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US2864185A
US2864185A US505576A US50557655A US2864185A US 2864185 A US2864185 A US 2864185A US 505576 A US505576 A US 505576A US 50557655 A US50557655 A US 50557655A US 2864185 A US2864185 A US 2864185A
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John E Vance
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Priority to GB1247456A priority patent/GB795905A/en
Priority to CH329017D priority patent/CH329017A/fr
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F77/00—Arrangements for exerting pressure on, lifting, or guiding hand irons
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D06F75/08—Hand irons internally heated by electricity

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  • the present invention relates to electric irons and more particularly to a means for floating the iron during operation thereof on a cushion of air so as to render its operation more facile.
  • the invention also relates to means for facilitating the drying of the fabric being ironed Whether it be pre-dampened or dampened by the use of a steam iron.
  • the lower ironing surface of the soleplate may be made slightly concave, and air under pressure is led to the area beneath the iron, whereby the iron is floated on a cushion of air so as to render the iron more easily manipulatable.
  • the air in addition to floating the iron on a cushion of air also acts to carry away moisture in the form of vapor from the fabric beneath the soleplate by evaporating it and carrying it away. In order to augment the latter function, the air is heated as it is led through the iron.
  • Figure 1 is a side view of the iron of the present invention partly in section in order to show the details of construction
  • Figure 2 is a bottom view of the iron of Figure 1 showing the air emission opening
  • Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
  • the iron of the present invention comprises asoleplate preferably of cast aluminum preferably having a slightly concave ironing surface 11 as shown in Figure 3 and an electric heating element 12 of a well known type embedded therein.
  • the heating element 12 is of U-shape having its bight or nexus adjacent the toe of the iron and its legs extending backw-ardly along the sides thereof. While the ironing surface 11 has been shown as slightly concave and is preferably so, it may be made flat as in an ordinary iron, and the floating eflect will be almost the same.
  • the top of the soleplate is covered by an appearance cover shell 14 to which is secured a manipulating handle 15.
  • Electricity is supplied to the heating element 12 by means of an electric cord 16 extending through the side wall of the rear leg 17 of the handle and having one of its wires connected to one rear leg of the heating element 12 and its other wire connected to a thermostat (not shown) of well known construction, which is in turn connected to the other leg of the heating element 12.
  • the temperature setting of the thermostat is controlled by control dial 18 rotatably mounted on top of the cover shell 14 and lying between the front and rear legs of the handle 15.
  • the ironing surface 11 of the soleplate 10 is provided centrally with an elongated groove 20 communicating with an opening 21 leading to a chamber 22 at the bight of the heating element 12 where it is subjected to conof the soleplate 2,864,185 Patented Dec. 16,
  • a closure plate 23 of poor heat conducting material such as stainless steel is staked to the soleplate 10 as shown at 24.
  • I -A tube 25 is soldered or otherwise secured to the plate '23 and communicates atone end with the chamber 22.
  • the tube 22 communicates with the interior of a valve body 26.
  • a tube 27 extends through the side of the valve body 26 and also communicates with its interior. The tube 27 extends upwardly into the hollow rear leg 17 of handle 15 and through the side thereof where it is connected to a small flexible tube 28 which leads to a source of air under pressure.
  • a valve for shutting off the air flow through tube 28 may be provided independent of the valve 26.
  • the valve 26 is interiorally formed with a valve seat 30 adapted to be closed by a conical plug 31 carried by a stem 32 which extends through the rear closure 33 of the valve body 26 and is spring biased to open position by a compression spring 34 acting between the closure 33 and a valve operator 35 which extends through the rear end 36 of the' cover shell 14.
  • the rear end 36 of the cover shell and the rear end 37 of the handle 15 form a heel rest by which the iron may be supported on its heel.
  • the valve actuator 35, valve stem 32, plug 31 and valve seat 30 are so made that when the iron rests on its heel rest the valve will be closed, and no air will flow into chamber 22.
  • the bottom of the cover shell 14 to the rear of the soleplate 10 is closed by a closure plate 38.
  • the tube 28 is connected to a source of air under pressure and a valve provided to regulate the quantity of air flowing through the tube 28.
  • the air pressure and the air flow needed will depend upon the weight of the iron and soleplate area and to some extent upon the type of fabric being ironed.
  • the air pressure will raise the iron on a cushion of air and thus make the iron more easily manipulatable and in flowing towards the edges of the iron will facilitate the evaporation of water in the fabric being ironed both by applying heat and by carrying away the evaporated moisture. That is true whether the fabric is pre-dampened, or the invention is applied to a steam iron.
  • the present invention provides a simple arrangement by which an electric iron is floated on a cushion of air, and the air flowing over the surface being ironed aids in removing the evaporated moisture.
  • a laundry iron comprising, a sole .plate having an ironing surface, a heating element-for said sole plate and air flow meansfor leadingair-under pressure beneath :said ironingsurface, said iron normally resting on said ironing surface when said air flow means ,is not in operation, said ironing surfacebeing formed with a closed annular portion extending sidewardly in all directions :from the center of gravity of said :iron and .to restrict the flow of airfrom beneath said'sole plate, the area of said tironing surface within said annular port-ion being 1 so .re-

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BE547490D BE547490A (fr) 1955-05-03
US505576A US2864185A (en) 1955-05-03 1955-05-03 Air floated iron
FR1147862D FR1147862A (fr) 1955-05-03 1956-04-23 Perfectionnements à des fers à repasser
GB1247456A GB795905A (en) 1955-05-03 1956-04-24 Improvements relating to hand irons
CH329017D CH329017A (fr) 1955-05-03 1956-05-03 Fer à repasser

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EP0202561A2 (fr) * 1985-05-22 1986-11-26 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de repassage
US5315773A (en) * 1990-12-26 1994-05-31 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Iron retractable in stand including power and water regulation therebetween
US5799422A (en) * 1996-08-29 1998-09-01 Rowenta-Werke Gmbh Steam iron sole-plate with depressions and recess
WO2003046272A1 (fr) * 2001-11-29 2003-06-05 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Fer a repasser a zone froide
EP1424431A1 (fr) * 2002-11-28 2004-06-02 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Fer à repasser à vapeur avec dispositif pour l'injection d'air dans la chambre de vaporisation
US20070157493A1 (en) * 2003-12-16 2007-07-12 Zhenhua Yu Steam iron having a lightweight soleplate and flat resistive heating tracks for heating the soleplate
EP1837435A1 (fr) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-26 Domena Fer à repasser muni de moyens de séchage
US20110107626A1 (en) * 2009-11-12 2011-05-12 Seb S.A. Clothing Iron Comprising a Sole Having a Recess Equipped With Steam Exit Holes
US20110107625A1 (en) * 2009-11-12 2011-05-12 Seb S.A. Clothing Iron Comprising a Sole Having a Recess Equipped With Steam Exit Holes

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US1584411A (en) * 1921-01-07 1926-05-11 Wallace Thomas Electrically-heated pressing and laundry iron
US1649507A (en) * 1926-01-29 1927-11-15 Cannon Engineering Co Sadiron
DE476394C (de) * 1928-05-19 1929-05-16 Joseph Schneider Buegeleisen mit einem Verdampfungsraum und einem Luftheizraum
US2411199A (en) * 1943-08-19 1946-11-19 Westinghouse Electric Corp Steam iron
US2634526A (en) * 1947-07-29 1953-04-14 Mcgraw Electric Co Steam iron
US2744344A (en) * 1950-10-28 1956-05-08 Sunbeam Corp Pressing iron capable of being converted to a steam iron
US2780826A (en) * 1954-03-25 1957-02-12 Hoover Co Air supported cleaner

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US1584411A (en) * 1921-01-07 1926-05-11 Wallace Thomas Electrically-heated pressing and laundry iron
US1649507A (en) * 1926-01-29 1927-11-15 Cannon Engineering Co Sadiron
DE476394C (de) * 1928-05-19 1929-05-16 Joseph Schneider Buegeleisen mit einem Verdampfungsraum und einem Luftheizraum
US2411199A (en) * 1943-08-19 1946-11-19 Westinghouse Electric Corp Steam iron
US2634526A (en) * 1947-07-29 1953-04-14 Mcgraw Electric Co Steam iron
US2744344A (en) * 1950-10-28 1956-05-08 Sunbeam Corp Pressing iron capable of being converted to a steam iron
US2780826A (en) * 1954-03-25 1957-02-12 Hoover Co Air supported cleaner

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EP0202561A2 (fr) * 1985-05-22 1986-11-26 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de repassage
DE3518425A1 (de) * 1985-05-22 1986-11-27 Braun Ag, 6000 Frankfurt Verfahren zum buegeln und vorrichtung zum durchfuehren des verfahrens
US4685229A (en) * 1985-05-22 1987-08-11 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Air cushioned support sole plate
EP0202561B1 (fr) * 1985-05-22 1989-10-04 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de repassage
US5315773A (en) * 1990-12-26 1994-05-31 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Iron retractable in stand including power and water regulation therebetween
US5799422A (en) * 1996-08-29 1998-09-01 Rowenta-Werke Gmbh Steam iron sole-plate with depressions and recess
ES2150341A1 (es) * 1996-08-29 2000-11-16 Rowenta Werke Gmbh "plancha de vapor".
WO2003046272A1 (fr) * 2001-11-29 2003-06-05 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Fer a repasser a zone froide
EP1424431A1 (fr) * 2002-11-28 2004-06-02 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Fer à repasser à vapeur avec dispositif pour l'injection d'air dans la chambre de vaporisation
US20070157493A1 (en) * 2003-12-16 2007-07-12 Zhenhua Yu Steam iron having a lightweight soleplate and flat resistive heating tracks for heating the soleplate
US7516566B2 (en) * 2003-12-16 2009-04-14 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Steam iron having a lightweight soleplate and flat resistive heating tracks for heating the soleplate
EP1837435A1 (fr) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-26 Domena Fer à repasser muni de moyens de séchage
FR2898914A1 (fr) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-28 Domena Soc Par Actions Simplif Fer a repasser muni de moyens de sechage
US20110107626A1 (en) * 2009-11-12 2011-05-12 Seb S.A. Clothing Iron Comprising a Sole Having a Recess Equipped With Steam Exit Holes
US20110107625A1 (en) * 2009-11-12 2011-05-12 Seb S.A. Clothing Iron Comprising a Sole Having a Recess Equipped With Steam Exit Holes
US8375611B2 (en) * 2009-11-12 2013-02-19 Seb S.A. Clothing iron comprising a sole having a recess equipped with steam exit holes
US8707593B2 (en) * 2009-11-12 2014-04-29 Seb S A Clothing iron comprising a sole having a recess equipped with steam exit holes

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