base plate 12 a second heating element 22 is located proximate to or integral with the steam chamber 18 for converting water in the steam chamber to steam in another embodiment of the present invention a pre heating element 24 is located proximate to or integral with the water reservoir 16 for pre heating the water stored in the water reservoir 16 although the heating elements 20 22 and 24 are shown as adjacent to the base plate 12 steam chamber 18 and water reservoir 16 respectively it will be understood by those of skill in the art that the heating elements may comprise various types of heating elements and be located at several different positions such as adjacent to near to or integral with the base plate 12 water reservoir 16 and steam chamber 18 respectively thus the present invention should not be limited by the type number or location of the heating elements at least one steam pipe 26 connects the base plate steam outlets 14 with the steam chamber 18 and allows steam in the steam chamber 18 to move to the steam outlets 14 and exit or be sprayed from the iron 10 a first valve 28 is located along.