Abstract: The invention concerns an iron and an ironing method. The iron comprises a heating soleplate (2), a reservoir (15) designed to contain a textile adjuvant and a device for dispensing (11-13) the adjuvant. The iron comprises a diluting device (7, 12, 14, 18) comprising an adjuvant-free water supply system (7), the diluting device being connected to the adjuvant reservoir and designed to produce a diluted adjuvant solution before dispensing. Preferably, the iron comprises an evaporating device (4-10) fed by the water supply system.

Abstract: The heating element (1) is covered with a plate (2) constituting the ironing surface of the iron and comprising outlets for steam. The heating element (1) surface (6) designed to be covered by the plate (2) comprises a groove (7) extending at least on the whole periphery of the heating element (1). The method is characterised in that it consists in maintaining the heating element (1) flat, the surface (6) comprising the groove (7) facing upwards, pouring a resin (8) in the groove (7), applying the plate on the heating element (1) surface (6), turning the assembly such that the plate (2) faces downwards, to cause the resin (8) to flow in the groove (7) part adjacent to the plate (2).

Abstract: Device for attaching together parts of a household electric appliance, one of which parts is a metal assembling part in the form of a sheet or plate having opposed first and second major faces, the device being composed of an assembling and retaining element having a base and a projecting portion which projects beyond the first major face of the assembling part, the assembling and retaining element being integral with, and formed from, said assembling part, wherein the base of the assembling and retaining element is constituted by a portion of the assembling part and extends to a plane containing the second major face of the assembling part, the projecting portion is formed by displacement of material of the assembling part to effect a local reduction of the thickness of the assembling part around the assembling and retaining element, and the projecting portion has a volume corresponding substantially to the volume of the material which is displaced to form the projecting portion.

Abstract: A household food preparation appliance composed of: a working container (1) having a bottom wall (3); a rotary working assembly (5, 6, 7) driven by a motor unit; and a bearing member secured to, and freely rotatable in relation to, the working assembly. The working assembly is composed of a drive shaft (5) capable of supporting a working attachment (7) and is capable of being positioned in the container (1) with the bearing member substantially against the bottom wall (3) of the container (1). The bearing member (8) forms an element for centering the shaft (5) relative to the bottom wall (3).

Abstract: A depilatory wax dispenser having a housing (1) in which is arranged a reservoir (2) for the wax and an applicator device having a roller (5) mounted for rotation on a pivot pin (7). The pivot pin has two ends which extend through two opposite transverse walls (4a, 4b) of a rectangular opening (4) provided at the reservoir (2) outlet. The opening (4) has an edge which provides with the roller (5) peripheral surface a slot dispensing melted wax. The opening (4) edge and the roller (5) peripheral surface between which the slot is arranged are made of elastically deformable materials. An element (10) is axially mobile relative to the pivot pin (7) for simultaneously exerting a force on the rectangular opening (4) edge forming the slot and on the roller (5) surface, for deforming them jointly.

Abstract: A method for forming electrical wires into flat coils for use in inductive devices wherein a rapid setting cement is used to maintain the wound wires prior to encapsulation thereof.

Abstract: Safety device composed of a radiation emitter, a radiation receiver disposed for receiving radiation which is produced by the emitter and which traverses a radiation path between the emitter and the detector, the detector producing an output signal representative of the quantity of radiation received by the detector, and an electronic circuit coupled to the detector for analyzing the output signal produced by the detector and identifying a reduction in the magnitude of the output signal as a result of an obstruction in the radiation path, wherein the emitter and the detector are mounted on a cooking appliance in a manner which allows extraneous radiation in the vicinity of the cooking appliance to traverse the radiation path.

Abstract: A depilatory device having a manually grippable casing and enclosing a motor for driving a rotary roller (1) around a central shaft (10) disposed behind a window provided in the casing. The roller has one or several rows of tweezers, each row being formed by a first series of side-by-side, parallel movable blades (20) interposed with a second series of fixed disks or equally movable blades (40), as well as control elements (56-85) for moving the movable blades in translation in the longitudinal direction of the shaft so as to press them against the others in order to grasp the hairs to be extracted, then separate them. The blades (20, 40) of at least one series are cross-shaped, one pair of opposite arms (23) being at least partly curved in one longitudinal direction, the other orthogonal pair of opposite arms (23') being at least partly curved in the other direction, these blades being held by their respective support (10, 30) in their base (21, 41) at the junction point of the arms.

Abstract: A thermostat control device (10), in particular an electric iron thermostat (7), comprising a support (11), an aperture (12) in said support for receiving a mobile control device (13) a first device forming a rack (14) co-operating with said control device, a guide device (19) for said rack and a gear wheel (16) cooperating with the first rack. The invention is characterized in that a second rack (150) is used provided in the extension of said first rack a gear wheel (16) comprising two toothed zones with respectively different primary circle radii, the first toothed zone (17) cooperating with the first rack (14) and the second toothed zone (18) cooperating with the second rack (16), said gear wheel being capable of driving in rotation said thermostat (7) rod (8).

Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular a heating appliance for foodstuffs, for example for deep-frying in oil, including a removably mounted bowl (7) surrounded by a spaced outer skirt (2), a heating device (15, 17, 18) arranged under the bowl (7), and a heating control member (30). The appliance further has an outer bowl (10) at least partially surrounding all the faces of the removably mounted bowl (7), the outer bowl (10) being mounted between the removably mounted bowl (7) and the outer skirt (2) and being spaced therefrom, while the heating device (15, 17, 18) is fixedly mounted on the outer bowl (10).

Abstract: A removable holding device for containers includes two clamp members mounted on a holding body, one of the members being mobile in translation relative to the holding body. A lever mounted on the holding body pivots between a deployed position and a position retracted inside the holding body. A link blade between the lever and the mobile member displaces the mobile member in translation when the lever pivots. The lever has at least one lateral wing portion forming an unlocking button projecting on one side of the holding body when the lever is in the retracted position.

Abstract: Hand held dispenser for thermoplastic material including a casing forming a manual holding element and enclosing a space for receiving a mass of thermoplastic material in a solid state, the casing having an open outlet end communicating with the space; a component for advancing the thermoplastic material toward the open end of the casing, and a heating element for heating the thermoplastic material to a flowable state, wherein the heating element has a low thermal inertia, is arranged in a substantially homogeneous manner across a surface disposed opposite the open end and having dimensions which correspond to dimensions of the open end and wherein the heating element further acts to distribute thermoplastic material in a flowable state in the form of a sheet on a receiving surface.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a hotplate disposed above heating elements fixed to a frame, the hotplate including one or more openings for fat to pass through during cooking, and a container for collecting fat and juice during cooking disposed substantially in line with the opening(s) in the hotplate. The collecting container and the heating elements are in substantially the same plane substantially parallel to the hotplate. A free space between the plane and a base of the appliance accommodates a cooking container under the heating elements.