PURPOSE: To allow a water nozzle of a water tank to be automatically closed regardless of the operating state of an operating part by a method wherein when a water tank is dismounted from an iron main body, a water fill port of the water tank is automatically closed by the dismounting action of the water tank.
CONSTITUTION: When water is supplied to a water tank 2 or discharged from the tank 2 after ironing work finishes, a latch 19 is disconnected from a retainer 20 to dismount the water tank 2 form an iron main body 1. At this time, the contact between a valve stem 16 and an opener 27 are undone by the dismounting action, so that valve body 17 is descended by the repellent force of a spring 18 to close a water fill port 13. This action is carried out whether a knob 36 of an operating part 35 has been set to 'STEAM' or 'DRY'. Therefore, whenever the water tank 2 is dismounted from the iron main body 1, the water fill port 13 is always closed, so that the water is prevented from unexpectedly leaking form the tank 2.
YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
NAKAJIMA KOSAKU
WATANABE SATOSHI
| JPS59101198A | 1984-06-11 |
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