Laundry appliance including induction ironing assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsVenkata Chakradhar Rangu, Neki Jashwant Patel, Neelapala Gopinath Yadav
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Abstract
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet for receipt of clothes, and an integrated ironing assembly including an induction coil assembly positioned within the cabinet, such as below a top panel of the cabinet, and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field for heating an ironing tool, such as a ferromagnetic ironing plate, when the ironing tool is positioned within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.
Claims19
A laundry appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a chamber for receipt of clothes;
- and
- an ironing assembly comprising:
- an induction coil assembly positioned within the cabinet and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field;
- and
- an ironing tool that heats up when placed within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.
An ironing assembly positioned below a top panel of a laundry appliance, wherein the top panel is formed from a non-ferromagnetic stainless steel plate, the ironing assembly comprising:
- an induction coil assembly positioned below the top panel and being selectively energized to generate a magnetic field;
- and
- an ironing tool that heats up when placed within the magnetic field generated by the induction coil assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.