Patents by Inventor Lid J. Lim

Lid J. Lim 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).

  • Device for ironing with bypass for selfcleaning
    Patent number: 6105286
    Abstract: A device for ironing laundry having a regulating device and a drip-stop valve arranged in series in a passageway between the water tank and the steam chamber for supplying cold water to the steam chamber for normal steaming operation and a bypass which bypasses the drip-stop valve and in which a valve is arranged for supplying a large amount of cold water directly to the steam chamber for cleaning the steam chamber. For an effective cleaning the location where cold water for cleaning the steam chamber is supplied to the steam chamber is substantially the same as the location where cold water for normal steaming operation during ironing is supplied to the steam chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Boon K. Ching, Kam W. Choy, Lid J. Lim, Kai H. Kwok