Ironing Appliance Comprising a Piezoelectric Pump
AssigneeRowenta-Werke GmbH
InventorsAndrea Lukas, Björn Scheve, Matthias Hahn, Franck Mandica, Dominique Gelus
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Abstract
Provided is an ironing appliance, including a pump that has a pumping chamber provided with an inlet and an outlet, the pumping chamber including a movable wall having an outer surface contacting a piezoelectric actuator provided to move the movable wall while changing the volume of the pumping chamber by the piezoelectric actuator, wherein the pump is placed in the ironing appliance such that the outlet of the pumping chamber is located at a higher level than the inlet in a normal position for operating the appliance.
Claims12
Ironing appliance comprising a pump that includes a pumping chamber with an inlet and an outlet, said pumping chamber including a movable wall that comprises an outer surface contacting a piezoelectric actuator provided for moving said movable wall while changing the volume of the pumping chamber by means of said piezoelectric actuator, wherein said pump is placed in the ironing appliance such that the outlet of the pumping chamber is located at a higher level than the inlet in a normal position for operating the appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.