Patent ID: 6233853
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A steam ironing station comprising(a) a steam iron;(b) a steam generator;(c) means for introducing steam from said steam generator into said steam iron;(d) an iron heater disposed in said iron and having an iron heater circuit connectable to a line voltage;(e) temperature responsive means for opening said iron heater circuit when a predetermined ironing temperature is reached;(f) a steam generator heater disposed in said steam generator and having first and second steam heater circuits connectable to the line voltage; an electric power supplied simultaneously by said iron heater circuit and by said first steam heater circuit to said steam ironing station having a maximum value of a rated power of the line voltage and an electric power supplied solely by said second steam heater circuit to said steam ironing station having a maximum value of the rated power and a greater value than the power supplied by said first steam heater circuit; and(g) switching means for placing said second steam heater circuit in a closed state solely when said iron heater circuit is in an open state.