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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6992267 | Low-temperature steam electric iron with separately heated steam space A kind of low-temperature steam electric iron, includes ironing plate, temperature-adjusting plate and temperature adjustable circuit, steam room and its temperature auto-adjusting circuit. A heat insulation layer is positioned between the temperature-adjusting plat... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6953912 | Domestic steam iron with autonomous steam assembly heated by separate heating element Soleplate of domestic steam iron, basically constituted by a an ironing element (1), which is that which comes into contact with the item to be ironed, and a heating element (2) which heats said ironing element (1) by means of a thermostatic ele... | 10/11/2005 |
| 5883358 | Clothes pressing iron with sole plate stiffening member and automatic heating current reduction responsive to release of the grip An electric steam iron for pressing fabrics, which iron includes an ironing sole plate, an electrically operated heating element disposed for heating the sole plate by converting an electric current to heat, and a switch unit for automatically reducing fl... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5392542 | Pressing iron soleplate coated with an infrared heater A soleplate of a pressing iron comprises a soleplate which is made from reinforced transparent glass material and has a flat and smooth bottom surface and a waved upper surface. The upper waved surface is coated with an infrared heater which provides a qu... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5039838 | Cordless iron having a heater whose temperature is controlled by using pulse signal In the cordless iron assembly, an iron (10) includes a base (11), a heater (12) for heating the base (11), a thermosensitive element (13) for sensing the temperature of the base (11), a temperature detecting circuit (14), and terminals (P1, P2, P3, and P4... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4835363 | Electric steam iron heated by halogen lamp and having a ceramic sole plate An electric iron wherein a cermic sole plate transmits infrared light and is heated by one or more halogen lamps within a reflector in the housing of the iron whose concave surface faces the lamp or lamps and reflects heat upon the sole plate. The reflect... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4774395 | Electric heat storage apparatus employing pentaerythritol heat storage compositions An electric heat storage apparatus, such as a steam iron, hot plate, pan, etc., includes a metal body defining a hollow housing enclosing a heat storage device containing a thermally decomposable heat storage substance comprising 30-99% by weight pentaery... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4634836 | Electric travel iron using a hair-dryer as a component An electric travel iron includes as an upper component a hand-held hot-air type hair dryer having a hand grip, an electric heating unit for heating a stream of air and an outlet duct through which a hot air stream is discharged. The lower component of the... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4524263 | Electric travel iron using portable hair-dryer as the heat source An electric travel iron includes as an upper component a hand-held hot air type hair-dryer having a hand grip, an electric heating unit for heating a stream of air and an outlet duct having an open end through which a hot air stream is discharged. The low... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4455473 | Heat dissipator for the electronic circuit of a laundry iron The electronic circuit of a laundry iron comprises at least one heat-generating element such as a triac or a dropping resistor. The heat dissipator comprises a tubular metallic casing which contains the electronic circuit and is housed within the handle o... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4430553 | Heat accumulating iron A cordless flatiron includes a sole plate with an exposed bottom surface forming an ironing surface and a top surface including a number of projections extending upwardly therefrom. A protective hood attached to the periphery of the top surface of the sol... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4220847 | Apparatus for thermal sealing the ends of a stack of foil wrapped packages An apparatus for thermal sealing and bonding the ends of foil wrapped cigarette packages includes a conveyor for transporting a stack of packages through a heat sealing station having heat sealing units arranged on opposite sides of the path of travel of ... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4039777 | Heating apparatus for glass or ceramic cooking vessel A glass or ceramic cooking vessel of the type commonly employed in slow cookers is provided with heating apparatus for heating the vessel in a substantially uniform manner. An electric heating element is supported in a position spaced from the vessel such... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4029935 | Tools for applying heat in edge banding operations A heating tool is capable of being held in the hand of a user and comprises a handle portion contiguous with a barrel portion. The barrel portion includes a front hollow housing section having an aperture. The aperture is covered by a removeable heat cond... | 06/14/1977 |
