US2601059A - Steam electric creasing iron - Google Patents

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June 17, 1952 J. H. ROTHERAINE 2,601,059

STEAM ELECTRIC CREASING IRON Filed Nov. 27, 1948 2 SHEETS--SHEET 1 5% k i/ II a if 25- Ml Fic .2

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June 1952 J. H. ROTHERAINE 2,601,059

STEAM ELECTRIC UREA-SING IRON Filed Nov. 27, 1948 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 l2 I6 24 ii Fiq. p 27 INVENTOR. Jerome H. Rutheruine BY g ZTTORNE).

Patented June 17, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STEAM ELECTRIC CREASING IRON Application November 27, 1948, Serial No. 62,290

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a presser such as is used for creasing trousers, pleats in dresses, dress hems, hat brims, neckties, coat sleeves, childrens clothing, corduroy garments, and relates particularly to a presser which generates steam for improved operation.

Heretofore, small hand irons have been constructed for creasing trousers, and provision has been made for heating the irons electrically. In order to provide a lasting crease, the trousers should be steamed, but with the irons of the prior art this was not possible, and the trousers had to be moistened by hand before ironing them.

It, therefore, is an object of my invention to provide a steam electric presser which incorporates means for generating its own steam thereby obviating the necessity for separately moistening the edges of the article to be pressed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a steam electric presser of the character described which is light and compact, which may be carried about in ones traveling kit, and which heats rapidly.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdy in construction, and which is highly efiicient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a top view of a steam electric presser embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a view taken along the lines 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a top view of my invention in which the metal parts have been removed from the handle, thereby exposing the heating element.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the heating element receptacle and creaser.

Fig. 6 is a side View taken along the lines 6-45 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 'l is a top view of the lower handle member.

Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of the upper handle member which contains the steam chamber.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line 9-9 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 10 is a sectional side View taken along the line l0-l0 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 11 is a sectional side elevation of my invention which is complete, except for the electric cord.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts, I show an electric steam presser comprising a handle, generally designated as A, an upper handle member, generally designated as B, a creasing member, generally designated as C, and a lower handle member generally designated as D.

The handle A is made of a poor conductor of heat, such as wood or plastic, and is provided with an axial bore (not shown) for receiving a two-conductor electric cord ID. The cord wires terminate in a loop heating element I2, comprising resistance wire coiled upon an asbestos core within a sleeve of woven glass fiber. A pair of holes l3 are drilled in the handle A to receive assembly bolts 15.

The heating element l2 rests within the open dish M of the creasing member C, the flat bottom surface l6 of the dish constituting the upper pressing surface of the iron. A pair of mounting lugs l8 are provided with holes 20 for assembling the creaser to the handle A. Several small steam holes 22 are drilled in the dish M a shown in Fig. 5 for conducting steam to the cloth to be creased. A substantially rectangular plate 24 is fastened at an acute angle to the surface lB by rivets 25, the plate constituting the lower pressing surface of the creaser. The lower handle member D has one end 21 adapted to be bolted to the handle A, and is dished to receive and support the creasing plate 24, as shown in Fig. 11.

The upper handle member B is similar to the lower handle member D, except that a steam boiler 26 is constructed upon its upper surface. Water is added to the boiler through a fill vent 28 whose plug 29 may be unscrewed by using a coin or a screwdriver. A single hole 30 is located in the chamber bottom. This hole is approximately 0.005 inch in diameter. Owing to its surface tension, water will not leak through this opening, but when the iron heats, steam is generated and a mixture of water and steam is forced through hole 30 into the lower chamber formed by the dish I4. The steam subsequently escapes through the ports 22 into the material to be creased.

To use my presser the user adds a small quantity of water to the boiler and plugs the iron into any convenient electric outlet. In a short time the presser generates steam, and the user then draws the trouser edge to be creased through the narrow angle formed by the pressing surfaces thereby forming a sharp and lasting crease.

I claim as my invention:

1. An electric steam trouser creaser comprising a water reservoir, a hollow steam generating casing having a plurality of steam openings therein, said water reservoir being located adjacent said hollow casing to serve as a covering for said hollow casing, a common wall between the water reservoir and steam generating casing, said water reservoir having a small water opening of capillary size leading to said hollow casing, said hollow casing with said steam openings therein serving as one side of a trouser creaser, and a second plate attached at one end to said hollow casing whereby said second plate serves as the other side of said trouser creaser.

An electric steam trouser creaser comprising a water reservoir, a hollow steam generating casing having a plurality of openings in the casing thereof, a common wall between the water reservoir and steam generating casing and having a small opening therein, an electric coil within said steam generating casing as the heating unit, said opening in the water reservoir leading to the interior of said hollow casing being of capillary size, said steam generating casing serving as one side of said trouser creaser, and a second plate adjacent said hollow casing whereby said second plate serves as the other side of said trouser creaser.

3. The invention as set forth in claim 2 wherein said steam generating coil comprises a resistance wire coil wound within a fibre glass sleeve.

JEROME H. ROTHERAINE.

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