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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1985
Jerry P Gronwick, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Robert J Augustine, Downers Grove, IL (US);
John Zink Company, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A travel iron having a handle which pivots sideways between an upright 'use' position and a flat 'storage' position wherein the handle is pivotally mounted on the main body portion of the iron at its rear end only and wherein cam ramp and pin means provide longitudinal forward and rearward movement of the handle during its pivotal movement whereby to stabilize both ends of the handle when the handle is in its upright 'use' position. A pump actuator mounted in the main body portion of the iron is actuated by a plunger slidably mounted in the handle. A dual-voltage sole plate heating circuit has a pair of identical heating elements connected in series in one voltage position of a dual-voltage switch and in parallel in the other voltage position with the output wattage being the same in both voltage positions of the switch.