| US 7,490,423 B2 | ||
| Electric iron | ||
| Tao Zhang, Guangzhou (China); Toyohiko Yagi, Osaka-fu (Japan); Mingkun Ye, Guangzhou (China); and Runlong Xu, Guangzhou (China) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan); and Panasonic Wanbao Home Appliances Electric Iron (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Guangzhou (China) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 20, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/311,157. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004 1 0077466 (CN), filed on Dec. 20, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0156592 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. D06F 75/38 (2006.01); D06F 75/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 38—93 | 19 Claims |
| 1. An electric iron comprising:
an ironing seat including a soleplate defining an ironing surface, and a heater for heating said soleplate; and
steam outlets on said ironing surface,
wherein dented portions are on said ironing surface and arranged in a configuration such that said dented portions are positioned
on at least one side of a line passing through a front end and a rear end of said ironing surface, with none of said dented
portions having a steam outlet positioned therein, and
wherein said heater has a shape that corresponds to said configuration in which said dented portions are arranged.
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