US 12,110,632 B2
Automatic ironing apparatus
Eren Erturk, Littleport (GB); Rohan Kamdar, Borehamwood (GB); Christos Markides, Stevenage (GB); Sergio Martinez, Worcester Park (GB); and Michael Parrott, Impington (GB)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/910,892
Filed by BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/056029
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180776, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2003558 (GB), filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146409 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 73/02 (2006.01); A47G 25/44 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 73/02 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated ironing apparatus, comprising:
a flexible steaming head for applying steam to a supported article;
said flexible steaming head including a device for varying a shape of said flexible steaming head in at least two dimensions; and
said flexible steaming head having a force sensor arranged to detect a tension in the supported article.