CN102066646A - Fabric refreshing cabinet device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a device for refreshing fabrics by reducing malodors and/or wrinkles without requiring that the fabrics to be put through an entire standard laundry process. The device comprises an extractable drawer which is pulled out of the device to allow for loading of a fabric into a receiving region. The extractable drawer can then be closed transporting the fabric into the interior of the device. A fabric treatment composition is sprayed or otherwise dispensed onto the fabrics when the device is operated. The device comprises an air flow path and a heating element which allows for the fabrics to be treated during use. The extractable drawer of the present invention can be positioned to extract laterally or vertically out of the shell of the device.

Description

The new again cabinet type device of fabric

Background of invention

The fabric treating unit that is used for removing from clothing smell and fold is that people are known.These devices generally can be divided into two classes, i.e. generation device of steam and fluid distributing apparatus, and described device water, Chemical composition that or their combination come wet fabric.This two classes device comes wet fabric with steam or fluid usually, make then wetting fabric through be heated and circulating air so that fabric can be dried, thereby reduce any smell and fold.Although carried out a lot of stand-alone device easily of being provided as the clothing deodorizing and going to wrinkle of attempting, but still need produce and save time, save space and wieldy device.

It is well known in the art using steam to come as the clothing deodorizing and go to wrinkle.For example, United States Patent (USP) 5,815,961 disclose a kind of laundry machine, and described processor comprises the steam generator of the lower area that is arranged in outer fabric shell; Also provide fan and heater block so that hot-air and/or surrounding air are delivered in the device inside.In addition, also can use the anchor clamps and the inflation suspension bracket that increase the weight of to help remove de-shirred.Yet, found that the device of the type has a lot of defectives.This device is heated to boiling point with the water of certain volume usually, thereby generates steam.Heat water to boiling point and need lot of energy and heat.In addition, the used heater of this equipment need reach and heat water to the required temperature of boiling temperature a certain amount of time.Usually, this device was not start heating element heater before the user puts clothing into and opens this device.This process can expend unacceptable time quantum usually.If this device heats the water of certain volume at boiling point or near boiling point incessantly, then can reduce in this device generating and the required time quantum of cyclic steam.Yet, with regard to energy consumption, select this way cost higher.Also attempted use steam Fabrid care composition was delivered to this supplementary technology on the fabric.Yet, there are a lot of Fabrid care compositions to be not suitable for by steam delivery to fabric, this has multiple reason, and it is lower that described reason includes but not limited to be difficult to be vaporizated into steam, evaporation time deposition long and when depositing on the fabric.

The fabric treating unit of another kind of type directly is assigned on the fabric by atomizing fluids in device or with fluid fluid such as water and/or Chemical composition that is assigned on the fabric.For example, authorize people's such as Chen United States Patent (USP) 6,189,346 are assigned to Chemical composition that on the fabric with " controlled way " that it is said: by generating mist from the reservoir that comprises described Chemical composition that and making its circulation in device make fabric by as it is said " distribution equably ".In the cabinet interior zone, distribute Chemical composition that in the following way: under the pressure that provides by compressor with it and air flow is combined and make it pass atomizer.A known problem of this method is, depends on the mobility status of air in device, and described mist may accumulate on some part of fabric in uneven mode inadvisablely.Another problem is that this device may expend oversize time quantum and come abundant wet fabric, because the mist of circulation is difficult to be controlled and be directed on the fabric in device in device.

And the fabric treating unit of another kind of type is known, and it relates to the use ultrasonic nebulizer and distributes a fluid on the fabric.See the United States Patent (USP) 6,726,186 of for example authorizing people such as Gaaloul and authorize people's such as Jonsson United States Patent (USP) 7,367,137.Use a problem of ultrasonic nebulizer to be, ultrasonic nebulizer can be polluted because of the contact treatment compositions, thereby causes pollutant accumulation in the spraying or atomised part of ultrasonic nebulizer.The solution of this problem comprises protectiveness liquid or gel media and coverlay, but film tend to be flexibility and be easy to fracture, thereby make and use the method for ultrasonic nebulizer to be found the practicality that can only provide limited.Another defective of ultrasonic nebulizer is, ultrasonic nebulizer normally is designed to low discharge, such as being low to moderate 2 gram fluid/minute (each fog-spray nozzle).Found to increase flow and can bring problem, can cause fluid to distribute deficiency because pass the flowability of the increase of sprayer.In addition, this known ultrasonic nebulizer that passes through comes the control ability that technology provided of distributing fluids limited.In addition, these devices also have droplets coalesce often, when thereby the top that ultrasonic nebulizer is positioned at device is assigned on the fabric downwards, and/or when the bottom that is positioned at device upwards to distribute and/or when being atomised on the fabric, described droplets coalesce can stop distribution.Another problem of top-down and bottom-up formula technology is that they are not to be tending towards wet fabric equably, but mainly concentrate on the top or bottom of fabric.Usually be necessary to utilize additional complicated air circulation technology to solve these problems.

Also attempted fog-spray nozzle is placed to vertical orientated plane in fabric.A problem of this method is, fabric should with fog-spray nozzle at a distance of certain distance, make that fluid can suitably scatter thereby can exceedingly not concentrate on a place when the spraying generation.Excessively wide device has caused new a series of problems again, because be an important factor when device uses time space efficient in home environment.A kind of method is that fog-spray nozzle is positioned on only wall of device, makes them spray to a side of fabric.Yet, the distribution of fluid with inadvisablely on a side of the fabric at sprayer place than enrichment, and poor on opposite side.

Another problem relevant with these devices is that the unfolding mode of device makes the user can get at the zone of hanging or placing clothing.The device that comprises the revolving door opening has wide area occupied and also needs big quantity space so that device can be touched and use.

Although did the trial that the multiple new equipment of fabric is provided of these and other, but still need following device: it has solved one or more in the problems referred to above mentioned in this article, but sufficiently saves time and energy, minimize spatial take and the friendly type of the person of being to use.

Summary of the invention

One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of device that is used to handle fabric, and described device comprises: cabinet, and described cabinet comprises: the shell that preferably is the non-formula cabinet form of collapsing that comprises opening; With the drawer that can extract out, described drawer comprises: the drawer face with outer surface; Supporting member, can drapery or hang the member of hanging the fabric on the member at fabric such as rod, bar, crossbeam, suspension hook or other, wherein said drawer face and described supporting member form and are suitable for the operationally admittance zone of supports fabrics, and the wherein said drawer of extracting out is suitable for fitting in the described shell; Be included in the heating element heater in the described device; Guide air to pass the described air flow path of admitting the zone with being oriented to.In a preferred embodiment, this device also comprises one or more dispensing heads, and described dispensing head is positioned in the device inside and admits on the fabric that is comprised in the zone so that fabric treatment composition is assigned to.In another preferred embodiment, it is outstanding that this device is included in the one or more sidepieces that deviate from the device extension that form in the shell sidepiece.

In still another aspect of the invention, provide a kind of method of handling fabric, described method comprises fabric is placed in the admittance zone of device of the present invention; Fabric treatment composition is assigned at least a portion of described fabric; Start described heating element heater; And make described device ventilation so that air and fabric treatment composition can be blown away from fabric, thereby come dry and multiple new fabric by removing de-shirred and/or stench.

Summary of drawings

Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention, and wherein the drawer that can extract out is in the position of partly opening.

Fig. 2 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention, and wherein the drawer that can extract out is in the close position.

Fig. 3 is the perspective view of the drawer that can extract out, and it is applicable to any shell disclosed herein, to form the device according at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the perspective view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is the perspective view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention, and wherein the drawer that can extract out vertically stretches out.

Figure 11 is the perspective view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention, and wherein the drawer that can extract out is as vertical stretching out the situation among Figure 10.

Detailed Description Of The Invention

The invention provides a kind of device that is used to handle fabric, described device comprises: the shell that preferably is the form of the non-formula cabinet of collapsing that comprises opening; With the drawer that can extract out, described drawer comprises: the drawer face with outer surface; Supporting member, can drapery or hang at fabric and hang the member of member such as rod, bar, crossbeam, suspension hook or other such as the fabric on the suspension bracket, wherein said drawer face and described supporting member form and are suitable for the operationally admittance zone of supports fabrics, and the wherein said drawer of extracting out is suitable for fitting in the described shell; Be included in the heating element heater in the described device; Guide air to pass the described air flow path of admitting the zone with being oriented to.Importantly, found that the present invention provides a kind of multi-function device for the user, described device can be quick and efficient mode to fabric such as clothing and other textiles carry out again new, go wrinkle, and provide additional beneficial effect.In addition, the drawer of extracting out of the present invention provides a kind of simple but mode of loading fabric in cabinet of the friendly type of user for the user, and needn't enter into device thereby touching or wipe the outer casing inner wall run into device potentially, described outer casing inner wall can have because of the greasy or rete sense of previous use under residual.As used herein, fabric comprises one or more clothings, clothes, textiles, towel, tablecloth, drape, chair cover etc.As defined herein, " operationally supporting " is meant that suspension element can directly support the fabric of hanging thereon, or can supports fabrics hang member, and the described member of hanging can have the fabric of hanging thereon.

In one embodiment, this device comprises area occupied, and described area occupied is compact on width, makes this device can be used for the living space that bigger wideer device is used in bedroom, washroom or other inconvenience.The little area occupied width of this device is realized by the design of the drawer that can extract out.Compare with the device that comprises hinged door, the present invention occupies less board space flatly, because comprise that with the action of scanning because of hinged door the conventional hinged door of broad area occupied compares, the drawer that can extract out takies identical or littler horizontal area occupied than cabinet shell.It is more compact and convenient when therefore, this device uses in the various rooms of family.In addition, it is believed that this device seems and have more cleanliness thereby be applicable to different room in the family, and provide enough spraying or atomizing ability, and still realize effective distribution of composition with wet fabric fast and effeciently than conventional equipment.

Fixed is that can expect has bigger peripheral size with Shell structure one-tenth drawer mask than the drawer that can extract out when facing the drawer face finder of extendible drawer.In one embodiment, at least one parts transversely of shell or horizontal-extending surpass the periphery of the drawer face of the drawer that can extract out, such as when observing this device in front view.See for example Fig. 2.In one embodiment, one or two in the shell sidepiece extends beyond the periphery of the drawer face of extendible drawer.In another embodiment, the sidepiece of shell comprises that also one or more sidepieces are outstanding, thereby the described outstanding periphery that further extends beyond the drawer face provides the admittance zone bigger lateral separation apart with the drawer that can extract out.Transverse width by extension apparatus, the present invention can help bag and receive dispensing head (including but not limited to fog-spray nozzle, hydraulic pressure nozzle, sound wave or ultrasonic sprayer, pressure eddy formula sprayer, high-pressure fog mouth and their combination), described dispensing head be positioned at and be included in any fabric in the device the distance of expectation apart.The periphery that the periphery of the part of shell is extended beyond the drawer face of the drawer that can extract out makes device can increase dispensing head to the distance between the fabric, does not have unnecessary width greatly and do not need whole device manufactured.In addition, the width by minimizing the drawer face but provide laterally or horizontal-extending to surpass shell or one or more sidepiece of device periphery outstanding, it is thinner that device seems, but still can realize carrying out on fabric enough composition distribution.

Fig. 1 is the perspective view that is used to handle the device 10 of fabric, and described device comprises the shell 100 that forms at least one opening, and the drawer 200 that wherein can extract out is in the position of partly opening.In this embodiment, the drawer that can extract out is shown as the front drawer, can described drawer be pulled out or start by any suitable mechanical means or manual methods the opening that forms in described shell.Limiting examples in order to the mechanical means of extracting drawer out comprises the drawer of spring-loaded, the drawer that chain drives and the drawer that lever is housed.In another embodiment, the drawer that can extract out can be positioned at laterally or horizontal direction relative upwards or on the vertical direction withdraw from shell.Referring to Figure 10 compared to Figure 1.In one embodiment, the drawer that can extract out comprises one or more sliding components such as the wheel or the slideway that have or do not have roller bearing, described take turns or slideway can be suitable for along the slide that provides from described shell.In one embodiment, shell is the non-formula member of collapsing, and it comprises pair of sidewalls, top, antetheca, rear wall and base wall, and at least a portion of one in wherein said top, antetheca and the rear wall can be formed by the described drawer face of the described drawer of extracting out.The drawer 200 that can extract out comprises drawer face 210, and described drawer mask has outer surface 212.In one embodiment, described drawer face seals the described opening of described shell at least in part in closing position.The incomplete opening of the described shell of sealing of drawer face wherein, but the air inlet in the aerating system of the gap actuating unit in the sealing and/or go out airway dysfunction.In another embodiment, the drawer face seals described shell fully in closing position.In another embodiment, the outer surface of drawer face forms with shell and flushes closure.

The drawer that can extract out is shown having optional shank 213 so that get at the drawer that can extract out from the inside of shell.The drawer that can extract out also comprises supporting member 230, and described member can operationally support one or more fabrics, and described drawer face supporting member is formed for the admittance zone of described fabric.The proper supporting member comprises from the drawer face and extends to rod, bar, crossbeam, rope, rope or suspension hook the enclosure.In one embodiment, supporting member comprises that also suspension hook or recess hang member such as suspension bracket with supports fabrics.In another embodiment, support member support regularly or be detachably connected to suspension bracket on the described supporting member.In another embodiment, supporting member also comprises telescopic cover overlapping field, and described section makes supporting member to be extended or to bounce back.In one embodiment, this device also comprises clamping system, and described system can help to remove de-shirred from certain discrete section of whole fabric or fabric.In one embodiment, clamping system is united with the drawer that can extract out by suspension bracket provides.Suitable tensioning apparatus known in the art comprises the expansion suspension bracket, hangs weight or bar or rod, and they can be used to expansion and/or winding method dangles or stuetch fabrics.The additional limiting examples of clamping system is hereinafter disclosed.

The drawer that can extract out is shown having optional back 220 and optional pedestal 240.In this position, the back comprises makes the drawer that can extract out not exclusively separate with device in the enclosure.In one embodiment, the drawer of the drawer that can extract out for separating fully can remove it from shell.In another embodiment, the drawer that can extract out is for movable but be connected to and make the drawer that can extract out to comprise slidably in the enclosure on the shell but can not be removed fully.Drawer face 210 is illustrated by described supporting member 230 and is connected on the described back 220.Be connected to drawer face and optional back on the two though supporting member shown in Figure 1 is illustrated, supporting member can be connected in drawer face or the optional back any.Alternatively, supporting member can hinging manner be connected in drawer face and the back any.By providing a kind of important beneficial effect that the back obtained in the inner space that fits in shell to be, the restriction user is exposed to the situation of sidewall or is exposed to any pipe or the line that is arranged in wherein.It is believed that after reusing interior can be assembled to be had the remaining of fabric treatment composition device internal spraying or atomizing and that evaporate from fabric or gather.By in the drawer that can extract out, providing the back, limited the user and be exposed to interior.In addition, this back has increased the security aspect, because any pipe, flexible pipe, wire rod or electronic device that the user can not get in the shell to be comprised.

Device shown in Figure 1 also comprises heating element heater 300 and air flow path 400.When the drawer that can extract out is in the close position when middle, air flow path with at least a portion of air guide to admit the zone and/or pass described admittances regional.Heating element heater can be positioned on the following any position in the shell, described position makes heating element heater heat to be sent to enclosure by convection current, conduction or radiation, being to be sent to admit the zone specifically, more particularly is to be sent to admit any fabric that is comprised in the zone.Suitable heating element heater comprises heater strip or heater coil, infrared lamp, heating using microwave element and their combination.In this embodiment, heating element heater 300 can be configured to flush with the bottom of shell, makes that it does not hinder the closure of the drawer that can extract out when move at the rear portion of shell when the back.

Air-flow 400 is advanced by aerating system, and described system comprises air inlet 410 and gas outlet 420.In one embodiment, air inlet is positioned at the below of gas outlet.It is believed that this makes it possible to take place free convection and make air of heating to move do not need active air-flow with effusion.In another embodiment, air inlet is positioned at the top of gas outlet.Air flowing from air inlet to the gas outlet can be realized by free convection or by forced ventilation.Under force ventilated situation, can force the parts of air movement to be plugged in the air flow path in fan or other.Preferably, close air inlet 410 of fan or gas outlet 420 are so that avoid hindering door mechanism.Air stream components can be any design, but usually will be for obtaining required radial, the centrifugal or crossflow blower design mode fan of flow of expectation.

In one embodiment, the gas outlet comprises that air filtering system is such as charcoal filter.Air filtering system can be used to capture and is derived from handled fabric or the inner stench of device, and/or can be used to capture unnecessary aromatic or the spices that provides from fabric treatment composition.Not bound by theory, it is believed that by air filtering system is provided in the gas outlet, will can not be discharged in the device surrounding air on every side from any stench that fabric discharged.When this device was used for perceiving in the bedroom of family of the stench that is discharged or other room, this was that people especially expect.Air filtering system is preferably replaceable.In another embodiment, the gas outlet comprises that chemistry captures member to remove moisture and/or other material that is derived from effluent.In another embodiment, this device also comprises air filtration and/or treatment system.In one embodiment, air inlet can be positioned on the below of gas outlet, makes the motion of the air (by heating element heater 300 heating) that cold surrounding air can be by the heating in the device be sucked in the shell.On move on to the heating of admitting the zone air will through and pass and be arranged in any fabric of admitting the zone, thereby make that fabric can drying.Not bound by theory, it is believed that heat makes it possible to control or kill the certain micro-organisms that can be present on the fabric and bacterium and removes the entity that causes smell.It is believed that this antimicrobial beneficial effect result from make fabric stand sufficiently high temperature with control, remove and may killing microorganisms and/or bacterium.

In one embodiment, air-treatment (deodorizing again newly,, sterilization etc.) system is the part of gas outlet or is arranged near the gas outlet that feasible air of discharging carries air-treating compositions from device.The limiting examples of suitable liquid active substance comprises spices, air freshener, deodorant, deodorant, deodorant, household cleaners, disinfectant, disinfectant, expellent, kills insect preparation, mood reinforcing agent, aroma-therapeutic preparation, treatment liquid agent, medicine or their mixture.These and other suitable actives matter is disclosed in the United States serial 11/273461.In one embodiment, this device makes the consumer can manually or automatically determine close rate and/or the dose frequency that is used to distribute the air-treatment composition.Though air processor can be and give vent to anger/part (such as by using the air of discharging to distribute air-treating compositions) of aerating system, and air processor also can be the element that is independent of the aerating system of giving vent to anger.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, if blow vent or heating element heater (when device is in closure or run location) are provided near the back in device, the back is designed such that air and/or heat can be passed in the described one or more holes that form in the back and admit in the fabric that is supported in zone and the device to enter.Therefore, in one embodiment, the back comprises one or more holes, and described hole is oriented to help air and passes by described air-flow, and make heat energy enough enter to admit the zone and with the fabric treatment composition and the stench extractor of any evaporation.In addition, if provide internal part such as wire rod and dispensing head in the inside at device, then the back operationally be designed so that can to extract out in open and close drawer the time, the back is any internal part of percussion device not.In another embodiment, open or the closed drawer that can extract out also starts other element, this will make device to bring into operation.

The device degree of depth 12 (not shown), it can calculate by the total depth of measurement mechanism when the drawer that can extract out is in the close position in the enclosure.In one embodiment, if the drawer face does not return in the shell, then install the summation that the degree of depth will equal the enclosure depth 120 and the drawer face degree of depth 220.Make the outer surface of drawer face flush in the shell if the drawer face returns to, then install the degree of depth and equal enclosure depth 120 with shell.In one embodiment, the device degree of depth is about 24 inches to about 60 inches, perhaps about 30 inches to about 48 inches, and perhaps about 36 inches to about 42 inches.Shell also comprises height 125.

In addition, shown in this embodiment, shell also has width 127, and the drawer mask has width 227.In one embodiment, this device has less than about 28 inches, perhaps less than about 20 inches, perhaps less than about 16 inches, perhaps less than about 12 inches maximum lateral width.As defined herein, maximum lateral width is determined when finder in front view.Maximum lateral width can or deviate from the drawer face place measurement of any drawer of giving prominence to, maybe can extracting out of shell extension at pedestal, shell, and this depends on which element has Breadth Maximum.In one embodiment, this device comprises about 9 to about 1, and is perhaps about 4 to 1.2, perhaps about width ratio of 2 to 1.5, and described width ratio is limited by the maximum lateral width of the device ratio with the maximum lateral width of the drawer face of the drawer that can extract out.

Importantly, found by providing the device that has less than about 2 described width ratio that desired outward appearance can be provided: this device has the general width of door, but makes it possible to increase from being arranged in the fabric of admitting the zone distance to the position of the device sidepiece of locating dispensing head.

In one embodiment, this device comprises about 1 to about 30, perhaps about 2 to about 15, perhaps about 3 to about area occupied aspect ratio of 10, perhaps about 5.The area occupied aspect ratio is the maximum transversal length 12 of device and the ratio of maximum lateral width of installing (such as measuring from optional pedestal platform) or outer casing width.Have surprisingly been found that the present invention has multiple function, and when using in the space in family size, can be placed on aptly in a lot of different zones.For example, when being used for the clothes washing zone of family, this device can be placed side by side with the washing machine and/or the dryer device of routine.Importantly, have the device of area occupied aspect ratio as herein defined by providing, this device has multiple function and can be used for and be fitted in little space such as bedroom or other daily life zone, and it is other or be placed in the washroom to fit in wall.This device can be placed side by side with cabinet, dressing table, cabinet for TV or couch.Importantly, when device for opening, the area occupied width can not increase.Comprise the one or more hinged doors that are connected on the cabinet or the bigger area occupied width of device needs of sealed opening (such as passing through zip) releasedly, because door or opening are tending towards rotating or dangling above the width of device when being shown in an open position.It is believed that by providing to have the device of yardstick as herein defined, compare with multiple new equipment that the outward appearance of this device is not too lofty significantly with the disclosed fabric treating in this area.Also it is believed that by providing to have the device of yardstick as herein defined, this device will be more easily and is used for bedroom or other daily life zone more easily, thereby makes the user more easily to get at this device during wearing the clothes, undress, change one's clothes etc.

Fig. 2 is the front view according to apparatus of the present invention, and the drawer 200 that wherein can extract out is in the close position.Shell 100 can comprise the width bigger than the drawer face of the drawer that can extract out.In one embodiment, this device also comprises one or more outstanding, the described outstanding positive facial plane periphery that extends beyond drawer face 210.In this embodiment, the outstanding shell 100, described shell of comprising is shown having the width bigger than drawer face, highly.In addition, Fig. 2 shows two the additional sidepieces outstanding 130 that form on side wall of outer shell.Therefore, outer casing width 127 is measured as the wideest lateral separation between described two points on the relative both sides of shell now, at this moment measures on the plane perpendicular to the center line 14 of device.As defined herein, center line is the central axis of device.Sidepiece is outstanding can multiple suitable shape to be provided, and described shape makes it possible to increase slightly the distance between the fabric of dispensing head and suspension.

Device of the present invention also comprises a plurality of dispensing heads 620, and described dispensing head is positioned on the sidewall of shell 200.In a suitable embodiment, dispensing head comprises one or more fog-spray nozzles and optional one or more ultrasonic nebulizers.If the expectation fabric treatment composition flow higher, for example greater than 2 the gram fluids/minute/nozzle, then dispensing head is preferred.In the United States serial of authorizing people such as Meschkat 61/163924 that the suitable dispensing head and the limiting examples of fog-spray nozzle are provided in to submit on March 28th, 2009.In one embodiment, if device comprises one or more in the described sidepiece outstanding 130, then one or more in the dispensing head 620 can be positioned on the outstanding inside of sidepiece to increase head 620 and to be included in lateral separation between any fabric of admitting in the zone.One skilled in the art will appreciate that by the two or more groups dispensing head on each sidewall that is positioned at shell is provided, can the faster wet fabric of mode more efficiently.In addition, by increasing the horizontal range between dispensing head and the fabric, the fluid that is distributed have that greater room is disperseed thereby covering fabric on bigger zone.

In one embodiment, this device comprises the lateral separation between at least one dispensing head of giving prominence in admittance zone (it can be confirmed as the center line or the axis 14 of device) of placing fabric and the sidewall that is positioned at shell or sidepiece, described lateral separation is less than about 12 inches, perhaps less than about 8 inches, perhaps less than about 6 inches and at least about 4 inches, perhaps at least about 6 inches, perhaps at least about 10 inches.Fig. 2 also shows the optional dispensing head 623 that is positioned at the cover top portion place, and described dispensing head is orientated to downwards and sprays on any fabric in device.Additional fog-spray nozzle can be placed on certain position in the whole device inside such as on the inside that is placed on drawer face or back, or be placed on the pedestal 240, dispensing head preferably is positioned at described placement location so that have maximum fabric cover, thereby avoids spraying to be disturbed by any supporting member.

One wherein dispensing head comprise that in the embodiment of one or more fog-spray nozzles, fog-spray nozzle preferably includes one or more spray nozzles, such as 2,3,4 or 6 spray nozzles.A plurality of nozzles in the fog-spray nozzle make advantageous compositions directly to be assigned to effectively on the clothes to be processed to minimize time of application.The distribution of advantageous compositions can use any suitable device such as hydraulic pressure nozzle, sound wave or ultrasonic sprayer, pressure eddy formula sprayer, high-pressure fog mouth or their combination to realize, to send target granularity and overlay pattern.The limiting examples of suitable nozzle comprises can Model No. 40: 850,1050,1250,1450 and 1650 from SpraySystems, and Inc. is such as Spray Systems, Inc. (Ponoma, Calif) commercially available nozzle.The another kind of suitable example of fog-spray nozzle or nozzle is a pressure swirl atomizing nozzle, and it is by Seaquist Dispensing of Gary, and 111. make with model DU3813.

Discharge nozzle can be used as the fluid atomizing nozzle, and it uses the supercharging sprayer or utilizes the auxiliary two-fluid spray nozzle of air.The supercharging spray nozzle has does not need pressure-air to come the advantage of assisted atomization handling of fluids.Also can utilize the special nozzle design, for example utilize high voltage source to come as the electrostatic spray mouth.

Suitable fog-spray nozzle can be single nozzle or comprises a composite nozzle with top nozzle.In a preferred embodiment, have 4 fog-spray nozzles, they be contained in sidepiece on the every side of device outstanding in, wherein each fog-spray nozzle includes 4 monomer spray nozzles that are installed in the cheese shell.Designs of nozzles will be selected in conjunction with shell design usually.If it is outstanding or only to expect to have thin sidepiece outstanding not expect to have sidepiece, then use the nozzle that the broad spray angle is provided obtaining the covering of broadness usually with clothes to be processed institute short distance apart.The outstanding distance of broad can help having the nozzle of narrower slightly spray angle to obtain acceptable coverage rate.

Nozzle flow can change to some extent with used number of nozzle.Usually, nozzle flow multiply by number of nozzle and multiply by the amount that spray time will obtain the desired advantageous compositions that will use again.In preferred pattern, total spray time was more preferably less than about 100 seconds, and even is more preferably less than about 10 seconds less than about 200 seconds.In an embodiment preferred that wherein always co-exists in 8 composite nozzles (each all has 4 monomer nozzles), spray time when utilizing little pump and pressure eddy formula nozzle is about 2 seconds, total advantageous compositions of wherein being sprayed is about at most 10 grams, perhaps about at most 25 grams, perhaps about at most 50 grams, perhaps about at most 100 grams.One skilled in the art will appreciate that by increasing the number of the spray nozzle in the device, can increase the overall apparatus flow, for example spray nozzle can provide the increment of about 1 Grams Per Second.Except fog-spray nozzle, this device also can comprise one or more ultrasonic nebulizers, such as known in the art those.

Randomly, can before spraying, heat advantageous compositions.Preheating advantageous compositions before spraying can realize by any heating element heater, such as heater strip or heater coil, infrared lamp, heating using microwave, radiation heating or heater block known to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 3 is the perspective view that is used for according to the drawer of extracting out 200 of the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.The drawer that can extract out comprises such as the supporting member 230 that is rod, bar or crossbeam form, and described member is connected to described drawer face 210 and described optional back 220 on the two.In one embodiment, the drawer that can extract out comprises the single member of hanging.In another embodiment, a plurality of supporting members are provided, such as being a plurality of supporting member forms.In another embodiment, this device also comprises by one or more fabrics of described support member support and hangs member.Described fabric is hung member and preferably is detachably connected on the described supporting member with suspension hook, snap fit or other suitable mechanism, can be supported on the described supporting member so that fabric is hung member, fabric is positioned to admit in the zone simultaneously.In another embodiment, described one or more fabric is hung member and for good and all is connected on the described supporting member.In another embodiment, described one or more fabric is hung member and is connected on the described supporting member with hinging manner.

As described herein, optional back can form with the inner dimensions of shell and roughly cooperate closely, makes that when the drawer that can extract out extended to open position fully, the user can not get at any assembly after the back.One skilled in the art will appreciate that the back should not occupy the accurate inner dimensions of shell, wherein wire rod, pipe, flexible pipe, dispensing head, blow vent or other inner member need in the enclosure along leaning on sidewall or moving in the shell rear portion.In addition, give prominence to if this device comprises one or more sidepieces, then the outstanding yardstick that also horizontal expansion is surpassed the back of sidepiece makes the outstanding interior any dispensing head that is comprised of sidepiece to be touched because of mobile back the locality.One wherein the rear portion of shell comprise that the back can operationally be designed to comprise the hole admittance zone that enters into the drawer that can extract out so that air can pass described blow vent in one or more embodiment in the described blow vent of described aerating system.In addition, the drawer that can extract out comprises pedestal 240.Pedestal can have width identical with the drawer face or littler width.In one embodiment, pedestal comprises the hole so that can be exposed to any heating element heater that is arranged in the drawer below that can extract out, and/or comprises that guide groove flows by free convection or forced ventilation convection current with the air that helps heating.

Fig. 4 is the perspective view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.In this embodiment, sidepiece outstanding 130 is shown having stub shape shape.The outstanding suitable shape of sidepiece comprises any prism shape, such as rectangle, square or other polygon (as shown in Figure 6); Or stub shape shape, such as circular, avette or oval.Fig. 4 is shown having the device degree of depth 12, the degree of depth when it is in the close position for device.Shown in this embodiment, the device degree of depth can be the summation of the degree of depth of drawer face and shell.Flush in the embodiment of the remainder of shell at the drawer face 210 of another drawer that wherein can extract out, the device degree of depth is substantially equal to enclosure depth 120 (unless the outer surface of drawer face comprises that also outward extending any element is such as drawer shank 213.)

Fig. 5 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.The device of Fig. 5 is similar to the device of Fig. 4, and different is that Fig. 5 also comprises pedestal platform 800.In the embodiment that comprises the pedestal platform, the area occupied width of device is the greater in the Breadth Maximum of the Breadth Maximum of drawer face or shell or pedestal platform.In this embodiment, the area occupied width will be measured as the Breadth Maximum of pedestal platform.

Fig. 6 is the perspective view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.It is outstanding that Fig. 6 shows sidepiece, described outstanding have rectangle or quadrangle form such as square or rectangular prism shape 134.Fig. 6 also comprises second drawer that can extract out 500, and described drawer comprises the second drawer face 510.

In one embodiment, the drawer that can extract out is recessed in the enclosure.Can provide hinged shell external door to seal in the enclosure with the drawer that further can extract out.Randomly, this shell external door can comprise the hole, wherein exposes the handle or the shank of the drawer that can extract out, but makes user's tractive handle or shank and come to open the shell external door and extract the drawer that can extract out out with hinging manner with a single motion.In one embodiment, handle or shank protrude in outside the hole in the shell external door.

Device of the present invention preferably comprises the fabric treatment composition source.In one embodiment, the fabric treatment composition source comprises and is positioned at the reservoir 610 in second drawer that can extract out 500 or is positioned at reservoir 630 in the shell upper.If reservoir is positioned in second drawer that can extract out, then reservoir can be got at by pulling out second drawer that can extract out.If reservoir is positioned in the shell that forms the drawer that can extract out on top, then can in shell, provide opening so that can get at reservoir.The reservoir that is used for fabric treatment composition is operably connected to the described one or more dispensing heads that are arranged in the described device, and wherein said one or more fog-spray nozzles are oriented to towards the described fabric treatment composition of described admittance region allocation.Importantly, reservoir can be reservoir that can recharge or replaceable.

In another embodiment, the described source of described fabric treatment composition comprises: be used for the reservoir of fabric treatment composition, described reservoir is operably connected on a plurality of dispensing heads that are arranged in the described device; The spray member of separating; Be operably connected to the fluid conveying member in the building pipe system; And their combination.Suitable separation spray member comprise known hand sprayer product such as

The fabric spraying device,

The spraying apparatus of Wrinkle Release sprayer or any other commercially available acquisition, such as starch sprayer or bottled spices sprayer or aerosol can product such as

Air Affects.The size of suitable separation spray member comprises the container of 12oz. and the container of 27oz..The spray member of separating can be bottle, and described bottle can be independent of device to be provided and maybe can be detachably connected on the device, such as in the bottle seat.In one embodiment, if the user only wishes that water comes wet fabric, then the fabric treatment composition source can be provided such as the hose in washing machine for clothes or the family by another device.Suitable fabric treatment composition source comprises fuid distribution system, and described system is as among the U.S.61/138539 that authorizes people such as Smith that is disclosed in the United States serial of submitting to September in 2008 24 of authorizing people such as Smith 61/099602 and submitted on December 18th, 2008.

Fig. 7 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.This device is similar to embodiment shown in Figure 6, yet outstanding being illustrated between sidepiece outstanding 134 and the sidewall of sidepiece has recessed bent interface 135.In addition, Fig. 7 also is supported on the optional pedestal platform 801, and described optional pedestal platform produces area occupied width 827, and described width is greater than drawer face width degree 227.Optional pedestal platform provides the anti-stability of covering of increase, especially from the viewpoint of area occupied aspect ratio.In this embodiment, the maximum lateral width of device is the width of optional pedestal platform 827, and described pedestal platform is shown on the width width greater than the part of the formation side extension of shell.If remove or do not provide optional pedestal platform, then maximum lateral width will be outer casing width 127.

Fig. 8 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 8 comprises sphering top 150.In one embodiment, the sphering top comprises the surface, and described surface is not perfectly smooth, thereby can be used to support the fabric that is placed on it.By increasing the coefficient of friction at sphering top, fabric can dangle on this machine.In one embodiment, top (sphering or smooth shown in Fig. 1-7) as shown in Figure 8 with respect to the static friction coefficient of common fabric such as viscose glue, cotton and nylon greater than about 0.10.In one embodiment, the top of device has non-smooth finish paint, for example ripple finish paint, matter structure finish paint (being similar to coarse sandpaper), or have coarse face coat such as rubber or silicon coating.In addition, Fig. 8 shows an embodiment, and wherein device is supported on the smooth pedestal platform 802, and described pedestal platform has area occupied width 827.In addition, Ren Xuan shank 213 can have any shape that is suitable for grasping and tractive.In one embodiment, the element shown in 213 can be button, and the user can press this button and come to discharge and/or eject at least in part the drawer that can extract out from shell.This button can be single startup trigger, and described trigger is entered the drawer tractive and opened this machine so that operation.The drawer that can extract out can be spring-loaded, makes it will automatically deviate from shell when being activated and extends.It is believed that by providing to be connected to the drawer of hanging on the member of extracting out that the motion of the drawer that can extract out by single extension makes hangs member and automatically extract out.Therefore the additional step that does not need to get at device inside and/or pull out hanger bar.In addition, hang member by automatically exposing, the user need not to touch or any content of contact device.The content of device may deposit after reusing and/or accumulate dust or the fabric treatment composition of any drying.By reducing the amount of contact that the user need carry out with content, the use of device be simplified and become health and cleaning more.

In another embodiment, cabinet can comprise the user interface, and described interface comprises the gathering parts, and the user can pass through described parts and device interactive, comprises for example any device or the computer program part of this utensil.In various embodiments, use the interface can comprise input, output or their combination.Input makes the user information can be input in the device 10 to handle or to control the operation of this utensil.Output makes the effect that device 10 can produce is of value to the user.In various embodiments, input and output can comprise sighting device, hearing device and haptic device.In one embodiment, input can be constructed to touch keypad, and output can be constructed to display, luminous indication and/or sound equipment attention device.

In one embodiment, this device also comprises one or more gutters (not shown) so that unnecessary fabric treatment composition can be discharged outside the cabinet and enters into optional drain pan (not shown).The gutter can be the form of hole that forms and/or the hole that forms in outer casing underpart in the pedestal of the described drawer of extracting out.In the embodiment that comprises second drawer that can extract out, the below of second drawer that can extract out can be located or be positioned to drain pan with the drawer that can extract out, makes any unnecessary fabric treatment composition that reaches drain pan can be similar to conventional reezer system or the situation of the drain pan in the refrigerator evaporates like that.

Fig. 9 is the front view according to the device of at least one embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 9, the sidewall of shell can form a plurality of sidepieces outstanding 137.In described the giving prominence to each preferably comprises at least one dispensing head.By providing sidepiece outstanding on the whole height of device, dispensing head can be efficiently and the whole fabric that is comprised in the admittance zone of the wetting drawer of extracting out on the bilateral of fabric apace.In addition, Fig. 9 shows an embodiment, and wherein device comprises pedestal platform 803, and described pedestal platform can be wheel or slide plate can be easy to motion thereby have portability so that install.

Figure 10 shows the front view according to device of the present invention, and wherein this device comprises the drawer 200 that can extract out, and it is by at vertical direction or upwards deviate from shell 100 upward and extend these drawers and open.The suitable drawer that makes comprises mechanism or the leverage that the member that is arranged on the spring-loaded in the device maybe can make the chain driving that device can be opened automatically away from the method that shell extends (or upwards extracting drawer out).In one embodiment, the manual tractive upwards of the drawer that can extract out.As shown in the drawing, the drawer 200 that can extract out comprises drawer face 210 and has the maximum lateral width 227 of the drawer face of the drawer that can extract out.Device in this embodiment also comprises the maximum lateral width 127 of device.

Figure 11 shows the perspective view of device, and described device also comprises the drawer 200 that can extract out, and described drawer is by at vertical direction or upwards deviate from shell 100 upward and extend these drawers and open.Extendible drawer 200 comprises drawer face 210, and described drawer mask has outer surface 212.Shown in this embodiment, the drawer 200 that can extract out comprises supporting member 230.If fabric is hung on the described supporting member in admitting the zone, then fabric will be sent in the device inside when the drawer closure that can extract out.This device also comprises the degree of depth 12 and height 125.

The element of additional optional comprises: be arranged on the outside of device to pass on the one or more witness markings of device at the state of run duration; In order to pass on the sound indicator of device at the state of run duration.In one embodiment, witness marking comprises the timer that counts down, redness/yellow/green status lamp system, can be depending on mode of operation and with the flashing lamp of different rates flicker or be used for any other lamp of domestic appliance or device routinely.In another embodiment, utilize sound indicator, wherein sound indicator is operably connected on the controller, so voice mark can be depending on the operation phase and changes; Preferably be lower than 70dB.

In one embodiment, when device in when operation, the noise level that is generated at run duration by device is less than 50 decibels, in the frequency of about 3150Hz, perhaps about 4, the frequency of 000Hz, perhaps about 5, the frequency of 000Hz.Not bound by theory, it is believed that this noise level is enough quiet, it can not bother anyone or the pet that may sleep or have a rest at the run duration of device.Find, when in the bedroom or be adjacent to or be connected in when using this device in the washroom in bedroom, this point particular importance.It is believed that human usually to the noise-sensitive on 20Hz to the 20kHz sound spectrum.

This device is powered by the power supply that is selected from by the following group of forming: the solar electric power member; Plug in AC or the DC power supply; Battery; Fuel cell, latent heat battery and their combination.

Suitable fabric is hung member

Fabric can be placed in the admittance zone of fabric treating unit by any suitable method known in the art.In one embodiment, one or more fabrics are hung at one or more fabrics hung on the member.Described fabric is hung member removably or be fixedly connected on the described suspension element.In one embodiment, suspension element is forms such as one or more rods, bar, rope, and they can be connected on the front and/or back of the drawer that can extract out (sees for example Fig. 1 and Fig. 3.) in another embodiment, suspension element stretches out from the drawer face of the drawer that can extract out (sees for example Figure 10.) in one embodiment, suspension element hangs more than one fabric and hangs member (such as clothing suspension bracket or hereinafter disclosed any other suspension bracket of routine).According to the present invention, can use any suitable fabric to hang member.Preferably, fabric suspension bracket member is by being difficult at run duration getting rusty in device or melting or the material that is out of shape is made.The limiting examples that suitable fabric is hung member is described in the following patent: European patent 812556,670135 and 683999; DE 29713157; United States Patent (USP) 7,328,822,6,964,360,6,817,497,5,511,701,5,085,358 and 5,664,710; The U.S. announces 2008/00616,2005/0023310; And JP110572999.

Except providing fabric to hang the member in device, in one embodiment, the run duration that this device also is included in device applies the method that tension force makes that fold is reduced to the fabric in the cabinet.The fabric of hanging in the admittance zone of this device also can be increased the weight of or be stretched to make fabric be under the tension force, subtracts the wrinkle effect with improvement.Clamping system is well-known to those having ordinary skill in the art such as hanging weight and stretching device.See for example European patent 587173; Deutsche Bundespatent 4435672; With United States Patent (USP) 5,344,054.Preferably, after fabric being placed in this container and before beginning this process or beginning tensioning fabric in this process.This stretching or so-called being stretched in to fabric helps lax fold in this process, and along with the operation of device provides restoring force to rebuild the corrugationless orientation to fabric.

Preferred tensioning system comprises collapsible or retractable tensioning system that increase the weight of and light-duty, and wherein this system comprises tensioning apparatus such as spring.The beneficial effect of a kind of system in back is, can not increase additional weight to cleaning and multiple new equipment, simultaneously again can be by required tension force and the direction adjusted.Preferably, at the place, bottom of container these systems are installed in container inside.An example of this system is conventionally to be used as the roller blind of automobile sunlight filter, and can be commercially available from Halfords.This system is a kind of roller blind, and it can extend or shrink by a kind of rolling spring mechanism.Only need improve this system slightly, can make it be suitable for tensioning fabric.A kind of preferred remodeling relates to the bottom of equipment that the shell of this system is connected, and opposite side one or more anchor clamps are provided in case clamping and therefore stretch or tension equipment in fabric.For given fabric, go back the tensile force of tension force to obtain expecting of adjustable springs.The size of anchor clamps can change so that more than one anchor clamps are connected in this system.In addition, another kind of modification relates to and only has anchor clamps, its along or partly move along the window shade clamping system that is positioned at this system shell opposite.

In one embodiment, hanging member is movable with optional clamping system in described shell.Hang member and optional clamping system by moving, the admittance zone that wherein includes any fabric can move to another side from a side of device, such as in the horizontal.Laterally moving fabric makes it possible to increase and dispensing head distance apart, and described dispensing head is positioned at the inside of opposing sidewalls and/or optional giving prominence to.Therefore, in one embodiment, fabric is moved to a side of device inside, coordinate simultaneously fabric treatment composition distribution so that its opposite side from device come out, thereby the front portion of wet fabric for example.Correspondingly, the opposite side that fabric can be moved to device makes another set of dispense head be triggered with the opposite side of wet fabric, such as the rear portion of fabric.This has increased wetted fabric face and the lateral separation between the dispensing head, thereby makes it possible to better distribute.Activity is hung member and can be obtained by any suitable mechanical system, such as the system of chain driving or the system of gear drive.

Fabric treatment composition

Do not departing under the situation of the present invention, the liquid of any routine and/or fluid fabric treatment composition all can be used as fabric treatment composition.Suitable fabric treatment composition comprises any liquid or fluid composition, and described composition reduces and/or removes de-shirred, stench, and/or sends any other desired fabric treating beneficial effect.Additional suitable fabric treatment composition comprises spices and aromatic, and they can be delivered to desired smell on the fabric and or be delivered in the surrounding air of depositing this device.The water that comprises purified water, running water etc. also is suitable fabric treatment composition.

Though this device is preferably used for such as passing through to reduce stench and/or new fabric of fold reflex or clothes, but also may use following composition, described composition can be the spot repellent and/or also helps to remove spot, dirt, variable color and/or other the worthless influence because of wearing and using fabric to produce.

In one embodiment, fabric treatment composition comprises water and randomly comprises the preparation that is selected from by the following group of forming: surfactant, spices, preservative agent, bleaching agent, auxiliary cleaning agent, reduce composition, organic solvent, antimicrobial and their mixture.Described fabric treatment composition comprises volatile ingredient and involatile constituent.Appropriate organic solvent is a glycol ether, specifically, for methoxy propoxy propanol, ethyoxyl propoxyl group propyl alcohol, propoxyl group propoxyl group propyl alcohol, butoxy propoxyl group propyl alcohol, butoxy propyl alcohol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, the agent of going to wrinkle, wear anti wrinkling agent, half durable press agent, odour absorbents, volatile siloxane and their mixture.The fabric that is suitable for reduces composition and is selected from the group of being made up of following: ethylene glycol; All isomers of propylene glycol, butanediol, pentanediol, hexylene glycol; And their mixture.In one embodiment, fabric reduces composition and is selected from the group of being made up of following: neopentyl glycol, polyethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3 butylene glycol, 1-octanol and their mixture.Suitable surfactant comprises non-ionic surface active agent, such as the alkyl phenol of ethoxylated alcohol or ethoxylation, and in by the weight of fabric treatment composition at most about 2% amount exist.Preferred auxiliary cleaning agent comprises cyclodextrin and goes the agent of wrinkling, such as the siloxanes of inclusion compound.Particularly preferred anti wrinkling agent comprises volatile siloxane, and wherein some can be available from Dow Corning Corporation.A kind of this type of volatile siloxane is a D5 ring-type polymethyl siloxane decamethyl cyclopenta siloxanes (D5cyclomethicone decamethyl cyclopenta siloxane).The typical fabric treatment composition of this paper can comprise by weight the water at least about 80%, preferably at least about 90%, and more preferably at least about 95% water.The limiting examples of suitable fabric treatment composition is provided in to authorize in people's such as Gaaloul the United States Patent (USP) 6,726,186.

Another kind of suitable fabric treatment composition is for being disclosed in United States Patent (USP) 6,491, having in 840 specified pH so that improvement distributes and improves the polymer composition that subtracts the wrinkle composition stable and be disclosed in United States Patent (USP) 6,495, contain water control wrinkle composition in 058, these two lists of references are all authorized people such as Frankenbach.

In another embodiment, fabric treatment composition, 60/993765 of United States serial 61/130913 that on June 12nd, 2008 submitted to and submission on September 14th, 2007, both all authorize people such as Roselle.For example a kind of suitable fabric treatment composition comprises water-soluble quaternary surfactant, usually the minimum content of included water-soluble season agent is at least about 0.01% in the composition, preferably at least about 0.05%, more preferably at least about 0.1%, and the typical maximum level of water-soluble season agent is maximum about 20%, preferably less than about 10%, and be more preferably less than about 3%, and generally about 0.2% to about 1.0% scope; Basically water-insoluble oil ingredient or oil batching, wherein oil ingredient can have＞1 clogP.Usually the minimum content of included oil ingredient is at least about 0.001% in the composition, preferably at least about 0.005%, even more preferably at least about 0.01%, and the maximum level of usually oil component is maximum about 5.0%, preferably less than about 3%, and generally about 0.05% to about 1% scope; Disclosed optional member and as the water of surplus in the U.S. Patent application that two are incorporated into as described.

The method of multiple new fabric

A kind of method of handling fabric, described method comprise fabric are placed in the admittance zone of device as claimed in claim 1; Fabric treatment composition is deposited at least a portion of described fabric; Start described heating element heater; And make described device ventilation.In one embodiment, the step that deposits described fabric treatment composition comprises fabric treatment composition is assigned on the fabric, such as distributing by spraying, vaporization or atomizing.In one embodiment, the step that starts described heating element heater also comprises the air heat in the device at least about 80 ℃, perhaps at least about 70 ℃, perhaps at least about 50 ℃ step.Not bound by theory, it is believed that this heating application not only helps dry fabric, and can have the beneficial effect of removing smell and/or control microorganism.In addition, if use the fabric treatment composition that comprises antimicrobial, then heating can produce surprising control smell and antimicrobial beneficial effect to fabric.In another embodiment, the described method of handling described fabric perhaps in about 10 minutes, was perhaps finished in about 8 minutes in about 15 minutes.In one embodiment, this method comprises that also pushing single button comes opening device.

Should be appreciated that each the greatest measure limit that provides in whole specification includes each low numerical value limit, just low numerical value limit is like this write out the same in this article clearly.Each the minimum value limit that provides in whole specification includes each high value limit, writes out clearly in this article as this high value limit.Each number range that provides in whole specification includes each the narrower number range that is contained in this broader numerical, at this paper clear and definite expression is arranged also as this narrower number range.

Except as otherwise noted, all umbers, ratio and percentage in this paper specification, embodiment and claims all by weight, and all numerical limits are all used with the algnment accuracy that this area was provided.

Dimension disclosed herein and value are not intended to be understood that strictly to be limited to the exact value of being quoted.On the contrary, except as otherwise noted, each such dimension all is intended to represent numerical value of being quoted and the scope that is equal to around this numerical value on function.For example, the dimension that is disclosed as " 40mm " is intended to expression " about 40mm ".

The relevant portion of all documents of quoting in the detailed Description Of The Invention of the present invention all is incorporated herein by reference; Should not be interpreted as all admitting that for quoting of any file it is relevant prior art of the present invention.When any implication of the term in any implication of term in this written document record or definition and the document of incorporating this paper with way of reference into or define when conflicting, will be as the criterion with the implication or the definition of giving the term in this written document record.

Except as otherwise noted, article " " and " described " are meant " one or more ".

The relevant portion of the All Files of quoting in detailed Description Of The Invention all is incorporated herein by reference.Should not be interpreted as all admitting that for quoting of any file it is relevant prior art of the present invention.When any implication of term in any implication of term among the present invention or definition and the document of incorporating into way of reference or when defining contradiction, should obey the implication or the definition of giving this term in the present invention.

Though illustrated and described specific embodiments of the present invention, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that and under the situation that does not deviate from the spirit and scope of the invention, can make various other changes and modification.Therefore, all such changes and the modification that claims are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention of enclosing.

Claims (15)

1. device that is used to handle fabric, described device comprises: cabinet, described cabinet comprises:

A. form the shell of opening; With

B. the drawer that can extract out, described drawer comprises:

I. the drawer face that comprises outer surface; With

Ii. supporting member,

Wherein said drawer face and described supporting member form and are suitable for the operationally admittance zone of supports fabrics, and

The wherein said drawer of extracting out is suitable for fitting in the described shell and can extracts out by the described opening of described shell;

C. be included in the heating element heater in the described device; With

D. be oriented to guide air to pass the described air flow path of admitting the zone.

2. device as claimed in claim 1, described device also comprise less than about 28 inches, preferably less than about 20 inches, preferably less than about 16 inches, preferably less than about 12 inches maximum lateral width.

3. device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, described device also comprise about 1 to about 30, and preferred about 2 to about 15, and more preferably from about 3 to about 10, most preferably from about 5 area occupied aspect ratio.

4. the described device of each claim as described above, described device also comprise about 9 to about 1, and be preferred about 4 to 1.2, more preferably from about the ratio of the maximum lateral width of the drawer face of the maximum lateral width of 2 to 1.5 described device and the described drawer of extracting out.

5. the described device of each claim as described above, wherein said shell comprises pair of sidewalls, at least one in the wherein said sidewall comprises that to deviate from least one sidepiece that device extends outstanding.

6. the described device of each claim as described above, described device also comprises the source of fabric treatment composition, the described source of wherein said fabric treatment composition comprises at least one in following: the reservoir that is used for fabric treatment composition, described reservoir is operably connected on the one or more dispensing heads that are arranged in the described device, and wherein said one or more dispensing heads are oriented to towards the described fabric treatment composition of described admittance region allocation; The spray member of separating; Be operably connected to the fluid conveying member in the building pipe system; And their combination.

7. the described device of each claim as described above, described device also comprises second drawer that can extract out, described second drawer that can extract out comprises described reservoir.

8. the described device of each claim as described above, wherein said shell comprises pair of sidewalls, in the wherein said sidewall at least one comprise and deviate from least one outburst area that device extends, and in wherein said a plurality of dispensing head at least one is positioned on described at least one outburst area.

9. the described device of each claim as described above, wherein said air flow path comprises the air circulation member, described member operationally is positioned to guide air to pass described air flow path and optional air filtering system.

10. the described device of each claim as described above, the wherein said drawer of extracting out comprises the sliding component that is selected from by the following group of forming: a plurality ofly take turns, one or more slide rail and their combination.

11. the described device of each claim as described above, wherein said supporting member comprises the one or more rods that extend to described back from described drawer face.

12. the described device of each claim as described above, wherein said heating element heater comprises heater strip or coil, infrared lamp, heating using microwave element and their combination.

13. the described device of each claim as described above, described device also comprises mechanical tensioning system.

14. the described device of each claim as described above, described device also comprises on the outside that is arranged on described device to pass on one or more witness markings of the state of described device at run duration; In order to pass on the sound indicator of described device at the state of run duration; Or their combination.

15. an external member that is used to handle fabric, described external member comprises: the described device of each claim and one or more reservoir that recharges as described above.

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