Patent ID: 6318009
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
Steam iron comprising a water reservoir (17) communicating with a vaporization chamber (12) through an outlet (23) having a vertical communication passage (25), and a device (35) for adjusting the water admission flow rate into the vaporization chamber comprising a vertical throttle (39) whose lower end (44) has a bulge (46) and whose upper end (41) is secured to a manual control button (43), said throttle (39) being movable with an axial translation movement within the passage (25) of the outlet (23), under the action of the manual control button (43), between a so-called dry position in which the throttle (39) completely closes the passage (25), and at least one so-called steaming position in which the water can pass through the passage (25),characterized in that the bulge (46) of the throttle (39) is mounted gripped in the passage (25) of the outlet (23) and pointwise bridges a vertical groove (52) which is provided over a portion of the height of the passage (25) and which thus delimits with the bulge (46) of the throttle (39) a cross-section for passage of the water when the throttle (39) is in its steaming position.