Black Decker Inc.

Arthur H Freeman

Michael D Morrissey

Kenneth H Patrick

David B Jalbert

Michael E Bitzel

Edward M Kubicz

Bryan P De Blois

An electric iron includes a storage base. The iron includes a switch for selectively connecting the iron to a source of electrical power. The iron is automatically disconnected from the source of electrical power when the iron is placed in the storage base.

Electric iron with storage base and method of storing the iron

An iron assembly includes a mounting base and an electric iron removably mounted on the base. A water cassette is also removably mounted on the base.

Iron assembly including water cassette and base

An electric iron includes a handle having first and second members. Electronic components are mounted in a first one of the handle members. An electrostatic protection carrier is mounted in the second of the handle members. The electrostatic discharge protection carrier includes a first electrically conductive track extending parallel to and lying adjacent a first section of a seam formed by joining said first and second handle members. A second electrically conductive track extends parallel to and is spaced from said first track and extends parallel to and lies adjacent a second section of the seam. A third electrically conductive track interconnects the first and second tracks. An electrical conductor is connected to a selected one of the first or second tracks and to a portion of the iron normally held at a relatively low potential for transmitting any electrostatic discharge voltage collected by said electrostatic discharge protection carrier to said low potential iron portion.

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Huntington, CT, United States of America

Arthur H Freeman