US 12,467,192 B2
Laundry treating appliance having a vapor and/or mist and/or aerosol generator
Giuseppe Vita, Porcia (IT); Paola Rovella, Porcia (IT); Giuseppe Rossi, Porcia (IT); Nicola Reid, Porcia (IT); Emilio Santoro, Porcia (IT); and Elisabetta Bari, Porcia (IT)
Assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/777,125
Filed by Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/081664
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/098942, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396907 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/40 (2024.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/10 (2020.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/06 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); H05B 3/20 (2006.01); D06F 103/62 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01)
CPC D06F 39/40 (2024.01) [B05B 17/0676 (2013.01); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/10 (2020.02); D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 39/06 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); H05B 3/20 (2013.01); D06F 2103/62 (2020.02); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating appliance comprising:
a cabinet;
a tubular mantle housed inside the cabinet and rotatable with respect to a rotation axis, the tubular mantle comprising a first end and an inner volume configured to receive laundry;
a flange fixed to and rotatable with the tubular mantle, wherein the first end of the tubular mantle is at least partially closed by the flange;
a liquid reservoir fixed to the tubular mantle or to the flange and defining an interior space configured to contain a liquid;
an electric liquid treating device fixed to the tubular mantle or to the flange, and fluidly connected with the liquid reservoir and configured to receive and treat the liquid to thereby release, within the tubular mantle, at least one of a vapor, a mist, or an aerosol; and
a power source configured to supply electric power to the electric liquid treating device from a non-rotating part of the laundry treating appliance, wherein the power source is selected from a group consisting of a sliding electric contact system and a wireless power transmitter unit, and wherein the wireless power transmitter unit is configured to wirelessly transmit electric power to a wireless power receiver unit rotating with the tubular mantle.