Ironing appliance comprising identification means for identifying the fabric type of articles to be ironed

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7779565
APP PUB NO 20090265964A1
SERIAL NO

11910488

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An ironing appliance (1) comprises an ironing device such as a steam iron and an ironing board (11) for supporting articles (2) to be ironed. In the ironing board (11), Radio Frequency Identification readers (41) are arranged, which serve for identifying the fabric type of the articles (2) to be ironed, which are provided with a tag (45) containing this information. The ironing board (11) has a heater (16) for heating the articles to be ironed, and is also adapted to supplying steam to these articles. In an ironing process of a given article, the characteristics of the supply of steam and the temperature of the heater (16) are determined on the basis of the information obtained from the tag (45) of the article by the readers (41). Due to the fact that the readers (41) are arranged in the ironing board (11), the identification process and the process of determining appropriate ironing settings take place in a fast and accurate manner.

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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N VTHE CITY OF EINDHOVEN IN HOLLAND

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Har, Tang Pong Singapore, SG 8 74
Jiang, Yong Singapore, SG 207 1552
Ma, Mun Thoh Singapore, SG 5 27
Tan, Mong Hua Singapore, SG 6 40
Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar Singapore, SG 40 167

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