Patent ID: 6035563
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B05B,D06F

Abstract:
In an electric iron with a soleplate that includes a soleplate tip and at least one opening arranged symmetrically to a centerline that separates the soleplate in the center beginning at the soleplate tip used for the passage of liquid stored in a liquid tank system for the moistening of material to be ironed, where the liquid exits from the soleplate in the form of liquid droplets that are generated using a piezoelectric exciter atomizer device located above the soleplate, the improvement wherein the atomizer device contains at least one piezoelectrically excited thin membrane plate that has a multitude of atomizer openings assigned to the respective opening of the soleplate; wherein said openings have a mean opening width of 30 to 100 .mu.m; wherein the number of atomizer openings is selected such that a liquid delivery via the soleplate of up to a maximum of about 8 g/minute is ensured; and wherein the openings have a maximum width of 10 mm regardless of their length.