37 and an inwardly inclined front wall 39 the rear of tail section 32 is open water cassette 16 includes a bottom wall 36 having a generally rectangularly shaped slot 43 formed therein slot 43 is configured to complement the shape of tail portion 32 so that the tail portion may be slid within the slot to join the cassette to the base slot 43 terminates in a vertical wall 45 which mates with vertical wall 39 of tail portion 32 when the tail portion is inserted into the slot cassette 16 further includes a plurality of horizontally extending ribs 38 to give rigidity to the wall 49 of cassette 16 the ribs also function as a cordwrap for power cord 59 when the iron is stored a cap 51 is threadably received on the spout not shown of the cassette housing 12 includes a nose portion 50 housing 12 is attached to skirt 58 which in turn is attached to soleplate 54 groove 55 is formed between the top surface of soleplate 54 and the bottom surface of skirt 58 groove 55 enables the user to readily iron garments having buttons and also functions to receive projections 20 as previously described skirt 58 is generally l shaped and comprises a horizontal leg 58a and a substantially vertical leg 58b spray nozzle 52 extends forwardly of nose portion 50 of housing 12 nose portion 50 further includes fill opening 48 housing 12 further includes handle 40 steam control valve 42 extends upwardly from handle 40 handle.