	US 11,891,751 B2
	Laundry kiosk
Nishant Jain, Atlanta, GA (US); and Thibault P. Corens, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to LAUNDRYSUCKS.IO INC., Sandy Springs, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/632,709
Filed by LAUNDRYSUCKS.IO INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/068223 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/025722, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/US2019/045019 (WO), filed on Aug. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282425 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 73/02 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2020.01); D06F 58/10 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 103/02 (2020.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01)

CPC D06F 73/02 (2013.01) [B25J 17/0258 (2013.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 39/008 (2013.01); D06F 58/10 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 2103/02 (2020.02); G06F 18/214 (2023.01)]

20 Claims

1. A laundry kiosk comprising:

an enclosure;

a hanger arranged within the enclosure and configured to receive a garment;

a left sleeve retainer:

arranged:

within the enclosure;

below the hanger; and

proximal a left side of the enclosure; and

configured to:

clamp a left sleeve of the garment; and

tension the left sleeve of the garment against the hanger;

a right sleeve retainer:

arranged:

within the enclosure;

below the hanger; and

proximal a right side of the enclosure;

configured to:

clamp a right sleeve of the garment; and

tension the right sleeve of the garment against the hanger;

a steam nozzle:

arranged below the hanger;

interposed between the left sleeve retainer and the right sleeve retainer;

configured to expel a first jet of steam along a nozzle axis toward an interior surface of the garment to:

tension a local area of the garment; and

release wrinkles within the local area of the garment; and

an actuator configured to traverse the nozzle axis of the steam nozzle across the interior surface of the garment.