Electric kettle

An electric kettle, comprising:

• a power supply base;
• and
• a kettle main body to be removably mounted on the power supply base,
• wherein the kettle main body has:
• a container having a bottomed cylindrical shape that contains a liquid;
• a nozzle provided in a lower part of a side surface of the container;
• and
• a valve mechanism that opens and closes a flow channel for the liquid from the container to the nozzle,
• wherein the valve mechanism has:
• a water channel having a cylindrical shape that defines the flow channel for the liquid from the container to the nozzle;
• an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the water channel, the opening/closing mechanism having:
• a valve body provided to be able to open and close the water channel;
• a valve stem that pushes the valve body in a direction from an open position in which the water channel is open to a closed position in which the water channel is closed;
• and
• a drive mechanism that drives a pushing operation of the valve stem to push the valve body, and
• wherein:
• the kettle main body has an armor case having a bottomed cylindrical shape that houses the container;
• the opening/closing mechanism is housed in a space between a bottom plate of the armor case and a bottom plate of the container, and a hole, into and out of which the valve body comes, is formed in the bottom plate of the container;
• and
• the valve body is provided to close the hole from the side of the space and doubles as a sealing member that prevents the liquid from flowing into the space through the hole.