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Granted Patent B2
US 12,612,728 · App. 18/810,715 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Steam brush with clamping and ironing structure and steaming ironing machine

Inventors: Zhenxing Zheng (Zhangzhou City, CN); Ronghuang Chen (Zhangzhou City, CN); Longhai Zhou (Zhangzhou City, CN)
Assignee: Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd
D06F71/34D06F71/04D06F71/36
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Patent No.
US 12,612,728
App. No.
18/810,715
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a steam brush with a clamping and ironing structure and a steaming ironing machine. The steam brush with a clamping and ironing structure includes a steam brush body and a plate clamp. A material of the plate clamp is a thermally conductive material. The plate clamp is hingedly connected to the steam brush body and forms a clamping and ironing structure with an ironing surface. When ironing a garment, the plate clamp can obtain heat from an ironing panel, such that both sides of a garment clamped between the ironing panel and the plate clamp can be ironed, thereby achieving a better ironing effect.

Claims (24)

1 . A steam brush with a clamping and ironing structure, comprising a steam brush body and a plate clamp, the steam brush body having an ironing surface and steam outlets provided on the ironing surface; wherein the plate clamp is hingedly connected to the steam brush body and forms the clamping and ironing structure with the ironing surface, and a material of the plate clamp is a thermally conductive material;

the plate clamp is provided with a connecting arm, the connecting arm is inserted into the steam brush body via the ironing surface, and the connecting arm is hingedly connected to the steam brush body by means of a hinge shaft, thereby realizing a hinged connection of the plate clamp;

the steam brush body is provided with a driving portion, the driving portion is a press assembly provided with a press member, the driving portion acts on the connecting arm, and a downward press of the press member drives the connecting arm to swing with the hinge shaft as a pivot, thereby driving the plate clamp to open;

wherein the steam brush body is further provided with an elastic return member, torsion spring sections of the elastic return member are sleeved on the hinge shaft, and the elastic return member acts on the connecting arm of the plate clamp to drive the plate clamp to close; and

wherein the press assembly further comprises a slider and a slider housing, the slider housing is fixed on the steam brush body, the slider is slidable up and down and is assembled on the slider housing, a bottom of the slider is provided with an inclined elongated hole, the connecting arm is assembled with a slider rotating shaft, the slider rotating shaft runs through the inclined elongated hole, the press member is connected to a top of the slider, and the downward press of the press member drives the slider to move downward, thereby driving the connecting arm to swing with the hinge shaft as the pivot.

2 . The steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the plate clamp is a metal material.

3 . The steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 2 , wherein the metal material of the plate clamp is aluminum or aluminum alloy or stainless steel or iron or powder metallurgy.

4 . The steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic return member is a double torsion spring, the torsion spring sections at two ends of the double torsion spring are respectively sleeved on two ends of the hinge shaft, and a middle arm and end arms of the double torsion spring respectively abut against the steam brush body and the connecting arm to drive the plate clamp to close.

5 . The steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the steam brush body comprises a housing, and the press member is arranged at a top of the housing away from the plate clamp.

6 . The steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 2 , wherein the steam brush body comprises an electric heating plate, an insulation base and a heat insulation shield, a bottom surface of the electric heating plate is the ironing surface, the steam outlets are provided on the electric heating plate, the electric heating plate is provided with a steam jet communicated with the steam outlets, the insulation base is a heat insulation base board, the insulation base covers the electric heating plate and is provided with an avoidance window for avoiding the steam jet, and the heat insulation shield covers the steam jet and is fixed on the insulation base.

7 . The steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 2 , wherein an outer edge of the ironing surface of the steam brush body is depressed inward to form a depression, the depression and the ironing surface are connected through an inclined transition surface, the plate clamp is a frame structure with a hollowed middle part, and when in a closed position, the plate clamp is accommodated in the depression and an inner wall of the plate clamp is an inclined inner wall corresponding to the inclined transition surface.

8 . A steaming ironing machine, comprising at least the steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 1 .

9 . The steaming ironing machine according to according to claim 8 , wherein the material of the plate clamp is a metal material.

10 . The steaming ironing machine according to claim 9 , wherein the metal material of the plate clamp is aluminum or aluminum alloy or stainless steel or iron or powder metallurgy.

11 . The steaming ironing machine according to claim 8 , wherein the elastic return member is a double torsion spring, and the torsion spring sections at two ends of the double torsion spring are respectively sleeved on two ends of the hinge shaft, and a middle arm and end arms of the double torsion spring respectively abut against the steam brush body and the connecting arm to drive the plate clamp to close.

12 . The steaming ironing machine according to claim 8 , wherein the steam brush body comprises a housing, and the press member is arranged at a top of the housing away from the plate clamp.

13 . The steaming ironing machine according to claim 9 , wherein the steam brush body comprises an electric heating plate, an insulation base and a heat insulation shield, a bottom surface of the electric heating plate is the ironing surface, the steam outlets are provided on the electric heating plate, the electric heating plate is provided with a steam jet communicated with the steam outlets, the insulation base is a heat insulation base board, the insulation base covers the electric heating plate and is provided with an avoidance window for avoiding the steam jet, and the heat insulation shield covers the steam jet and is fixed on the insulation base.

14 . The steaming ironing machine according to claim 9 , wherein an outer edge of the ironing surface of the steam brush body is depressed inward to form a depression, the depression and the ironing surface are connected through an inclined transition surface, the plate clamp is a frame structure with a hollowed middle part, and when in a closed position, the plate clamp is accommodated in the depression and an inner wall of the plate clamp is an inclined inner wall corresponding to the inclined transition surface.

15 . A steam brush with a clamping and ironing structure, comprising a steam brush body and a plate clamp, the steam brush body having an ironing surface and steam outlets provided on the ironing surface; wherein the plate clamp is hingedly connected to the steam brush body and forms the clamping and ironing structure with the ironing surface, and a material of the plate clamp is a thermally conductive material;

the plate clamp is provided with a connecting arm, the connecting arm is inserted into the steam brush body via the ironing surface, and the connecting arm is hingedly connected to the steam brush body by means of a hinge shaft, thereby realizing a hinged connection of the plate clamp;

the steam brush body is provided with a driving portion, the driving portion is a press assembly provided with a press member, the driving portion acts on the connecting arm, and a downward press of the press member drives the connecting arm to swing with the hinge shaft as a pivot, thereby driving the plate clamp to open;

wherein an outer edge of the ironing surface of the steam brush body is depressed inward to form a depression, the depression and the ironing surface are connected through an inclined transition surface, the plate clamp is a frame structure with a hollowed middle part, and when in a closed position, the plate clamp is accommodated in the depression and an inner wall of the plate clamp is an inclined inner wall corresponding to the inclined transition surface; and

wherein the press assembly further comprises a slider and a slider housing, the slider housing is fixed on the steam brush body, the slider is slidable up and down and is assembled on the slider housing, a bottom of the slider is provided with an inclined elongated hole, the connecting arm is assembled with a slider rotating shaft, the slider rotating shaft runs through the inclined elongated hole, the press member is connected to a top of the slider, and the downward press of the press member drives the slider to move downward, thereby driving the connecting arm to swing with the hinge shaft as the pivot.

16 . A steaming ironing machine, comprising at least the steam brush with the clamping and ironing structure according to claim 15 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2024
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; HARRIS, JASON L.; ARONHALT, JACQUELINE CORRIGAN
To: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 068579/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2024
From: ZHENG, ZHENXING; CHEN, RONGHUANG; ZHOU, LONGHAI
To: TSANN KUEN (ZHANGZHOU) ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068730/0951 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202322417956.9 · Sep 6, 2023 · national
CN 202311462194.2 · Nov 3, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250075420A1 · Mar 6, 2025
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