Steam iron with a steam-permeable screen

摘要

A steam iron (1) comprising: a housing (2) defining a water vaporization chamber (22); a heating element (12), accommodated by the housing (2) and configured to heat the vaporization chamber (22); a sole plate (8), connected to the housing and defining at least one steam outlet opening (10); a steam-permeable screen (24), disposed within the water vaporization chamber (22) and dividing the water vaporization chamber into a vaporization zone (28) and a steam zone (30); a liquid water supply channel (16) having an outlet (16b) that discharges into the vaporization zone (28); and a steam discharge channel (20) having a steam inlet (20a) that originates from the steam zone (30) and a steam outlet (20b) that discharges into the at least one steam outlet opening (10) in the sole plate (8).

主权项

1. A steam iron comprising:
a housing including a water vaporization chamber that is at least partly bounded by a bottom wall; a heating element thermally coupled to the bottom wall for heating water delivered to the vaporization chamber; a soleplate connected to the housing and defining at least one steam outlet opening; a steam-permeable screen for selectively passing steam disposed within the water vaporization chamber such that it extends over the bottom wall in a spaced apart relationship thereto and divides the water vaporization chamber into a vaporization zone in which water is distributed and vaporized and a steam zone into which steam produced in the vaporization chamber passes through the steam-permeable screen; a liquid water reservoir separate from the water vaporization chamber; a liquid water supply channel having a water inlet that is connected to the water reservoir and a water outlet arranged for delivering liquid water from the reservoir specifically into the vaporization zone; and a steam discharge channel having a steam inlet coupled to the steam zone and a steam outlet coupled to the at least one steam outlet opening in the soleplate.