Electric steaming device
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorMohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electric steaming device, such as a steam iron or a facial sauna, having a steam generator (5) with a heatable base (12). According to the invention, water is sprayed onto the heatable base (12) via a nozzle (10) to generate steam (22). Some of the sprayed water (23) is mixed with the steam and taken along with the steam towards the steam outlet opening (16). The advantage is a high wet steam or vapor (24) production rate.
Claims10
An electric steaming device comprising a housing, a steam generator (5;105) having a base (12;112), heating means (19;119) for heating said base of the steam generator, a water reservoir (4;104), at least one steam outlet opening (16;116), means (6,10;106,110) for feeding water from the water reservoir into the steam generator, and at least one passageway (17,117) for conveying steam from the steam generator (5;105) toward the at least one steam outlet opening (16;116), characterized in that the means for feeding water into the steam generator comprises a spray nozzle (10;110) for spraying water onto the base (12;112) of the steam generator (5;105), said means for spraying water being so adapted that a portion of the sprayed water is mixed with and taken along with conveyed generated steam as it exits the at least one steam outlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.