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D06F 75/06 (2006.01) D06F 75/18 (2006.01) D06F 75/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1108978
6D-5267 IRON WITH MODE VALVE ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In a conventional electric flatiron, with plural surge and spray functions, water tank, steam genera- ting soleplate with ports to distribute normal steam and/or extra surge steam on demand, a handle is pro- vided with spray means and with a pump connected to the water tank with a button on the handle for manual pump actuation to deliver water to the soleplate surge or handle spray means as directed by a separate handle-mounted mode selector valve subassembly. To this conventional iron an improvement is provided in the mode valve subassembly that includes a molded cup- shaped valve housing with an upright closed periphe- rally extending side wall with a pair of spaced stops, the side wall enclosing a flat bottom wall all mounted within the handle. A plurality of outlets is provided through the bottom wall and an integral flexible seal includes a cup-shaped disc with molded integral elas- tomer tubes extending to the outlets to seat the disc in the housing. The disc has separate annular walls around each outlet with the walls protruding into the housing cup to form a water chamber therein. The housing may be U-shaped with barbs on the legs of the U to snap into the handle. One of the two protruding outlet walls may have side openings connecting with the chamber at one end and with the water tank at the other so the chamber is constantly filled with water. A flat gate is provided with an actuating arm extending through the iron handle and the gate has a projection rotatably nesting snugly in the cup housing to seal against the protruding walls. The gate has an 6D-5267 Abstract of the Disclosure (cont'd) arcuate channel in the projection connecting only two of the outlets, one being the water supply outlet, and the U-shaped spring clamps and compresses the gate and disc together by abutting the gate projection central- ly of the disc for even pressure distribution and sealing between the projection and each tube protru- ding outlet wall to seal the water chamber. The gate has peripheral stops to abut the spaced stops on the housing whereby the actuating arm external of the han- dle is rotated against the stops to selectively direct water to the spray and extra surge functions on each manual actuation of the separate handle mounted pump.
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Bain Benjamin H.
Company General Electric
Eckersley Raymond A.
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