Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Jiecong Tang

Ytsen Wielstra

Ya Ling Lee

Sabrina May Fong Khoo

Yong Jiang

Boon Khian Ching

Hee Keng Chua

Boon Teck Tan

Lihong Zhao

Orhan Kahya

Lanying Ji

Tao He

Sivaramakrishnan Sankaran

The invention provides a treatment plate () for a garment treatment appliance (), the treatment plate () having a contact surface () that in use slides on a garment () being treated, the contact surface () comprising a coating () comprising a metal oxide coating (), the metal oxide coating () comprising: &#x2014;first metal ions selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), scandium (Sc), and yttrium (Y); and&#x2014;second metal ions selected from the group consisting of cerium (Ce), manganese (Mn), and cobalt (Co). This invention provides a favorable gliding behavior.

Treatment plate for a garment treatment appliance

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 ().

Steam iron head

The invention relates to a treatment plate () for a garment treatment appliance () for treating garments (), which plate has a contact surface which is provided with a sol-gel coating () that comprises an oxide of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, scandium, yttrium, or a mixture or combination thereof. The layer preferably has a thickness of less than 1 &#x3bc;m. Such a layer shows excellent properties. A garment treatment appliance comprising such a treatment plate, as well as processes to produce the coating on the contact surface of the treatment plate are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a treatment plate () for a garment treatment appliance () for treating garments (), which plate has a contact surface which is provided with a sol-gel coating () that comprises an oxide of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, scandium, yttrium, or a mixture or combination thereof, and wherein the coating comprises a mixed oxide comprising two or more of titanium oxide, zirconium oxide and yttrium oxide. The layer preferably has a thickness of less than 1 &#x3bc;m. Such a layer shows excellent properties. A garment treatment appliance comprising such a treatment plate, as well as processes to produce the coating on the contact surface of the treatment plate are also disclosed.

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