Appliance for the smoothing of shirts

US6994235B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Damrath · Gaggenau, DE
• Peter Ehrler · Dresden, DE
• Christian Hafer · Erding, DE
• Markus Spielmannleitner · Ellwangen, DE
• Bodo Urich · Berlin, DE
• Gerhard Wetzl · Sontheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06F73/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

To smooth items of clothing, especially shirts, by an inflatable bag, the item of clothing, especially in a damp state, is placed on the inflatable bag, is pulled taut by the inflation of the bag, and is dried by heat. To this end, the inflatable bag is inflated with heated air, certain areas of the item of clothing drying faster than others however. To supply heat energy in a targeted manner to individual, especially slow-drying areas, the inflatable bag includes heating bodies either supplying additional heat for drying the item of clothing, or all of the heat. Advantageously, the heating bodies are applied to the material of inflatable bag.