Patent ID: 6725586
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A flash iron (1) having a water reservoir (2), a steam chamber (32) and a drip device having an axially displaceable shank (4), the total travel path of which comprises a first path assuring the flow of vaporization through the orifice (520) of a module (5) and a second path displacing the module (5) while opening a larger orifice (22) for the passage of water from the reservoir (2) toward the steam chamber (32), characterized in that the sealing between the reservoir (2), the module (5) and the steam chamber (32) is assured by a first compressed seal, and in that the sealing between the shank and the module is assured by a second compressed seal, the two seals being parts of one and the same elastomer part (52) carried by the module.