Water reservoir for travel irons and control therefor

Claim 1

A SELECTIVELY DETACHABLE AND CONTROLLABLE WATER RESERVOIR FOR A TRAVEL STEAM IRON COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT CONTAINER, AND ELONGATED FITTING CARRIED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER AND HAVING A FLOW BORE THERETHROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER, SAID FITTING INCLUDING A TUBULAR STUD AT ONE END THROUGH WHICH WATER FLOWS FROM SAID BORE, SAID STUD BEING POSITIONED EXTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR SCREW CONNECTING THE CONTAINER TO A TRAVEL STEAM IRON, THE OTHER END OF SAID STUD DEFINING A CUPPED GUIDE AND VALVE SEAT LOCATED IN THE CONTAINER AND AT THE INTAKE END OF SAID FLOLW BORE, AN ELONGATED CONTROL ROD RECIPROCALLY MOUNTED ON SAID CONTAINER AND DEFINING A VALVE AT ONE END AND COACTING WITH SAID VALVE SEAT TO SELECTIVELY CONTROL FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SAID FLOW-BORE, SELECTIVELY MOVABLE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CONTROL ROD AND INCLUDING HIGH AND LOW CAM ELEMENTS FOR SELECTIVELY RECIPROCATING THE SAID VALVE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AND THE DEPTH OF THE CUPPED GUIDE BEING GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF THE HIGH CAM ELEMENT SO THAT THE VALVE END OF THE CONTROL ROD IS POSITIONED WITHIN THE CUPPED GUIDE FOR ALL POSITIONS THEREOF AS THE CONTROL ROD RECIPROCATES BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED VALVE POSITIONS.