Patent ID: 8950031
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A steaming device comprising a planar steam panel having first and second opposed ends and opposed panel walls with a plurality of orifices distributed over at least one panel wall, a steam compartment within the panel, a steam generator configured to be attached to the panel at the second end, and a hanger member attached to the first end and configured to hang the steaming device in a vertical orientation, so that with the device in the vertical orientation said steam generator is below the panel, said panel including a plurality of parallel hollow steam passageways within the steam compartment, with said one panel wall forming a portion of the passageways, said steam passageways extending lengthwise between the first and second opposed ends and individual passageways terminating at open terminal ends at said second end of the panel, at least some of said orifices spaced apart along the passageways, and said steam generator including a partition member having a plurality of funnel structures, said funnel structures directing steam from within the steam generator to flow under pressure through the funnel structures and into individual open terminal ends of individual passageways, with the steaming device in a vertical orientation, the steam flowing along the passageways and being propelled from the passageways through the orifices as a jet to form a wall of steam that engulfs a garment adjacent said one panel wall of the panel.