1. The hands-free alternative to ironing

3. Batch Chores &
Automation

4. The “Problem”
“It’s tedious, a time-sink, and the ironing board is too damn small. Not
to mention, wrinkles are still there even after I’ve burned my hand.”

5. Existing solutions are still
done one-at-a-time

6. The Solution:
The over-door steambag for
removing wrinkles

7. Steemy

8. Drawbacks

9. Initial Target Market

10. Designing the Bag

11. Bag Materials
“Breathable” Fabrics
Carpet
Plastic Liner
Factors & Observations:
“breathable” surfaces become
damp (collect vapors) and
limit humidity
Screen Metal
Tarp Plastic

12. Bag Form
Factors & Observations:
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Water condensation around the edges makes the
interior sides wet
Clothes gets wet if it touches the sides
Clothes don’t “iron” if steam escapes
Larger bags take more time and water to fill up
Hot steam creates a dangerous situation when
removing clothes

13. Bag Form
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Steam must be let out before • Closed top (retain steam)
• Steam must be let out before
retrieving
Reversible (exposable) interior retrieving
• Reversible (exposable) interior

14. Building the Heating
Element
Kanthal Coil
Nichrome and ‘crucible’

15. Heating: Materials
Resistance wire
(Kanthal -- FeCrAl coil)
Glass
Rubber

16. Pipes build-up mineral residue from nondistilled water

17. Smaller Volume/Surface-Area (≈height)
requires less heat & team
Small drops of
water enter crucible
from the bottom.
Tube gathers water
vapor at the
evaporation point.
>>
<< Moment of
vaporization (coil
heating)

18. Heat burns through glass
insulation

19. Heating Element Form
Design:
● Coil wire
● Wide/Flat surface
● Cleanable (accessible)
evaporation point
● Suspended heating
element

21. Potential Design

22. The hands-free alternative to ironing