US175106A - Improvement in ironing-tables - Google Patents

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J. R. JACKSON.

IRONING-TABLE.

No.175,106. Patented March 21, 1876'.

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PATENT QFFICE JOHN B. JACKSON, OF PUTNAMVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-TAB LES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175, 106, dated March 21, 1876; application filed September 4, 1875..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. JACKSON, of Putnamville, in the county of Putnam and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ironing-Tables; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure Lof the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal vertical section of my ironing-board, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side. I

This invention has relation to improvements in ironing-tables; and itconsists in the combination, with an ordinary tapering ironing-board, of an independent folding frame, to which the said board is hinged, whereby an ironing-table of exceptional excellence is obtained, possessing great steadiness, and capable of being readily 1nanipulated, as will be hereinafter more fully explained and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a preferably tapering ironing-board, in connection with. which I propose to illustrate my invention. The frame supporting this board consists of a horizontal bar, B, running the entire length thereof, and having at each end raised and enlarged supporting-blocks a. a, the functions of which-will hereinafter appear, and of vertically-vibratin g legs 0, pivoted j ust within the said blocks to bar B by means of suitable pivots p, which pass through registering-perforations in the said bar, and in the upper ends of the said legs, and which are secured against escaping therefrom by being clinched over suitable metallic washers d. 1 may, however, secure the same result by using broadheaded bolts and suitable clamping nuts. Legs G diverge downwardly from each other, thus securing a broad base and obviating the danger of casual tilting, and when they are spread apart abut against a shoulder, 0, formed by the enlarged blocks ac yvith bar B. They are thus prevented from undue spreading under any circumstances, and all danger of the ironing-board falling to the ground in consequence of such spreading is effectually and surely obviated. When in position board A rests at each end upon "raised blocks a a, and is hinged to vibrate vertically to a board, D, rigidly secured to block a. This board is designed to serve as a support for sad-irons and other articles used in a laundry. Blocks on a being raised above bar B an interval will be formed-between it and board A, consequently when a garment, as a skirt, shirt, or the like, is passed over the board that portion of the same which is below the board will be prevented from dragging on the floor and becoming soiled. In consequence of this interval also, the garment will be allowed to be readily drawn across the board in the act of exposing new surfaces to the ironer with but little friction. Legs O are braced near their lower ends by means of flat, preferably metallic, rods f applied upon'the same in such a manner thaftwhen the said legs are vibrated inward towar each other for the purpose of folding up the tabie, they shall permit the said legs to assume the position shown in Fig. 2 in the same horizontal plane with bar B. When thus compactly folded the table may be stowed away in a comparatively small space.

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

The longitudinal bar B, having folding legs 0, and raised enlarged end blocks a d, in combination with verticallyvibrating ironingboard A, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. JACKSON. Witnesses:

M. M. MGILV'AIN, WM. H. WALDEN.

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