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Granted Patent B2
US 11,085,146 · App. 16/681,768 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Pants seam clamping structure for novel handheld garment steamer

Inventor: Nengyi Yao (Ningbo, CN)
Assignee: Ningbo Heiger Electrical Appliances Co. Ltd.
D06F73/00D06F59/02F16B2/02
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Patent No.
US 11,085,146
App. No.
16/681,768
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a pants seam clamping structure for novel handheld garment steamer. The structure comprises an auxiliary steam outlet for ironing pants seams, a pants clamping plate for pressing the garments, and a steam generator and a main steam outlet, both of which are arranged in the handheld garment steamer. The auxiliary steam outlet comprises a vaporization cover, a pants clamping tube connector provided with an inner hole, a sealing plug provided with an inner hole, and a top cover of the garment steamer. The pants clamping plate comprises a rotary shaft bracket, a rotary shaft, a torsion spring used for providing a torsional force, and a pressing plate used for pressing and fixing the garment. The present disclosure provides independent auxiliary steam outlet and steam channel which has good sealing performance and stable structure.

Claims (26)

1. A pants seam clamping structure for novel handheld garment steamer, comprising:

an auxiliary steam outlet for ironing pants seams;

a pants clamping plate for pressing garments; and

a steam generator and a main steam outlet, both of which are arranged in the handheld garment steamer;

wherein the auxiliary steam outlet comprises:

an independent steam channel through which steam is sprayed to iron the pants seam;

a vaporization cover;

a pants clamping tube connector provided with an inner hole;

a sealing plug provided with an inner hole; and

a top cover of the garment steamer;

wherein the pants clamping tube connector is fixedly riveted to the vaporization cover;

wherein the pants clamping plate comprises:

a rotary shaft bracket;

a rotary shaft;

a torsion spring used for providing a torsional force; and

a pressing plate used for pressing and fixing the garment;

wherein, under the effect of the torsional force from the torsion spring, the pressing plate presses against the top end of the sealing plug, so that steam is prevented from being sprayed out via the auxiliary steam outlet;

wherein the rotary shaft bracket is fixed to the top cover of the garment steamer by a screw;

wherein the pressing plate, the torsion spring, and the rotary shaft bracket are connected together through their central holes by the rotary shaft.

2. The clamping structure of claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the top of the pants clamping tube connector forms an interference fit with the inner surface of the bottom of the sealing plug, ensuring that the steam channel formed by the inner hole of the pants clamping tube connector and the inner hole of the sealing plug has good sealing performance.

3. The clamping structure of claim 1 , wherein the top of the sealing plug is provided with an outer annular groove, and the sealing plug is fixedly embedded into a corresponding hole of the top cover of the garment steamer by the outer annular groove.

4. The clamping structure of claim 1 , wherein the pressing plate comprises:

a pants seam pressing part located at the front end of the pressing plate and used for contacting and pressing the garment;

a connecting part located in the middle of the pressing plate and used for connecting the front end and the rear end of the pressing plate; and

a thumb pressing part located at the rear end of the pressing plate;

wherein, when the thumb pressing part is pressed by thumb, the pants seam pressing part tilts upwards under the action of the rotation center fulcrum of the rotatory shaft, and an opening for inserting the garment to be squeezed therein is formed between the pants seam pressing part and the top cover of the garment steamer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: YAO, NENGYI
To: NINGBO HEIGER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO, LTD
Reel/Frame 052858/0728 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811355493.5 · Nov 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200149214A1 · May 14, 2020
Cited By (1)
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