Smoothing or pressing iron having a sole body consisting at least partially of a glass material

US4089128A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Erich R. Baumgartner · Munich, DE
• Peter Doehler · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 1977
• Grant date: May 16, 1978
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06F75/38
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A smoothing or pressing iron having a sole body consisting at least partially of a glass material wherein the sole body comprises a trough-like or hollow body-like cup or tray of a glass-impregnated woven fabric fleece of heat-proof fibers, and a support structure filling up the cup at the inner side and having a low specific heat and low thermal conductivity. The sole body side facing the goods being ironed is provided with a heating conductor arrangement covered by a thin electrically insulating sole layer. The support body may consist of a foamed synthetic material or a porous ceramic material having low density. The electrically insulating sole layer is a glass-impregnated fabric layer of heat-resistant fibers.