Rowenta Werke Gmbh

Seb S.a.

Matthias Hahn

Andrea Lukas

Björn Scheve

Franck Mandica

Dominique Gelus

Dierk Spatz

Martin Krebs

Bjorn Scheve

Jochen Weber

Michel Forest

Michael Kübert

Otto Göhre

Eric Mathieu

C&eacute;dric Bontems

G&eacute;rald Latout

Klaus Hofer

Andreas Ruhmkorff

Manual pump for a household appliance such as an iron, with an activation button that moves between a resting position, to which it is returned by a return mechanism, and a depressed position, into which it is moved by pressing the button to produce a pumping effect, characterized in that said pump has a stopping mechanism exerting a force against the movement of the button toward the depressed position when said button is in the resting position, said stopping mechanism being adjusted so that the force necessary to move the button into the depressed position is greater when the button is in the resting position than when it is not in said resting position.

Manual pump for a household appliance such as an iron

Piezoelectric pump for a household electric appliance having a moving wall interposed between a first casing element defining a pumping chamber with the moving wall, and a second casing element applying pressure to the periphery of the moving wall in order to hold the latter in position. The moving wall has an exterior face in contact with a piezoelectric actuator designed to cause the moving wall to move so as to bring about a periodic variation in the volume of the pumping chamber under the action of the piezoelectric actuator wherein the first casing element and the second casing element are held together under stress by an elastic clip, the elastic clip applying a pressure that tends to compress the first casing element onto the second casing element.

Piezoelectric pump for household electric appliance

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

Provided is an ironing appliance, including a pump that has a pumping chamber provided with an inlet and an outlet, the pumping chamber including a moveable wall having an outer surface contacting a piezoelectric actuator provided to move the movable wall while changing the volume of the pumping chamber by the piezoelectric actuator, wherein the pump is placed in the ironing appliance such that the outlet of the pumping chamber is located at a higher level than the inlet in a normal position for operating the appliance.

Ironing appliance comprising a piezoelectric pump

Appliance for the treatment of fabric articles comprising a water tank, a steam generator for diffusing steam in the direction of the fabric article and a water supply circuit of the steam generator comprising an electric pump, characterized in that said supply circuit comprises a flexible tube () and a device () for adjusting the flow of water sent to the steam generator comprising means () for compressing the flexible tube () so as to modify its cross-section of flow.

Linen processing apparatus including a device for controlling the water flow supplied to a steam generator

A locking device for a telescoping pole for use with a retractable handle system, the pole having at least one moveable section slideably mounted in a guide member having at least one opening. The locking device includes a body fixed to the movable section, a locking member carried by the body and movable between locking an unlocking positions, a rotatable lever carried by the body and pivotable between a release position, in which relative movement is permitted between the movable section and the guide member, and a blocking position, in which the lever comes to bear on the guide member and exerts a force assuring a transverse immobilization of the moveable section in the guide member. The lever is coupled to the locking member to be displaced toward the blocking position when the locking member is engaged in the opening under the force produced by a restoring element.

Locking device for telescoping pole and appliance provided with such a locking device

The invention relates to an appliance for ironing or steaming linen, comprising a device which is used spread an additive over the linen and a container for said additive (). The invention is characterized in that the additive container () comprises a substrate () bearing microcapsules and in that said microcapsules are carried progressively by a flow of fluid discharged by the device in order to spread the additive over the linen, said flow conveying the microcapsules outside of the appliance.

Appliance for ironing or steaming linen, comprising a container for additive

Steam iron comprising a sole () in thermal communication with a heating body () equipped with a steam chamber (), the steam chamber () communicating with a reservoir () by means of a supply circuit comprising a flow control valve () whose degree of opening is controlled by a thermally deformable element () in thermal communication with the heating body (), characterized in that the opening of the control valve () is braked, beginning at an intermediate temperature, by a stabilizing element () that exerts a force that opposes the force generated by the thermally deformable element ().

Iron comprising a valve controlled by a thermally deformable element

An iron comprising a sole plate and a heating body () provided with a heating element (), wherein the heating body () includes a first steam chamber () used for ordinary ironing, and a second steam chamber () used to provide extra steam when the iron is in a horizontal position, or a steam jet when the iron is in a vertical position, and liquid is supplied to said second steam chamber () by means of a pump manually operated by the user and combined with a steam circuit () ending in a set of vapour outlets in the sole plate, characterised in that when the iron is held in a vertical position, the second steam chamber () operates as a boiler-type steam generator, and in that when the iron is in said vertical position, the shape of the second steam chamber () is such that the liquid injected by the pump can be retained prior to vaporisation.

Iron with a vertical crease-smoothing function

Pressing iron composed of a soleplate fixed to a heating body, wherein the soleplate has a pattern of at least 200 steam outlet holes each having a passage cross section smaller than 4 mm, with spacings of less than 10 mm between hole centers, and wherein the pattern of steam outlet holes is interrupted by an imperforate band having a width greater than 10 mm, which band extends over the pattern.

Pressing iron having a soleplate provided with a pattern of steam outlet holes

A soleplate for a clothes pressing iron, composed of: a metal sheet having a lower surface that will be directed toward fabrics to be ironed, a lower surface layer that extends form the lower surface and an interior region that is separated from the lower surface by the lower surface layer, the lower surface layer being mechanically hammer-hardened, or work hardened, to have a hardness greater than the hardness of the sheet prior to being mechanically hardened; and a coating that is hard and resistant to scratching covering the lower surface.

Pressing iron soleplate having a hardened and coated surface

The invention relates to an iron. The inventive iron consists of a liquid container ( ) comprising an inlet ( ) which is fitted with means of receiving and guiding the liquid through said opening towards the container. Preferably, the aforementioned means comprise a part ( ) in the form of a slide valve or chute. Moreover, said means, which pass through the opening, can move in translation between a first open position, whereby the liquid can be introduced, and a second closed position, whereby the means are retracted into the iron in order to close the opening ( ).

Iron comprising a water filling slide valve

An electric toothbrush with a handle, a brush head and a shank which connects the handle to the brush head. A rotary motor is arranged in the handle and drives an unbalanced mass. The unbalanced mass driven by the motor is supported on one side or on both sides in the shank close to the brush head and is driven via an extended drive shaft, preferably an intermediate shaft, by the motor.

Electric toothbrush

An electric toothbrush having a handle with a cavity therein, a motor mounted in the cavity of the handle and having a rotatable shaft, a brush head, and a shaft arranged to connect the brush head to the handle. An eccentric weight is mounted to the motor shaft so as to rotate eccentrically when the motor shaft rotates so that the brush handle vibrates. A further weight is mounted to the shaft so as to be axially movable by a manipulator for adjusting vibration of the brush head.

Electric toothbrush with vibration

A plug-in connector for an electric toothbrush drive mechanism, including an electric motor and a movement converter which is arranged between the motor and a plug-in shaft and sets the plug-in shaft in radial and longitudinal movement, the motor and converter being arranged in a housing, and the plug-in shaft, which is supported in a bottom surface of the housing, has a free end that penetrates the bottom surface, the plug-in connector is detachably connected with the housing and the plug-in shaft is engaged in an installed state with a connecting rod arranged on the inside of the plug-in connector, and an end of the connecting rod remote of the plug-in shaft is in a working connection with a radial drive, the connecting rod and radial drive being connected with one another by an elastically deformable spiral, and the connecting rod, spiral and radial drive being constructed so as to form one piece.

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Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Matthias Hahn