Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997018 | Devices and methods of facilitating cooking and ironing using vibration pulses Devices and methods for applying vibrations to the iron sole of an ironing appliance to facilitate the movement of the iron sole over a fabric, thereby improving the effectiveness of the ironing appliance in removing wrinkles, especially on thicker fabrics. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7299571 | Ease of ironing measuring apparatus and method An apparatus to measure ease of ironing comprises a base supporting a vertical rail assembly; a lockable roller bearing block that rolls vertically on a vertical rail assembly for locking and raising and lowering the block at a selected location according to the rai... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7188442 | Ironing device A handheld iron for pressing or creasing an article of fabric without the use of an ironing board. The handheld iron having a housing, a platform, and an actuator for displacing the platform with respect to the housing. The housing further includes a heating surface... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185450 | Pressing iron A pressing iron includes a soleplate which has upwardly and downwardly facing major surfaces opposite to each other. A shell includes a peripheral wall which extends upwardly from a periphery of the soleplate to terminate at an upper peripheral edge, and which defin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7040045 | Iron with foam moistening means The invention relates to an iron having means for moistening fabric to be ironed. According to the invention, the moistening means comprise a device for generating foam and means for applying said generated foam to the fabric. For example, foam may be generated by m... | 05/09/2006 |
| 5886322 | Assembly of an electrical contact terminal in an electrical appliance An electric iron having electrical terminals connected to an electrical power cord. At least one of the terminals extends through a slot in a heat insulating skirt at the rear of the soleplate. The terminal substantially blocks the slot. The terminal also... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5844203 | Combined switch actuator and signal light transmitter for an iron A switch actuator for an electric iron comprises a one-piece member with a first end stationarily connected to the housing of an iron and a second end adapted to be depressed by a user. The second end extends through an aperture in the housing. The second... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5637931 | Safety apparatus for an electrical iron A safety circuit for an electrical iron is provided comprising a double through position sensitive switch having a common contact that is connectable to connect a horizontal position sensing contact and a vertical position sensing contact. When the iron i... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5602429 | Safety shut-off device The invention is directed to a switch arrangement for signaling the movement and the inclination of the switch arrangement which is accommodated in a housing. The switch arrangement (2) includes a first switch (12) configured as an On/Off switch and a sec... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5595672 | Automatic power interrupting apparatus for an electric appliance An automatic switching apparatus for a hand held electrically operated appliance, such as a pressing iron, is provided within a circuit board located within the housing of the iron. The automatic switching apparatus includes a first timing circuit and a t... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5478984 | Steam iron with thermal shield secured to the sole and process for the securement of such thermal shield on the sole Pressing iron comprising a casing (1), a pressing sole (2) comprising a heating resistance (3) which is embedded in the sole (2) and whose ends (4, 5) project from the upper surface of the sole (2) in the rear region of the iron. A thermal shield (7) is i... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5210394 | Electric carpet sealing iron with dual odor and smoke filtration arrangement A smokeless carpet seaming iron for melting an adhesive on a carpet tape wherein non-contaminated air is discharged into the ambient from the seamer includes a housing which contains a vent outlet and an open bottom. First and second filters are disposed ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5089080 | Cold carpet iron A carpet iron constructed with a weighted member having a flat bottom surface with a plurality of orifices therein, through which a cool gas is supplied, the carpet iron being used to press and cool a carpet seam that has been prepared with an underlying ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5010664 | Steam iron having a solenoid driven pump and heated evaporation chamber for providing steam and operable for further providing extra steam at specified intervals A steam iron having a soleplate to be heated by a heater, an evaporation chamber disposed upon the soleplate, a tank located above the evaporation chamber, and a pump which delivers water from the tank to the evaporation chamber, wherein the pump is drive... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4995177 | Laundry-iron sole-plate formed by assembling together a plurality of metal sheets brazed to each other A steam-iron sole-plate comprises a first plate constituting the sole-plate proper and provided with a roll-bonded layer of brazing alloy, a second plate constituting the steam chamber and provided with a roll-bonded layer of brazing alloy and a flat resi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4948945 | Electric ironing device with power supply connector arrangement permitting either corded or cordless operation An ironing device includes an iron body having an electric heating element, a seat on which the iron can rest when not in use and a power supply cord terminating in a connector having a socket adapted to connect with prongs on the iron body for supplying ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4810855 | Combined set of household electrical appliances and a handgrip therefor A combined set of household electrical appliances and a handgrip therefor, includes a handgrip element removably coupleable with the bodies of electrical household appliances. The handgrip element has a coupling element removably coupleable with a corresp... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4745260 | Automatic switching apparatus for an electric appliance Automatic switching apparatus for a hand held electrically operated appliance such as a pressing iron. A motion sensor and an electronic timer cooperate to automatically shut off the iron if the iron remains stationary for a predetermined period of time. ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4699686 | Carpet seaming tool The disclosed tool has a base plate with opposed upper and lower faces. A handle is mounted off the upper face. A layer of an anti-friction material may be present on the lower face of the base plate. The base plate has a plurality of through holes betwee... | 10/13/1987 |
