HAND-HELD STEAM APPLIANCES

摘要

A steam generating appliance such as an electric iron comprises a base unit (91) and a hand-held mobile unit (1) which can be releasably coupled to the base unit. The base unit comprises a reservoir for water and a pump for pumping water from the reservoir into the mobile unit when the mobile unit is coupled to the base unit. The mobile unit comprises a boiler (52) and an on-board reservoir for water (36), wherein the on-board reservoir (36) is adapted to store water received from the base unit (91) under pressure and to deliver the water to the boiler (52) under the control of a user-operable valve (46).