Garment steamer

摘要

A garment steamer has a housing with a reservoir and a boiler for converting water to steam. The housing includes a normally closed valve in a flow path between the reservoir and the boiler. A removable fill plug in a fill opening or inlet of the reservoir is configured to engage the valve to permit water to be communicated from the reservoir via an outlet to the boiler for conversion into steam. The plug-actuated valve isolates the boiler from the reservoir when the plug is removed, providing safer refilling when the boiler is hot. The garment steamer also includes a steam discharge head coupled by a hose to the housing and configured to direct steam onto a garment or similar item.

主权项

1. A housing for a garment steamer, comprising:
(a) a water tank having a first section and a second section, wherein the first section includes an inlet for receiving water and the second section includes an outlet for discharging water, wherein the second section is in communication with and positioned underneath the first section; (b) a first device disposed within the first section and in communication with the inlet for substantially sealing water within the first section, wherein the first device is capable of extending into at least a portion of the first section of the water tank; (c) a second device disposed within the second section and in communication with the first device, wherein in an engaged configuration the first device actuates the second device thereby discharging water through the outlet; and wherein the first device is a fill plug and the second device is a valve assembly.