Fabric steamer apparatus
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsKin Man Lai, Anthony Kit Lun Leung
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Abstract
A handheld appliance delivers heat and steam to a clothing garment or fabric. The appliance has a housing that contains a removable water reservoir, a pump, a control board, and a steam generator. The steam generator has a steam outlet that is a single nozzle connected to one of a plurality of output heads are interchangeably connected. Each output head has a steam outlet of different configurations to selectively vary one or more of steam emission pressure, steam emission distance and steam emission area. One or more output heads include physical components for direct contact with the garment or fabric.
Claims15
A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric, the appliance comprising:
- a housing having a removable water reservoir, a pump, and a steam generator operatively connected to the pump, wherein the steam generator has a first steam outlet associated with a single nozzle having a first diameter;
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- a plurality of output heads that are interchangeably connectable to the single nozzle, each output head having a steam outlet with a differently sized steam outlet diameter that is either the same as or different than the first diameter so that one or more of steam pressure, steam emission distance and steam emission area of the appliance are adjustable by selecting and attaching one of the plurality of output heads to the appliance so that a respective one of the steam outlets is in communication with the first steam outlet of the single nozzle.
A handheld appliance for emitting steam, the appliance comprising:
- a housing having a removable water reservoir, a pump, a control board and a steam generator operatively connected to the pump, wherein the steam generator has a first steam outlet associated with a single nozzle having a first diameter;
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- a plurality of output heads that are interchangeably connectable to the single nozzle, each output head having a steam outlet with a differently sized steam outlet diameter that is either the same as or different than the first diameter so that one or more of steam pressure, steam emission distance and steam emission area of the appliance are adjustable by selecting and attaching one of the plurality of output heads to the appliance so that a respective one of the steam outlets is in communication with the first steam outlet of the single nozzle;
- one or more sensors in the housing that detect attachment of an output head to the housing, wherein the control board adjusts a temperature of the steam generator based on the detected, specific output head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.