US1652895A - Wall cabinet for ironing machines - Google Patents

Description

Patented Dec. 13,1927.

UNITED STATES MEAD HEDGLON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

WALL CABINET FOR IRONING MACHINES.

Application fi1ed Apri1 so, 1927. Serial No. 188,014.

This invention relates to a wall-cabinet, designed particularly for stowing ironing machines'of the portable domestic type, and has for its object to provide novel construc- 5 tion and arrangement of the cabinet, whereby the ironing machine may be permanently attached to and supported by the cabinet during the ironing, as well'as during the inactive periods, the cabinet preferably being permanently built in one of the interior walls of a house and arranged to shield the machine from dust, dirt and tampering. The cabinet is preferably oblong and its linear dimension is disposed horizontally. One side of the cabinet is normally open and the said opening being closed, when the machine is stowed away, by the base that supports all of the ironing mechanism, the said base being hinged adjacent the open side of the cabinet and being swingable in a vertical plane for withdrawing and housing the machine. A further object is to provide a cab-inet, whereby the machine is held in the operative, as well as in the inoperative positions by gravity. A further object is to provide foldable and extensible members that support the machine during the ironing periods at the'proper height from the floor, the said members cooperating with the hinges or other pivoting means for maintaining the machine rigid at the proper level. And a further object is to provide an electric switch for controlling the current that drives and heats the machine, the said switch being mounted inside the cabinet and being operated for shutting-off the current by the closing movement of the machine.

I attain these objects by the means set forth in the detailed description which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section, taken on line 1-1 of Fig.2; showing the ironing machine in the operative and inoperative positions. And Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1; showing the machine in the operative position.

In the drawing, 2 represents an ordinary interior wall of a house,.in which an open- 50 ing 2' is shown. 3 represents my cabinet,

which comprises an oblong box, having top and bottom members 3' and 3, ends 3", and back 3.

,row movable horizontal strip or facing 4,

The front side 3 of the cabinet isv preferably normally open, .except for a narat 4:, for rendering it swingable vertically, as shown in Fig. 1, for enlarging the opening 3 for affording clearance to the machine, and a similar strip 4 forming the bottom of said opening, which is preferably rigid to the bottom and end members 3 3", and is reinforced by a cleat 4 The cabinet 3 may be rigidly secured to the wall 2 by any well-known means.

The cabinet 3 is designed especially for housing domestic ironin machines, which are usually electrically riven and heated, and are ordinarily portable. The primary object of the cabinet is to provide a convenient out-of-the-way place to stow the ironlng machine when not in use, in order to protect it from dirt, injury and tampering,

, and to render the mach ne readily accessible when needed without requiring itto be manually lifted and carried to and from the ironing position, the arrangement of the cabinet being such as to enable the ironing machine to be readily and quickly withdrawn or extended from the cabinet, and to be positively held at the proper level from the floor during the ironing periods. To this end, the machine is preferably permanently and swingably attached to the cabinet. .A brief description of the ironing machine follows:

5 represents a plane wooden or other base, on which the combined ironing and driving mechanisms are permanently mounted and rendered movable, as one part. The machine proper comprises the usual padded ironing roll 6, which is generally rotated by a motor, as 7, the said roll being mounted in a fixed plan-e parallel to the base, by means of an upright casing 8, in which is disposed'the reduction gears, which are usually connected to the motor by a clutch, as 7 and a gooseneck bracket 9, both of said parts being rigidly secured to the base 5.' 10 represents the concave ironing shoe, which is preferably disposed below and concentric to the roll, and is usually heated by electricity or gas. The shoe 10 is moved towards and away from the roll, by means of a lever 12, and an eccentric mechanism 12, said lever being disposed at the frontside of the machine,'near one end of a table 13, upon which the operator-may spread the articles prior to feeding them between the roll and shoe The ironing pressure is effected by springs 14, which are adjustably connected to the forward edge of the shoe and are disposed near the opposite ends of the table 13, as shown.

The ironed articles as they emerge from the rear side of the roll usually gravitate to the base 5.

The ironing machine base is preferably permanently secured to the cabinet 3, and for this purpose the rear ed e of the base is swingably securedto the owermost horizontal strip or member, 4: by hinges 15. By this arrangement, the base may be swung in a vertical plane substantially 90, as indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig.1. The front opening 3 of the cabinet is preferably substantially the same size and shape as the base, so that when the latter is swung upwardly for stowing the machine, the base fills the opening and is preferably disposed flush with the strips 4: and 4 The bottom edge of the strip 4 and the corresponding as well as the cabinet.

edge of the base 5 are preferably beveled for stopping and holding the base flush with said strip. The strip 4 is preferably supported in the closed position by stops 4. The forward edge of the base 5 is preferably supported and held in true horizontal plane when the machine is extended for ironing, by means of a pair of braces or members, as 16-16, which comprise similar sections, 1616", which are respectively pivoted to each other, to the base 5, and to the top wall of the cabinet, as indicated in the drawing. When these braces are properly constructed and applied, the ironing machine will be held at th right angle to the face of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 1. When thironing machine is disposed inthe cabinet 3, the goose-neck 9 preferably engages a block or pillow, as 17, which is secured to the bottom 3, and whose top surfacev is covered with an suitable cushion material, -as-17. By this arrangement, the pillow 17 absorbs all shock that may be occasioned by careless or too rapid folding and stowing ofthe machine, and prevents injury to the machine, The electric current for operating the motor 7, may be controlled by a switch 18, which is shown mounted on the back wall of the cabinet the operating lever 18 of which is disposed in the path of a pin 19 carried by the bracket 9, for the purpose of automatically shutting-0E the more pleasing to the eye, by carving or otherwlse ornamenting the bottom face of the base 5, in a well-known manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

1. In a wall cabinet for motor driven ironing machines, a box adapted toibe secured in an opening .in'a wall and having. an open front, a member for closing said open front of the box, a motor driven ironing machine secured to the member, means to movably connect said member to the box to enable the ironing machine to be moved into and out of the box, a motor controlling switch within the box, and means carried by the machine to actuate the switch and open the latter upon closing movement of the member. 1 i

2. A wall-cabinet for stowing an electrically operated ironing machine, comprisingan oblong box permanently built in the wall and spaced from the floor, one side of the box being normally open, a base, an ironing machine secured to the base, means for pivotally securing the base to the box below said opening, whereby the base may be swung towards and from the box in a vertical plane, said base being substantially thesame size and shape as the opening so as to close-the opening, means to hold the base when extended at right'angles to the open side of the box, a switch for controlling the current that operates the machine, and means on the ironing machine operable upon the closing movement of the base for shutting 01f the current.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ME HEDGLON.

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