Apparatus for steam treatment of laundry comprising an ironing board
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorNicolas Lauchet
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Abstract
An apparatus for steam treatment of laundry including an ironing and/or smoothing tool includes at least one hole for the emission of steam and at least one pole which supports an ironing board including a bearing surface that can be arranged vertically and against which a garment to be smoothed can be arranged so that it can be steam-treated using the tool, wherein the board includes at least two parts put end to end and which together at least partially define the bearing surface, and wherein the two parts of the board are connected to one another by at least one connecting rod.
Claims14
An apparatus for steam treatment of laundry including an ironing and/or smoothing tool comprising:
- an ironing board comprising a bearing surface that can be arranged vertically and against which a garment to be smoothed can be arranged so that the garment can be steam-treated using the tool;
- at least one hole for the emission of steam;
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- at least one pole which supports the ironing board,
- wherein the ironing board includes at least two parts put end to end and which together at least partially define the bearing surface,
- wherein the at least two parts of the ironing board are rigidly connected to one another by at least one connecting rod, and
- wherein the at least two parts of the ironing board comprise two lateral edges which have a throat receiving one of the at least one connecting rod, respectively, wherein the throat is configured as a groove and the at least one connecting rod is configured to press fit into the throat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.