# US 2017/0241069 A1 · Steam iron device for ironing and removing creases

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- Number: US 2017/0241069 A1
- Document ID: US20170241069A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/312,101
- Filed: 2015-02-17
- Published: 2017-08-24
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-17
- Assignees: Ecodrop
- Applicants: Ecodrop
- Inventors: Gerard CURIEN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170241069A1

## CPC

- D06F 87/00: Apparatus for moistening or otherwise conditioning the article to be ironed or pressed (apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam D06F73/00 {; devices used in combination with a laundry dryer D06F58/203})
- D06F 75/20: Arrangements for discharging the steam to the article being ironed
- D06F 75/38: Sole plates (D06F75/20 takes precedence)
- D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES

## Abstract

A steam iron device for ironing and removing creases, intended for smoothing operations, in particular vertical, includes a heating body, a boiler for producing steam, a water tank, and a metal soleplate pierced with holes to allow the steam to pass. An outer wall of the soleplate has a partially curved shape and includes two parts: a flat front part, and a convex curved rear part. The flat front part is tangent to the convex curved rear part.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A steam iron device for ironing and removing creases in smoothing operations, comprises:
a heating body,
a boiler producing steam,
a water tank, and
a metal soleplate pierced with holes, the steam passing through said holes, wherein said metal soleplate has an outer wall with a partially curved shape, and wherein said metal soleplate is comprised of a flat front part, and a convex curved rear part, said flat front part being tangent to said convex curved rear part.

### Claim 2

The iron device,. according to cclaim 1, wherein said heating body is alongside the soleplate so as to heat the soleplate by conduction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The iron device, according to claim 1, wherein the soleplate is further comprised of an inner wall:
wherein said inner wall is comprised of wells protruding from said inner wall, each well coincided with a respective holes, said wells extending in a chamber, and wherein the steam is sprayed in said chamber, and
wherein said inner wall is connected to a system for collecting the residual water, arranged at a base of said chamber, on a back side of the soleplate, and wherein the system for collecting comprises a collection line for water from the steam collected at said holes, toward a reservoir.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The iron device, according to claim 3, wherein said chamber contains an eliminator filter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The iron device according to claim 4, wherein said eliminator filter is comprised of a buffer, said buffer being comprised of a jumble of at least one of wires and shavings.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The iron device, according to claim 1, further comprising: a rechargeable battery system to operate wirelessly.