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US 3,969,607 AGranted
Hand steaming device with automatic power interrupting means
AssigneeOsrow Products Corporation
InventorsLeonard Osrow, Jacques L. LeBaigue
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AssigneeOsrow Products Corporation
InventorsLeonard Osrow, Jacques L. LeBaigue
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A hand steaming device includes a housing having a reservoir adapted to contain a quantity of water, a pair of spaced apart electrodes immersed in the water in the reservoir for generating steam upon passage of electrical current between the electrodes through the water and a switch connected in circuit with the electrodes for selectively controlling the energization of the electrodes from a source of electrical power. The reservoir is provided with a fill port and a removable fill cap seals the fill port. The cap is movable between a first position wherein it seals the port and a second position wherein the port is not sealed. Control means are cooperatively associated with the switch and the fill cap and arranged such that when the fill cap is in the second position the switch is automatically opened to prevent energization of the electrodes and when the fill cap is in the first position the switch can be selectively closed to energize the electrodes or open to deenergize the electrodes as desired.
A hand steaming device comprising a housing, said housing including a reservoir, a pair of spaced apart electrodes located in said reservoir, a fill cap port through which a liquid can be directed to said reservoir, a fill cap for sealing said fill cap port and movable between a position wherein said fill cap seals said fill cap port to a position wherein said fill cap does not seal the fill cap port, said fill cap rotatable in said fill cap port while sealing said fill cap port, switch means connected to said electrodes, and means cooperatively associated with said switch means and said fill cap for selectively controlling the operation of said switch means in response to rotation of said fill cap in said fill cap port and so that when said fill cap is positioned so that it no longer seals said fill cap port said switch means is opened to prevent a source of electrical power which is connected to said switch means from being connected to said electrodes and so that when said fill cap seals said fill cap port said switch means can selectively be closed to connect the source of electrical power to said electrodes and alternatively selectively be opened to prevent said source of electrical power from being connected to said electrodes.
A hand steaming device comprising a housing, said housing including a reservoir, a pair of spaced apart electrodes located in said reservoir, a fill cap port through which a liquid can be directed to said reservoir, a fill cap for sealing said fill cap port and movable between a first position wherein it seals said fill cap port and a second position wherein the fill cap port is no longer sealed, switch means connected to said electrodes, and means cooperatively associated with said switch means and said fill cap for selectively controlling the operation of said switch means in response to movement of said fill cap between said first and second positions such that when said fill cap is in the position wherein it no longer seals said fill cap port said switch means is opened to prevent a source of electrical power which is connected to said switch means from being connected to said electrodes and so that when said fill cap is in the position wherein it seals said fill cap port said switch means can selectively be closed to connect the source source of electrical power to said electrodes and alternatively can selectively be opened to prevent said source of electrical power from being connected to said electrodes.
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