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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Masao Shimizu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Atsushi Matsuo, Takarazuka, JP;
Mamoru Ikeshima, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kiichi Shimosaka, Moriguchi, JP;
Kenji Kida, Toyonaka, JP;
Tomoaki Kajiura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A steam iron with spray mist includes a water tank for storing water, a vaporizing chamber for vaporizing water in the water tank so as to generate steam, a base for forming the vaporizing chamber, a heater for heating the base, a base cover for covering an upside of the base, a first passage for guiding water from the water tank into the vaporizing chamber, a mixing chamber in which water in the water tank is formed into fine particles by the action of flow velocity of steam generated in the vaporizing chamber, a second passage for guiding water from the water tank into the mixing chamber, a steam passage for guiding steam from the vaporizing chamber into the mixing chamber, and a spray nozzle for spraying water from the mixing chamber by the action of steam so that the sprayed water can be sent out from an upper portion of the base to the front.