Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Sundaram S Arun

Tang Pong Har

An electric steam iron includes an electrically heated soleplate ( ). The soleplate ( ) has at least one steam vent ( ). The iron also includes a controllable steam generator ( ) for supplying steam to the steam vent ( ). The iron further includes a controller ( ) for controlling the steam generator ( ) and a temperature sensor ( ) for sensing the tempature of the soleplate ( ). The temperature sensor ( ) supplies a temperature dependent signal to the controller ( ). The controller ( ) is adapted to activate the steam generator ( ) in accordance with a predetermined steam pattern. The steam pattern includes at least a first phase of a first predetermined duration, in which steam is supplied a substantially constant peak steam rate, and at least a second phase, in which team is supplied at a substantially constant lower steam rate. At least the peak steam rate depends upon the temperature of the soleplate (

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Sundaram S Arun