Apparatus for treatment of laundry including a base equipped with a removable reservoir

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11047087-B2
Application number	US-201916437842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

Apparatus for steam-treatment of laundry including a base connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool, the base including a removable reservoir and including a side wall which delimits at least one side of a housing for accommodating the reservoir, wherein the side wall includes a window allowing visual access to the contents of the reservoir.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for steam-treatment of laundry including a base connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool, the base comprising a removable reservoir and including a side wall which delimits at least one side of a housing for accommodating the reservoir, the reservoir being able to be inserted into or extracted from the housing through an access opening provided on one side of the base, wherein the side wall includes a window, provided opposite the access opening, allowing visual access to the contents of the reservoir, the reservoir comprising a transparent or translucent portion positioned opposite the window when the reservoir is arranged in the housing.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the side wall extends over at least two sides of the housing for accommodating the reservoir.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the side wall extends over at least three sides of the housing for accommodating the reservoir.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the side wall extends over the entire perimeter of the housing.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the access opening is provided in the side wall.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the window is an opening through the side wall.

7. An apparatus for steam-treatment of laundry including a base connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool, the base comprising a removable reservoir and including a side wall which delimits at least one side of a housing for accommodating the reservoir, the reservoir being able to be inserted into or extracted from the housing through an access opening provided on one side of the base, wherein the side wall includes a window, provided opposite the access opening, allowing visual access to the contents of the reservoir, the reservoir comprising a transparent or translucent portion positioned opposite the window when the reservoir is arranged in the housing,
wherein the window is equipped with a transparent pane.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reservoir includes a handle.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking device adapted to lock the reservoir into the housing.

10. An apparatus according for steam-treatment of laundry including a base connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool, the base comprising a removable reservoir and including a side wall which delimits at least one side of a housing for accommodating the reservoir, the reservoir being able to be inserted into or extracted from the housing through an access opening provided on one side of the base, wherein the side wall includes a window, provided opposite the access opening, allowing visual access to the contents of the reservoir, the reservoir comprising a transparent or translucent portion positioned opposite the window when the reservoir is arranged in the housing,
a locking device adapted to lock the reservoir into the housing,
wherein the locking device comprises a latch moved by an elastic return device into a locking position, and an unlocking button allowing the latch to be manually moved into an unlocking position.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base includes a transport handle so that the base can be moved.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tool is an iron.

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• D'Oliviera Dias Laurent
• Peysselon Florent

Classifications

• D06F79/02

  Stands or supports neither attached to, nor forming part of, the iron or ironing board · CPC title

• D06F81/02

  with collapsible underframe · CPC title

• D06F75/12 Primary

  the steam being produced from water supplied to the iron from an external source · CPC title

• D06F75/06 Primary

  with means for supplying steam or liquid to the article being ironed (D06F75/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F87/00

  Apparatus for moistening or otherwise conditioning the article to be ironed or pressed (apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam D06F73/00 {; devices used in combination with a laundry dryer D06F58/203}) · CPC title