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US 11,891,751 B2Granted
Laundry kiosk
AssigneeLaundrySucks.io Inc.
InventorsNishant Jain, Thibault P. Corens
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Abstract
A laundry kiosk is provided according to an aspect of the present disclosure. In an embodiment, the laundry kiosk contains a user interface component to receive laundering choices for a garment from a user and an apparatus to process the garment according to the received choices. The laundering choices include one or more of a combination of cleaning, pressing and drying. A suitable enclosure is also provided to hold the apparatus and the user interface component.
Claims20
A laundry kiosk comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a hanger arranged within the enclosure and configured to receive a garment;
- a left sleeve retainer:
- arranged:
- within the enclosure;
- below the hanger;
- and
- proximal a left side of the enclosure;
- and
- configured to:
- clamp a left sleeve of the garment;
- and
- tension the left sleeve of the garment against the hanger;
- a right sleeve retainer:
- arranged:
- within the enclosure;
- below the hanger;
- and
- proximal a right side of the enclosure;
- configured to:
- clamp a right sleeve of the garment;
- and
- tension the right sleeve of the garment against the hanger;
- a steam nozzle:
- arranged below the hanger;
- interposed between the left sleeve retainer and the right sleeve retainer;
- configured to expel a first jet of steam along a nozzle axis toward an interior surface of the garment to:
- tension a local area of the garment;
- and
- release wrinkles within the local area of the garment;
- and
- an actuator configured to traverse the nozzle axis of the steam nozzle across the interior surface of the garment.
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A laundry kiosk comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a hanger arranged within the enclosure and configured to receive a garment, the hanger comprising:
- a center section;
- a left wing extending from the center section;
- and
- a right wing extending from the center section opposite the left wing;
- a left expandable component:
- arranged on the left wing of the hanger;
- and
- configured to:
- expand into a left sleeve of the garment arranged on the hanger;
- and
- block passage of steam from inside a torso of the garment into the left sleeve of the garment;
- and
- a right expandable component:
- arranged on the right wing of the hanger;
- and
- configured to:
- expand into a right sleeve of the garment arranged on the hanger;
- and
- block passage of steam from inside the torso of the garment into the right sleeve of the garment;
- a set of clips arranged below the hanger, each clip in the set of clips:
- coupled to a base of the enclosure via a retractable cable;
- and
- configured to:
- transiently couple to a bottom edge of the garment;
- and
- tension the garment against the hanger;
- a steam nozzle:
- arranged below the hanger;
- and
- configured to expel a first jet of steam along a nozzle axis and toward an interior surface of the garment to:
- tension a local area of the garment;
- and
- release wrinkles within the local area of the garment;
- an actuator configured to traverse the steam axis of the steam nozzle across the interior surface of the garment;
- and
- a steam generator configured to deliver steam to the steam nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.