| 摘要 |
An electric steam iron (10, 100) is disclosed as including a body (12), a soleplate (14) with a number of steam outlets (18), a steam chamber (16) formed between the soleplate (14) and the body (12), in which the steam chamber (16) is in a fluid-communicable relationship with the steam outlet (16), a water tank (20) within the body (12) and in a fluid-communicable relationship with the steam chamber (16), a valve (22, 156) downstream of the water tank (20) and upstream of the steam chamber (16), the valve (22, 156) having at least a valve orifice (42, 154), and a controlling mechanism for controlling opening and closing of the valve orifice (42, 154), in which the controlling mechanism includes a valve closure member (34, 134) and a pin (38, 138) with an actuating head (48, 148), in which the valve closure member (34, 134) is a magnet and the actuating head (48, 148) is made of a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic metal or metal alloy, e.g. steel or iron, and the valve closure member (34, 134) is movable relative to the actuating head (48, 148) and the valve orifice (42, 154) between a valve closing position in which the valve orifice (42, 154) is closed and a valve opening position in which the valve orifice (42, 154) is open. |
