K2, by means ofthe screws L and theears M. lThe bracket frame K is provided with lugs N, having' slots N. The bracket :traine'K2 is provided with lugs O having eyes' P, through which traverses a pin P', which is heldin place at one end by the head Q and at'the other end by the cotter pin Q. The pin P .is of a size to snugly tit the V slot N', and lthis pin I acts as a bearing on which the irons turn in opening and closing. A round the pin l is coiled the spring R, which, at one end, rests against the bracket frame K2, at

a; the other end, when the'irons are in working position, expends its force against the bracket frame K at I), which is slightly cut.

spring R. The spring R is provided with an extension T, and when it is desired to take the members apart, the extension T is pressed over toward the handle S and is secured in the hook or catch'T, when the force of the spring R is taken off the bracket frame K at Z). Thereupon, -the member composed of the parts A, K and S is held to its fellow member merely by the pin P and the lugs N, O, and as the lugs N are provided with the open slots N', a slight pull by the operator on the handle S, in the direction shown by the arrow, disengages the member composed of the parts A, K and S, from the member composed of the parts B', K2 and S, and it may be then used as a separate pressing iron for the purposes already mentioned. At about the center of the bracket frames K, K2 is the opening U, which may be of any desired form, only so that it conform to the shape of the standard, which in F ig. l is shown in dotted lines projecting upwardly therethrough, .and shown in elevation at V in Fig. 3, but this is no part of my'present invention and is shown as illustrating one manner in which the device may beused.

It will be seen that there are providedl two bearings, at N', N. O, O, considerably removed from each other7 which serve tokeep the working faces of the irons A, Bin close contact throughout the length thereof, thereby taking a irin and uniform grip on the fold of cloth. I have here shown only one of the two members equipped for electrical heating, as the heat of the one mem# ber willreadily transmit itself to the other, but should it be desired, the other member as well maybe heated by means of the electric heating circuit. I do not, however, wish to limit myself solely to an electrically heated iron, as my, construction contains many useful features without reference to the manner in which it is heated.

The operation is as follows: The garment to be creased is first slightly moistened, by` means of a spray, a damp cloth or in any other suitable manner.- The pressing irons being heated, the operator holds the device' by the handles S, S, which, being pressed toward each other against the force of the spring R' opens the irons A, B at D, into which opening-the fold of the trousers, or

veach iron, 'means movably connecting other garment to; be creased, is inserted; the l pressure then beingI taken off the handles S,

lS, the spring -R forces the irons toward each other and against the enfolded cloth, in which position it is permitted to remain for a few moments, untll the desired crease 'has been 'made at that point, when theirons are again opened and the device moved along to another portionv of the fold, where the irons are applied in the same manner, and this operation is re ated until the desired crease has been ma e throughout the length of the fold of the garment. The operator may be aided in these operations by the use of a relatively stationary guide or support such as embodied in my co-pending app ication 'Serial No. 450,325, and here partly shown at Vin Fig. 4l, such guide serving,

amongV other things, to hold the pressing irons ,1n a straight -line along the length of the fold. Any objectionable wrinkles remaining in the lgarment ,may be smoothed out by the use of one of the lrons as a sadiron after it has been detached from its fellow member in the manner already described. y

' What I claim as my invention'is:

1. A creasing and pressing device comprising in combination a. pair of hollow box-like irons movably connected to each other and having opposing flat faces between whichmay be inserted a garment or fabric to be creased, means for'pressing the irons together, manually operated means for moving the irons apart, and electric heating devices mounted on one of said irons. l

2. A creasii and pressing device comprising in com ination a pair of approxi mately rectanmilar box-shaped irons hav` ing opposing dat faces between which may be inserted -a garment or fabric to be creased, a bracketdike holding 'frame on said frames to each other, means for iel ingly pressing thel irons together, han -operated means for forcing the irons apart, and electric heat-ing .devices mounted on one of said irons. v

3. A' creasin and; pressing device comprising in com ination a pau of box-like irons having opposing flat pressing faces between which may bevinserted a garment or fabric to be pressed, holding frames centrally recessed -extendin longitudinally of said irons and secured t ereto, means movably connecting said holding frames to each other, means for pressing the irons together, means .comprising a handle onY one of said holding frames for moving one iron away lfrom the other iron, and electric heating devices mounted on one of said irons.

4. A creasing and pressing device comprising inv combination a pair of box-like irons having opposing flat pressing faces be- ,tween which may be inserted a garment or fabric to be pressed, bracketrframe holdin nieinbers extending longitudinally of sai irons and secured thereto, means pivotally connecting saidmembers at points relatively 1emote-fromach other, a sprin for pressing the'lrons .to ether, a pair of; an-

dlesfone on'each hol ing'member, for fore-1 ling-the irons apart, and electricheating dei pressed, elect-ric heating devices mounted on one of said irons, means connecting said irons with freedom for relative movement, means for pressing the irons together, and

'means for forcingthe irons apart, the said connecting means being detachable whereby the irons may be separated and one used alone as a sad-iron.

6. A combined creasing and smoothing de vice, comprising in combination, a pair of irons having opposing faces between which may be inserted the garment or fabric to be pressed, electric heating devices mounted on one of said irons, means/for pivotally vconnecting said irons, a spring for pressing the irons together, and meanscomprisin a han-v dle on one ofthe irons for forcing t e irons apart, lthe said pivotal connecting means being detachable whereby the irons :may be separated and one used alone as a sad-iron.

FREDERICK A.. MILLS.

lVitnesses:

GILBERT E. YoUMANs, MAXWELL SILVER.