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US 12,467,196 B2Granted
Clothing iron
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorKin Man Lai
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Abstract
A clothing iron includes a soleplate having an edge wall extending from a horizontal plate. The edge wall extends around the entire perimeter of the horizontal plate. The edge wall is curved and has a fillet radius. The fillet radius varies around the perimeter of the horizontal plate. The soleplate has a front section and a back section. The edge wall at the front section has a fillet radius greater than a fillet radius at the back section.
Claims19
A clothing iron comprising:
- a soleplate having an edge wall extending from a horizontal plate, the edge wall extending around the entire perimeter of the horizontal plate, the edge wall being curved and having a fillet radius, the fillet radius varying around the perimeter of the horizontal plate, the soleplate having a front section and a back section, wherein the edge wall comprises an apex at the front section, a left edge adjacent to said apex and extending to said back section, a right edge adjacent to said apex and extending to said back section and a back edge located at said back section adjacent to and located between said left edge and said right edge,
- wherein each of said left edge and said right edge has an edge height of at least 6 mm adjacent the apex, and
- wherein the left edge has a first fillet radius, the right edge has a second fillet radius and the back edge has a third fillet radius that are each more than 3 mm.
A clothing iron comprising:
- a soleplate having an edge wall extending from a horizontal plate, the edge wall extending around the entire perimeter of the horizontal plate, the edge wall being curved and having a fillet radius, the fillet radius varying around the perimeter of the horizontal plate, the soleplate having a front section and a back section, wherein the edge wall at the front section has a fillet radius greater than a fillet radius at the back section, wherein said apex forms a tip edge that is angularly offset from each of said left edge and said right edge such that a left seam separating said tip edge from said left edge extends from said soleplate toward the top of said edge wall, and a right seam separating said tip edge from said right edge extends from said soleplate toward the top of said edge wall.
A clothing iron comprising:
- a soleplate having an edge wall extending from a horizontal plate, the edge wall extending around the entire perimeter of the horizontal plate, the edge wall being curved and having a fillet radius, the fillet radius varying around the perimeter of the horizontal plate, the soleplate having a front section and a back section, wherein the edge wall at the front section has a fillet radius greater than a fillet radius at the back section, wherein the edge wall comprises an apex at the front section, a left edge adjacent to said apex and extending to said back section, a right edge adjacent to said apex and extending to said back section and a back edge located at said back section adjacent to and located between said left edge and said right edge, wherein the left edge has a first fillet radius, the right edge has a second fillet radius and the back edge has a third fillet radius that are each more than 3 mm, wherein the edge wall forms an angle with horizontal plate that is greater than 90 degrees.
A clothing iron comprising:
- a soleplate being a sheet metal;
- and
- a steam boiler assembly connected to the soleplate, the steam boiler assembly having an inlet, a boiler, and an outlet, and the boiler forming a steam path, wherein the boiler has a boiler side wall, a boiler lower wall and interior walls, wherein the boiler is connected to a cover to form the steam path, and wherein the steam path is two steam paths that are a continuous steam path and a burst steam path so that boiler assembly has two steam chambers, one for continuous steam and the other for burst steam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.