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US 12,338,990 B2Granted
Steam generator
AssigneeOtter Controls Limited
InventorsKwok Hung Wong, Alex Reinier Nijhoff, Andrew Hunt
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Abstract
A steam generator including a heating chamber for heating water to generate steam, with a sidewall of the heating chamber being a heating element. The steam generator may be installed in an appliance, and may be removably installed in the appliance.
Claims21
A steam generator, comprising:
- a heating chamber for heating water to generate steam, the heating chamber comprising a lower portion for holding and heating water to generate steam, and an upper portion for receiving steam generated in the lower portion,
- wherein a planar thick film heating element is mounted within a sidewall of the lower portion of the heating chamber such that the heating element is in contact with water within the lower portion of the heating chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.