US1215176A - Sad-iron. - Google Patents

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L. MARGOLIS.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED IUNEII, 1914.

1,215,176. Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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LOUIS MARGOLIS, OFpNEVf. YORK, N. Y.

SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

Application filed June 17,1914. Serial No. 845,524.

To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, LOUIS MAReoLis, a resident of the borough of the Bronx, city of New York, county of the Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sad-irons which are heated by means of burningfuel within the body of the iron itself, and which are commonly designated as carbon or charcoal irons.

The object of the invention is the production of an iron which will have its entire v bottom surface uniformly and sufliciently heated and which will not discharge ashes upon the fabric being ironed in the ordinary course of use and which is so constructed as to secure complete combustion of the fuel and thereby operate at a maximum efficiency.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar arrangement, construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, which forms a part of this application- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the complete iron showing the handle and means of attachment of the cover in side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the iron with the cover or top removed. In both figuresthe regulator is shown open.

The body of the iron 1 is hollow so as to provide a fuel box 2 for the fuel consumed in heating the iron. The type of iron shown is known as a square heel iron. At the back or heel of the iron is a projecting tray 3 preferably cast integral with the iron which serves as a collector for what ashes escape through the inlet port 4. This inlet-port has the double function of affording an entrance way for the air into the fuel box and a means of access for cleaning out the ashes which drop beneath the grate 5. As shown in the drawings the inlet-port is elongated and is cut in a circle both below and above; and the projecting tray conforms to the contour of the lower part of the inlet-port and is dropped slightly below it. This affords a face or shoulder over and upon which a regulator 6 is turned and overlaps in its closed position. The bottom of the inletport 7 is slightly above thebottom of the fuel box and thus serves to prevent the ashes being thrown out dentally.

The amount of air permitted to enter the fuel box through the aforesaid inlet-port is governed by the regulator which as shown is circular in form with a portion cut away to conform with the upper line of the inletport as at 8. It is pivoted in the center on a pin 9 and is provided with a convenient means of turning such as wings 10.

In the bottom'of the fire box rests the removable grate 5. The grate is curved and slopes from the back to the front and is so constructed that both sides and front come of the inlet-port acciapproximately in contact with the sides and front of the fire box on the bottom thereof, and so that the rear is sufficiently high and bears such relation to the air inlet-port that the air grate. The grate illustrated is provided with a number of perforations 11, in the body thereof, and scallops 12 around the edges on the sides and front thereof.

On each side of the iron in the front and at the top of the fuel box are air outlet-ports 18. These outlet ports take the place of the elevated chimney common in the art and permit of a constructi n neater in appearance and more convenient in use, especially in the ironing of armholes, etc.

The cover of the iron 14: rests on the top and is provided with a flange 15 .which fits around the inside of the fire box to make a tight joint. In the rear projecting below the bottom surface of the cover is a lug 16 which when the cover is in place projects into the aperture 17 in the rear of the body of the iron. The front of the cover abuts against the forward part of the iron, which is slightly raised for this purpose, and on top is made in the form of a cam 18 over which slides the button 19 which is pivoted to the top of the iron. The lug 16 cooperating with the top of the aperture 17, and button 19 cooperating with the cam 18 hold the cover firmly in place. The cover is removed by turning the button out of the engagement with the cam and swingingthe forward part of the cover upward so that the lug 16 disengages with aperture 17. The cover is provided with the handle 20.

In operating the iron the cover is removed and fuel placed in the fire box and lighted; the cover is then replaced, and the draft governed by the means of the regulator 6. The form of grate shown and described by entering this port passes beneath the its relation 'to the inlet and outlet-ports and to the bottom ofthe iron so distributes the air that the fuel burnsw very close to the bottom of the iron throughout the extent thereof and perfect combustion is assured. When ashes have accumulated beneath the grate they can be removed through the inletports; or the cover of the iron canbe taken off, the grate lifted out and the fire box thoroughly cleaned. V e

It is understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to, those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Copies of this'patent may be obtained for an inlet-port in the rear thereof, the inletport having its lower line above the bottom of the hollow body,and an ash tray integral with the hollow body the bottom of which is located beneath the lower lineof the inlet- 7 port, substantially as described. V '3. In an internally heated sad-iron the combination with a hollow body provided with an inlet-port in the rear thereof, the.

inlet-port having its lower line above the.

bottom. of the hollow body and constituting the segment ofa circle, an ashtray. integral with the hollow body' the bottom of which is located beneath the lower line of the inlet-port, andv a regulator pivoted to the rear' of the hollow body circular: in form;

with a portion cut away and adapted to ride over and overlap the loweroline of the inlet-port in closing theinlet-port, substan-v tially as described; Signed at New of. New 7 16th day'of June, 1914..

'Witnesses:

. FRANK C. COLE,

HUGH H. SENIOR.

five cents eachgby addressing the Commissioner of, Patents, 7

Washington, D. 0.

York city, inthe county York, andState of New York, this LOUIS MARGOLIS,

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