| US 7,516,567 B2 | ||
| Steam ironing device having vortex generation elements for obtaining vortices in the steam flow | ||
| Yong Jiang, Singapore (Singapore); Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan, Singapore (Singapore); and Mun Thoh Ma, Singapore (Singapore) | ||
| Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/594,490 PCT Filed Mar. 21, 2005, PCT No. PCT/IB2005/050961 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 27, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/093150, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 06, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 04101288 (EP), filed on Mar. 29, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0193076 A1, Aug. 23, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. D06F 75/18 (2006.01); D06F 75/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 38—77.83 [38/93] | 12 Claims |
| 1. Steam conditioning device (30), comprising:
at least one steam outlet (33);
directing means (50) for directing a steam flow (SF) toward the at least one steam outlet (33) along a steam flow path; and
vortex generating means which are arranged along the steam flow path, and which are adapted to creating local pressure differences
in the steam flow (SF) in order to obtain vortices (V) in the steam flow (SF); and
channel segments (54) for interrupting the steam flow path, which are arranged in order to open against the direction of the steam flow (SF).
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