Electro-portable apparatus for the production of steam, particularly for ungluing wall coatings
US5014337A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF22B1/30
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Electro-portable apparatus for producing steam applied to a surface, usable more particularly but not exclusively for ungluing wall coatings, having a housing containing a porous body impregnated with a liquid to be vaporized, the liquid being heated up to its temperature of vaporization, the housing 2 being subdivided by a partition wall 8, 27, into two compartments, namely a rear closed compartment 9, 28 containing a steam generator 12, 13, which is formed of the porous body 12 impregnated with liquid and a heater 13 for heating this liquid, and a front compartment 11, 29 forming a vapor cavity or "steam plate", open to the outside, defined by a peripheral edge able to be applied on the surface 1 adapted to receive the vapor, and openings 31 being provided through the partition wall 27 to allow the passage of the steam, produced in the rear compartment 9, 28, towards and into the front compartment 11, 29 constituting the vapor cavity or "steam plate".
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