Patent ID: 9713201
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: D06B,D06C,H05B

Claim:
1. A method of heating a single washcloth using a washcloth steamer, comprising: wetting the single washcloth with water; opening a lid housing that is pivotably connected to a base housing of the washcloth steamer; placing a single, wetted washcloth about a heating plate disposed between the lid housing and the base housing so that a portion of the single, wetted washcloth is disposed between a top surface of the heating plate and the lid housing and another portion of the single, wetted washcloth is disposed between a bottom surface of the heating plate and base housing; closing the lid housing onto the base housing, sandwiching the single, wetted washcloth about the upper and lower surfaces of the heating plate between the lid housing and the base housing; activating a power supply to the heating plate to heat the heating plate for a predetermined period of time in order to transfer heat from the heating plate to the single, wetted washcloth; and deactivating the power supply to the heating plate prior to an end of the predetermined period of time if a temperature of the wetted washcloth being heated exceeds a predetermined maximum temperature.