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Steam iron with tank including overpressure safety device

US8181368B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ROWENTA WERKE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Dierk Spatz · Erbach, DE
Wolfgang Keller · Munich, DE
Jochen Weber · Laufenbürg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2008
Grant date	May 22, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F75/18
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a steam iron that comprises a housing including a tank (5) above a heating body and a safety device that protects the tank (5) against overpressure, the heating body (3) comprising a vaporization chamber supplied with liquid from the tank (5) by a supply circuit, characterized in that said supply circuit includes a member (93) extending inside the tank (5) and having an opening (12) blocked by a valve (94A), said valve (94A) opening a passage through said opening (12) when the pressure inside the tank (5) reaches a predetermined value.

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