Clothes steamer for an aircraft cabin
AssigneeGulfstream Aerospace Corporation
InventorStephen Spencer
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Abstract
A clothes steamer for an aircraft cabin, having a closable case fixed to an internal surface of the aircraft cabin. A steam generator is fluidly coupled to the clothes holding cavity configured to selectively increase the humidity of air within the clothes holding cavity. A temperature and humidity sensors are configured to produce a first signal indicative of a temperature within the clothes holding cavity. A cold finger configured to remove water from the air within the clothes holding cavity. A controller is provided which is configured to receive temperature and the humidity sensor signals and to selectively produce at least one of a steam generator control signal and a cold finger control signal to selectively operate the steam generator and the cold finger.
Claims20
A clothes steamer for an aircraft cabin, the clothes steamer comprising:
- a case having a closable door, the case and closable door defining a clothes holding cavity;
- a steam generator fluidly coupled to the clothes holding cavity, the steam generator configured to produce steam and to direct the steam into the clothes holding cavity;
- a humidity sensor configured to provide a humidity signal indicative of the humidity within the clothes holding cavity;
- a temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of the temperature within the clothes holding cavity;
- a pressure sensor configured to provide a pressure signal indicative of an atmospheric pressure within the aircraft cabin;
- a controller electrically coupled to the steam generator, the humidity sensor, the temperature sensor, and the pressure sensor, the controller configured to produce a steamer control signal,
- wherein said steam generator is configured to receive the steamer control signal and to produce an amount of steam based on the steamer control signal.
A clothes steamer for an aircraft cabin, said clothes steamer comprising:
- a case fixed to an internal surface of the aircraft cabin, the case having a closable door, the case and the closable door together defining a clothes holding cavity;
- a steam generator fluidly coupled to the clothes holding cavity configured to selectively direct steam into the clothes holding cavity;
- a first temperature sensor configured to produce a first signal indicative of a temperature within the clothes holding cavity;
- a first humidity sensor configured to produce a first signal indicative of a humidity within the clothes holding cavity;
- a cold finger configured to remove water from the air within the clothes holding cavity;
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- a controller configured to receive the first signal indicative of a temperature and the first signal indicative of humidity to selectively produce at least one of a steam generator control signal and a cold finger control signal to selectively operate the steam generator and the cold finger.
A clothes steamer for an aircraft cabin, said clothes steamer comprising:
- a case having a closable door, the case and the closable door together define a clothes holding cavity;
- a steam generator fluidly coupled to the clothes holding cavity configured to selectively generate steam and direct the steam into the clothes holding cavity;
- a first temperature sensor configured to produce a first signal indicative of a temperature within the clothes holding cavity;
- a first humidity sensor configured to produce a first signal indicative of a humidity within the clothes holding cavity;
- a pressure sensor configured to produce a signal indicative of air pressure within the aircraft cabin;
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- a controller configured to receive at least one of the first signal indicative of a temperature, the first signal indicative of humidity, and a signal indicative of air pressure within the aircraft cabin, and selectively produce a steam generator control signal to selectively operate the steam generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.