Apparatus for treatment of laundry including a base equipped with a removable reservoir

An apparatus for steam-treatment of laundry including a base connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool, the base comprising a removable reservoir and including a side wall which delimits at least one side of a housing for accommodating the reservoir, the reservoir being able to be inserted into or extracted from the housing through an access opening provided on one side of the base, wherein the side wall includes a window, provided opposite the access opening, allowing visual access to the contents of the reservoir, the reservoir comprising a transparent or translucent portion positioned opposite the window when the reservoir is arranged in the housing,

• wherein the window is equipped with a transparent pane.

An apparatus according for steam-treatment of laundry including a base connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool, the base comprising a removable reservoir and including a side wall which delimits at least one side of a housing for accommodating the reservoir, the reservoir being able to be inserted into or extracted from the housing through an access opening provided on one side of the base, wherein the side wall includes a window, provided opposite the access opening, allowing visual access to the contents of the reservoir, the reservoir comprising a transparent or translucent portion positioned opposite the window when the reservoir is arranged in the housing,

• a locking device adapted to lock the reservoir into the housing,
• wherein the locking device comprises a latch moved by an elastic return device into a locking position, and an unlocking button allowing the latch to be manually moved into an unlocking position.