US58291A - Improved sad-iron handle - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK REHCRN, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRCVED SAD-IRON HANDLE.

Specification forming part of Letters .Patent No. 58,29I, dated September 25, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDERICK REiIoRN, of the city, and count-y, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sad-Iron Handle 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same, the line m, Fig. 1, indicating the plane ot' section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a movable handle for sad-irons, said handle being attached to the iron by a dove-tail socket, and held in position by a lever-catch, which is pivoted to one of the standards of the handle, and which, when the'handle is in position, catches overa cam and locks the handle firmly to the body of the iron.

rEhe main part of said handle is cast ot' one piece, the standards being united by a crossbar, to which'the wooden handle is secured by simple pins, wherebyfthe construction of the whole is greatly simplitied, and its cost is reduced to proper limits.

A represents the body ot a sadiron, which is provided with a dovetailed socket, c, to rel ceive the bottom end ot' the handle B.

This handle is composed of two standards,

i b, a bottom cross-bar, c, and a top cross-bar,

d, and all these parts are cast solid ont ot' one piece, so that the labor ot' fitting the handle is considerably reduced.

The top crossbar d forms the bearing for the wooden handle G, which is turned and provided with a slot, e, just large enough to Catch over said cross-bar, as shown in Fig. 3, nothing beingrequired but to drill two small holes in said crossbar to receive the pins f, which fasten the wooden handle. to said cross bar.

After the handle B is introduced into the socket c the lever-catch D is turned down and made to catch in front of a cam, g, which projects from the body of the iron, and by these means the handle is firmly locked in its Vplace and prevented from becoming detached spontaneously. A

The catch-lever is pivoted to one of the standards Z1 ot the handle, and it is in such a position that it can be conveniently reached by the hand which grasps the handle.

The cam g forms an inclined plane, and as the end ot' the lever-catch moves up this incline the handle is drawn tight into its socket, and it can be readily united to sad-iron, so that the same will not shake, and both will appear as a solid piece.

A guard, F, prevents the radiating heat ot the iron from coming in contact with the hand which grasias the handle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent., is

l. The handle B, consisting ot' the top crossbar d, standard b, and bottom crossbar c, east in one piece, and applied in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. The grooved wooden handle C, in combination with the top cross-bar of the metal handle B, and with pins or other suitable fast!

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