Patent attributes
An apparatus for generating a stream of steam for direction against an area of skin of a person includes a water vessel for retaining a quantity of water, the vessel having an upright tubular vessel side wall and a vessel bottom wall and a vessel mounting structure, and a water heating mechanism mounted outside and in thermal proximity to the vessel including a heating element and a power source connection structure for generating heat for transfer into the water vessel to heat the quantity of water sufficiently to progressively transform the quantity of water into a stream of steam; a steam guidance framework including a vessel cover structure having a structure upper surface and a structure lower surface, a vessel engaging structure for suspending the vessel from the vessel cover structure, the vessel cover structure having a steam port over the water vessel for passing a stream of steam from the water vessel; a steam delivery tube including a steam delivery tube receiving end and a steam delivery tube discharge end, the steam delivery tube receiving end being sealingly affixed to the structure upper surface and positioned to enclose the steam port, the steam delivery tube protruding from the structure upper surface to the delivery tube discharge end, the delivery tube discharge end including a steam discharge port for orientation toward a selected area of the skin of a person to direct the stream of steam against the selected area of skin.
