Patents by Inventor Boon Kihan Ching

Boon Kihan Ching 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).

  • Electric iron
    Patent number: 6425197
    Abstract: An electric iron is provided which includes a housing (1), a sole plate (2), a first reservoir (6) having an outlet (12) for a first fluid (7), an exchangeable reservoir (8) having an outlet (11) for a second fluid (9), which has a viscosity, and having a coupling (14), a nozzle (10) comprising at least one aperture, a pump (19) for delivering a mixture of the first and second fluids to the nozzle (10), said coupling (14) comprising a first and a second inlet (15,16) and an outlet (17), said second inlet (16) of the coupling being fixedly connected to the outlet (11) of the exchangeable reservoir (8), the first inlet (15) of the coupling (14) and the outlet (17) of the coupling (14) being connected to the outlet (12) of the first reservoir (6) and to a supply tube (18) to the pump (19), respectively, if the exchangeable reservoir (8) is inserted into the iron, at least one of the inlets (15,16) of the coupling (14) and/or the outlet (11) of the exchangeable reservoir (8) being provided with a flow restriction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics., N.V.
    Inventors: Boon Kihan Ching, Arun Sundaram
  • Electric iron
    Publication number: 20010042326
    Abstract: An electric iron comprising a housing (1), a sole plate (2), a first reservoir (6) having an outlet (12) for a first fluid (7), an exchangeable reservoir (8) having an outlet (11) for a second fluid (9), which has a viscosity, and having coupling means (14), a nozzle means (10) comprising at least one aperture, a pump (19) for delivering a mixture of the first and second fluids to the nozzle means (10), said coupling means (14) comprising a first and a second inlet (15,16) and an outlet (17), said second inlet (16) of the coupling means being fixedly connected to the outlet (11) of the exchangeable reservoir (8), the first inlet (15) of the coupling means (14) and the outlet (17) of the coupling means (14) being connected to the outlet (12) of the first reservoir (6) and to a supply tube (18) to the pump (19), respectively, if the exchangeable reservoir (8) is inserted into the iron, at least one of the inlets (15,16) of the coupling means (14) and/or the outlet (11) of the exchangeable reservoir (8) being pr
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Boon Kihan Ching, Arun Sundaram