Patent ID: 7191554

Claim:
An electric iron comprising: a housing; a soleplate connected to the housing; a heater for heating the soleplate; a fluid holding system connected to the housing, the fluid holding system comprising a single multi-reservoir liquid holding tank comprising: a first fluid reservoir; and an adjacent second fluid reservoir separated from the first fluid reservoir by a common wall; and a fluid dispensing system for dispensing fluid from the first reservoir and for dispensing water from the second reservoir, wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises a spray nozzle connected to the housing and a pump connecting the first reservoir to the spray nozzle, wherein the fluid dispensing system is adapted to dispense fluid from the first reservoir through the spray nozzle and without addition of water from the second reservoir; wherein the fluid dispensing system comprises a first conduiting path from the first reservoir to the spray nozzle and a completely separate second conduiting path from the second reservoir to the soleplate.