Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Lihong Zhao

Yong Jiang

Ytsen Wielstra

Hee Keng Chua

Luck Wee Png

Yile Liao

Chien-Ping Adrian Koh

Shenghuai Calvin Lin

Jiecong Tang

Hee Poh Sin

Palani Pandurangan

Ya Ling Lee

Sabrina May Fong Khoo

Kannan Udayappan Praveen

Mun Kong Soo

Han Wei Kenny Shin

Lea Heng Lee

Crisan Popescu

A stain removal accessory that cooperates with a stain removal device for treating a stained area is attached to a front head of the stain removal device, namely to a water and/or steam venting face of the stain removal device. The stain removal accessory includes a container like a pad, a cartridge, a sachet, or a capsule provided with a permeable external layer, for containing a stain removing material, and a flap-flip piece including a holder for holding the container, whereby the stain removal accessory is adapted to release the stain removing material on the stained area when cooperating with the stain removal device by facing a flow of water and/or steam generated by the stain removal device.

Stain removal accessory

Portable stain removal kit () for locally removing a stained area on a fabric comprising a container () for containing a stain removing material () in a solid form, the container () being intended to be in direct contact with the stained area when the portable stain removal kit () is in use, whereby said portable stain removal kit () also comprises a base holder () for holding the container (), and a cover () cooperating with the base holder () for enclosing the container () when the portable stain removal kit () is not in use.

Portable stain removal kit

Portable stain removal device () comprising a detachable stain removal accessory () containing a stain removing material (), whereby said portable stain removal device is suitable for implementing any combination of the following functions: stain removing using a chemical reagent, rinsing the stain residues and chemical residues, and evaporating water from the treated area of the garment.

Portable stain removal device

The present application relates to a garment steaming device (). The garment steaming device comprises a housing () with a steam channel () arranged in the housing () for the passage of steam and a cavity extending into the housing (). The garment steaming device () further comprises a fragrance cartridge () that is removeably disposed in the cavity and a valve assembly () which is disposed between the cavity and the steam channel (). The valve assembly () is adapted to prevent steam to from flowing between the steam channel () and the cavity when the fragrance cartridge () is not disposed in the cavity. The valve assembly and the fragrance cartridge are adapted to cooperate such as to allow steam to flow between the steam channel and the cavity when the fragrance cartridge is disposed in the cavity. This solution allows a user to safely remove the fragrance cartridge from the cavity even when there is steam in the steam channel.

Garment steaming device with valve assembly for a fragrance cartridge

The present application relates to steam iron (). The steam iron () comprises a sole plate (). The sole plate () has a steam channel () for the passage of steam, an ironing surface (), vents () for the passage of steam between the steam channel () and the ironing surface (), an aperture () extending between the steam channel () and the ironing surface (), and a fragrance cartridge () being received in the aperture () such that it extends into the steam channel () to diffuse fragrance in the steam channel (). The aperture () secures the fragrance cartridge () in the sole plate () such that fragrance cartridge () is flush with the ironing surface (). The present invention also relates to a fragrance cartridge () and to a method of imparting a fragrance to steam produced by a steam iron ().

Steam iron for receiving a fragrance cartridge

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.

Treatment plate for a garment treatment appliance

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Lihong Zhao