Steam iron sole plate
AssigneeMoulinex S.A.
InventorsJean-Paul Bouleau, Marc Sadler
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Abstract
Steam iron sole plate comprising a heating metallic base (12) comprising a vaporization chamber, and a metallic plate (14) mounted on the base, whose external surface (15) forms a pressing surface and which is pierced by holes (22) communicating with the vaporization chamber. According to the invention, a tubular lug of resilient material (25) is disposed about each hole (22) of the plate (14) and borders the internal surface of the hole (22) so as to form a steam outlet passage (26).
Claims10
Steam iron sole plate comprising a metallic heating base (12) comprising at least one vaporization chamber, and a metallic plate (14) mounted on the heating base (12), whose external surface (15) is adapted to form a pressing surface and which is pierced with holes (22) communicating with the vaporization chamber,
- characterized in that a tubular lug of resilient material (25) is disposed about each hole (22) of the plate (14) and borders the internal surface of said hole (22) so as to form a steam outlet passage (26).
Iron sole plate according to any one of the preceding claims,
- characterized in that the metallic plate (14) has a flat surface (34) provided, at the level of each hole (22), with a slightly concave depression (36) which is directed toward the heating base (12) and at the top of which is located a hole (22), and the lower outlet (37) of each lug (25) projects beyond the hole (22) of the corresponding depression (36) while remaining slightly on this side of the flat surface (34) of the plate (14).
Iron sole plate according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the heating base (12) comprises steam distribution openings (20) opening through the lower surface (21) of said base (12),
- characterized in that each of the steam distribution openings (20) communicates directly with one of the lugs (25).
Iron sole plate according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the holes (22) of the plate (14) are distributed in at least two separate so-called steam regions (39, 44),
- characterized in that the lugs (25) disposed about the holes (22) belonging to the two steam regions (39, 44) are all of the same color.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.