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2. Clothes iron - Wikipedia

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   A clothes iron (also flatiron, smoothing iron, dry iron, steam iron or simply iron) is a small appliance that, when heated, is used to press clothes to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases. Domestic irons generally range in operating temperature from between 121 °C (250 °F) to 182 °C (360 °F).

3. Edmund A. Smith - Wikipedia

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   In 1903, Smith invention a mechanized fish-butchering machine which he named the Iron Chink, which gutted and cleaned salmon for canning at a rate of 55 times faster than human butchers. [4] Smith obtained a U.S. patent for the machine in 1905 and a patent in Canada the following year.

4. Iron-on - Wikipedia

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   The image is printed with iron-on transfer inks. [1] After placing the iron-on transfer on the fabric and pressing with an iron or a heat press, the image is transferred to the fabric. There are two primary types of iron-on transfer inks: plastisol-type and sublimation-type. Plastisol-type inks are thick with a lacquer base.

5. Ironing - Wikipedia

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   Ironing is the use of an iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric. [1] The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 180–220 °C (360–430 °F), depending on the fabric. [2] Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibres of the material. While the molecules are ...

6. Singer Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The Vice President of Singer, George Ross McKenzie selected Glasgow because of its iron making industries, cheap labour, and shipping capabilities. [6] Demand for sewing machines outstripped production at the new plant and by 1873, a new larger factory was completed on James Street, Bridgeton. By that point, Singer employed over 2,000 people in ...

7. Beloit Corporation - Wikipedia

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   1891 Beloit Iron Works makes the first Yankee machine ever built in the United States. 1893 Beloit iron Works builds 106" wide paper machine that operates 275 FPM at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. 1896 Beloit Iron Works builds a new foundry, machine shops and offices on the-west side of Rock River near the original site of the Merrill plant.