Nova Patents
US2647713A

Universal combination collapsible flatiron rest and cord control

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US2647713A, drawing sheet 1
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7 claims: 7 independent, 0 dependent

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    What is claimed is:. 1. An ironing board attachment of the character described, comprising a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member hinged to said frame for rotation around a horizontal transverse axis, support means on the frame spaced so as to underlie and support the pan member when the pan member is in a rearwardly-swung horizontal position, a pair of tubular arms pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging move- top edges of the side arms 32, 32. Mounted on the shaft 33 are respective coiled springs 39, 39 the inner ends of the springs being secured to shaft 33 and the outer ends being hoo^-d, as shown at 40, and engaged in the apertared 10^®_ 1 ends of respective downwardly and forwardly inclined arms 41 carried by rod 37, as shown in F1Th! intermediate portion of the shaft 33 carries a spring 40' which is formed with a.loop42 ] which is engageable by a stud 43 threaded through the mid-portion of the shaft. The lo p 42' bears on the stud 43' when the shaft 33 is rotated clockwise, as viewed m Figure . ends of the spring coils 42, 42 of spring 4Cla secured to rear wall 23 by a clamp plate 43’ a8 shown in Figure 4. When shaft 33 is rotated clockwise, as viewed in Figure 5, stud 43 eng g loop 42' and coils 42 then exert a counterclockwise biasing force on shaft 33. This biasing fore is transmitted through springs 39 to the arms 4 , biasing rod 37 downwardly in the slots 36 The free ends of the arms *2 are formed with clamping sleeves 44, and ^c^ed therem are respective elongated tubular rods 45, 45. Secured to the ends of the rods 35, 45 is a plug receptacl 46 The ends of the arms 32 are connected a jacent sleeves 44 by transverse tubular members 47 on which is mounted a junction box 48. A two-wire electric cord 49 enters junction box 4,, as shown in Figure 3. Respective single-wi cords 50 enter the sides of the bo* through tubes 47 and are connected therein to the respective wires of the line cord 49. Th single-wire cords 50 extend through the respective tubular rods 45 to the plug receptacle 46, as shown in Figure 3. ____ qo The top edges of the respective side arms 32 are each formed with cam surfaces comprising an end detent portion 51, an arcuate portion , , a forward sloping portion 53 an arcuate ores portion 54, a rear sloping portion 55 and a rear detent portion 56. When the rods 45, 45 are m forwardly-extending horizontal positions overlying the ironing board, as shown in Figureθ , the rollers 38 are engaged in the rear detent por tions 56 holding the rods 45, ¢5 in the aforesai Stions The rods 45, 45 may be elevated by rotating them counterclockwise, as viewed m^Figure 2, forcing the rollers 38 upwardly over the arcuate crest portions 54 and allowing said i oil ers to descend onto the arcuate trough portions 52 This is the position shown in Figure 1. The springs 3S exert a biasing torque, on shaft 33 which is insufficient to force rollers 38 over tne “Xi portions «. but to rotate arms 32 rearwardly once «^e rollers ha descended onto the arcuate trough p01tl°ns ®‘· In use of the device, a flatiron, shown at 56, is connected to plug receptacle «6 by a copvept“? g smnliance cord 57, preferably of the type Having a sXg-cXg device 58 mounted thereon whereby during use of the iron the appba^eC“sd 57 exerts spring tension on the i P The biasing torque acting on thelarrns op nnspt. this spring tension, wnereby the cora a is maintained in an extended position during us of the iron and the rods 45 are likewise maintained under sUiid. biasing torQU.6. , The net force acting on the flatiron 56 is just is not ironing, the flatiron 56 is placed on pan
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    2,647,713 ment and arranged to receive the pan member therebetween, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, respective conductors extending through said arms and connected to the plug receptacle, and spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions. 2. An ironing board attachment of the character described, comprising a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member hinged to said frame for rotation around a horizontal transverse axis, support:means on the frame spaced as to underlie and support the pan member when the pan member is in a rearwardly-swung horizontal position, respective vertical side plates pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging movement, respective tubular arms carried by the side plates and arranged to receive the pan member therebetween, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, respective conductors extending through said arms and connected to the plug receptacle, spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions, and resilient means carried by the frame and engaging an edge of at least one of the side plates, said edge being formed with a locking recess in which said resilient means is engageable.
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    An ironing board attachment of the character described, comprising a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member hinged to said frame for rotation around a horizontal transverse axis, support means on the frame spaced so as to underlie and support the pan member when the pan member is in a rearwardly-swung horizontal position, respective side plates pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging movement, respective tubular arms carried by the side plates, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, respective conductors extending through said arms and connected to the plug receptacle, spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions, a transverse shaft member extending through the frame, means on the frame guiding the shaft member for vertical movement, means on the shaft member for engaging the top edges of the side plates, and means connecting said shaft member to said spring means, said latter means urging the shaft member downwardly, said top edges being each formed with spaced locking recesses in which the shaft member is engageable.
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    An ironing board attachment of the character described, comprising a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member movably connected to said frame, a pair of tubular arms pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging movement and arranged to receive said pan member therebetween, means on the frame arranged to support said pan member in horizontal position between said arms, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, respective conductors extending through said arms and connected to the plug receptacle, spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions, and cooperating means carried by said arms and said spring means limiting upward movement of said arms.
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    An ironing board attachment of the character described comprising a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member hinged to said frame for rotation around a horizontal transverse axis, support means on the frame spaced so as to underlie and support the pan member when the pan member is in a rearwardly swung horizontal position, respective side plates pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging movement, respective tubular arms carried by the side plates, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, respective conductors extending through said arms and connected to the plug receptacle, spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions, a transverse shaft member extending through the frame, means on the frame guiding the shaft member for vertical movement, means on the shaft member for engaging the top edges of the side plates, and means connecting said shaft member to said spring means, said latter means urging the shaft members downwardly, said top edges being each formed with a locking recess in which the shaft member is engageable.
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    An ironing board attachment of the character described comprising a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member hinged to said frame for rotation around a horizontal transverse axis, support means on the frame spaced so as to underlie and support the pan member when the pan member is in a rearwardly swung horizontal position, respective side plates pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging movement, respective tubular arms carried by the side plates and arranged to receive said pan member therebetween, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, respective conductors extending through said arms and connected to the plug receptacle, spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions, a transverse shaft member extending through the frame, means on the frame guiding the shaft member for vertical movement, means on the shaft member for engaging the top edges of the side plates, and means connecting said shaft member to said spring means, and biasing the shaft member downwardly, said side plates including detent means lockingly engageable with the shaft member.
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    In an ironing board attachment of the character described, a frame adapted to be secured to an end portion of an ironing board, a pan member movably connected to said frame, a pair of arms pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof for vertical swinging movement and arranged to receive said pan member therebetween, means on the frame arranged to support said pan member in a substantially horizontal position between said arms, a plug receptacle carried by the ends of said arms, spring means biasing the arms toward elevated positions, and cooperating means ' ' said spring means of said arms. carried by said arms and limiting upward movement JACOB A. WERSCHING. in the file of this patent Number 2,201,598 2,242,298 2,482,957 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Towler-----------May 21,1940 Halsey------------May 20,1941 Willens----------Sept. 27,1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain______Nov. 24,. 1932 Number 383,697
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