ARTHUR H FREEMAN
Engineers in Huntington, CT

5210395, May 11, 1993

Feb 10, 1992

7/833220

Arthur H. Freeman - Huntington CT

Black & Decker Inc. - Newark DE

H05B 100, D06F 7508, D06F 7526, H05F 300

219250

An electric iron includes a handle having first and second members. Electronic components are mounted in a first one of the handle members. An electrostatic protection carrier is mounted in the second of the handle members. The electrostatic discharge protection carrier includes a first electrically conductive track extending parallel to and lying adjacent a first section of a seam formed by joining said first and second handle members. A second electrically conductive track extends parallel to and is spaced from said first track and extends parallel to and lies adjacent a second section of the seam. A third electrically conductive track interconnects the first and second tracks. An electrical conductor is connected to a selected one of the first or second tracks and to a portion of the iron normally held at a relatively low potential for transmitting any electrostatic discharge voltage collected by said electrostatic discharge protection carrier to said low potential iron portion.

5526596, Jun 18, 1996

May 10, 1994

8/240416

Michael E. Bitzel - Reisterstown MD
Edward M. Kubicz - Torrington CT
David Jalbert - Coventry RI
Kenneth H. Patrick - Rainbow City AL
Michael D. Morrissey - Bristol CT
Arthur H. Freeman - Huntington CT

Black & Decker Inc. - Newark DE

D06F 7540

38 96

An electric iron includes a storage base. The iron includes a switch for selectively connecting the iron to a source of electrical power. The iron is automatically disconnected from the source of electrical power when the iron is placed in the storage base.