Patent ID: 6802141
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
Iron having a soleplate (1) with a heating body (2) provided with a heating element (201) that extends along a path, the heating element (2) comprising a first steam chamber (210) utilized for normal ironing and an independent second steam chamber (220) utilized to obtain additional steam, each of these chambers being associated with a steam circuit terminated by a set of steam orifices in the soleplate, characterized in that the second steam circuit associated with the second chamber (220) has along the heating element (201) above the heating body (2) an upper channel (222) directed from the chamber toward the rear of the soleplate and a lower channel (223) connected to the upper channel and extending from the rear toward to the tip of the soleplate located beneath the soleplate heating body, the lower channel following the path of the heating element.