{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.clothes-steamer","code":"thing-q16631171","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q16631171/","name":"clothes steamer","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A clothes steamer is a fabric-care appliance that heats water to produce steam and directs it onto garments to relax fibres and reduce wrinkles, usually without pressing them between heated surfaces.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise a clothes steamer, assess its readiness and garment compatibility, and determine which steaming or maintenance actions are appropriate.","scope":{"in":["Garment-directed steam generation and delivery","Handheld and upright configurations, including integral garment supports","Water supply, heating, steam controls, and operating states","Compatibility between the steamer, its attachments, and garment care requirements","Steam-related hazards, protective functions, maintenance, and faults"],"out":["Steam irons whose defining function includes pressing fabric with a heated soleplate","General-purpose steam cleaners and their surface-cleaning applications","Enclosed garment-care cabinets and industrial garment-finishing installations","Garment composition, manufacture, and care specifications as independently maintained knowledge","Product-line identities, individual-unit ownership, and repair-service histories","Independent certification schemes and electrical-installation requirements"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Its intended working output is steam directed onto clothing to relax wrinkles; producing room humidity is not its primary function.","Its defining garment treatment does not require compressing fabric between a hot soleplate and an ironing surface.","A handheld body or a separate steam head lets the operator direct steam over a garment; an enclosed automatic treatment chamber indicates a neighbouring appliance kind.","Garment-treatment instructions and attachments distinguish it from a steam cleaner intended primarily for floors, fixtures, or hard surfaces.","A heated contact plate does not alone establish that the appliance is a steam iron; classify combination products using their documented pressing and steaming modes."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"garment-steaming-identity","name":"Garment-steaming identity","description":"Defines the appliance by its intended garment treatment and configuration.","layers":[{"id":"treatment-boundary","name":"Treatment boundary","description":"Establishes which garment-treatment functions define membership in this kind.","findings":[{"id":"steam-led-wrinkle-treatment","name":"Steam-led wrinkle treatment","description":"Record evidence that directed steam for garment wrinkle relaxation is an intended function, and identify any separate pressing or cleaning modes.","questions":[{"text":"Does the documented intended use describe directing steam over garments to relax wrinkles?","id":"steam-led-wrinkle-treatment-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does the appliance also provide pressing, hard-surface cleaning, or enclosed treatment that requires a neighbouring model?","id":"steam-led-wrinkle-treatment-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"configuration-and-support","name":"Configuration and support","description":"Locates the reservoir, heater, delivery head, and garment supports.","findings":[{"id":"steamer-component-arrangement","name":"Steamer component arrangement","description":"Describe handheld or separate-base construction and distinguish integral supports from optional accessories.","questions":[{"text":"Are the reservoir and heater held with the steam head, or connected to it through a hose?","id":"steamer-component-arrangement-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which poles, hangers, backing boards, and head rests are integral, supplied accessories, or external equipment?","id":"steamer-component-arrangement-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"water-to-steam-delivery","name":"Water-to-steam delivery","description":"Covers water admission, heating, and delivery at the garment-facing head.","layers":[{"id":"water-supply-and-heating","name":"Water supply and heating","description":"Captures fill constraints and the documented steam-generation arrangement.","findings":[{"id":"water-and-heater-conditions","name":"Water and heater conditions","description":"Record allowed water, fill limits, heating arrangement, and any pressure-dependent opening constraints.","questions":[{"text":"What water quality, additives restrictions, and minimum or maximum fill levels do the instructions specify?","id":"water-and-heater-conditions-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How is water heated and fed to the steam outlet, and is any part documented as pressurised?","id":"water-and-heater-conditions-q02","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Under what conditions may the reservoir be removed, opened, or refilled?","id":"water-and-heater-conditions-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"output-and-reach","name":"Output and reach","description":"Characterises useful steam output and delivery constraints.","findings":[{"id":"qualified-steam-performance","name":"Qualified steam performance","description":"Record readiness time, delivery rate, usable runtime, and reach with their measurement conditions.","questions":[{"text":"What readiness time and steam delivery rate are claimed or measured for each mode, and under what conditions?","id":"qualified-steam-performance-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What usable runtime, filled handheld mass, and hose or cord reach constrain a steaming session?","id":"qualified-steam-performance-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"garment-treatment-fit","name":"Garment treatment fit","description":"Connects fabric care evidence to steaming technique, orientation, and attachments.","layers":[{"id":"fabric-and-finish-compatibility","name":"Fabric and finish compatibility","description":"Assesses the whole garment rather than relying solely on its main fibre.","findings":[{"id":"garment-treatment-permission","name":"Garment treatment permission","description":"Relate garment care information and appliance instructions to heat, moisture, finish, and trim constraints.","questions":[{"text":"What garment-care and appliance instructions support steaming this fabric, coating, lining, and attached decoration?","id":"garment-treatment-permission-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What uncertainty requires a permitted inconspicuous-area test, specialist advice, or withholding treatment?","id":"garment-treatment-permission-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"head-contact-and-garment-support","name":"Head contact and garment support","description":"Determines how the steam head may approach a supported garment.","findings":[{"id":"permitted-steaming-technique","name":"Permitted steaming technique","description":"Record approved orientations, contact or clearance requirements, and accessory-specific methods.","questions":[{"text":"Which operating orientations and head-to-fabric contact or clearance conditions are permitted for this appliance and attachment?","id":"permitted-steaming-technique-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"How must the garment be supported and tensioned while keeping hands and the wearer's body outside the steam path?","id":"permitted-steaming-technique-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"operating-states-and-protection","name":"Operating states and protection","description":"Connects controls and observable states to steam, heat, water, and electrical hazards.","layers":[{"id":"controls-and-state-transitions","name":"Controls and state transitions","description":"Interprets controls, indicators, and residual hazards during transitions.","findings":[{"id":"readiness-and-stop-evidence","name":"Readiness and stop evidence","description":"Identify how an operator establishes readiness, starts or stops steam, and confirms conditions for handling.","questions":[{"text":"What do the indicators and controls establish about heating, readiness, steam discharge, low water, and faults?","id":"readiness-and-stop-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"After steam is stopped or power disconnected, what cooling or pressure-release conditions govern moving, opening, or storing the appliance?","id":"readiness-and-stop-evidence-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"protective-functions-and-conformity","name":"Protective functions and conformity","description":"Records evidenced safeguards and applicable compliance claims.","findings":[{"id":"verified-protection-boundaries","name":"Verified protection boundaries","description":"Distinguish documented protective functions from assumed ones, and connect conformity evidence to the applicable appliance variant and market.","questions":[{"text":"Which protective functions are documented, what triggers them, and what hazards remain after they operate?","id":"verified-protection-boundaries-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which standards, issuing bodies, editions, and certification or conformity marks apply to this variant in its intended market, and what evidence supports each claim?","id":"verified-protection-boundaries-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which observed leaks, cord damage, unstable supports, or abnormal steam behaviour require immediate withdrawal from use?","id":"verified-protection-boundaries-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"steam-path-care-and-faults","name":"Steam-path care and faults","description":"Supports maintenance and fault assessment for reservoirs, heaters, hoses, and outlet heads.","layers":[{"id":"cleaning-and-storage","name":"Cleaning and storage","description":"Captures permitted care methods and consumable requirements.","findings":[{"id":"approved-steam-path-maintenance","name":"Approved steam-path maintenance","description":"Tie draining, cleaning, descaling, filter replacement, and storage to explicit instructions.","questions":[{"text":"What cleaning or descaling method is approved, and which chemicals or procedures are prohibited?","id":"approved-steam-path-maintenance-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What use conditions or indicators trigger maintenance, and are filters or cartridges replaceable consumables?","id":"approved-steam-path-maintenance-q02","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What draining, drying, cooling, and hose-storage steps are required before storage?","id":"approved-steam-path-maintenance-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"output-fault-assessment","name":"Output fault assessment","description":"Separates observable symptoms from unverified diagnoses.","findings":[{"id":"steam-and-water-anomalies","name":"Steam and water anomalies","description":"Record weak or absent steam, spitting, garment wetting, residue, and leaks with the operating conditions in which they occur.","questions":[{"text":"What symptom occurs, in which orientation and operating state, and how does it differ from the documented normal behaviour?","id":"steam-and-water-anomalies-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which manufacturer-approved checks distinguish filling, warm-up, condensate, or maintenance issues from faults requiring service?","id":"steam-and-water-anomalies-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of clothes steamer this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Fill, heat and use a clothes steamer on garments the user asks to be treated.","Check the care label of a garment before steaming it."],"mustNot":["Point steam at a person, animal or a garment being worn.","Leave a hot or filled steamer unattended near children or where it can tip.","Fill it with liquids other than water or additives the maker does not allow.","Use one with a damaged cord, hose or casing."],"requiresHuman":["Steaming delicate, valuable or historic textiles that heat or moisture may damage."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Steam burns can be severe, especially for children and older people.","Users may trust care advice that ruins garments they value."],"affectedParties":["Users","Children in the home","Owners of the garments"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person who owns and uses it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q21550976","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.clothes-steamer","Wikidata: Q16631171 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16631171)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Steamer configuration: handheld; upright with hose; combination appliance; other documented configuration","Steam-generation arrangement: documented heating and water-feed arrangement; pressure status; unknown","Rated electrical input: W, V, and Hz as marked; battery specifications where applicable","Usable water capacity: mL or L, distinguishing reservoir volume from permitted fill volume","Steam delivery rate: g/min, with mode, test conditions, and claimed or measured status","Time to steam readiness: s or min from a specified starting condition","Permitted operating orientation: manufacturer-permitted angles and vertical or horizontal modes","Garment and attachment compatibility: supported fabric or garment-care conditions linked to approved attachments and operating instructions","Operating condition: unplugged; heating; ready; steaming; paused; cooling; empty; faulted; unknown","Handling dimensions and mass: mm and kg, distinguishing dry body, filled handheld load, hose reach, and support height","Protective-function provision: documented presence, absence, or unknown status of relevant cutoffs, shutoffs, locks, and pressure protections"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A handheld or upright appliance with a water tank and a flat steam head or nozzle.","Upright models have a hose and a pole with a hanger."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identify whether an appliance belongs to the clothes-steamer kind or requires a combination-appliance boundary.","Check a garment, attachment, and proposed steaming orientation against documented compatibility.","Prepare, fill, warm up, and operate a steamer using the applicable product instructions.","Assess readiness and compare observed steam delivery with a documented baseline.","Recognise conditions that require stopping use, cooling, inspection, or repair.","Select documented draining, cleaning, descaling, and storage actions."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Escaping steam and hot water cause scalds.","Electrical faults near water can cause shocks.","Spitting water can stain or shrink fabrics."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["IEC 60335-2-85, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Particular requirements for fabric steamers, International Electrotechnical Commission."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Clothes steamers are used in homes, clothing shops, costume departments and garment-care settings to reduce wrinkles in compatible fabrics.","They are useful for refreshing hanging garments and treating shapes or decorative details that are awkward to press with an iron."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q16631171: clothes steamer","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16631171","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Clothes 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