Textiles: ironing or smoothing – Smoothing implements – Flatirons
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-27
2007-11-27
Izaguirre, Ismael (Department: 3765)
Textiles: ironing or smoothing
Smoothing implements
Flatirons
C038S103000, C073S009000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11094196
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus to measure ease of ironing comprises a base supporting a vertical rail assembly; a lockable roller bearing block that rolls vertically on a vertical rail assembly for locking and raising and lowering the block at a selected location according to the raising and lowering along the vertical rail assembly. An adjustably inclinable ironing board for accommodating a test cloth is supported at one end by the lockable roller bearing block. The block is raised and lowered along the vertical rail assembly; a standard ironing structure secured overhead to the guide strut and resting at or near the board upper end includes a release mechanism, which releases the iron. The iron moves along the incline and a start sensor and a finish sensor sense the glide of the ironing structure down the board for measuring ease of ironing when the standard ironing board is in an inclined position.
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Krasner Timothy David
Tully Jo Anne
Freedman PC Philip D.
General Electric Company
Izaguirre Ismael
Wheelock Kenneth S.
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