Rowenta Werke Gmbh

Seb S.a.

Martin Krebs

Dierk Spatz

Reinhard Ahlers

Stefan Panten

Matthias Hahn

Jean-Louis Compeau

Denis Paccaud

Jürgen Wenzlaw

Electrical household appliance comprising a base () for the generation of steam, having a liquid tank () mounted removably on a receiving socket () and having a steam generator located outside of said tank (), the steam generator being supplied by gravity by a supply line from the tank () and having a steam outlet through which the steam can escape towards a work tool, such as a crease-removing brush, said supply line comprising an inlet orifice located on the receiving socket (), and said tank () comprising a closed enclosure () having only one outlet orifice () which connects the said inlet orifice when the tank is placed on the receiving socket (), which appliance is characterized in that said tank () connects leaktightly onto said receiving socket () and in that said appliance has a vent line admitting air to the outlet orifice () of the tank, said vent line having one end connected to the exterior which is higher than the outlet orifice () of the tank.

Electric household appliance comprising a base for the generation of steam, having a removable tank

Steam wrinkle-removing appliance including a steam-producing base in which the steam can freely flow out through a hose to a wrinkle-removing tool such as a steam brush, characterized in that the hose is connected to the base by a swivel connector fitted into an adapted housing of the base and in that the steam tightness of the swivel connector is ensured by at least one circular rib (A,) borne by the housing or by the connector, the circular rib (A,) being fitted into a corresponding circular groove (), respectively provided in the connector or the housing, the width of the groove () being slightly greater than the width of the rib so as to result in a gap allowing the connector to rotate freely in the housing.

Ironing appliance comprising a steam cord provided with a rotary connector

A steam iron having a boiling compartment () for producing steam and a steam distribution circuit with a smoothing brush () including a head () equipped with at least one hole () for emitting a flow of steam, characterized in that it contains a steam flow acceleration device () that generates a puff of air to increase the steam flow rate at the outlet of the smoothing brush ().

Steam iron comprising a smoothing brush

Steam wrinkle-removing appliance comprising a water tank () in direct communication with a steam-producing boiling chamber (), said boiling chamber () comprising a heating unit () and a steam outlet () through which the steam can freely flow toward a wrinkle-removing element such as a steam brush, characterized in that the boiling chamber () is supplied with water from the tank () by means of several supply lines () with a small flow cross-section of less than 15 mm, said supply lines extending lengthwise between an end (A) opening into the tank () and an end (B) opening into the boiling chamber () so as to generate head losses that limit the backflow of hot water or steam toward the tank ().

Steam ironing appliance comprising a water container directly connected to a boiling compartment

Steam wrinkle-removing appliance comprising a steam-producing boiling chamber () incorporated into a water tank (), said boiling chamber () being in direct communication with the water tank () while being supplied with water by gravity via at least one supply line () extending from the tank (), said boiling chamber () comprising a heating unit () and a steam outlet () through which the steam can freely flow toward a wrinkle-removing element () such as a steam brush, the tank () comprising a filling inlet (A) in the upper part of the tank (), characterized in that said steam outlet () is in direct communication with a hose () connected to the steaming element () so that the steam produced by the boiling chamber () is not diffused into the tank ().

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Obernburg, Germany

Martin Krebs