US1665295A - Flatiron - Google Patents

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ELLIOTT D. CAMPBELL, OIE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FLATIRON.

Application led July V'7,

' This invention relates to flat irons, and more particularly tol electric flat irons.

An object ot m rpresent invention is the provision of a at iron co-'extensive 'in length with the width of the ironing board, and which may be lifted above the ironing board by means hereinafter described when it is desired to push the iron onto the material being ironed', and so constructed that with the iron above the ironing board the former may be readily pushed jforward onto' the piece being ironed, without the necessity of directly lit'ting the iron.

With theA foregoing object inview, to-y gether with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, this invention resides inthe construction and ar-` rangement ot parts hereinafter'.described andrclaimed, and illustrated 'in the accompanying drawings, in whiclr- Y Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe flat iron ot my invention, showing the saine on a portion of an ironing board.

Figure 2 is an end view of a modification of the flat iron shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings vtor a more detailed description thereof, it J will be seen that the numeral 1 indicates. an ironing board on which rests the iat iron 3 which is substantially'of the same length as the width ot' the ironing board, lso that the obmay ber ironedv with maximum e'lificiency.V The fiat iron is ot the electricaltype, that is to say, it may be heated electrically by means of any well known apparatus Ator that purpose. y and 5 indicate` terminals ot the electrical conductors which are underneath the casing 6 ot the fiat iron. The casing 6 is provided at itsV ends with extensions to which are ject to be ironed pivoted vertical guide Vrollers 8, the distance between which is slightly greater than `the Width of the ironing board.l so that an object to be ironed if wider than the ironing board may lie between one or both of the guide rollers 8 and the'sides of the ironing board. The casing@ is preferably rounded at its lower forward edge and at its forward lower corners 9 and is pushed forward by a. handle l0extending`rearwardly :trom the trailing side ot' the. flat iron. y A roller l2 is pivoted to projections 15 and 16 which The 'numerals Ll 1926. "serial No. 121,017..

are secured to the'casing of the iron and eX- i tend' beyond'the trailing side of the casingV of the iron. These lrollersare therefore separated somewhatirom the casing. The

.iat iron proper is indicated' by `the numeral 17. After a piece to be ironed is placed on the board, the iron may be pushedv onto the y' y een,

piece to be ironed by pushing downfon the handle 10 untilthe weight othe iron is on the rollers 12 and the iron is raised above the piece to be ironed. The iron may then tue of the rollers 12. In the form shown in Figure 2 the ,rollers""12,need'not be provided', as the trailing edge of the flat iron be rolled onto the piece to be ironed byvirproper or of the casing or ot both may be 'i rounded.

'The ironing Vboard 1, shown in conjunetion or co-operation with my improved'iron. 1s offaV type wherein the sides of the board are parallel from one endrof theboard to the other,vin order to operatively accommodatek actions of the rollers 8 Vanywhere within the lengthotl the board.

As shown in Figure 3, one end of vthe board is provided lwith an iron,v rest 1S',

whichmay vbe` formed of metal, asbestos or` any other suitable material, so as to protect the board when the iron is at rest or not in use. I

I claim -v ee p 1. A flat iron yprovided with rollers adjacent its trailing edge, said iron being substantially co-eXtensive in length ,withV theA Y width of the ironing boar-don which it is usedV and providedl at itis. ends with guide rollers extending downwardly, the distance Y* between 'said rollers "being slightly greater than the width of the ironing board.

V2. A flat iron comprising a rectangularly- [shaped vvbody portion Ahaving a length equal to the width ot' an ironing board, a handle carried by said body portion and rollers disposed at'the rear corners of said body'portion, and normally being positioned above the under surface ot `said body, said rollers being brought into contact with the ironing board `when, said handle is depressed, Wherevby said rollers body.

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