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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Peng Chau Quah, Hoogeveen, NL;
Barry Eng Keong Tay, Singapore, SG;
Tamilselvan Thirumazhisai Sankaralingam, Singapore, SG;
Ajit Pal Singh, Singapore, SG;
Peng Chau Quah, Hoogeveen, NL;
Barry Eng Keong Tay, Singapore, SG;
Tamilselvan Thirumazhisai Sankaralingam, Singapore, SG;
Ajit Pal Singh, Singapore, SG;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A boiler () for heating water to steam comprises a boiler housing () having a bottom wall (), a top wall () and a circumferential wall () extending between these walls (). When the boiler () is mounted in a steam generating device for generating steam and supplying steam to an appliance such as a steam iron (), the boiler () is given an inclined orientation. In a lower portion () of the top wall () of the boiler housing (), an inlet opening () for letting in water to a boiler space () which is enclosed by the boiler housing () is arranged. When water is supplied through the inlet opening (), the water lands on a lower zone () of the circumferential wall () and flows further in a downward direction, along the circumferential wall (). As a result, the water is pre-heated when it reaches the water which is already present in the boiler space (), and there is no danger of the steam production getting interrupted.