"HOT POINTS."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 4

"HOT POINTS."

MUNICIPALITY AS IRONMONGERS. , A- new development in irons, to wit, the - electric iron, which was mentioned in The Dominion a'week or tiro'ago, appears to bo tho groundwork for a considerable cmsumption 'of electric power,, and .'for. this' reason tho City Electrical Department is acting as the :in the 'new, branch of business'* ' So tar' - only "about.'twenty-five irons, have boon imported, but ,their, work 'lias beeiU'so ' that'another larger order Js ftO'-lrti : The- "Hot Point," ar ( the 1 t<i' Now' mvention-'-naving ,a'j considerabit)):v(ogue.'iii' tlie H United, Kingdom and America, el&trie' and; elccßHc 'curiing pther cooking and ,heating.,appai'atus;:are!.also.; in; use.,' Tho electric, iron takes/its 'name, from',the- fact .thattt.he "point, of the;'.iron!is hotter ! than the rest of, tho .working facfi '.when .'the iron is first put' on to the goods, -the 1 result being tliat'as the'work proceeds the point still roniaifts' at, working ' teiiiiwrature.' . There is., nothing; exccptiohall.y 'strikixig in. the appearance'of,vtbo "Hot' Point,"' but from local ,tests it has proved a most effwtivo_ machine. The'working of the iron,is- simplicity;'.itself*; ' A cord is attachable to 'the,, iron, and,' this can be connected up with any ordinary . lighting'sooket in t£e -house. 'A switchplug is fitted: to"the other end, of the cord and his plug, whioli can bo': 'put in'' and ; out/ controls the-current*: and .this ' regulates tho' temperature. ' From' tie time the phic is inserted and'after the current is_ switched ' ,on, it only requires! abont i-oar ininutes to have the iron in full working, order. ' Once the iron is, heated, the .plug can. 1m taken out,' and need only bo insorted again when ; , tho .'iron begins to cool off..,A' layer of. compressed asbestos separates; the upper and lower parts,of tho iTon and dcflects the beat downward, so-.thftt th 6 handle docs rt<it become boated' no matter. what the tempera.: tui-e of ■fcho'working face may bei . From.testa' made, the electric: iron' has: been' kept working. at 700 to 900 degrees for hours at' h stretch lii heiivy.irbn,ing it is stated that.the'eurrettt is only, required to be on for about half tho time "tliejirdn;is actually in use.' Absolute 'safetyr,is: claimed for >the "Hot' Point," the terminals -at the ' rear of the : iron being, completely' enclosed in a box-like staud, and the - terminals in. tho; pwitck-plug being sur- 1 rounded' with povdelaiu in ' the stecl><saflcd plug'.' : AVhen still heated, 1 but not actually in motion,' the iron is simply tipped back on a patent' stand attached to .the heel, and can, be left, without fear of ; scorching wiy- . thing. Tlio.. price of the new., irons, is , 255. each;- :• ■' ■ ■