CA1133379A

CA1133379A - Vacuum ironing board for clothes finishing

Info

Publication number: CA1133379A
Application number: CA386,919A
Authority: CA
Inventors: George Peterhegyi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1981-09-29
Filing date: 1981-09-29
Publication date: 1982-10-12

Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure This invention relates to a specially constructed ironing board having a hollow interior space between a non-porous base member and a plurality of upper layers. Transverse spacing members between the base member and the upper layers permit air flow into the hollow space and through an air withdrawal conduit that leads into a moisture trap. A separate exit pipe from the moisture trap provides a hookup to a vacuum cleaner.
The suction of the vacuum cleaner maintains the air flow.

Description

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This invention relates to a home ironing board that has an inner volumespace through which air is circulated.

The ironing board is specially constructed for steam pressing, clothes finishing and the smoothing of delicate fabrics. In plan, it has the conventional taper from a wide end to a narrow end.

Cross-pieces or bridges are located at spaced intervals on a non-porousbase member and separate the base member from a plurality of upper layers of varying porosity. The first layer supported by the bridges is a coarse mesh. This is covered with a fine mesh, a foam sheet and a cotton pad or sheet.

Suction means and conduit means are provided to draw the room air down through the upper porous layers of the ironing board, through the volume space into two openings in the base member and into a looped pipe. This pipe is curved around the narrow end of the ironing board and leads into a moisture trap that is located under the wide end of the board. An exit pipe from the moisture trap is connected to a conventional vacuum cleaner which provides the suction.

An alternative route for the air flow is through a bypass port that leads directly into the moisture trap and may be opened or closed as the operator wishes. When the bypass port is open there is no suction through the upper layers of the ironing board or through the pipe loop. This is desir-able at the end of a pressing operation or when working on delicate fabrics.

In further description of the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view with the upper layers removed, Figure 2 is a side elevation, and Figure 3 is a section taken on the line III-III of Figure 2.

~33379 As shown in Figure 1, base member 1 has a plurality of air withdrawal openings 2 that lead into a conduit loop 3 that is supported on the underside of the base member. The direction of air flow in the loop is indicated by arrows. The loop leads into a moisture trap 4 and terminates there. A separate exit pipe 5 from the moisture trap is connected to a vacuum cleaner suction means at 6. Cross bridges 7 rest on the upper surface of base member 1.

Figure 2 shows the complete ironing board in side elevation. Supportedin spaced relationship to the base member by means of the cross bridges are a plurality of upper layers 8 that vary in porosity and material used. The layers consist of an under layer of coarse mesh, covered by a layer of fine mesh. These in turn are covered by a foam layer and a cotton pad. A bypass port 9 is shown in dotted lines and leads directly into moisture trap 4. A vacuum cleaner connection is again shown at 6.

Figure 3 shows the relationship of the conduit loop 3, the base member 1, one of the cross bridges 7 and the group of upper layers 8.

It is thus seen that the ironing board of this invention is specially adapted to all types of ironing and clothes finishing.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. An ironing board having a single garment engaging surface, a plurality of upper layers of varying porosity spaced from a base member to define a volume space therebetween, the base member being non-porous with exit ports leading to a horizontal cooling loop that underlies the base member and runs in a circuitous path to a moisture trap, suction means drawing air from the atmosphere through the upper layers, the volume space, the exit ports, the horizontal cooling loop and the moisture trap.