Pressing iron soleplate having a hardened and coated surface

US6895700B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ROWENTA WERKE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Andrea Lukas · Offenbach, DE
• Matthias Hahn · Kaiserslautern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2003
• Grant date: May 24, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A soleplate for a clothes pressing iron, composed of: a metal sheet having a lower surface that will be directed toward fabrics to be ironed, a lower surface layer that extends form the lower surface and an interior region that is separated from the lower surface by the lower surface layer, the lower surface layer being mechanically hammer-hardened, or work hardened, to have a hardness greater than the hardness of the sheet prior to being mechanically hardened; and a coating that is hard and resistant to scratching covering the lower surface.