Abstract: Pressing iron composed of a soleplate fixed to a heating body, wherein the soleplate has a pattern of at least 200 steam outlet holes each having a passage cross section smaller than 4 mm2, with spacings of less than 10 mm between hole centers, and wherein the pattern of steam outlet holes is interrupted by an imperforate band having a width greater than 10 mm, which band extends over the pattern.

Abstract: Pressing iron composed of a soleplate fixed to a heating body, wherein the soleplate has a pattern of at least 200 steam outlet holes each having a passage cross section smaller than 4 mm2, with spacings of less than 10 mm between hole centers, and wherein the pattern of steam outlet holes is interrupted by an imperforate band having a width greater than 10 mm, which band extends over the pattern.

Abstract: An iron. The invention relates to a soleplate for an iron, the soleplate comprising a casting (1) secured to a metal ironing cover (4) made up of at least two layers of different materials, said soleplate being characterized in that the metal cover (4) is made up of an assembly comprising at least two layers (5, 6) of co-laminated materials, in which assembly the first layer (5) forms the layer for fixing to the casting (1) and is constituted by the same material as the casting (1) or by a material having similar physical characteristics, and the second layer (6) forms the ironing layer, the thickness of the second layer lying in the range 5% to 40% of the thickness of the first layer (5), and preferably in the range 15% to 17%. A soleplate for an iron.