Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Orhan Kahya

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Yong Jiang

Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan

Karl Catharina Van Bree

Dmitry Nikolayevich Znamenskiy

Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht

Aditya Mehendale

Arnoldus Johannes Martinus Jozeph Ras

Binyam Gebrekidan Gebre

Antonius Johannes Joseph Wismans

Petra Bijl

Sergio Consoli

Yao Hean Chiah

Bastiaan Johannes De Wit

Harold Agnes Wilhelmus Schmeitz

Chee Keong Ong

Arjan Sander Vonk

Anke Rieka Meulendijks

Chengang Cao

Fermín Espín Franco

Rinse Hendrik Bosma

Robert Friso Burgers

Boon Teck Tan

Yen Leng Pang

Jiecong Tang

Wee Ann Chong

Albert Al-shorachi

Jamila Midhat

Hee Poh Sin

Xin Xian Kong

Kenny Khng

Harold Agnes Willhelmus Schmeitz

Wai Lik Wong

Fermín ESPÍN Franco

Albert Al-Shorachi

Kai Wong

Winson Garcia Lim

Tao He

Sivaramakrishnan Sankaran

Dmitry Nilolayevich Znamenskiy

A cleaning device designed to clean a surface includes a cleaner nozzle to face the surface to be cleaned and to perform a cleaning action on the surface, where the cleaner nozzle accommodates at least one rotatably arranged brush including flexible brush elements having tip portions which are intended to contact the surface. The cleaning device includes a force-actuable mechanism that is responsive to a change of a user force on the cleaning device acting to press the cleaner nozzle against the surface when the cleaner nozzle is in an operational position on the surface, and that is functional to cause a change of a value of at least one parameter of operation of the cleaning device, thereby enabling more intuitive handling of the cleaning device by a user.

Cleaning device and cleaner nozzle designed to be used in a cleaning device

A cleaning device for cleaning a surface is described. The cleaning device includes at least one cleaning element and a wetting system to supply a cleaning liquid to the at least one cleaning element. The wetting system is operable in one of at least one normal operation mode and a boost operation mode involving an increased supply rate of the cleaning liquid with respect to the at least one normal operation mode. During start-up of the cleaning device in a wet cleaning mode thereof, a start-up operation mode of the wetting system is determined to be one of the normal operation mode or the boost operation mode on the basis of assessment of an actual value of at least one parameter that is indicative of whether or not the at least one cleaning element is in a wet cleaning condition.

Determining a start-up operation mode of a wetting system of a cleaning device

The invention relates to a portable device () comprising a bottom surface (BS) intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT). The portable device comprises an image sensor () for taking an image of a textile, and an illumination system () for illuminating a portion of the textile when said image is being taken. The portable device also comprises a control unit () for executing an algorithm stored in the portable device, using the taken image as an input of said algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile. The image sensor and the control unit are integrated within the portable device. The image sensor has an active surface sensitive to light, which is oriented compared to said bottom surface (BS), with an absolute value of the orientation angle being in the range 15-70 degrees; and/or the illumination system () has a light source oriented compared to the said bottom surface (BS), with an absolute value of the orientation angle being in the range 15-70 degrees.

Portable device with image sensor and illumination system for textile classification

A portable textile treatment device includes a heatable soleplate for contacting and treating the textile, an image sensor and an illumination system. The image sensor has an active surface sensitive and takes an image of the textile, and the illumination system has a light source that illuminates a portion of the textile when the image is being taken. The portable device also includes a control unit configured to execute an algorithm stored in the portable device for obtaining a classification of the textile based on taken image, and based on the classification for controlling at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor and/or light source are 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&#xb0; C.

Portable textile treatment device with image sensor and illumination system for textile classification

The invention relates to a method of operating a textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile. The method comprises a first step () of setting a first temperature target for the heatable soleplate, and a step () of detecting movement of said textile treatment device. If the step () of 5 detecting movement did not detect any movement of said textile treatment device during more than a given first time duration, a step () of actively decreasing the temperature of the heatable soleplate () up to reaching a first given temperature having a value below said first temperature target.

Method for actively decreasing the temperature of a heatable soleplate in a textile treatment device

The invention relates to a system () for a garment care device () comprising a steam generator (). The system () comprises a pressurization unit (). The pressurization unit () comprises a chamber () for receiving water from a water supply system () and for delivering the received water towards the steam generator (), and an actuator () cooperating with a retention member (). The actuator () is adapted to displace and load the retention member () when water is received in the chamber (). The retention member () is adapted to unload and apply a force to the actuator () after water has been received in the chamber () to pressurize water received in the chamber (). The retention member () has a stiffness coefficient that varies as a function of displacement of the actuator (). This invention allows that the flow of pressurized water from the chamber to the steam generator is more purposively controlled so that a given desired steam profile can be generated.

System to pressurize waterin a garment care device

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