Patent ID: 8181368
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. Steam iron comprising a housing ( 1 ) enclosing a tank ( 5 ) above a heating body ( 3 ) and a safety device protecting the tank ( 5 ) against overpressure, the heating body ( 3 ) having a steam chamber ( 11 ) supplied with liquid from the tank ( 5 ) by a supply circuit, wherein said supply circuit, has an element ( 93 ) extending to the interior of the tank ( 5 ) and having an opening ( 12 ) blocked by a valve ( 94 A), said valve ( 94 A) unblocking a passage through said opening ( 12 ) when the pressure reigning at the interior of the tank ( 5 ) reaches a predetermined value, wherein said supply circuit connects a manual pump ( 9 ) to the steam chamber ( 11 ), said pump ( 9 ) being equipped with a check valve ( 97 , 98 ) and said opening ( 12 ) is disposed downstream of the check valve ( 97 , 98 ).