Harold W. Gowdy
General Contractor at Stutts Rd, Asheboro, NC

4277900, Jul 14, 1981

Apr 4, 1980

6/137122

Harold W. Gowdy - Asheboro NC

General Electric Company - New York NY

D06F 7506

38 7783

In a steam iron with a handle, water tank, a steam generating soleplate with ports and a continuous vertical wall enclosing and spaced from an elongated heating element, with steam directing ribs within the wall and a coverplate secured to upstanding bosses to form a steam generating and distributing chamber, an improvement is provided in the chamber construction wherein a plurality of the bosses are disposed along the heating element, preferably as part of the directing ribs, with the bosses being spaced inwardly of the vertical wall to form a straight passage along the wall. The wall has a continuous lip along its upper outer edge forming a cup-like niche for the coverplate with the lip extending well above the coverplate. Generally, the bosses protrude through the coverplate and are staked thereto. A high temperature adhesive sealant is disposed along and over the coverplate periphery at the lip.

4070773, Jan 31, 1978

Oct 7, 1976

5/730378

Harold W. Gowdy - Asheboro NC

General Electric Company - Bridgeport CT

D06F 7506

38 7783

The invention discloses a steam iron water valve structure for feeding water into a steam generating chamber. The valve structure adapts the iron for use with any reasonable tap water available by using a scraping or cleaning arrangement of the various orifice and valve structure to remove deposits on each operation and to reduce the vertical extent of the valve travel.