Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Resmed Pty Ltd

Chee Keong Ong

Boon Khian Ching

Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan

Gary Chi Yang Lim

Yong Jiang

Asok Kumar Kasevan

Maarten Theodoor Henric Pelgrim

Craig David Edwards

Paulus Cornelis Duineveld

Jessica Lea Dunn

Klaas Kooijker

Angelene Marie Ozolins

Hee Keng Chua

Shannon Day

Sepas Setayesh

Min Li Tee

Michael Kenneth Truscott

Chuan Foong Lee

Marvin Sugi Hartono

Lorenz Eberl

Sahil Wadhwa

Nigel Paul Greig

Orhan Kahya

Christopher Daniel Parker

Vinay Manjunath

Linfang Xu

Bishavjot Singh

Wee Ann Chong

Valiyambath Krishnan Mohankuma

Zhifeng Xu

Rico Paolo Ochoa Ramirez

Kin Leong Yip

Kok Wah Ma

Wai Hong Fong

Yongyuan Shan

Mohankumar Krishnan Valiyambath

Stephanus Tamminga

Johannes De Vries

Hee Poh Sin

Winson Garcia Lim

Sankaralingam Tamilselvan Thirumazhisai

Seek Mooi Yap

A patient interface to deliver a flow of air at a positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to an entrance to the patient's airways to ameliorate sleep disordered breathing includes a frame assembly and a cushion assembly configured to removably and repeatably connect to the frame assembly. The frame assembly and the cushion assembly form at least part of a plenum chamber pressurizable to a therapeutic pressure. The cushion assembly comprises a one-piece construction including a seal-forming structure configured to form a seal with a region of a patients face surrounding the entrance to the patients airways and a frame connection structure configured to removably and repeatably connect the cushion assembly to the frame assembly. The seal-forming structure comprises a first elastomeric material and the frame connection structure comprises a second elastomeric material, the first elastomeric material comprising a lower durometer or hardness than the second elastomeric material.

Seal-forming structure, positioning and stabilizing structure and diffuser vent for patient interface

A garment steaming device includes a steam generator () having a heater () and an ironing surface () against which a fabric of a garment is locatable. An intermediate section () is disposed between the steam generator and the ironing surface to transfer heat from the steam generator to the ironing surface so that the ironing surface is indirectly heated by the steam generator via the intermediate section. The operating temperature of the ironing surface is not user selectable during use. Furthermore, the intermediate section is configured to have a thermal transmittance so that, during use, heat transfer from the steam generator to the ironing surface is controlled and the temperature of the ironing surface is maintained between 90&#xb0; C. and 155&#xb0; C. when the ironing surface is located against a fabric in each of a stationary condition and a moving condition.

Garment steaming device

The present application relates to a hand-held garment steamer () comprising a steam generating chamber () having a surface () and a heater () to heat the surface () such that water fed onto the surface () is converted into steam. The hand-held garment steamer () further comprises a scale collection chamber () having an opening (). The surface () and opening () are positioned relative to each other and configured so that when the garment steamer () is in a first orientation (A) in which the surface () extends downwardly away from the opening (), water fed onto the surface () flows away from the opening () to be evaporated from the surface (). When the garment steamer () is in a second orientation (B) in which the surface () extends downwardly towards the opening (), scale dislodged from the surface () falls into the scale collection chamber () through the opening (). The scale collection chamber () is located below the steam generating chamber () in both the first orientation (A) and the second orientation (B). The present application also relates to a garment steaming system () comprising the hand-held garment steamer ().

Hand-held garment steamer with scale collection chamber

The present application relates to a steam generator () for a steaming device () comprising a chamber () having a base () and a liquid receiving space () above the base (), a heater () for heating water in the liquid receiving space (), a steam outlet (), and a foaming restriction barrier () disposed between the steam outlet () and the base (). The foaming restriction barrier () comprises a first barrier section () spaced from the liquid receiving space () between the steam outlet () and the liquid receiving space (). The first barrier section () is configured to prevent foam from passing into the steam outlet (). The foaming restriction barrier () also comprises a second barrier section () spaced from the first barrier section () between the first barrier section () and the liquid receiving space (). The second barrier section () is configured to prevent foam from passing from the liquid receiving space () into an intermediate space () between the first and second barrier sections (). The second barrier section () is configured so that all the steam generated from heating water in the liquid receiving space () below the second barrier section () passes through the second barrier section () into the intermediate space () and, from the intermediate space () through the first barrier section (), before passing through the steam outlet ().

Steam generator for a steaming device

The present application relates to a steaming device. The steaming device comprises a steam generator () having a heated surface (), a pump configured to direct fluid against the heated surface () to generate steam, an orientation detector to detect orientation of the heated surface (), and a control unit. The control unit is configured to operate the pump to adjust the flow rate of the pump in dependence on the orientation of the heated surface determined by the orientation detector.

Steaming device

A steam iron () comprising: a housing () defining a water vaporization chamber (); a heating element (), accommodated by the housing () and configured to heat the vaporization chamber (); a sole plate (), connected to the housing and defining at least one steam outlet opening (); a steam-permeable screen (), disposed within the water vaporization chamber () and dividing the water vaporization chamber into a vaporization zone () and a steam zone (); a liquid water supply channel () having an outlet () that discharges into the vaporization zone (); and a steam discharge channel () having a steam inlet () that originates from the steam zone () and a steam outlet () that discharges into the at least one steam outlet opening () in the sole plate ().

Steam iron with a steam-permeable screen

An iron (), comprising: a water reservoir (), configured to hold liquid water; a heatable soleplate (), including at least one mist outlet opening (); water atomization means (), configured to atomize water from the water reservoir so as to generate a mist of water droplets at a mist generation site () mist distribution means (), configured to distribute the mist from the mist generation site () to the at least one mist outlet opening (), comprising: a distribution channel (), extending from an air inlet (), along the mist generation site (), to the at least one mist outlet opening (); and an air flow generator (), disposed in or adjacent said distribution channel and configured to generate an airflow that transports the water droplets, from the mist generation site (), through the distribution channel (), to the at least one mist outlet opening ().

Iron featuring liquid phase garment moisturization

A steam ironing device (), comprising: an iron, including a soleplate () provided with at least one steam outlet opening (); soleplate heating means () configured to heat the soleplate (); a steam generator () including a heatable steam generation chamber () that is fluidly connectable to the at least one steam outlet opening () in the soleplate; and control means (), operably connected to the soleplate heating means () and the steam generator (), and configured to control a soleplate temperature and a steam rate of the steam ironing device, wherein the control means () are configured to heat the soleplate to a non user-adjustable temperature in the range of 105-145&#xb0; C., and to provide for a time-averaged steam rate of at least 50 grams/minute.

Steam ironing device

A steam iron having a bipartite steam rate control, based on a combination of a user-control, which allows a user to consciously set a desired steam rate, and an intuitively operated handle, which may conditionally provide the steam rate control assembly with corrective, energy saving input.

Steam iron

An ironing device includes a base, a handle moveable relative to the base, and a resilient member biasing the handle in an upper position and allowing movement of the handle upon exertion of a force thereon by a user towards a lower position. Further, a steam controller is operatively connected to the handle such that release of steam of the ironing device is intuitively controlled by the force exerted on the handle by the user. A console is connected with the base and is provided with at least one operating button. The handle includes a recess for accommodating the console, where the console and the handle are configured so that an operating button is operable with the same hand that holds the handle.

Ironing device

Steam irons with a steam valve that is controlled by an intuitively operated, usually pivotable handle may not provide consistent steam ironing behavior due to the fact that the force exerted on the handle by the user may change over time. To overcome or mitigate the problem, the present invention provides a steam iron (), comprising a by-pass () around the handle-operated valve (). The by-pass allows a relatively small but continuous water stream to be transported from a water reservoir () to steam outlet openings () in the soleplate () of the iron. Consequently, subject to an ample supply of water, the steam iron provides a minimum of steam ironing comfort throughout a steam ironing session.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Chee Keong Ong