Abstract: An electric steam iron comprises a pump (20) adapted to remove a quantity of water from a reservoir (17) and to send this quantity, via a selection device (24), either into a steam chamber (14) so as to obtain abruptly an abundant emission of steam through holes in the sole, or to a cold water spray (25), this pump being of the type having a piston (27) movable in an intake chamber (31). The selection device comprises a deformable membrane (56) with two valves (58, 59) associated respectively with two openings, namely an injection opening (44) connected to the steam chamber (14) and a spray opening (45) connected to the spray chamber (25) and subjected respectively to two manual control buttons, namely, a steam button (62) and a spray button (63).

Abstract: A cartridge (1) for mounting in a water circuit of an apparatus (3) comprises a chamber (6) having a first orifice (4) connected to a liquid reservoir, and a second orifice (5) through which the liquid exits. The chamber also contains a resin (8) for demineralizing the liquid, as well as a state-changing material indicating saturation of the said resin, the chamber having a transparent portion (7) permitting a user to verify a color change. The transparent portion (7) comprises two juxtaposed windows (9 and 10) and a separating partition (11) arranged between the first orifice (4) and the second orifice (5), one end of which terminates at the transparent portion (7) between the two windows (9 and 10) and the other free end of which separated from the peripheral wall delimits, for the liquid, a path of predetermined length so as to permit comparison between the two windows.

Abstract: Apparatus for grinding and straining food products such as fruits or vegetables so as to reduce them to a puree, comprises a working receptacle having a bottom wall and a side wall which are figures of rotation having a vertical axis. A sieve is provided, through which the interior of the receptacle communicates with the exterior. A mashing tool is secured for rotation to a rotatable shaft disposed on that vertical axis and is driven by a motor unit, the mashing tool comprising at least one blade having a frontal attack surface so as to form with the internal surface of the side wall, at least in the region of the end of the frontal surface and substantially over all the height of the sieve, a corner at an acute angle which opens in the direction of rotation.