Handheld appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11560665-B2
Application number	US-202017128840-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2020
Priority date	Dec 21, 2020
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

An appliance includes an appliance unit having a housing with the housing having steam emission holes, a heater in the housing, a primary water tank in the housing, and a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit. The cradle has a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An appliance comprising:
an appliance unit having a housing;
a heater in the housing, the housing having steam emission holes;
a primary water tank in the housing;
a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit, the cradle having a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle,
wherein the appliance unit can operate to emit steam when disconnected from the cradle, and
wherein the appliance unit can operate to emit steam when connected to the cradle.

2. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank extends a water supply to the primary water tank when the cradle is connected to the appliance unit during operation of the appliance unit.

3. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank and extends a water supply to the primary water tank when the cradle is connected to the appliance unit during operation of the appliance unit.

4. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank more than once.

5. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank with a speed that is controlled by an air release valve and tubing.

6. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the primary water tank has a valve to balance a pressure inside the primary water tank.

7. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank by a manual pump.

8. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank by an electric pump.

9. The appliance of claim 1 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank.

10. The appliance of claim 9 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank by gravity.

11. The appliance of claim 9 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank by potential difference of a water level in secondary water tank and a water level in primary water tank.

12. The appliance of claim 9 , wherein the primary water tank is connected to tubing.

13. The appliance of claim 9 , wherein the primary water tank has a floating ball valve.

14. The appliance of claim 13 , wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank until the floating ball valve stops the refill.

15. An appliance comprising:
an appliance unit having a housing;
a heater in the housing, the housing having steam emission holes;
a primary water tank in the housing;
a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit, the cradle having a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle, wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank, wherein the primary water tank is connected to tubing, wherein the tubing has an air valve.

16. The appliance of claim 15 , wherein the secondary water tank has a lock that controls both the air valve and locking the appliance unit to the cradle.

17. An appliance comprising:
an appliance unit having a housing;
a heater in the housing, the housing having steam emission holes;
a primary water tank in the housing;
a cradle that is removably connectable to the appliance unit, the cradle having a secondary water tank that can communicate with the primary water tank when the appliance unit is connected to the cradle, wherein the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank, wherein the primary water tank is connected to tubing, wherein the tubing has a height that extends above a height of secondary water tank so that the secondary water tank refills the primary water tank by potential difference of a water level in secondary water tank and a water level in the tubing.

Assignees

• Conair
• Conair Llc

Inventors

• Leung Anthony Kit Lun

Classifications

• D06F39/008 Primary

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• G05D9/04

  with auxiliary non-electric power · CPC title

• G05D9/02

  without auxiliary power · 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

• G05D9/12

  characterised by the use of electric means · CPC title