(19)
(11) EP 1 207 339 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/21

(21) Application number: 01127287.9

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7F22B 1/28, D06F 75/12, D06F 87/00, D06F 73/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 16.11.2000 US 714856

(71) Applicant: SUNEAM PRODUCTS, INC., a Corporation of the State of Delaware
Boca Raton, FL 33431 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Berreth, Steven P.
    Delroy Beach, FL 33446 (US)
  • Starr, William D.
    Powhatan, Virginia 23139-7420 (US)

(74) Representative: Grund, Martin, Dr. et al
Dr. Volker Vossius, Patentanwaltskanzlei, Geibelstrasse 6
81679 München
81679 München (DE)

   


(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.







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