Handle and supporting structure for an electric pressing iron having electronic temperature control
First Claim
1. In a pressing iron comprising a soleplate, an electric heater arranged to heat the soleplate when the electric heater is energized, a supporting structure mounted to the soleplate, a handle supported by the supporting structure and spaced from the soleplate and the electric heater, an electronic temperature control including a temperature sensor responsive to the temperature of the soleplate, a thyristor controlling energization of the electric heater and tending to emit heat, other electronic components tending to be affected adversely by heat, and a cooling plate mounted to the thyristor so as to dissipate heat from the thyristor, the supporting structure having a cavity containing the thyristor and the cooling plate, and the electronic components tending to be affected adversely by heat being located in the supporting structure but outside the cavity at a location remote therefrom, so as to be remote from the thyristor and the cooling plate, as well as from the soleplate and the electric heater, an improvement wherein the cooling plate is mounted to a detachable wall of the supporting structure, wherein the detachable wall is detachable for replacement of the thyristor without separation of other parts of the supporting structure from the soleplate, and wherein the detachable wall is shaped so as to provide a resting stand, which allows the pressing iron to be rested flatly upon a horizontal surface without contact between the soleplate and the horizontal surface.
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Abstract
An electronic temperature control circuit for regulating the soleplate temperature of an electrically heated pressing iron is located in the handle and supporting structure of the iron. The electronic circuit includes a thyristor controlling energization of the soleplate heater and tending to emit heat. The thyristor is mounted to a heat dissipating cooling plate located within a leakproof cavity in the supporting structure remotely from the other electronic components of the control circuit tending to be adversely affected by heat. The cooling plate and thyristor are mounted on a detachable wall closing the cavity and shaped to provide a resting stand which allows the iron to be rested flatly on a horizontal surface without the soleplate contacting the surface.
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- 1. In a pressing iron comprising a soleplate, an electric heater arranged to heat the soleplate when the electric heater is energized, a supporting structure mounted to the soleplate, a handle supported by the supporting structure and spaced from the soleplate and the electric heater, an electronic temperature control including a temperature sensor responsive to the temperature of the soleplate, a thyristor controlling energization of the electric heater and tending to emit heat, other electronic components tending to be affected adversely by heat, and a cooling plate mounted to the thyristor so as to dissipate heat from the thyristor, the supporting structure having a cavity containing the thyristor and the cooling plate, and the electronic components tending to be affected adversely by heat being located in the supporting structure but outside the cavity at a location remote therefrom, so as to be remote from the thyristor and the cooling plate, as well as from the soleplate and the electric heater, an improvement wherein the cooling plate is mounted to a detachable wall of the supporting structure, wherein the detachable wall is detachable for replacement of the thyristor without separation of other parts of the supporting structure from the soleplate, and wherein the detachable wall is shaped so as to provide a resting stand, which allows the pressing iron to be rested flatly upon a horizontal surface without contact between the soleplate and the horizontal surface.
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