Patents by Inventor Stephanus Tamminga

Stephanus Tamminga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Iron featuring liquid phase garment moisturization
    Patent number: 9038290
    Abstract: An iron (1), comprising: a water reservoir (10), configured to hold liquid water; a heatable soleplate (20), including at least one mist outlet opening (22); water atomization means (30), configured to atomize water from the water reservoir so as to generate a mist of water droplets at a mist generation site (32) mist distribution means (40), configured to distribute the mist from the mist generation site (32) to the at least one mist outlet opening (22), comprising: a distribution channel (42), extending from an air inlet (46), along the mist generation site (32), to the at least one mist outlet opening (22); and an air flow generator (44), disposed in or adjacent said distribution channel and configured to generate an airflow that transports the water droplets, from the mist generation site (32), through the distribution channel (42), to the at least one mist outlet opening (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Stephanus Tamminga, Johannes De Vries, Paulus Duineveld, Klaas Kooijker, Sepas Setayesh, Chee Keong Ong, Kok Wah Ma, Hee Keng Chua
  • IRON FEATURING LIQUID PHASE GARMENT MOISTURIZATION
    Publication number: 20130125428
    Abstract: An iron (1), comprising: a water reservoir (10), configured to hold liquid water; a heatable soleplate (20), including at least one mist outlet opening (22); water atomization means (30), configured to atomize water from the water reservoir so as to generate a mist of water droplets at a mist generation site (32) mist distribution means (40), configured to distribute the mist from the mist generation site (32) to the at least one mist outlet opening (22), comprising: a distribution channel (42), extending from an air inlet (46), along the mist generation site (32), to the at least one mist outlet opening (22); and an air flow generator (44), disposed in or adjacent said distribution channel and configured to generate an airflow that transports the water droplets, from the mist generation site (32), through the distribution channel (42), to the at least one mist outlet opening (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Stephanus Tamminga, Johannes De Vries, Paulus Duineveld, Klaas Kooijker, Sepas Setayesh, Chee Keong Ong, Kok Wah Ma, Hee Keng Chua