Laundry appliance having an ironing assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPeter Hans Bensel, Rafael Baldo Sanz
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Abstract
A laundry appliance and ironing assembly are provided herein. The laundry appliance may include a cabinet and an ironing assembly. The cabinet may extend along a vertical direction between a top portion and a bottom portion. The cabinet may define a laundry chamber for the receipt of articles therein. The ironing assembly may include a casing received on a laundry appliance and an insulated mat selectively received within the casing.
Claims19
An ironing assembly positionable on a laundry appliance, the ironing assembly comprising:
- a casing received on the laundry appliance, the casing the casing comprising a platform defining a recess;
- an insulated mat selectively received within the casing;
- a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) switch mounted within the casing;
- an ironing press in electrical communication with the GFCI switch;
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- a detection switch in operative communication with the recess to detect the ironing press thereon,
- wherein the recess is complementary to the ironing press, and wherein the ironing press is selectively received within the recess.
An ironing assembly positionable on a laundry appliance, the ironing assembly comprising:
- a casing received on the laundry appliance;
- an insulated mat selectively received within the casing;
- a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) switch mounted within the casing;
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- an ironing press in electrical communication with the GFCI switch,
- a winding spool mounted within the casing, wherein the ironing press comprises a retractable cord, and wherein the retractable cord is selectively wound about the winding spool.
An ironing assembly positionable on a laundry appliance, the ironing assembly comprising:
- a casing received on the laundry appliance;
- an insulated mat selectively received within the casing;
- a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) switch mounted within the casing;
- an ironing press in electrical communication with the GFCI switch;
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- a winding spool mounted within the casing,
- wherein the insulated mat is selectively wound about the winding spool, and wherein the winding spool comprises support rod and a retraction spring extending from the support rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.