Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Boon Teck Tan

Yong Jiang

Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan

Hee Keng Chua

Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht

Arnoldus Johannes Martinus Jozeph Ras

Antonius Johannes Joseph Wismans

Yao Hean Chiah

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Karl Catharina Van Bree

Dmitry Nikolayevich Znamenskiy

Boon Khian Ching

Harold Agnes Wilhelmus Schmeitz

Aditya Mehendale

Roel Alexander Rethmeier

Joldert Maria Boersma

Binyam Gebrekidan Gebre

Thomas Petrus Hendricus Warmerdam

Sergio Consoli

Petra Bijl

Luck Wee Png

Yen Leng Pang

Orhan Kahya

Timotheus Johannes Maria Van Aken

Wee Ann Chong

Vignesh Nathamuni Balaji

Jiecong Tang

Kean Hao Raymond Lee

Job Jan Van Der Burg

Rico Paolo Ochoa Ramirez

Bernd Laudahn

Hee Poh Sin

Palani Pandurangan

Chen-Shiang Lee

Yuqi Wang

Weiran Wang

Xin Xian Kong

Kenny Khng

Zhongming Ma

Seetharam Samba Subba Chigurupati

Mun Kong Soo

Joo Pheng Toh

Prakash S S

Joris Pieter Oosterhuis

Jiuyu Zhou

Kai Wong

Dmitry Nilolayevich Znamenskiy

Asok Kumar Kasevan

Ajit Pal Singh

The invention relates to a portable textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate () intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT) for treating the textile. The heatable soleplate () comprises a soleplate opening (H). The device comprises a module (MD) comprising an image sensor () for taking an image of the textile to be treated through the soleplate opening (H), and a control unit () configured for a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of the algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile, and for b) controlling, based on the classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The module (MD) and the control unit () are integrated within the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light which is oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate (), with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in the range from 15 to 70 degrees. The portable textile treatment device further comprises thermal insulation means arranged in-between the heatable soleplate () and the module (MD) for insulating the module (MD) from heat dissipated by the heatable soleplate ().

Portable textile treatment device with image sensor and thermal insulation means

The invention relates to a method of operating a textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile. The method comprises a first step () of setting a first temperature target for the heatable soleplate, and a step () of detecting movement of said textile treatment device. If the step () of 5 detecting movement did not detect any movement of said textile treatment device during more than a given first time duration, a step () of actively decreasing the temperature of the heatable soleplate () up to reaching a first given temperature having a value below said first temperature target.

Method for actively decreasing the temperature of a heatable soleplate in a textile treatment device

The present application relates to a steam iron head (). The steam iron head () has a steam pathway () along which steam flows. A cyclonic chamber () is along the steam pathway (). The steam iron head () also has a flow inlet () to the cyclonic chamber (), a flow outlet () from the cyclonic chamber (), and a conduit () in the cyclonic chamber () defining the flow outlet (). The conduit () upstands in the cyclonic chamber () and has an opening in a free end () of the conduit through which the flow of steam exits the cyclonic chamber (). The conduit () is provided with a rib () to restrict the flow of water droplets formed on an outer surface of the conduit from passing through the flow outlet (). The present application also relates to a steam system iron () having a steam iron head ().

Steam iron head

The present application relates to a steam device comprising a steam chamber having a steam generating surface onto which liquid water is provided to be evaporated into steam, a fabric treating plate comprising a fabric treating face and at least one steam vent through which steam is expelled onto a fabric to be steamed, an outlet flow section located between the steam generating surface and the fabric treating face wherein the outlet flow section defines an indirect flow path between the steam chamber and the at least one steam vent and a heater for heating the outlet flow section such that liquid water which enters the outlet flow section from the steam chamber is evaporated into steam. The outlet flow section comprises at least one boundary surface with a plurality of recesses for reducing the flow rate of liquid water travelling through the outlet flow section.

Steam device

The present application relates to a method of treating a fabric article so that it has a characteristic smell normally associated with garments that have been exposed to natural sunlight, the method comprising positioning a fabric article () to be treated in an enclosure () and irradiating said fabric article positioned in said enclosure with ultraviolet light with a wavelength of between 280 nm and 400 nm and so that it is subjected to a predetermined radiant exposure. A device for treating a fabric article to replicate the characteristic effect of exposing said fabric article to natural sunlight is also disclosed.

Treatment of a fabric article

A steam iron head () employs a soleplate () having a fabric contact surface (), a steam inlet () through which steam flows to the steam iron head (), and one or more steam vents (). A steam passageway () is between the steam inlet () and the steam vent(s) (). A fluid separator () is located between the steam passageway () and the steam vents (). The fluid separator () is configured to restrict the flow of condensation formed in the steam passageway () from passing through the steam vent(s) (). A soleplate panel () forms the fabric contact surface () and a base () of the steam passageway (). The soleplate panel () is configured to be primarily heated by steam flowing along the steam passageway () to the steam vent(s) (). A steam generator system iron may employ the steam iron head ().

The invention relates to a garment sanitizing device () comprising a housing (), a chamber () within the housing to receive one or more garments () to be sanitized. The chamber () comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, and opposite first and second sides each extending from the bottom wall to the top wall. The housing contains a fan () and one or more heating elements (). The at least one heating element is configured to directly heat garments within the chamber by radiation, and the fan is configured to convey air via the at least one heating element to heat the air and to convey the heated air through the chamber to additionally heat the garments by the conveyed heated air. The at least one heating element () is disposed proximate the first side of the chamber to heat garments () within the chamber from the first side of the chamber by radiation, and the garment sanitizing device is configured such that hot air heated by the at least one heating element is conveyed into the chamber from the second side of the chamber. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of sanitizing a garment.

Garment sanitizer

A steam iron () comprising a soleplate (), a heating element () for heating the soleplate (), an inlet junction () comprising a first inlet () for receiving input steam from a steam generator and a second inlet (), a water-steam separator () connected to the inlet junction () to receive steam from the inlet junction () and separate steam from condensed water entrained in the steam. The steam iron also includes an evaporation chamber () connected to the water-steam separator () to receive condensed water from the water-steam separator () and which includes a surface heated by the heating element () to generate evaporated water from the condensed water. The evaporation chamber () is connected to the second inlet (). The inlet junction () comprises a venturi effect nozzle () for expelling the input steam and to generate a reduced pressure in the region of the second inlet () to draw the evaporated water into the inlet junction (). The venturi nozzle () is disposed within an outer tube () of the inlet junction () and the second inlet () is positioned upstream of the end of the venturi nozzle () from which the input steam is expelled, with respect to the flow direction of the steam.

Steam iron

A steam ironing device () provides an ionized steam output using an ionizing arrangement (). The ionization process, in particular the high energy electric discharge used for ionization, breaks down steam particles into finer particles. As a result, a greater proportion of the steam particles generated can penetrate into the fabric of the garment being ironed, to improve fabric treatment and fabric moistening. Air ionization can also be used. The ionization process is improved by limiting the temperature of the steam.

Steam ironing device, ironing board and ironing system, with means for providing an electrically charged steam output

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