Roughened smoothing iron soleplate having an anti-corrosive, scratch-resistant and easily slidable coating thereon

US5025578A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Ahmet Firatli · Nordenstadt, DE
• Diethard Burger · Senftenberg - Zły Komorow, DE
• Klaus Amsel · Oberursel, DE
• Bernd Lindstaedt

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 18, 1989
• Grant date: Jun 25, 1991
• Expiry date: Aug 18, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06F75/38
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention is directed to a coating smoothing iron soleplate which is preferably composed of an aluminum alloy, its anticorrosive coating which is preferably a nickel hard alloy having an extremely scratch-resistant surface capable of sliding well and easy to clean. The coating is preferably applied by a high-speed flame spraying method, followed preferably by a grinding and polishing operation using a drag grinding method.