Abstract: A device for fastening an object to a flat support member is disclosed. The device includes an adhesive coating of at least 0.35 mm which is applied to the support member or the object. The coating may be provided on a table plate, a sideboard or tray as a support. The coating may be applied to a foil element which may be used in different ways in providing a releasably attachable arrangement.

Abstract: An apparatus in which a cordless flat iron is energized by a one or more high-frequency oscillators subjacent the normally horizontal work supporting surface of an associated ironing board. The sole plate of the iron consists of a thin layer of conductive material and is electrically and thermally insulated from the handle of the flat iron. The magnetic field of a polarity alternating at high frequency which is generated above the work supporting surface by the oscillator generates eddy currents in the sole plate when the flat iron is placed on the surface or separated from the surface by normally nonconductive textile material to be ironed.

Abstract: A purification unit includes an electrolytic cell adapted to hold a body of water to be purified and provided with two electrically insulated electrodes, a pump supplying the water to be purified to the cell through a filter and driving purified water out of the unit, a power supply for supplying electrolyzing current to the electrodes, a control circuit which generates a sensible signal indicative of the operating conditions of the pump, the power supply, and the filter, and a housing which encloses the cell, the pump, the power supply, and the control circuit. The housing is partly received in a container for the raw water. The portion of the housing projecting from the container carries a discharge spout for purified water, a connector for an external source of current, and the signal display elements of the control circuit.