Patent ID: 6425197
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
An electric iron comprising a housing, a sole plate, a first reservoir having an outlet for a first fluid, an exchangeable reservoir having an outlet for a second fluid, which has a viscosity, and having coupling means, a nozzle means comprising at least one aperture, a pump for delivering a mixture of the first and second fluids to the nozzle means, said coupling means comprising a first and a second inlet and an outlet, said second inlet of the coupling being fixedly connected to the outlet of the exchangeable reservoir, the first inlet of the coupling and the outlet of the coupling being connected to the outlet of the first reservoir and to a supply tube to the pump, respectively, if the exchangeable reservoir is inserted into the iron, at least one of the inlets of the coupling and/or the outlet of the exchangeable reservoir being provided with a flow restriction that includes a portion having a lessened dimension when compared to the dimension of said inlet or said outlet, which flow restriction is adapted to the viscosity of the second fluid such that, given predetermined pumping characteristics of the pump, a predetermined desired flowrate of the mixture of fluids and/or a predetermined desired proportion of the first and second fluids is obtained.