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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Applicants:
Andrea Lukas, Offenbach, DE;
Matthias Hahn, Frankfurt, DE;
Inventors:
Andrea Lukas, Offenbach, DE;
Matthias Hahn, Frankfurt, DE;
Assignee:
Rowenta Werke GmbH, Offenbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F075/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A soleplate for a clothes pressing iron, composed of: a metal sheet having a lower surface that will be directed toward fabrics to be ironed, a lower surface layer that extends form the lower surface and an interior region that is separated from the lower surface by the lower surface layer, the lower surface layer being mechanically hammer-hardened, or work hardened, to have a hardness greater than the hardness of the sheet prior to being mechanically hardened; and a coating that is hard and resistant to scratching covering the lower surface.