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US 11,560,665 B2Granted
Handheld appliance
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorAnthony Kit Lun Leung
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Abstract
An appliance includes an appliance unit having a housing with the housing having steam emission holes, a heater in the housing, a primary water tank in the housing, and a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit. The cradle has a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle.
Claims17
An appliance comprising:
- an appliance unit having a housing;
- a heater in the housing, the housing having steam emission holes;
- a primary water tank in the housing;
- a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit, the cradle having a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle,
- wherein the appliance unit can operate to emit steam when disconnected from the cradle, and
- wherein the appliance unit can operate to emit steam when connected to the cradle.
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An appliance comprising:
- an appliance unit having a housing;
- a heater in the housing, the housing having steam emission holes;
- a primary water tank in the housing;
- a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit, the cradle having a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle, wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank, wherein the primary water tank is connected to tubing, wherein the tubing has an air valve.
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An appliance comprising:
- an appliance unit having a housing;
- a heater in the housing, the housing having steam emission holes;
- a primary water tank in the housing;
- a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit, the cradle having a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle, wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank, wherein the primary water tank is connected to tubing, wherein the tubing has a height that extends above a height of secondary water tank so that the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank by potential difference of a water level in secondary water tank and a water level in the tubing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.