Patent ID: 6748680
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: D06F,F16K

Abstract:
Thermally controlled apparatus for actuating a drip-stop valve opening in a steam iron, the apparatus having a bimetallic spring disc that is fastened to a carrier element, an edge or edge region of which disc opens or closes the valve opening depending on a curvature position of the bimetallic spring disc, wherein the valve opening is formed by a cross-sectionally variable segment of a tubular or pipe-like flow-through element, and the edge or edge region of the bimetallic spring disc acts directly on the cross-sectionally variable segment by compressing the segment against the carrier element of the spring disc, and wherein at least two closing regions, positioned one behind the other in the flow-through direction, are formed by direct acting of the bimetallic spring disc.