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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
JAMES N. PEDDER, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
LAUNDRY-I RON.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,605, dated 1Vay 15, 1883.
Application led October 1, 181 (No iodl.)
To all whom it may concern: itis lighted. The hamberor bulbG is formed
Be it known that I, .JAMES N. PEDDER, of integral with the removable lid H, or separate
Galveston, in the county of Galveston and therefrom and secured thereto in any ordinary
State of Texas, have invented certain new and manner; and the removable lid rests on the 55
5 useful Improvements in Laundry-Irons; and I flanges b, and is held in position thereon by the
do hereby declare the following to be a fall, movable metal studs I, which latter are piv-
clear, and cxact description of the invention, otally secured to the top face of the iron. By
such as will enable others skilled in the art to connecting the bulb G and pipes F and J with
which it pertains to make and use the same. the large removable lid H the parts may be 60
co My invention relates to an improvement in readily removed, and a large opening in the
laundry-irons and the manner of heating the top of the iron insured for removing from the
same, the object being to provide a device that interior of the iron any unconsumed products
will combine simplicity and economy in con- of combustion that may accumulate therein.
struction with durability and efficiency in use; Again, this construction iseconomicalin mann- G5
5 anti, with these ends in view, my invention facture, asit enables a tightjoint to be secured
consists in certain details in construction and without screw-tbreadingtheopening in the top
combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter of the iron or the neck of the bulb After the
more fully described, and pointed out in the air and gas are brought together in the bulb
claims. or chamber, they are conveyed by the short 7o
20 In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is tube J downintotheinterior ofthe iron. This
a perspective view of my improved device; and tube J is either connected to or penetrates the
Fig. 2, a side view of tihe sale, showing some lid II, and the upper end thereof terminates
of the parts in dotted lines, slightly below the lower end of the feed-pipe F,
A represents the hollow laundry-iron of the while the lower end thereof extends well down 75
25 ordinary shape, provided with perforations B into the interior of the iron, and which itself is
for the admission of air and for the escape of used as a gas-burner, or in combination with
the products of combustion; C, the handle or a gas-burner.
hand-rest, and D the pillars connecting the The hand-rest or handle C is made of any
said hand-rest to the iron. suitable non-conducting material flattened at 80
30 E is an elastic supply-pipe of any suitable the part where the hand rests, and having a
size and length, which is adapted to be secured hole or eye through it, near or at the front end
at one end to a gas-burner, or to a reservoir thereof, for the passage of the supply-tube A,
supplying any suitable gas, and. passes down- and is supported on the pillars D, to which it
ward through thehand-restD,as shown in tie is secured by screws or otherwise. -8
35 drawings,audisconnectedatitsotherendtothe The body A of the laundry-iron is made of
upper end of the feed-pipe F. This feed-pipe any suitable metal, or, if desired, can be made
F is made of any suitable metal, and can be in- of asbestus, and the sides, top, bottom, and
teriorly lined or not, as desired, and is curved, end can be male of one piece or separate pieces,
as shown in the drawings, and terminates in as desired, and is provided; as shown, with go
40 the interminglingehamber or bulb G, to which the holes or openings B, which latter are for
latter it is rigidlysecured in any desiredman- the purpose of ventilating the same. These
ner. The lower end of the feed-pipe F can be apertures B can ibe either cast or drilled in the
open, so as to discharge the gas freely; or it body of the laundry-iron, and are of any de-
can be perforated,so as tolimit the amount of sired size and lumber, as may be desirable 95
45 gasburned. The chamber orbulb G is shaped for the more perfect combustion of the gases
as shown, and is provided near its upper or employed for the purpose of heating the body
superior surface with suitable perforations, a, of the iron.
for the admission of air thereto, and as the The manner of operating my improved laun-
feed-pipe terminates in this bulb the air and dry-iron is as follows: The different parts be- cot
5o gas become intimately mixed and pass from ing in position, as shown in the drawings, the
thence down into the interior of the iron, where tube E is attached to the gas pipe in any suit-
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Pedder, James Nagel. Laundry-Iron, patent, May 15, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170537/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.