US1986386A - Necktie stretcher and drier - Google Patents

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Jan. 1, 1935. E. BE HRINGER 1,986,386

NECKTIE STRETCHER AND DRIER Filed May 28, 1930 mlllllllnlh- -||||||num| Patented Jan. 1 I935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in tie ironing devices for removing creases in neck ties, and for reshaping and restoring them to freshness, without in any way affecting the original 5 desirable silken surface finish.

An important object of the invention is to provide a tie ironing device of a form whereby the surface of the front fold of a tie may be ironed fiat when in a stretched condition, the set being accomplished by the application of heat thereto from a remote source, no ironing contact being made with the external surfaces of the tie.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel heating means associated with means for stretching a tie to be ironed, the said heating means being readily removable from its operative position for replacement in the event of a burn-out or other damage.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for exerting yielding stretching action on ties to be ironed, whereby variable distention may be achieved.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for drying out moistened or wetted ties in stretched form, to eliminate all creases or wrinkles andrestore the tie for wear over and over again.

The ties to be ironed are first moistened or dampened and stretched over the ironing device comprising a stretcher body, sheath or casing of tapering elongated form and of substantially the tapered shape of four-in-hand tie ends; when the tie to be ironed is in proper position on the said device a preferably electric heater arranged within the stretcher body is energized to generate heat within said body, thus heating the body walls in contact with the inner surfaces of the tie to thoroughly dry it, without in the least affecting the polished or silken external surfaces thereof.

Structural features of the device are present in a novel stretcher body, sheath, casing or frame, consisting of a fiat or plane ironing face or front plate, and a channeled ironing back connected by a preferably a'ir tight joint at their edges.

Within the channeled portion, forming a heating chamber, of the back plate, I dispose a preferably looped heater device, wire or coil of the general shape of said heating chamber, but spaced from the walls thereof.

The terminals or inner ends of the looped heater device or coil are confined within a clip or clamp, preferably of bent sheet metal and of a form to permit ready replacement of a new heater coil or wire, in the event of a burn-out or other damage to the one in use; the terminals of the heater coil or wire, are further protected by short asbestos or other pliable sleeves which are threaded on the ends of said coil and are clamped with said terminals between the wings or sides of the 5 clip device, after which a securing tongue on one wing or side of the clip is turned over and down onto the opposite wing of the clip, to complete the clamping action, but before the clip is bent to the clamping form, the terminals of an electrical supply or house line may be passed through a central aperture in the clip plate and tied or otherwise secured to the heater coil terminals.

The stretcher frame or casing is stamped or shaped to provide a socket at the base of the heating chamber to receive the heater coil supporting clamp and a cross head of a dielectric handle having a central bore through which the said supply house line is passed.

The handle may be secured to the stretcher frame or casing by screws or other devices passing through the face and back plates of said casing.

To further adapt the device to varying conditions of use I may secure to the outer end of the stretcher frame a yielding tensioning frame having spring arms extending backward in removed parallel relation along the tapered sides of the said frame and having sliding engagement with the said sides at the rear end of said frame.

The above described stretcher frame may or may not be employed,-that is, its use is not entirely essential to the successful functioning of the tie ironer, as I obtain very satisfactory results in the use of my improved tie ironing device without the said stretcher frame.

Changes in the arrangement, configuration, and construction of the parts may be resorted to within the scope of the claims.

In the drawing, illustrating a practical embodiment of the improved tie ironing device;

Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section, showing the back side of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a heater element employed, removed from its casing or sheath and partly in section.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device partly broken away and partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section through the device on the dotted line 4-4 of Fig. l, and looking as the arrows point.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing a clip connection in the heater element; and

Fig. 6 is a detail showing a blank from which the clip is formed.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 10 designates a casing or sheath preferably of metal such as aluminum which may consist of a fiat or plane ironing face plate 11 and an ironing back plate 12; the face plate preferably is provided with a unitary clinching flange 13, extending along the convergent sides 14 of the face plate 11, and around the outer rounded end 15 thereof to firmly unite the front and back plates to provide an air tight joint so that heat generated in a heating chamber 16, between the plates, may not escape.

The heating chamber 16, may be formed by stamping out or otherwise forming the back plate 12, with a channel 1'7, extending through a greater part of its length and terminating near its remote end in an inclined or beveled portion 18, providing a guiding portion, to facilitate the entrance or introduction of the device into the open ends of neck ties to be ironed.

The 'inner end of the casing or sheath 10, is open and is enlarged to provide a socket 19, which has spaced perforations 20, to receive screws, bolts or rivets 21 which may be passedthrough registering bores 22, in the cross head 23, of a dielectric handle 24, provided with a central longitudinal bore 25.

Preferably secured to the narrower forward end of the ironing device by soldering or welding as at 26, is aspring-stretcher frame 27, consisttion with the sides, and in the plane of the front plate 11 of the casing or'sheath 10, so that the front fold of a tie when stretched onsaidframe 27 to be ironed will be drawn taut against/the front flat or plane'side "of'the' heater casing, to remove all creases or wrinkles therein, and these arms near their terminals are given inward bends as at 30, to permit the extreme end portions-to rest against the sides 14 of the casing; the ends being confined in sliding relation in fixed keepers 31.

In carryingout my invention I employ an appropriate heating element adapted-to be disposed within the casing or sheath 10', whereby neckties and the like in stretched ironing position on the casing and stretcher frame, may be quickly and uniformly dried." This heating may be done in' many ways, but preferably I may employ an electric heater 32, of the type here shown, and consisting of a heating coil of the asbestos-core-and-cover type, diagrammatically shown at 33, which may be formed or bent into an elongated tapered loop 34, following the general shape of the heating chamber 16, as viewed in Fig. 1.

The heater loop 34, may be held to shape by current insulating heat proof bridge plates 35, engaging the opposite legs of the loop at intervals along its length.

To electrically connect the ends of the looped heater coil, or wire 33 to a source of supply, I preferably employ a-clip clamp 36, shaped from a blank such as is shown in Fig. 6, said blank being formed with a centrally arranged aperture 37 and a unitary tongue 38.

Short asbestos or other pliable dielectric sleeves 39, may be threaded onto the legs of the heater loop 34, leaving the ends extending a short distance, to be tied or otherwise secured to the terminals of a house line cable 40, as at 41, and after the knot or other connection has been made, the clip is folded by using considerable pressure to clamp the insulating sleeves 39, tightly between the wings of the clip, and while the pressure is present, thetongue 38 of the clip is folded up over and down upon the upper wing of said clip, completing a satisfactory clamp or holding means for the terminals of the heater wire or coil and permitting replacement of a new heater loop or coil for one that is damaged, in a few moments;

What I claim is:

' 1. In combination, a frame for-stretching a tie, said frame consisting of a fiat tapered plate having a marginal flange and a tapered channeled plate held together by said flange; the

forming of said channeled plate providing a heating chamber and a socket; a heater in said chamber and a handle secured in said socket, the heater comprising an elongated wire loop; bridging straps extending across the loop at intervals throughout its length to holdit to form, and a feeder cable extending through said handle and connected to the terminals of said loop.

2.' In a tie ironing device; a plate having a top ironing surface, a chamber forming bottom plate fixed to the first plate, a heater locatedwithin said chamber, and a handle; said heater embodying an elongated loop and cross tie plates

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