Patent ID: 11965284
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 9:
10. A clothing ironing assembly having scraping elements for scraping lint from an article of clothing, said assembly comprising:
a steam iron having a lint chamber being integrated into said steam iron, said steam iron having a sole plate, said sole plate having a plurality of steam openings each extending through said sole plate, said steam iron having a fluid reservoir being integrated into said steam iron wherein said fluid reservoir is configured to contain a fluid, said fluid reservoir being in fluid communication with each of said steam openings wherein each of said steam openings is configured to receive the fluid, said plurality of steam openings being arranged in a pair of lines on said sole plate, each of said lines intersecting at a point located adjacent to a front end of said sole plate, said pair of lines angling away from each other along a respective first lateral edge and said second lateral edge of said sole plate, said steam iron having a heating element being integrated into said steam iron, said heating element being in thermal communication with said sole plate such that said heating element heats said sole plate when said heating element is turned on wherein said sole plate is configured to boil the fluid delivered to said steam openings thereby facilitating each of said steam openings to release steam produced from the boiling fluid, said steam iron having a plurality of scraping elements each being integrated into said sole plate wherein each of said scraping elements is configured to scrape lint from a fabric when said sole plate is rubbed across the fabric for ironing the fabric, each of said scraping elements being in communication with said lint chamber wherein said lint chamber is configured to collect the lint scraped by said plurality of scraping elements, each of said scraping elements having a front end, a back end, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said front end having pair of intersecting sides each extending between a respective one of said first lateral side and said second lateral side and a point defined by said pair of intersecting sides, said back end having a pair of intersecting sides each extending between a respective one of said first lateral side and said second lateral side and a point defined by said pair of intersecting sides of said back end such that each of said scraping elements has a hexagonal shape, each of said scraping elements having a distal surface with respect to a bottom surface of said sole plate, said distal surface of each of said scraping elements sloping away from said bottom surface between said front end and said back end of said scraping elements such that said distal surface of each of said scraping elements intersects said bottom surface of said sole plate at said front end of said scraping elements, said plurality of scraping elements being arranged in a pair of lines, each of said lines of said scraping elements intersecting each other at a point located adjacent to said point defined by said lines of said steam openings, each of said lines defined by said scraping elements angling away from each other and extending along a respective one of said lines defined by said steam openings, said plurality of scraping elements including a pair of terminal scraping elements, each of said terminal scraping elements being positioned adjacent to a terminal end of a respective one of said lines defined by said steam openings, said steam iron having a lint opening extending through a heel of said steam iron, said lint opening extending into said lint chamber, said lint chamber having a first portion forming an angle with a second portion, said first portion angling downwardly between said opening and said second portion, said second portion extending forwardly from said first portion, said second portion extending along a substantial length of said sole plate, said second portion having a first lateral bounding wall and a second lateral bounding wall, each of said first lateral bounding wall and said second lateral bounding wall extending between a respective pair of said lines defined by said steam openings and said scraping elements such that each of said scraping elements is positioned below said second portion of said lint chamber, each of said first lateral bounding wall and said second lateral bounding wall having a kicked out portion extending around a respective one of said terminal scraping elements, said sole plate having a plurality of lint holes each extending through said sole plate and into said second portion of said lint chamber, each of said lint holes extending along said intersecting sides of said front end of a respective one of said scraping elements and said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said respective scraping element wherein each of said lint holes is configured to direct the lint into said lint chamber;
a lint screen being removably insertable into said lint opening wherein said lint screen is configured to collect the lint directed into said lint chamber, said lint screen including a frame and a mesh panel being integrated into said frame, said mesh panel being comprised of a fluid permeable material wherein said mesh panel is configured to facilitate air to pass through said mesh panel to collect the lint on said mesh panel;
a retracting spool being rotatably disposed within said steam iron, said retracting spool being biased to rotate in a first direction, said retracting spool being urgeable to rotate in a second direction; and
a power cord being wrapped around said retracting spool, said power cord extending outwardly through said heel of said steam iron, said power cord having a distal end being exposed with respect to said steam iron, said power cord having a male plug being electrically coupled to said distal end, said power cord being electrically coupled to said heating element, said power cord being retracted into said heel of said steam iron when said retracting spool rotates in said first direction, said retracting spool rotating in said second direction when said power cord is pulled outwardly from said heel.