Patents by Inventor Ernst Bechstein

Ernst Bechstein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Steam iron soleplate
    Patent number: 4658520
    Abstract: An electrically heated steam iron has a soleplate in which are arranged an electrical heating element and a vaporization chamber, and a soleplate liner which consists of a different material from the soleplate and which is fixed thereto. The soleplate is provided with steam escape holes which communicate with respective openings in the soleplate liner, each such opening having a steam distribution groove on the ironing surface of the soleplate liner. The soleplate has recesses each congruent to a respective steam distribution groove and the longitudinal axes of all the grooves are directed towards the center of gravity of the ironing surface of the soleplate liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Rowenta-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Henneberger, Robert Walter, Rolf Thomas, Ernst Bechstein, Norbert Voss