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(11) | EP 1 207 339 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Clothes steamer |
(57) A steamer for generating steam. The steamer includes an enclosure having a steam
generator therein, and a hose extending from the enclosure to a steam-applying wand.
When a user desires steam, the user turns on the steamer, which preheats the steam
generator to a steam-producing temperature. Once the steam generator is ready, the
user actuates the production of steam, for example by pressing a button on the wand.
A pump draws water out of a water tank and to the steam generator. The steam generator
flashes the water to steam, thus producing an instant supply of steam. The steam runs
out of the steam generator, through the hose to the wand. The steam may be applied,
for example, to clothes so as to remove wrinkles in the clothes. |