Moistener Patents (Class 38/3)
  • Patent number: 10968561
    Abstract: A system iron according to the present invention includes a body including a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate rotatably disposed on the body and spraying the steam, which is generated by the steam generator, to an outside thereof, a top being hung on an outer side of the ironing plate; a spreading unit for tensioning the top hung on the outer side of the ironing plate; a front press for holding a front surface of the top, which is hung on the outer side of the ironing plate; and a pair of arm tensioners for tensioning sleeves of the top hung on the outer side of the ironing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungmin Ye, Sungho Song
  • Publication number: 20150075038
    Abstract: Manual pump for a household appliance such as an iron, with an activation button that moves between a resting position, to which it is returned by a return mechanism, and a depressed position, into which it is moved by pressing the button to produce a pumping effect, characterized in that said pump has a stopping mechanism exerting a force against the movement of the button toward the depressed position when said button is in the resting position, said stopping mechanism being adjusted so that the force necessary to move the button into the depressed position is greater when the button is in the resting position than when it is not in said resting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Matthias Hahn
  • Publication number: 20150020419
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is provided. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet having a receiving space in which laundry is received, a supply device supplying at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space, and a presser provided in the receiving space, the presser including a support device to support the laundry and a compression device to compress the laundry supported by the support device to form a crease in the laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jiyoung PARK, Jiyeon Min, Ayeong Lee, Sogkie Hong
  • Patent number: 8915102
    Abstract: A clothes-treating apparatus is disclosed. According to the present invention, the clothes-treating apparatus includes a steam spraying unit capable of preventing water condensed from steam from flowing into an accommodating space containing clothes and it has an improved steam spraying unit to enhance work efficiency when a worker assembles parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Wook Moon, Dae Yun Park, Sog Kie Hong, Jong Seok Kim, Seung Gyu Ryu, Kwang Hee Lee, Hye Yong Park, Chang Gyu Choi
  • Publication number: 20120131822
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a steam blow head of the garment steamer, which includes a body and a switching unit. The body is disposed with a steam inlet, a first steam outlet and a second steam outlet. The switch includes a valve body with an inlet and two outlets, a valve disc movable to switch the connection between the two outlets and the inlet and a switch. The inlet is connected to the steam inlet, and the two outlets are separately connected to the first steam outlet and the second steam outlet. The valve is movable disposed inside the body, and the switch is driving connected to the valve disc outside the body. The steam blow head of the garment steamer is full function and art structure with easy operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Chih PAN, Ruifeng Cai
  • Publication number: 20110252674
    Abstract: A tunnel finisher in which the articles of clothing (14) are impinged on with steam pulses in a discontinuous fashion. This lowers the steam requirement. It is additionally provided that other points of the article of clothing (14) are continuously impinged on with steam, as a result of which no damage to the articles of clothing (14) occurs during the steam impingement. It is finally provided that transport hangers (15), on which the articles of clothing (14) hang while being transported through the tunnel finisher, are rotated in opposite directions, as a result of which halves of adjacent articles of clothing (14) alternately assume relatively large and relatively small spacings relative to one another. In this way, the articles of clothing (14) can be impinged on effectively and with steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Wolf, Engelbert Heinz
  • Publication number: 20110225857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can make easy drying, deodorizing, crumple removal and sterilization of clothes, characterized in that laundry treating apparatus is provided with a hanger bar for receiving clothes hangers of different shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong Seok KIM, Sung Min KIM, Dae Yun PARK, Sog Kie HONG
  • Publication number: 20110209364
    Abstract: A garment care system includes a steam generator having a steam outlet, and a handset having a steam inlet arranged for coupling to the steam outlet, an opening for releasing steam and a steam control unit for controlling a valve for controlling the release of steam. The steam control unit includes a selector unit having at least two selection options, and a steam release switch connected to the selector unit and arranged for starting or stopping the release of steam in dependence on the selected option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: MO TAN NG, CHAITHRA BELLE, HOCK SOON TIEW, TANG PONG HAR
  • Patent number: 7870685
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of covering materials for use with a vehicle component, in particular for pieces of trim or vehicle seats, whereby the moisture content of the covering material is temporarily increased, such that the covering material is softened in a treatment chamber by the introduction of moisture and then smoothed by the action of a drawing force extending the covering material is disclosed. A vehicle component treated by the above method, in particular seats, roof linings, and trim pieces for motor vehicles is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH
    Inventor: Henry Wurm
  • Publication number: 20100251581
    Abstract: A device for removing the wrinkles from the sleeve of a garment. A working surface defines a plurality of openings. Each of first and second sleeve holders are secured proximate an opening at a proximal end of each sleeve holder. First and second air bags are each configured to substantially surround a cooperating sleeve holder. Each sleeve holder and cooperating air bag is adapted to be received within a sleeve of the garment to extend the sleeve from the working surface. In one embodiment, a steam transfer device is configured to selectively transfer steam into each air bag and outwardly through each air bag to an interior surface of the sleeve. In another embodiment, a heated air transfer device is configured to selectively transfer heated air into each air bag and outwardly through each air bag to an interior surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Ernest J. Hickle, Joe Brogan, Kevin Cliff
  • Publication number: 20070151129
    Abstract: A nebulizer assembly for use in a fabrics revitalizing system having a fabric treatment chamber comprises a fluid reservoir configured to contain a fluid; an air flow channel in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir; a mist generator configured to generate a mist in the fluid reservoir; and a fan in fluid communication with the air flow channel to draw air through the air flow channel and transport the mist to the interior of the fabric treatment chamber. The nebulizer assembly can include a transitional assembly that communicates the nebulizer assembly with the fabric treatment chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Karl D. McAllister, Alexander V. Minkin
  • Patent number: 6941623
    Abstract: An improved finishing treatment for pile carpets is described. The improvement lies in providing a method and apparatus for producing a controlled manner, uniform and unidirection pile lean, and to stabilize the pile lean with that orientation to restrict reversal of the pile lean during actual use of the carpet on the floor. One method of the invention is to transport the pile carpet past a pre-orientation brush or roller, through a pair of compression rollers that cause the pile to lean in the trailing direction whilst subjecting the pile to a compression cycle. The improved treatment may be applied to both cut and loop pile carpets and may find application in carpet manufacture, making the carpet resistant to pile reversal in use and reducing the propensity of the carpet to shade in an objectionable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Hendrik Brorens, Cornelis Jan Van Lujik
  • Publication number: 20040010950
    Abstract: A hand held appliance for use in applying steam to a garment or other item made of fabric includes a pump, a boiler and a switch. Power is applied through the switch to the pump. The pump pumps water from the water tank to the boiler. The water is converted to steam in the boiler and is expelled from the appliance through a set of nozzles. The appliance may include optional attachments for performing other operations on garments or fabric, for example, applying pressure, brushing, scrubbing or lint removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: CONAIR CIP, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Kit Lun Leung, Chung Shun Tse
  • Publication number: 20010037590
    Abstract: A fluid supply and reservoir is proved which may be used in conjunction with a clothes refreshing appliance. A fluid cartridge has a top wall to which the nozzle assembly may be secured, and a supply of pressurized air is connected to the nozzle assembly to draw fluid from the reservoir into the nozzle assembly through a siphon tube by a venturi action. The air supply may be provided through an air supply arrangement which includes guide walls for positioning the nozzle assembly relative to the air supply, and a resiliently mounted air supply tube for mating with an air supply opening in the nozzle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Bruce Grant MacGregor, Alex Kazaks, Bradford W. Flora, Henry F. Doersam, George Crothall, Ana Taiyuan Chang
  • Patent number: 5604800
    Abstract: A multi-component system for linking a user to a product or service provider includes a user processing device, a storage device, and a provider device. The storage device stores provider-specific application software, user-specific data, and a file management program. The storage device and the processing device are coupled to each other to form a user device which communicates with the provider device. Under direction of the file management program, the processing device carries out a recognition methodology which determines whether the processing device and the storage device are authorized to operate with each other. This aspect of the system makes it possible to render the storage device operable only with a specific user processing device, referred to as the principal processing device. This, in turn, reduces the possibility of fraud since the storage device cannot be used without the principal processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: ETA Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Johnson, Charles C. McMullen
  • Patent number: 4998359
    Abstract: A flatwork ironer for the ironing of sheets, including a housing, having a series of troughs, and a roll associated with each, spray device in proximity with each roll, for the timed spraying of lubricating wax thereon, the spray includes a spray conduit, for conveyance of wax under pressure from a reservoir for dispensing through spray nozzles onto each roll for the time needed, and then providing a return line for draining any excess wax back to the reservoir; the controls for automatic spraying of lubricating wax onto the roll(s) includes a pump, a motor, a computer program including a timer, various solenoids, cams, for furnishing the controlled de-energization of the flatwork feed table and vacuum motors, and the initiation of a lubricating cycle, to achieve its functioning, with a reinitiation of the ironer mechanisms for further operation, with the automatic resetting through circuitry of the timer in preparation for the next lubricating cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: The Rhymer Company
    Inventors: Bill R. Rhymer, Luc Rouquart
  • Patent number: 4197663
    Abstract: In an apparatus for the continuous pressing and decatizing of fabric, a pressure belt serves to move a fabric undergoing treatment around a rotatably-mounted and heatable cylinder. The pressure belt directly contacts the fabric to press it against the cylinder. The surface of the pressure belt is arranged to be heated by a heating roller around which the belt passes prior to passage around the cylinder. The cylinder and heating roller can be independently heated to different temperatures to produce a temperature differential across the fabric as it is pressed. As a result, moisture condensation preferentially occurs on one side of the fabric causing luster reduction on that side of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Firma Drabert Sohne
    Inventor: Dieter Riedel