US 5,730,006 A · Garment de-wrinkler

Abstract

This invention is a garment de-wrinkler that includes a garment bag with a threaded opening in the bottom thereof. A device for controlling the interior environment of the garment bag is inserted into the opening in the bag. The environmental controller is in the form of an exterior canister that is open at both end with a fan mounted adjacent the exterior end. A second canister is mounted interiorly of the exterior canister and includes heating electrodes to create steam from the water or other liquid contained in the interior canister. Air heating elements are provided in the area between the interior wall of the exterior canister and the exterior wall of the interior canister so that when ambient air is blown over the coil the air will be heated prior to entering the garment bag. Finally an automatic timer is provided that automatically steams for a predetermined amount of time with the heated, dry air being introduced for an approximately twice as long so that the garment or garments within the garment bag can be both de-wrinkled and dried.

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Dependent claims

A garment de-wrinkling means including a garment bag wherein garments can be removably placed, said garment bag including an opening in the bottom thereof, the improvement comprising:

means for controlling the interior environment of said garment bag including an elongated exterior housing having openings in opposite ends thereof;
an elongated interior housing that is open at one end and is designed to receive a de-wrinkling liquid therein;
means for heating the liquid within the interior housing to create steam which escapes through the opening in the end thereof;
means for heating air that passes through the exterior housing that ingresses through one end and egresses from the other end;
and means for removably mounting the egress end of said exterior housing in the opening in the bottom of the garment bag whereby steam can be introduced into said garment bag from said interior housing and drying heated air can be introduced thereinto through said exterior housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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