Portable clothing steamer
AssigneeFrederick C. Turner
InventorFredrick C. Turner
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Abstract
A steamer (10) is provided having a tubular upper portion (11), a base (12) and a stanchion (13) extending between the upper portion and the base. The upper portion has a tubular upper bar (18), a tubular middle bar (17) and a lower bar (16), each having a series of steam ports (24) therein. The base has a heating element (28) which heats water within the base to produce steam which is conveyed through the stanchion to the upper portion where it is then expelled through the steam ports. The steamer is configurable between a working configuration and a compact, stowed configuration.
Claims17
A portable clothing steamer comprising an inverted V-shaped hanger;
- means for supporting said hanger above a floor;
- a manifold having a cross bar with a plurality of steam ports mounted below said hanger;
- and boiler means for generating and supplying steam to said manifold, and wherein at least a portion of said hanger has a hollow interior in fluid communication with said manifold and at least one steam port.
A portable clothing steamer comprising an inverted V-shaped hanger;
- means for supporting said hanger above a floor;
- a manifold having a cross bar with a plurality of steam ports mounted below said hanger;
- and boiler means for generating and supplying steam to said manifold, and wherein said manifold includes a second cross bar mounted below said cross bar having a plurality of steam ports therein.
A portable clothing steamer comprising a hanger at least a portion of which having a tubular, hollow interior, said hollow interior portion having an inverted V-shaped, tubular upper bar extending to a tubular cross bar coupled to said upper bar, said upper bar and said cross bar having a series of steam ports therethrough;
- boiler means for generating and supplying steam;
- support means for supporting said hanger above a floor;
- conduit means coupled to said boiler means for conveying steam from said boiler means to said hanger interior portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.