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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E Chasen, West Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
38 7783 ;
Abstract
An electric steam iron with a soleplate, a water reservoir, a primary steam generating system and a surge steam generating system. The soleplate has a first primary steam generating area and a separate second surge steam generating area. The second surge steam generating area is located above and along the heating element in the soleplate. The second surge steam generating area substantially surrounds the first primary steam generating area and both areas have exits into a rear chamber. The rear chamber is connected to a steam distribution chamber for allowing the steam to exit the bottom of the soleplate.