A steam spray head includes a main body and a panel fixedly connected with the main body. The panel is provided with multiple steam orifices, and the main body is provided with a cavity, a cover plate sealing the cavity and provided with a water inlet pipe and a heating element fixed at the bottom of the cavity. The panel is provided with a first chamber communicating with the steam orifices, and an opening of the first chamber is sealed by lateral walls of the main body. One side of the main body provided with the panel is provided with a steam passage communicating the cavity with the first chamber, and multiple steam jet tubes, each end of which extends into the first chamber and presses against a corresponding steam orifice to interface with the latter, and the other end of which communicates with the cavity of the main body.

A steam spray head includes a main body and a panel fixedly connected with the main body. The panel is provided with multiple steam orifices, and the main body is provided with a cavity, a cover plate sealing the cavity and provided with a water inlet pipe and a heating element fixed at the bottom of the cavity. The panel is provided with a first chamber communicating with the steam orifices, and an opening of the first chamber is sealed by lateral walls of the main body. One side of the main body provided with the panel is provided with a steam passage communicating the cavity with the first chamber, and multiple steam jet tubes, each end of which extends into the first chamber and presses against a corresponding steam orifice to interface with the latter, and the other end of which communicates with the cavity of the main body.

The invention relates to a sole plate of a steam iron comprising a cover and a heating subassembly, in which the surface of the cover intended for being in contact with a garment comprises a steaming area onto which the steam outlet holes open and a drying area separate from the steaming area, the steaming area being located, at least partially, in the front third of said surface, the drying area being devoid of steam outlet holes and comprising a portion projecting outwards at the center of said surface.

The invention relates to a sole plate of a steam iron comprising a cover and a heating subassembly, in which the surface of the cover intended for being in contact with a garment comprises a steaming area onto which the steam outlet holes open and a drying area separate from the steaming area, the steaming area being located, at least partially, in the front third of said surface, the drying area being devoid of steam outlet holes and comprising a portion projecting outwards at the center of said surface.

An iron-steamer appliance includes: a housing including an internal water reservoir; a sole plate attached under the housing, the sole plate including first vents; first and second steam chambers in fluid communication with the water reservoir, wherein the first steam chamber is in fluid communication with the first vents; and a steamer nozzle in fluid communication with the second steam chamber, the steamer nozzle including second vents. The steamer nozzle is movable between retracted and extended positions, wherein in the retracted position, the nozzle is located directly above a peripheral footprint defined by the sole plate, and in the extended position, the nozzle is located at least partially forwardly of the sole plate peripheral footprint, and wherein in moving from the retracted position to the extended position, the steamer nozzle moves substantially parallel to the sole plate.

An iron-steamer appliance includes: a housing including an internal water reservoir; a sole plate attached under the housing, the sole plate including first vents; first and second steam chambers in fluid communication with the water reservoir, wherein the first steam chamber is in fluid communication with the first vents; and a steamer nozzle in fluid communication with the second steam chamber, the steamer nozzle including second vents. The steamer nozzle is movable between retracted and extended positions, wherein in the retracted position, the nozzle is located directly above a peripheral footprint defined by the sole plate, and in the extended position, the nozzle is located at least partially forwardly of the sole plate peripheral footprint, and wherein in moving from the retracted position to the extended position, the steamer nozzle moves substantially parallel to the sole plate.

Disclosed is an ironing head with an auxiliary accessory, which overcomes the defects of complicated disassembling and assembling operations caused by split configuration of an auxiliary accessory and a main body, the tendency to lose the auxiliary accessory, and the tendency to scald hands. The main body is provided with a neck adjacent to an ironing panel; the auxiliary accessory is movably sleeved on the neck to move back and forth on the neck; and lock-up structures for positioning the auxiliary accessory at the working position are disposed between the auxiliary accessory and the main body. The auxiliary accessory works near the ironing panel. The auxiliary accessory is bound with the machine body. During use, the service mode is changed only by changing the position of the auxiliary accessory. The configuration method of the auxiliary accessory ensures no contact with the ironing panel during movement, avoiding scalding of the hands.

Disclosed is an ironing head with an auxiliary accessory, which overcomes the defects of complicated disassembling and assembling operations caused by split configuration of an auxiliary accessory and a main body, the tendency to lose the auxiliary accessory, and the tendency to scald hands. The main body is provided with a neck adjacent to an ironing panel; the auxiliary accessory is movably sleeved on the neck to move back and forth on the neck; and lock-up structures for positioning the auxiliary accessory at the working position are disposed between the auxiliary accessory and the main body. The auxiliary accessory works near the ironing panel. The auxiliary accessory is bound with the machine body. During use, the service mode is changed only by changing the position of the auxiliary accessory. The configuration method of the auxiliary accessory ensures no contact with the ironing panel during movement, avoiding scalding of the hands.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for cleaning a substrate, such as a fabric material, involving the application of optical energy to the substrate, typically in the form of a beam of light, where the energy of the beam causes removal of the contaminant from substrate, such as from the fibres of a fabric material. The cleaning may occur via any mechanism, including one or more of, alone or in any combination, ablation, melting, heating or reaction with the substrate or contaminant or agent introduced to aid in the cleaning. The optical energy is typically applied to a selected area of the substrate (e.g., as a beam), and the substrate and beam or optical energy source moved relative to one another so as to clean a larger area of the substrate, either by moving the substrate or the beam, or both. Movement of the beam with respect to the substrate can be attained through a beam scanning mechanism or through movement of the optical source itself.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for cleaning a substrate, such as a fabric material, involving the application of optical energy to the substrate, typically in the form of a beam of light, where the energy of the beam causes removal of the contaminant from substrate, such as from the fibres of a fabric material. The cleaning may occur via any mechanism, including one or more of, alone or in any combination, ablation, melting, heating or reaction with the substrate or contaminant or agent introduced to aid in the cleaning. The optical energy is typically applied to a selected area of the substrate (e.g., as a beam), and the substrate and beam or optical energy source moved relative to one another so as to clean a larger area of the substrate, either by moving the substrate or the beam, or both. Movement of the beam with respect to the substrate can be attained through a beam scanning mechanism or through movement of the optical source itself.