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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hee Keng Chua, Eindhoven, NL;
Boon Teck Tan, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A steam iron () comprising a soleplate (), a heating element () for heating the soleplate (), an inlet junction () comprising a first inlet () for receiving input steam from a steam generator and a second inlet (), a water-steam separator () connected to the inlet junction () to receive steam from the inlet junction () and separate steam from condensed water entrained in the steam. The steam iron also includes an evaporation chamber () connected to the water-steam separator () to receive condensed water from the water-steam separator () and which includes a surface heated by the heating element () to generate evaporated water from the condensed water. The evaporation chamber () is connected to the second inlet (). The inlet junction () comprises a venturi effect nozzle () for expelling the input steam and to generate a reduced pressure in the region of the second inlet () to draw the evaporated water into the inlet junction (). The venturi nozzle () is disposed within an outer tube () of the inlet junction () and the second inlet () is positioned upstream of the end of the venturi nozzle () from which the input steam is expelled, with respect to the flow direction of the steam.