D06F 73/00
Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles
Official title: Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam (combined with external pressure means D06F71/00)
D06F73/00 (Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles) appears on 544 US grants and 658 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 544
- Published applications
- 658
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 957
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 52 | 46 |
| 2025 | 66 | 91 |
| 2026 | 40 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laundry treating apparatus29 Sep 2026US RE51,047 E1LG Electronics Inc.
- Clothes treatment apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,735,831 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,832 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Cleaning fluid composition and method for autonomously cleaning a garment in a kiosk25 Aug 2026US 12,716,161 B2LaundrySucks.io Inc.
- Hanger device25 Aug 2026US 12,716,162 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Clothing treatment apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297841 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Handheld steaming wand for a pressing and steaming kiosk1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297842 A1LaundrySucks.io Inc. (dba Presso)
- Clothes treatment apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275624 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Clothing processing device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258593 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Clothing treatment apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250899 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clothes treating cabinet with inflatable hanger163US 5,815,961 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1998
- Clothes steaming and drying cabinet155US 5,305,484 AJ.S.F. Holdings (Cork) Limited · 1994
- Clothes treating apparatus99US 6,189,346 B1Whirlpool Corporation · 2001
- Garment steaming device with safety nozzle91US 5,609,047 A1997
- Air-flow dryer and method64US 6,745,496 B22004