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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Volkmar Uebele, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Klaus Maier, Offenbach, DE;
Reinhard Ahlers, Offenbach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rowenta Werke GmbH, Offenbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 75/18 (2006.01); D06F 75/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a steam iron comprising a water reservoir (), a hydraulic circuit () connecting the reservoir () to an electrically heated vaporization chamber (), the circuit including in series an anti-drip valve (), and an adjustable drip element () capable, in a self-cleaning position, of opening allowing a free passageway and supplying water to said chamber. The invention is characterized in that the drip element comprises means for opening or maintaining open the anti-drip valve (), when it is in the self-cleaning position.