Patent ID: 7185450

Claim:
A pressing iron comprising: a soleplate which has a periphery surrounding a centerline normal to said soleplate, and upwardly and downwardly facing major surfaces opposite to each other in an upright direction parallel to the centerline; a shell including a peripheral wall which extends from said periphery of said soleplate in the upright direction, which terminates at an upper peripheral edge that surrounds the centerline, and which defines an air passageway that extends in a first direction transverse to the upright direction, said peripheral wall being formed with a vent port disposed downstream of said air passageway; and a ventilation facilitating mechanism disposed upstream of said vent port to increase flow of air through said air passageway and out of said vent port so as to accelerate a cooling process of the flowing air that carries residual heat away from said soleplate after said pressing iron is turned off; said shell having an intake port disposed upstream of said air passageway and said ventilation facilitating mechanism such that air enters said air passageway from said intake port; said ventilation facilitating mechanism including a fan which confronts said intake port so as to draw air into said air passageway through said intake port; the first direction being a longitudinal direction; said upwardly facing major surface including a front steam-forming region and a rear heat-dissipating region opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction and proximate to said vent port and said intake port, respectively, said front steam-forming region having a plurality of steam vents which extend through said downwardly facing major surface for downward ejection of steam, said fan being mounted on said rear heat-dissipating region.