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Pressing iron and process for assembling such an iron

  • US 5,799,421 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1997
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a pressing iron comprising a housing of plastic material formed of a hollow body (2) having a base (3) whose upper portion has an opening closed by a first cover of plastic material and whose outlet is closed by a pressing block comprising an upper portion (4) and a lower portion (5) comprising at least one pressing sole (6) provided with heating means (7) and surmounted in respective front and rear portions with two hollow projections (8 and 9) connected at their upper portion by a cross member (10) forming a handle and constituted by a trough (11) closed by a second cover (12), said rear projection (9) having a wide opening closed by a third cover (14) forming a heel;

  • the improvement wherein the hollow body (2) and the third cover (14) are formed by a shell (1) molded in one piece and having a transverse cross section of generally inverted V shape, the trough (11) of the handle (10) and the internal surfaces (8'"'"' and 9'"'"') of the projections (8 and

         9) opening inwardly;

    the upper portion (4) of the pressing block having an upper surface which carries the first cover which supports, in front and rear regions, cover portions (P1 and P2) for each of the internal surfaces (8'"'"' and 9'"'"') of the two projections (8 and

         9), and said internal surfaces being attached to the second cover (12).

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