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US 7,546,701 B2Granted
Automatic standby electric clothes iron
OwnerEhsan Alipourinventor
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Abstract
An improved electric clothes iron comprises a water tank, chassis, handle, electrically heated soleplate, and steam chamber. The improvement, in one instance, includes heel and toe lifting pistons which are embedded in the soleplate and driven by an electric motor. A grip sensor in the handle triggers the lift piston motor to operate when the user is no longer gripping the handle. The lifting pistons are quickly retracted if the user grabs the handle again. The heated soleplate can be automatically turned off if the iron is left idle too long.
Claims30
An iron comprising:
- an electrically heated soleplate;
- a handle;
- a separation mechanism including at least one lifting leg for lifting a bottom surface of said heated soleplate away from a supporting surface;
- a sensor disposed in said handle providing for control of said separation mechanism, wherein, when said sensor detects the hand of the user, said sensor sends a signal to said separation mechanism to lower the iron by retracting said separation mechanism, and when the user releases said handle said sensor signals said separation mechanism to raise the iron.
1 more element
An iron comprising:
- a sole plate,
- a handle, and
- a housing comprising a flip-out water filling port located on a side or a top of a housing of the iron so the user can fill the iron in a horizontal position, said water filling port further comprising a funnel and a ball pivot, said ball pivot including a fluid conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.