IP Library Granted Patent US 7,191,554
Granted Patent B2
US 7,191,554 · App. 11/126,858 · Granted Mar 20, 2007

Steam iron

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Patent No.
US 7,191,554
App. No.
11/126,858
Granted
Mar 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric iron including a housing; a soleplate connected to the housing; a heater for heating the soleplate; a fluid holding system connected to the housing, the fluid holding system including a first fluid reservoir; and a second water only reservoir connected to the soleplate; and a fluid dispensing system for dispensing fluid from the first reservoir and for dispensing water from the second reservoir. The fluid dispensing system includes a spray nozzle connected to the housing and a pump connecting the first reservoir to the spray nozzle. The fluid dispensing system is adapted to dispense fluid from the first reservoir only through the spray nozzle and only without addition of water from the second reservoir.

Claims (34)

1. An electric iron comprising:

a housing;

a soleplate connected to the housing;

a heater for heating the soleplate;

a fluid holding system connected to the housing, the fluid holding system comprising a single multi-reservoir liquid holding tank comprising:

a first fluid reservoir; and

an adjacent second fluid reservoir separated from the first fluid reservoir by a common wall; and

a fluid dispensing system for dispensing fluid from the first reservoir and for dispensing water from the second reservoir, wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises a spray nozzle connected to the housing and a pump connecting the first reservoir to the spray nozzle, wherein the fluid dispensing system is adapted to dispense fluid from the first reservoir through the spray nozzle and without addition of water from the second reservoir;

wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises a first conduiting path from the first reservoir to the spray nozzle and a completely separate second conduiting path from the second reservoir to the soleplate.

2. An electric iron as in claim 1 wherein the first reservoir is located at least partially in front of the second reservoir.

3. An electric iron as in claim 1 wherein the common wall comprises an integral wall which is integrally formed with the first and second reservoirs.

4. An electric iron as in claim 1 wherein the single multi-reservoir liquid holding tank comprises a top member and a bottom member connected to each other to form the reservoirs.

5. An electric iron as in claim 1 wherein the housing comprises a movable lid on a top of the housing covering a water entry into the second reservoir.

6. An electric iron as in claim 5 wherein the housing comprises a movable cap at a middle section of the housing covering a fluid entry into the first reservoir.

7. An electric iron as in claim 6 wherein the cap is screwed onto the housing and is connected by a tether to the housing.

8. An electric iron as in claim 6 wherein the fluid entry into the first reservoir is located at a lateral side of the housing.

9. An electric iron comprising:

a housing;

a soleplate connected to the housing;

a heater for heating the soleplate;

a fluid holding system connected to the housing, the fluid holding system comprising:

a first fluid reservoir; and

a second water only reservoir connected to the soleplate; and

a fluid dispensing system for dispensing fluid from the first reservoir and for dispensing water from the second reservoir, wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises a spray nozzle connected to the housing and a pump connecting the first reservoir to the spray nozzle, wherein the fluid dispensing system is adapted to dispense fluid from the first reservoir only through the spray nozzle and only without addition of water from the second reservoir;

wherein the first and second reservoirs are housed in a single container having a single integral wall separating holding chambers of the first and second reservoirs from each other.

10. An electric iron as in claim 9 wherein the fluid dispensing system is adapted to dispense water from the second reservoir only through the soleplate.

11. An electric iron as in claim 9 wherein the single container comprises a top member and a bottom member connected to each other to form the reservoirs.

12. An electric iron as in claim 9 wherein the housing comprises a movable lid on a top of the housing covering a water entry into the second reservoir.

13. An electric iron as in claim 12 wherein the housing comprises a movable cap at a middle section of the housing covering a fluid entry into the first reservoir.

14. An electric iron as in claim 13 wherein the cap is screwed onto the housing and is connected by a tether to the housing.

15. An electric iron as in claim 13 wherein the fluid entry into the first reservoir is located at a lateral side of the housing.

16. An electric iron as in claim 9 wherein the first reservoir is located at least partially in front of the second reservoir.

17. An electric iron as in claim 9 wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises an electric pump connecting the first reservoir to the spray nozzle.

18. An electric iron as in claim 9 wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises an electronic pump connecting the second reservoir to a steam chamber in the soleplate.

Assignments (12)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR AGENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) REEL/FRAME 036131/0272 Recorded Jun 5, 2018
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 046301/0425 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 036131/0272 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2015
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., A CORP. OF FLORIDA; KWIKSET CORPORATION; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; ROV HOLDING, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; ROVCAL, INC.; ROVCAL, INC., A CORP. OF CALIFORNIA; RUSSELL HOBBS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ROVCAL, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TETRA HOLDINGS (US), INC.; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE
Reel/Frame 036102/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: RUSSELL HOBBS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; TOASTMASTER INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; ROVCAL, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; KWIKSET CORPORATION; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC
Reel/Frame 036052/0845 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 11, 2010
From: RUSSELL HOBBS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; TOASTMASTER INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; ROVCAL, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 024823/0177 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2010
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: HP INTELLECTUAL CORP.; APPLICA INCORPORATED; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; SALTON, INC.; SONEX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024794/0886 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 21, 2010
From: RUSSELL HOBBS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; ROV HOLDING, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; UNITED PET GROUP, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., A CORP. OF FLORIDA; ROVCAL, INC., A CORP. OF CALIFORNIA
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 024741/0295 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 15, 2008
From: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 020507/0922 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 17, 2006
From: HP INTELLECTUAL CORP.
To: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 017183/0221 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 7, 2006
From: HP INTELLECTUAL CORP.
To: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 017131/0965 →
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2005
From: HP INTELLECTUAL CORP.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 016804/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2005
From: ALMANZAR, SERGIO A.; DUQUE, MARIA C.; FRETWELL, MICHAEL R.
To: HP INTELLECTUAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 016539/0594 →