Ironing system with iron and machine body separable

Abstract

Ironing system comprising an iron, a machine body provided with steam generating means, a tube for sending steam from the machine body to the iron and an electrical cable for supplying the iron; said steam tube and said electrical cable coming from the iron comprise a first connector suitable to be connected, according to a first operating mode of the system, to a second connector connected to a portion of steam tube inside the machine body and to conductors of said electrical cable inside the machine body; in said first and second connectors there are provided electrical contact elements suitable to cooperate with one another and to enable contact of said electrical conductors with said electrical cable and valve means suitable to enable connection of said portion of tube with said tube to enable the passage of steam from the machine body to the iron; said first connector is connectable, according to a further operating mode of the system, directly with an electrical supply cable connectable to the electricity distribution system thus excluding the machine body.

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