Patent ID: 7716858

Claim:
An iron including a soleplate ( 13 ) and a body positioned on the soleplate and having a switch ( 12 ) and a handle ( 11 ) installed thereon, the iron comprising: a connecting plate ( 14 ) provided with operating spaces ( 16 ) formed on front and rear surfaces thereof and fixed to a bottom of the body, the connecting plate having guides ( 15 ) formed on the front and rear surfaces thereof, opposite to the operating spaces; wherein the soleplate ( 13 ) provided with a space ( 19 ) corresponding to the guides ( 15 ) is assembled to the guides ( 15 ) using fastening bolts ( 20 ), each of which is inserted into a spring ( 21 ); heat coils ( 17 ) serving as a heat source are built in the connecting plate ( 14 ) and the soleplate ( 13 ), respectively; and the heat coil in the connecting plate ( 14 ) is connected to the heat coil in the soleplate ( 13 ) by a heat-coil connector ( 18 ), so that cloth is pushed into a pleating part ( 22 ) through a mouth ( 23 ) provided between the connecting plate ( 14 ) and the soleplate ( 13 ) to pleat the cloth.