Clothes steaming and drying cabinet
First Claim
1. A clothes steaming and drying cabinet comprising:
- a main housing defining an enclosed interior region for receiving clothes,steam delivery means for delivering steam into the interior region during a steaming period of a steaming and drying cycle,air delivery means for delivering heated air into the interior region during part of the steaming and drying cycle, andcontrol means for controlling the steam delivery means and the air delivery means for delivering steam continuously into the interior region during the said steaming period of the steaming and drying cycle, and for intermittently delivering heated air into the interior region simultaneously with the steam during part of the said steaming period of the steaming and drying cycle.
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Abstract
A clothes steaming and drying cabinet comprising a housing defining an interior region for the clothes. Hangers and a bar are provided for suspending jackets and trousers respectively. Weighted bars tension the clothes during steaming. A sub housing houses a heating element and a fan for delivering heated air into the interior region. A boiler tank generates steam for delivery into the region. During the steaming and drying cycle, steam is delivered for a steaming period of the cycle and subsequently heated air is delivered during the drying period of the cycle. During the steaming period, heated air is intermittently delivered into the interior region simultaneously with the steam to reduce the formation of condensation on the interior of the cabinet.
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11 Claims
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1. A clothes steaming and drying cabinet comprising:
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a main housing defining an enclosed interior region for receiving clothes, steam delivery means for delivering steam into the interior region during a steaming period of a steaming and drying cycle, air delivery means for delivering heated air into the interior region during part of the steaming and drying cycle, and control means for controlling the steam delivery means and the air delivery means for delivering steam continuously into the interior region during the said steaming period of the steaming and drying cycle, and for intermittently delivering heated air into the interior region simultaneously with the steam during part of the said steaming period of the steaming and drying cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for steaming and drying a garment in an interior region of a cabinet, the method comprising the steps of
delivering steam continuously into the interior region of the cabinet during a steaming period of a steaming and drying cycle, delivering heated air into the interior region of the cabinet during at least part of the steaming and drying cycle, wherein the heated air is intermittently delivered into the interior region simultaneously with the steam during part of the said steaming period of the steaming and drying cycle.
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11. A clothes steaming cabinet comprising:
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a main housing defining an enclosed interior region for receiving clothes, steam delivery means for delivering steam into the interior region during a steaming period of a steaming cycle, air delivery means for delivering heated air into the interior region during part of the steaming period of the steaming cycle, and control means for controlling the steam delivery means and the air delivery means for delivering steam continuously into the interior region during the steaming period of the steaming cycle, and for intermittently delivering heated air into the interior region simultaneously with the steam during part of the said steaming period of the steaming cycle.
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