Edge shape in a smoothing iron

US5613310A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Miguel Jimenez · Molins de Rei, ES
• Miguel Vazquez · Metz, FR
• Francesc Carreras · Sant Just Desvern, ES
• Juan Carlos Coronado · Barcelona, ES
• Augustin Auria · Esplugues de Llobregat, ES
• Andrea Hahnewald · Egelsbach, DE
• Rolf Eimecke · Oberursel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 1995
• Grant date: Mar 25, 1997
• Expiry date: May 25, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention is directed to a smoothing iron having an approximately triangular metal soleplate including a sliding surface 4 and an edge area 6 encircling the sliding surface and overlapping it partially. The edge area 6 is bent in an upward and inward direction at an angle of 35.degree., maximum, relative to the sliding surface 4. At the tips of the triangle, the edge area includes a slot 8 formed by the side edges of a notch cut in the blanked metal soleplate. The edge area is angled by a forming operation involving several steps.