Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for guiding a flex extending from an appliance
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Application No.: US14655219Application Date: 2013-12-18
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Publication No.: US09771679B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Sahil Wadhwa , Yong Jiang , Kean Hao Raymond Lee
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/061091 WO 20131218
- International Announcement: WO2014/102671 WO 20140703
- Main IPC: D06F75/08
- IPC: D06F75/08 ; D06F79/02 ; D06F81/00 ; H02G11/00 ; H02G3/32

Abstract:
A device for guiding a Flex Extending from an Appliance The present application relates to a device 1 for guiding a flex 8 of a garment care appliance that, during use of the appliance 6, hangs downwardly from said appliance. The device comprises a guide tube 4 having a passage therethrough to slideably receive the flex of the garment care appliance, and an attachment part 5 for attachment of the guide tube to a support such that the guide tube is positioned in proximity to, or below, a height at which the appliance is being used. A lower part of the flex that hangs through and below the guide tube maintains an upper part of the flex, extending between the appliance and the guide tube, substantially straight or taut during movement of the appliance towards and away from the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150330015A1 A DEVICE FOR GUIDING A FLEX EXTENDING FROM AN APPLIANCE Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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