Electric Iron, Vintage Electrical Appliances, Westinghouse

Ricky does the Ironing

Ricky makes liberal use of the Laundry Sprinkler

Ricky seems to be enjoying doing the ironing on the Season 2, Job Switching episode of I Love Lucy. He uses a non-steam iron hence the need for a separate laundry water sprinkler bottle to dampen the clothes while ironing. It appears to be a  CLOSPRAY—Plas-Tex-Corp Laundry Sprinkler bottle.  In the pre-steam iron era laundry sprinkler bottles were available in all sorts of shapes and designs and are now collector items.

CLOSPRAY—Plas-Tex-Corp Laundry Sprinkler bottle
Ricky uses a Westinghouse Ad-ust-O-Matic Iron – I Love Lucy S2 Job Switching

Ricky uses a Westinghouse Ad-ust-O-Matic Open Handle Iron  advertised in LIFE magazine in Dec 1951 for $12.95.

Westinghouse Ad-ust-O-Matic Detail
Westinghouse Adjustomatic LIFE Dec 1951 models
Westinghouse Adjustomatic LIFE Dec 1951 price

Westinghouse-Adjustomatic-LIFE-Dec-1951-ad

Following are photos of a working Westinghouse Adjust-O-Matic iron on eBay – click for details.
Westinghouse Open Handle Adjust-O-Matic Iron on eBay