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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7148453 | Control unit with thermal protection and an electrical heating device comprising the control unit An overheating protection system for a control unit includes an interrupter element, which, in its initial position defined with respect to a circuit board, electrically connects the opposite facing ends of at least one track on the circuit board, and an actuating e... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7096612 | Domestic steam irons having a vaporization chamber and fitted with independent heat element Domestic steam iron including an ironing element or plate, a vaporization element or vaporizer which is fed with water coming from a reservoir incorporated within the iron, and comprising a vaporization chamber where the steam is generated which passes through the p... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6104009 | Electrical appliance having user proximity sensor An electric clothes iron with circuitry for automatically disabling power to the iron when the iron is left unattended for a certain period of time. The circuitry includes a circuit for controlling two timing periods, one for controlling the shut off when... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5734312 | Overtemperature protection assembly for an appliance An overtemperature protection assembly with a mount, a solder terminal and a bridging connector. The mount is a block of ceramic material with a slot extending therethrough. The solder terminal has an end that is located in the slot and forms a frictional... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5376772 | Electrothermal instrument with heat generating element of sintered BaTiO3 in contact with heat transmitting member An electrothermal color-varying instrument for inducing color change in a color-varying layer includes a heat generating element composed of a sintered barium titanate thermistor in face-to face contact with a heat transmitting member having a heating end... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5323550 | Sole plate temperature control including differential expansion Thermostatic control of an electric iron is achieved through utilizing the expansion and contraction of the iron's sole plate relative to a low expansion reference member. In one embodiment, a flexible reference member extends from a fixed mounting at the... | 06/28/1994 |
| 4864102 | Miniature adjustable thermostat with integral over-temperature protection A thermally responsive control especially for a clothes iron combines an adjustable, temperature-regulating thermostat and an over-temperature control for limiting maximum temperature levels on a plastic mounting bracket where the over-temperature control... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4716276 | Electric steam iron having a detachable handle An electric steam iron housing has a sole plate with a generally flat upper surface having affixed thereto a one-piece heating assembly having a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion contains a serpentine steam generating passage with an inl... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4687903 | Thermostatically controlled electrically heated soldering bit A soldering iron bit is heated by an electrical heating element including a resistive element consisting of granular boron carbide packed in a quartz tube embedded in a piece of copper. A first power lead is electrically connected to the boron carbide at ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4536641 | Iron with overtemperature protection means A thermostatically controlled electric flatiron having a heater circuit of sufficient wattage to achieve abnormally high soleplate temperatures on continuous operation is provided with an overtemperature protection assembly for opening the heater circuit ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4533896 | Fuse for thick film device A fuse is disclosed for protecting thick film devices. The fuse comprises two blocks of material mounted to the substrate that carries the thick film device. The blocks are mounted in close proximity to one another, in axial alignment, but in a spaced apa... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4501956 | Electrical resistance heating element Electrical resistance heating element including a number of metal strips arranged in a meander-like pattern. In the resistance metal strips, which are made from a non-expensive base sheet material like lead, there is incorporated at least one fuse which w... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4433231 | Electric iron having stacked thermostat assembly with integral overtemperature protection control An electrically heated appliance, such as a steam iron, is provided with an adjustable stacked thermostat assembly having an integrated overtemperature protection control. In the case of a steam iron, the thermostat assembly is mounted on a boss on the so... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4415796 | Electric iron with unitary thermostat and overtemperature control assembly An adjustable stacked thermostat assembly, particularly for use in an electric appliance, such as an electric steam iron, includes a lower bimetallic heat deformable blade, an intermediate stiff conductive spring blade carrying a electrical contact and co... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4360725 | Overtemperature protector for an electrically heated appliance An overtemperature protector for an appliance having an electrical heating element includes a fixed contact, a movable contact carried by a spring blade and settable into engagement with the fixed contact to complete the energizing circuit to the heating ... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4313047 | Combined thermostatic control and thermal fuse overtemperature protector for electrical heating appliances An overtemperature protector for an appliance having an electrical heating element, the overtemperature protector being formed basically of just a spring blade positionable to bring a contact on the surface of the blade into circuit-energizing engagement ... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4303827 | Heating appliance and thermostat mount An electric heating appliance such as a coffeemaker, has a metallic base with an upper exposed surface and an electric heater on its lower side for heating the surface by conduction. A thermostat comprising a plastic-walled packaged unit with an opening t... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4109136 | Thermostat controlled flatiron In an electric flatiron with a soleplate and central upstanding boss and having a handle having a temperature adjusting lever in the front of the handle, an improvement is provided in the temperature regulating assembly that comprises a snap action thermo... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4045894 | Iron with thermostat mount The invention is directed to an extra capacity steam iron with a soleplate and heating means and separate forward main, and rear surge, steam generators with conventional means for selective delivery of water to the generators and heat regulating thermost... | 09/06/1977 |
