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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1976
Kaj Toft, Monroe, CT (US);
Llewellyn D Busby, Asheboro, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an extra capacity steam iron with a soleplate and heating means and separate forward main, and rear surge, steam generators with conventional means for selective delivery of water to the generators and heat regulating thermostat means. The improvement to this structure comprises a walled enclosure on the soleplate between the generators in the rear half of the iron adjacent the surge generator and asymmetrical about the longitudinal centerline of the iron. Within the enclosure there is a boss upstanding from the soleplate and smaller than the enclosure to provide some peripheral space between the boss and enclosure and a coverplate is disclosed over the soleplate to define steam distributing means from the generators. The enclosure extends through the coverplate and the boss extends above it. A slanted surface with a positioning groove for locating the thermostat is provided on the boss above the coverplate, the surface being parallel to the adjacent contoured outside iron surface. The thermostat fastens to the surface and a control button on the side of the iron is shaft-connected to the thermostat to form a short direct coupling between the thermostat and button. The combination ensures the thermostat responding to both main and surge steam demands for substantially uniform soleplate temperature.