US110708A - Lewis wilkinson - Google Patents

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L. WILKINSON. Sad-Iron Heater.

o. 110,708. I v Paten ted Jan. 3, 1871.

MPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON u c LEWIs'WILKI-Nso1v, on NEW YORK,- N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 110,708, dated January 3; 1871.

IMPROVEMENT-IN SAD- Ron HEATERS;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, LEWIS WILKINSON, of the city, county, and State of New York, hav invented certain new and useful improvements in Smoothing-Irons; and in order that others may understand the nature of my invention, its uses, andanethod of construction, I give the follow,- ing'description of the same, illustrated by the accompanying drawing, which is referred to by letters andfigures marked thereon, the same forming a part of this specification. 1

The object of my invention is to furnish a smoothingiron for-the use of those who, not always having a stove or other fire at command, can, by placing the iron upon an ordinary gas-burner, heat it thoroughly and sutficiently for all the purposes for which such a utensil is applicable, without the necessity of a coal or wood fire, or of the special and expensive gas-heating stove or apparatus such as is'in'enerall y used.

Description of Drawing.

Figure 1 represents, in perspective, (of ful1sizc,) one of my improved smoothing-irons, suitable for pressing hats, or small articles which are better smoothed by an iron of small dimensions,

A A is the body of the iron. This is made hollow by casting upon a core, having sufficient solid," metal on all sides to retain the heat, say in a smalliron about one-half an inch in thickness, the hollow in conforming nearly to its external shape.

B is a handle, made either by casting a shank with the body of the iron, or.by inserting a wrought-iron shank in the mold, and casting thebodyof the smootln ing-iron upon it. Y v

O is a tip of wood or other like non-conducting material, for the convenience of using without burning the hand, this latter being fastened to the iron shank.

In the rear part of the body of the iron is an open,- ing, D, so formed that while the central portion of it will slip a little way onto an ordinary gas-burner, (suificiently so as to permit its end or tip to be just within the hollow, and to support; the iron in an upright position while being heated,) there will be left on each side of the burner an orifice of nearly the size of the central one, these two openings being for the purpose of a free admission of atmospheric air. to the base of the gas flame, to support combustion within the hollow of the iron.

E is another orifice, placed just in front'of the handle near the point or toe of the iron, communicating with. the cored portion thereof, the object of which is to carry oft the products of combustion within, acting as a chimney.

the iron F is agas-burner, shown as being thrust into and supporting the iron while heating.

G is a short-portion .of the bracket or gas-pipe, the object of. these latter pieces in-thc drawing being to show the positionof the iron on the burner.

I do not confine myself to the exact form of the smoothing-iron that is shown in the drawing, as the shape may be varied to suit the difi'erent kinds of work to which it is desirable to apply it. Neither do I confine myself to the exact form or positions of' the several openings.- For instance those each side of the burner may be oblong or oval, or they may be round and sit a little way from that which receives the burn or, and the orifice near the toe of the iron may be of any other convenient or ornamental shape that is desired, or itmay be placed immediately on the toe instead ofthe upper side of the iron; but those which I have given are such as I have found convenient and efficient in practice.

I am aware that gas has been used for heating smoothing-irons by means of apparatus specially constructed,'upon which an ordinary iron is placed, and also that a gas-burner, attached to a flexible tube, has been used in connection with a smoothing-iron, the handle of the same being hollow and forming a chimney; but in this tliecontraction is very imperfect, the

motion circumscribed by the tnbe,.and the motion of the iron frequently extinguishing the flame, and the heat also constantly passing out of the iron, making it disagreeable in use.

My invention is free from these objections,'and so simple that persons of the plaincst capacity can use it, while the position in. which the iron is placed upon the burner isthe best for insuring perfect combustion and the efiicient heating of the iron.

--I do not claim, broadly, the heating of a smoothing iron with a gas-flame, neither do Iclaim, broadly, a hollow smoothing-iron, nor anything shown in G. B.'Mc- Olainspatent of April 21, 1857; but

As an article of manufacture the. small, light, hollow smoothing-iron, constructed as shown and described, and adapted to be sustained while being heated by the bracket of an ordinary gas'burner, ,all substantially as herein set forth.

LEWIS WILKINSON.

W itnesscs J. W. TAYLOR, \VM. PRATT.

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