Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Yoshiyuki Ujino

Toshio Nakamura

Takahisa Tsuji

Yukitoshi Kunihiro

Touru Hanada

Hideo Obata

Kazuhisa Kawasaki

Tsuneo Saeki

Masaaki Sirakawa

A purifying unit containing an adsorbent is positioned between the discharge outlet of a discharge pipe from which boiled water is discharged, and an extracting chamber, so that boiled water flows into the extracting chamber after detrimental components are removed from the boiled water by the purifying unit. Further, a passage change-over section is provided in order to circulate water through the heater until the water is heated up to a temperature suitable for extraction of coffee, and the passage change-over section allows water to be discharged into the extracting chamber from the discharge outlet of the discharge pipe when the water is heated up to the suitable temperature.

Coffee extractor

A steamer for use in ironing clothes, in which when the pressure in the vaporizing chamber exceeds a predetermined value, the water supply is stopped for the vaporizing chamber even if the user operates the pump excessively, thereby preventing unvaporized hot water from escaping and either scalding the user and wetting the material being ironed.

Steamer with controlled pressure

A steam iron having a removable water tank from which water is supplied to a steam generating chamber disposed in the soleplate of the iron, with steam generated thereby being ejected through apertures in the lower face of the soleplate, has a plurality of operating modes. In steam ironing mode, water is supplied continuously at a specific limited flow rate to the steam generating chamber through a water passage from the water tank. A pump mechanism communicating with the water passage is actuatable for supplying a momentary surge of water into the steam generating chamber for generating a surge of steam, and includes a reverse flow prevention valve which operates during each surge generation. Selection of the steam ironing mode, steam surge generation, or a dry ironing mode, is performed by actuation of a single operating pushbutton which is disposed at the front end of the handle of the iron.

Steam iron with steam surge generation capability

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Nishinomiya, Japan

Yoshiyuki Ujino