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US 12,662,773 B2Granted
Ironing module including steam iron and laundry treating apparatus including the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSungmin Ye, Sungho Song, Jaemyoung Lee, Bokyong Park
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an ironing module including a water supply tank that stores water therein, a steam generator that receives water from the water supply tank and heats water, a cable that transmits at least one of water and steam heated by the steam generator, and a steam iron connected to a distal end of the cable to spray steam to the outside, and preventing condensate from being discharged to the outside of the steam iron.
Claims15
An ironing module comprising:
- a water supply tank configured to store water therein;
- a steam generator configured to receive water from the water supply tank and heat water;
- a cable configured to transmit at least one of water or steam heated by the steam generator;
- and
- a steam iron connected to a distal end of the cable and configured to spray steam to an outside of the steam iron,
- wherein the steam iron includes a chamber configured to receive water and steam from the cable, reheat the water and the steam, and spray the water and the steam,
- wherein the chamber includes:
- a housing defining a heating space configured to accommodate at least one of water or steam supplied from the cable,
- a heater coupled to the housing and configured to heat the housing,
- an inlet connected to the cable, the inlet extending through a first surface of the housing,
- a sprayer configured to discharge the steam to an outside of the housing, the sprayer extending through a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface of the housing;
- a blocking partition wall dividing inside of the housing into a heating chamber in communication with the inlet and a spray chamber in communication with the sprayer;
- and
- a guide nozzle configured to guide at least one of water or steam that has reached the blocking partition wall from the heating chamber to the spray chamber,
- wherein the guide nozzle is configured to spray, in a direction from the inlet toward the sprayer, the water and the steam toward an inner wall of the second surface of the housing.
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