US 7,562,474 B2
Ironing system
Serge Voitchovsky, Mézières (Switzerland)
Assigned to Laurstar S.A., Chalet- St-Denis (Switzerland)
Appl. No. 11/883,882
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2006, PCT No. PCT/IB2006/050447
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 05, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/085285, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 17, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 05101042 (EP), filed on Feb. 11, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0244938 A1, Oct. 09, 2008
Int. Cl. D06F 75/26 (2006.01); G01B 7/16 (2006.01); D06F 75/32 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 38—77.7  [38/90; 219/248; 219/250; 33/501] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clothes iron comprising a sole plate (2) and a handle (1), characterized in that said handle (1) comprises a first strain gauge (3) arranged in a direction approximately parallel to the plane defined by the sole plate (2) and a second strain gauge (4) arranged in a direction forming an acute angle with the plane defined by the sole plate (2), said angle being open toward the front of the iron, in such a way that any movement of the iron activates at least one of said strain gauges (3, 4).