Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Yile Liao

Yong Jiang

Lihong Zhao

Shenghuai Calvin Lin

Chien-Ping Adrian Koh

Hee Poh Sin

Palani Pandurangan

Kannan Udayappan Praveen

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 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 ().

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Yile Liao