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US 2025/0059700 A1Published application
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 constructed to store water therein;
- a steam generator configured to receive water from the water supply tank and heat water;
- a cable constructed to transmit 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,
- wherein the steam iron includes a chamber constructed to receive water and steam from the cable, reheat water and steam, and spray water and steam,
- wherein the chamber portion includes:
- a housing providing a heating space to accommodates at least one of water and steam supplied from the cable;
- a heater coupled to the housing and configured to heat the housing;
- an inlet connected to the cable by extending through one surface of the housing;
- a sprayer configured to discharge steam to the outside of the housing by extending through an opposite surface to the one 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;
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- a guide nozzle allowing at least one of water and steam that have reached the blocking partition wall from the heating chamber to the spray chamber,
- wherein the guide nozzle is provided to face an inner wall of the opposite surface of the housing and is provided to supply water and steam toward the inner wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.