Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Luck Wee Png

Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan

Hee Keng Chua

Siew Hon Loke

Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht

Arnoldus Johannes Martinus Jozeph Ras

Joldert Maria Boersma

Milind Vishwas Date

Sahil Wadhwa

Linfang Xu

Boon Teck Tan

Antonius Johannes Joseph Wismans

Thomas Petrus Hendricus Warmerdam

Timotheus Johannes Maria Van Aken

Lihong Zhao

William Wai Lik Wong

Mahesh Gurumalliah Areyur

Yao Hean Chiah

Wee Ann Chong

Rico Paolo Ochoa Ramirez

Palani Pandurangan

Miling Vishwas Date

Mahesh Gurumalliah Areuyr

Slew Hon Loke

Mun Kong Soo

Joo Pheng Toh

Prakash S S

Joris Pieter Oosterhuis

Zhibin Ye

Rico Paolo Ramirez

Poh Choon Lee

Chong Yue Ting

Yi Ling Priscilla Tan

Boon Khian Ching

Crisan Popescu

Yong Jiang

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 present application relates to a hand-held steamer head for a fabric steamer. The hand-held steamer head has a body () with one or more steam vents () and a friction surface () for locating against a fabric to be steamed. The friction surface () is configured to act on the fabric to resist movement of the fabric relative to the body () as the body () is drawn over the fabric. The present invention also relates to a fabric steamer having a hand-held steamer head and a hand-held steamer head kit.

Hand-held steamer head

A steam iron () comprises a steam generator () having a main body portion () including an electrical heating element () to heat the steam generator (), and an ironing plate () coupled to the steam generator () via a thermal coupling and configured to be passively heated by conduction of heat from the steam generator () via the thermal coupling. The thermal coupling between the steam generator () and the ironing plate () comprises an indirect thermal path formed by a flange () of the steam generator (), the flange () being in contact with the ironing plate () and being spaced from the main body portion () of the steam generator (), the flange () also being configured to space the main body portion () of the steam generator () from the ironing plate () to restrict the conduction of heat from the main body portion () of the steam generator () to the ironing plate ().

Steam iron

The present application relates to a steam device comprising a steam generator (), at least one steam vent () through which steam is emitted from the steam device, a steam path () between the steam generator () and the at least one steam vent (). The steam path () has a base () along which scale is able to pass. The steam device also comprises a noise generator () configured to act on steam generated by the steam generator () to generate noise. The noise generator () is spaced from the base () of the steam path () so that scale is not obstructed by the noise generator ().

Steam device with a noise generator

A steam iron () comprises a steam generator () comprising a main body portion () including an electrical heating element () to heat the steam generator (), and an ironing plate () coupled to the steam generator () via a thermal coupling and configured to be passively heated by conduction of heat from the steam generator () via the thermal coupling. The thermal coupling between the steam generator () and the ironing plate () comprises an indirect thermal path formed by a flange () of the steam generator (), the flange () being in contact with the ironing plate () and being spaced from the main body portion () of the steam generator (), the flange () also being configured to space the main body portion () of the steam generator () from the ironing plate () to restrict the conduction of heat from the main body portion () of the steam generator () to the ironing plate ().

The present application relates to a hand-held steamer head. The steamer head () comprises a handle () and a soleplate () through which steam is ejected onto a surface being steamed. The soleplate is flexibly coupled to the handle or the soleplate is pivotally coupled to the handle and is biased in a direction away from the handle by a biasing member.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Luck Wee Png