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Enterprise Tool & Metal Works of Chicago, Illinois. They produced liquid fuel irons from around 1914 to the early 1920's.
Hydrocarbon E-Z Sad Iron by Enterprise Tool & Metal Works.
Top view of Hydrocarbon E-Z Sad Iron. The manufacturer's info is engraved on the base of the handle.
Hydrocarbon iron by Enterprise Tool. This iron is identical to the E-Z iron above except for the embossed top plate which only has "HYDROCARBON" on it.
Top view of Hydrocarbon iron.
This flyer shows the same E-Z Hydrocarbon Sad Iron from Enterprise Tool, but it is called the Economy Self Heating Iron from Economy Lamp Company of Kansas City, Missouri. I would think that Enterprise Tool made this iron for Economy.
REX iron from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This iron was made by Enterprise Tool & Metal Works of Chicago, Illinois as their patent date is on the base of the handle and this iron is identical to the Hydrocarbon E-Z Sad Iron.
Top view of REX iron.
This iron was made by Enterprise Tool & Metal Works for The Akron Lamp Company in the later 1910's. Much like Monitor Sad Iron Company making Coleman's 1st irons, Enterprise Tool appears to have done the same for Akron Lamp and other companies. This iron is identical to the Hydrocarbon E-Z Sad Iron except for the embossing on the top plate.
The date stamp on this iron of Oct. 27, 1914 is of the patent #1,114,916 by Frank Rosengren which pictures this same iron body, similar burner, and same handle type, but is a natural gas iron.
Top view of the first Diamond badged iron. Has the Enterprise Tool & Metal Works patent date of Oct. 27, 1914 on it.
Perfecto kerosene iron manufactured by Enterprise Tool & Metal Works of Chicago, Illinois.
Top view of Perfecto iron showing "Patented Oct. 27 - 1914" on the base of the handle and "PAT APPLD FOR" on the iron.
Same Perfecto iron as above but this one now has a patent date. It says "PAT JUNE 15-15".
Top view of Perfecto iron showing the patent date.
George Rosengren's Perfecto Iron patent for Enterprise Tool & Metal Works.
Frank Rosengren's patent dated Oct. 27, 1914 for a natural gas iron.
"Hydrocarbon E-Z Tailor Iron No. 3 B Patent Applied For" from around 1916. This iron appears to have been made from the George Rosengren patent #1,205,265 for Enterprise Tool and Metal Works. This iron was from Auckland, New Zealand in Pieter & Lia Verweij's collection, but now it is in George Kyle's collection. It is missing the fuel tank cap and air valve.
Top view of Hydrocarbon E-Z Tailor Iron.
George Rosengren patent for Enterprise Tool tailor's iron.
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