Iron with thermal resistance layer
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Kida, Shinichi Nakajima, Toshihide Nakamura, Shinichiro Kobayashi
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Abstract
An iron has a first base to be directly heated for increasing an amount of accumulated heat, a second base including a soleplate and a thermal resistance layer disposed between the bases. The thermal resistance layer has a greater heat resistance than the first base so that the first base heated by a heater can maintain a higher temperature than the second base. The iron of the present invention can increase an amount of accumulated heat, thereby extending not only an ironing period but also a period for spraying steam. If a weight of the iron is decreased, the iron still can hold approximately the same accumulated heat as a conventional iron so that a lightweight iron can be provided.
Claims31
An iron comprising:
- a first base to be directly heated;
- a second base having a soleplate;
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- a thermal resistance layer disposed between said first base and said second base to completely cover an entire area between said first base and said second base, wherein said thermal resistance layer continuously restrains heat conductivity between said first base and said second base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.