Iron comprising a body and a metal soleplate folded back against the body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9708752-B2
Application number	US-201514960883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Iron including a body ( 2 ) and a metal soleplate ( 1 ) that is folded back against the body ( 2 ), the soleplate including a lower surface defining an ironing surface and including, at least locally, a peripheral edge ( 11 ) where the soleplate is folded up in the direction of the body ( 2 ) and comes into contact with the latter to help attach the soleplate ( 1 ) to the body, wherein the peripheral edge ( 11 ) includes a portion ( 12 ) that is folded 180° at the place where the soleplate ( 1 ) extends parallel to the ironing surface, and in that the portion ( 12 ) that is folded 180° is extended by a latch part ( 13 ) that comes into contact with the body ( 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Iron comprising a body ( 2 ) and a metal soleplate ( 1 ) that is folded back against the body ( 2 ), the soleplate ( 1 ) comprising a lower surface defining an ironing surface and comprising, at least locally, a peripheral edge ( 11 ) where the soleplate ( 1 ) is folded up in the direction of the body ( 2 ) and comes into contact with the latter to help attach the soleplate ( 1 ) to the body, wherein the peripheral edge ( 11 ) comprises a portion ( 12 ) that is folded 180° at a place where the soleplate ( 1 ) extends parallel to the ironing surface and where the peripheral edge ( 11 ) has a thickness of less than or equal to twice the thickness of the soleplate ( 1 ), and wherein the portion ( 12 ) that is folded 180° is extended by a latch part ( 13 ) that comes into contact with the body ( 2 ).

2. Iron described in claim 1 , wherein the latch part ( 13 ) comprises, successively, starting from the portion ( 12 ) that is folded 180°, an intermediate portion ( 13 A) folded upward, and then a free end that is pressed down against the body ( 2 ) in order to attach the soleplate ( 1 ) to the body ( 2 ).

3. Iron described in claim 2 , wherein the intermediate portion ( 13 A) extends perpendicular to the ironing surface.

4. Iron described in claim 2 , wherein the free end ( 13 B) of the latch part ( 13 ) is aligned with the intermediate portion ( 13 A) when the soleplate ( 1 ) is set in place on the body ( 2 ), and then is pressed down mechanically against the body ( 2 ) to attach the soleplate ( 1 ).

5. Iron described in claim 1 , wherein the ironing surface and the peripheral edge ( 11 ) of the soleplate ( 1 ) are covered with a coating.

6. Iron described in claim 5 , wherein the latch part ( 13 ) is not covered with said coating.

7. Iron described in claim 1 , wherein the soleplate ( 1 ) is made of aluminum.

8. Iron described in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the soleplate ( 1 ) is between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm.

9. Iron described in claim 1 , wherein said body ( 2 ) is a heating body and contains an electrical resistor ( 20 ).

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• Latout Gerald
• Bolota Jose
• Giovalle Christian
• Benesteau Pascal

Classifications

• D06F75/08

  Hand irons internally heated by electricity · CPC title

• D06F75/38 Primary

  Sole plates (D06F75/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F75/00 Primary

  Hand irons · CPC title

• D06F75/20 Primary

  Arrangements for discharging the steam to the article being ironed · CPC title