Fabric steamer
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorKin Man Lai
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Abstract
A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric has a housing, a water reservoir, a pump, and a steam generator operatively connected to the pump. The housing has an annular steam emitting head having a hole passing through the steam head. The steam head has an outlet with a shape surrounding the hole so that steam inside the steam head is emitted out of the steam head through the outlet around the hole. A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric also has a housing having a water reservoir, a pump, a steam generator operatively connected to the pump, and an outlet. The steam generator forms a steam path that has a first layer that extends from an inlet into the steam generator on a first side of a heater to a second layer that is on a second side of the heater opposite to the first layer.
Claims14
A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric, the appliance comprising:
- a housing having a water reservoir, a pump, and a steam generator operatively connected to the pump;
- a steam emitting head attached to the housing, the steam emitting head having a front side and a rear side, and a center hole extending through the steam emitting head from said front side to said rear side;
- a steam outlet formed on the steam emitting head and surrounding the center hole so that steam inside the steam emitting head is emitted out of the steam outlet.
A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric, the appliance comprising:
- a housing having a water reservoir, a pump, a steam generator operatively connected to the pump, and a steam emitting outlet, the steam generator forming a steam path having a first layer that extends from an inlet into the steam generator on a first side of a heater to a second layer that is on a second side of the heater opposite to the first layer, the steam generator having a steam generator body connected to a cover on a first side forming the first layer and connected to a plate on a second side that is opposite the first side forming the second layer;
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- a soleplate that connects to the steam generator on the second side to form a third layer of the steam path that heats the soleplate, the third layer being between the plate and the soleplate,
- wherein the steam path extends from the second layer to the third layer, and wherein the third layer extends from the second layer to the steam emitting outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.