CN101228309A

CN101228309A - Ironing apparatus comprising a switching device for selectively supplying steam and electricity to different accessories

Info

Publication number: CN101228309A
Application number: CNA2006800267529A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 让-菲利浦·罗班
Original assignee: SEB SA
Current assignee: SEB SA
Priority date: 2005-07-26
Filing date: 2006-07-10
Publication date: 2008-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 2026-07-10
Also published as: FR2889211A1; FR2889211B3; EP1910605A1; WO2007012720A1; RU2008106918A; CN101228309B

Abstract

The invention concerns an ironing apparatus comprising a steam generator connected by several cords (20, 30) to different accessories (2, 3), such as an iron (2) and a travel steamer (3), characterized in that it comprises selecting means (17) enabling a user to indicate which accessory (2, 3) he/she wishes to use and a steam and electric power switching device enabling the selected accessory (2, 3) to be selectively supplied with steam or electricity.

Description

Have the irons of supplying with the conversion equipment of steam and power supply to various annexes selectively

Technical field

[01] the present invention relates to irons, it has a steam generator, and described steam generator is connected in various annex by a plurality of conduction bands, for example a flatiron and an ironing brush.

Background technology

[02] the multipurpose steam generator is known, and wherein, collapsible joint is powered simultaneously and supplied with steam, can connect various annex, for example a steaming instrument or a flatiron.But the defective of this utensil is, when each user wishes to use a new annex, need carry out multiple connection and lock out operation.In addition, the detachable accessory that will use often is placed on the bottom of a Tool Cabinet once in a while, therefore can not be standby immediately.

[03] is well known that, the applicant's document FR 2 714 401 has remedied these defectives, a kind of irons are proposed, it has a steam generator, described steam generator is connected in a flatiron by a conduction band, described generator also has the steam leads component, and it is installed on the water injection hole of generator tank, can be firmly attached to a for example ironing brush of an annex.This utensil is very easy to use, because two annexes can be firmly attached to generator tank, like this, can be used alternatingly, and has not both had the stand-by period, does not also have complex operations.

[04] still, adopt this utensil, the danger of existence is, two annexes use simultaneously, and the power of utensil is unsuitable for providing steam to two annexes simultaneously.In addition, do not power, thereby limited the type and/or the effect of the annex that can be connected greatly with these leads components by the annex that the steam leads component connects.

Summary of the invention

[05] like this, the present invention is intended to remedy these defectives, proposes a kind of irons, it has a steam generator, and described steam generator is connected in various annex by a plurality of conduction bands, wherein, the consumption of the steam of utensil and electricity is in optimum state, and the safety in utilization of annex is improved.

[06] for this reason, the present invention relates to irons, it has a steam generator, described steam generator is connected in various annex by a plurality of conduction bands, for example a flatiron and an ironing brush is characterized in that it has alternative pack and steam and electrical switching device, which annex described alternative pack can indicate to the user is to wish to use, and described steam and electrical switching device can be supplied with steam and power supply to selected annex selectively.

[07] this feature only can limit in annex the workability that an annex is supplied with steam and power supply simultaneously, can improve the service behaviour of utensil like this, and the restriction utensil consumes the danger of steam or electricity excessively.

[08] according to another feature of irons of the present invention, alternative pack is made of a manual selector.

[09] according to another feature of irons of the present invention, conversion equipment has a steam distributor valve and at least one breaker, described steam distributor valve can make steam towards one or the directed conveying of another annex, and described breaker is connected in steam distributor valve, can discern the annex that power.

[10] according to another feature of irons of the present invention, steam generator is connected in a flatiron by one first conduction band, and be connected in an ironing brush by one second conduction band, described flatiron has a heated base, described heated base is furnished with a vaporizer, described ironing brushing tool has a heating main body, and described heating main body is furnished with a vaporizer.

[11] another feature according to the present invention, utensil has a control module, described control module comprises a microprocessor, described microprocessor is controlled the unlatching of a motor-driven valve, described motor-driven valve is arranged in the upstream of steam distributor valve, can make steam towards ironing brush or the directed output of flatiron, the power supply of the heating main body of described microprocessor control ironing brush and the heated base of flatiron.

[12] another feature according to the present invention, during the condensate that exists in the temperature of the vaporizer of flatiron or ironing brush is not enough to guarantee to vaporize the conduction band of selected annex, control module stops the direction discharging of steam towards flatiron or ironing brush.

[13] another feature according to the present invention, control module is only after one section definite work timing of heating main body, allow steam towards the discharging of ironing brush, described one section definite work timing finishes the time that passs and changes along with the accumulative total working time of bringing into use the heating main body from utensil and from last use period of ironing brush.

[14] another feature according to the present invention, control module is only after one section of heated base definite work timing, allow steam to discharge towards flatiron, described one section definite work timing uses the time of period passage and changes along with the accumulative total working time of bringing into use heated base from utensil and from flatiron is last.

Description of drawings

[15] according to reference to the accompanying drawings to the explanation of the specific embodiment of the present invention that provides as non-limiting example, will understand purpose of the present invention, feature and superiority better, accompanying drawing is as follows:

[16] Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to the irons of a specific embodiment of the present invention;

[17] Fig. 2 is the exploded stereogram of the flatiron of utensil shown in Figure 1;

[18] Fig. 3 is the exploded stereogram of utensil shown in Figure 1, and the conduction band reel of ironing brush is pulled down from the base of utensil;

[19] Fig. 4 is the exploded stereogram of the ironing brush of utensil shown in Figure 1;

[20] Fig. 5 a and 5b are respectively the stereogram of steam generator when using flatiron and ironing brush shown in Figure 1;

[21] Fig. 6 a and 6b are respectively the stereogram of conversion equipment to ironing brush and flatiron supply steam the time;

[22] Fig. 7 a and 7b are respectively the profilographs of the supply valve shown in Fig. 6 a and the 6b;

[23] Fig. 8 illustrates the working rules system of control module of the steam generator of utensil.

The specific embodiment

[24] understanding member required for the present invention only is shown among the figure.For ease of the reading accompanying drawing, to another accompanying drawing, identical member adopts identical label from an accompanying drawing.

[25] Fig. 1 illustrates irons, it comprises a steam generator, and described steam generator produces band by one usually and presses the water tank of steam to constitute, and water tank is not shown on figure, be installed in the portable base 1, described water tank is supplied water by a detachable reservoir 10 that is arranged on base 1 rear portion.

[26] advantageously, base 1 is by a cable 12 power supplies, described cable 12 is installed on the reel, described reel is arranged in the back of the front surface of base 1, cable 12 leads in the chamber 13 of front surface of base 1, when the user pushes a near button 14 that is arranged in the chamber, described cable 12 auto reelings.One normal circuit breaker 15 also is provided on the front surface of base 1, is used for bringing into use or stopping using of controling appliance.

[27] steam generator that is installed on base 1 one first is connected conduction band 20 and is firmly attached to a flatiron 2 by what preferably be about 1.8 meters, and has a clinoplain 11, is used to place flatiron 2.

[28] as shown in Figure 2, flatiron is furnished with a heated base 21, and described heated base 21 comprises the steam hot cell 22 of vaporizing, and it is arranged in the upstream of the steam delivery outlet of base, can vaporize to connect the condensate that may exist in the conduction band 20.Itself connects conduction band 20 conduit and a cable is housed knownly, and described conduit can be supplied with from the band of generator tank to flatiron 2 and press steam, and described cable can be supplied with heating resistor to the heated base 21 of flatiron.Flatiron 2 also has a trigger 23, can control the steam delivery outlet delivering vapor by heated base 21.

[29] steam generator of base 1 also is firmly attached to an ironing brush 3 by one second conduction band 30 that preferably is about 1.6 meters, conduction band 30 is equipped with a conduit and a cable, described conduit can be supplied with from the band of generator to ironing brush 3 and press steam, and described cable can be to 3 power supplies of ironing brush.

[30] as shown in Figure 3, second conduction band 30 preferably is installed on the conduction band coiler device 4, and described conduction band coiler device 4 is installed in the chamber that for this reason is arranged under the base 1, is positioned at the back of cable drum 12.This conduction band coiler device 4 comprises reset components, and when the user pushed a button 41 that is arranged in the reel side, described reset components can be with conduction band 30 auto reelings in a reel.Reel described in this conduction band reel 4 and the applicant's the patent application FR 05 03125 is identical, therefore, will not describe in detail in present patent application.

[31] advantageously, base 1 has a retaining clip 16 on one of its side, and the main body of ironing brush 3 can be inserted wherein, and it is afterwards very easy to use that this layout can make an ironing brush 3 pack up, and make utensil keep compact conformation fully.

[32] retaining clip 16 preferably is arranged in the side of the conduction band 30 of base 1 from reel 4 outputs, so that when ironing brush 3 is stowed in the retaining clip 16, the length that conduction band 30 remains on outside the reel 4 is very limited, is about 20 centimetres, and this feature can reduce the danger that conduction band 30 snarls.

[33] for making the condensate vaporization that may exist in the conduction band 30, know clearly as Fig. 4 and to show, adorn a heating main body 31 in the ironing brush 3, it has the steam hot cell 32 of vaporizing by a lid 31 ' sealing, this vaporizer 32 is by a resistance heated, described resistance is arranged in the heating main body 31 times, by connecting the cable power supply that conduction band 30 is equipped with.Vaporizer 32 leads on steam discharge hole 32 ' (only being shown in Fig. 5 b), can obtain powerful steam jet, is used for clothing and vertically presses.Ironing brush 3 is furnished with a trigger 33, and its control steam is towards the conveying of ironing brush 3.

[34] particularly, according to the present invention, the front surface of the base 1 of generator is furnished with one and rotates selector 17, the user can handle described rotation selector 17 between a primary importance and a second place, described primary importance is shown in Fig. 5 a, corresponding to using flatiron 2, the described second place is shown in Fig. 5 b, corresponding to using ironing brush 3.

[35] according to Fig. 6 a and 6b, selector 17 is connected in steam and electrical switching device by a bar 5, it comprises a steam distributor valve 6, described steam distributor valve 6 has a steam inlet 60 and two steam (vapor) outlets 61,62, described steam inlet 60 is connected in a motor-driven valve 7 in the upstream, described motor-driven valve 7 is arranged in the output of generator tank, and described steam (vapor) outlet 61,62 is connected to the conduction

band supplying duct

20,30 of flatiron 2 and ironing brush 3.

[36] valve 6 comprises a sleeve 63, it is driven by bar 5 and rotates, and is connected in the main body of valve 6 by screw, and the outer surface of the main body of valve has a spirality ribs 64, it is bonded in the spiral slots that form in the sleeve 63, makes the rotation of sleeve 63 follow the motion with its translation.

[37] conversion equipment also has two breaker 66a, 66b, it applies effect by protruding 65a, the 65b on the outer surface that is arranged in sleeve 63, projection 65a, 65b are arranged to, only when selector 17 is in the use location of the flatiron 2 shown in Fig. 6 a, the first breaker 66a is applied in effect, and only when selector 17 is in the use location of the ironing brush 3 shown in Fig. 6 b, the second breaker 66b is applied in effect.

[38] these two breaker 66a, 66b are connected in a control module 100, schematically illustrate as Fig. 6 a and 6b, described control module 100 comprises a microprocessor, and it infers the actuating state of breaker 66a, 66b, the position of valve 6, thereby infers the position of selector 17.

[39] Fig. 7 a is the profile of valve 6, shown in Fig. 7 a, when selector 17 is on the use location of flatiron 2, the ingate 60 of valve is led in the cylindrical steam distributor chamber 67, it is prolonged by a diameter less hole 68a, 68b in its each end, the first hole 68a be connected in the discharge orifice 61 that flatiron is connected conduction band 20 and be communicated with, the second hole 68b be connected in ironing and brush the discharge orifice 62 of 3 conduction band 30 and be communicated with.

[40] sleeve 63 is connected in a sliding plunger 69, described sliding plunger 69 has one first cutting edge sealing gasket 69a and one second sealing gasket 69b, when sleeve 63 is in the use location of flatiron 2, the described first cutting edge sealing gasket 69a is in the distributor chamber 67, so that steam can pass through on the periphery of sealing gasket 69a, and towards flatiron discharging, the described second sealing gasket 69b thereby be inserted in the second hole 68b prevents that steam is towards 3 dischargings of ironing brush.Piston 69 also is furnished with one the 3rd sealing gasket 69c, and it is arranged among the first hole 68a in discharge orifice downstream, loses with the orifice flow that prevents the main body that steam passes through piston pin 69.

[41] shown in Fig. 7 b, when selector 17 turns to when using the position of ironing brush 3, sleeve 63 rotates and retreats on the main body of valve 6, thereby causes that piston 69 moves, and cause that the first sealing gasket 69a embeds by the first hole 68a, so that steam no longer can be towards the direction discharging of flatiron 2.Otherwise so the second sealing gasket 69b moves in the bigger distributor chamber 67 of diameter, so that steam can pass through on the periphery of the second sealing gasket 69b, and through the hole 62 towards 3 dischargings of ironing brush.

[42] advantageously, control module 100 is controlled the motor-driven valve 7 of the output that is arranged in generator tank, so that stop to flatiron 2 or ironing brush 3 supply steam during certain, it depends on that selected annex is flatiron 2 or presses not supplying time of brush 3.This security can be avoided any injection of condensate, the condensate that the temperature of guaranteeing the vaporizer 32 of the vaporizer 22 of flatiron or ironing brush is enough to vaporize and may exists in the

conduction band

20,30.

[43] for instance, the microprocessor of control module 100 can be according to algorithm shown in Figure 8, the unlatching of the motor-driven valve 7 of control generator water tank.

[44] according to this figure, it is selected between flatiron 2 and ironing brush 3 which annex person of being to use is control module 100 detect at phase I E1.This mensuration of selected annex is only carried out from breaker 66a, 66b information transmitted.

[45] so, control module 100 is measured from selected 2, the 3 last use periods of annex at second stage E2 and is finished the time T m of passing.One period service time of so-called annex, be meant that irons start and selector 17 is in a period of time with the corresponding position of annex.

[46] at phase III E3, control module 100 is checked Tc preheating time of the last use of annex period accumulative total _S-1Whether be enough to preheating annex during 120 seconds total time.

[47] if Tc preheating time of accumulative total of last period _S-1Be less than 120 seconds, so, control module 100 is in stage E 3 ' supply the preheating time of annex, stage E 3 ', annex was heated during the corresponding time T c with the preheating time of deficiency, to reach total preheating time of 120 seconds.During this preheating time Tc, a diode 18 glimmers on the front surface of base 1, represents that to the user selected annex heats period.Should assist preheating time after the time, control module 100 enters stage E 4.

[48] otherwise, in the last use period of annex, if reach 120 seconds preheating time, so, control module 100 directly enters stage E 4, and in stage E 4, control module 100 will be from the time T m of the last period passage of annex and a threshold ratio, in an illustrated embodiment, described threshold value was fixed in 5 minutes.

[49], when control module receives the control signal of

trigger

23,33 of

annex

2,3 in stage E 5, allow motor-driven valve to open immediately if time T m is less than 5 minutes.

[50] opposite, if cumulative time Tm more than 5 minutes, so, control module enters the auxiliary heating period E4 ' of annex, with the compensation annex in its cooling that does not cause owing to heat loss between the operating period.

[51] this stage E 4 ', annex one non-cutting time the Ts heating, Ts equaled to surpass 5 minutes threshold values and multiply by a COEFFICIENT K described non-cutting time _AThe number of minutes Tm, for the annex withdraw from service per minute that surpasses 5 minutes threshold values, described COEFFICIENT K _ASecond number corresponding to pending auxiliary heating.

[52] still, if the time T s that should calculate obtain so, will be limited in Ts=120 second auxiliary heat time heating time more than 120 seconds, required initial preheating time when cold corresponding to annex.Between this auxiliary period of heating, be arranged in diode 18 flickers on the front surface of base 1, represent that to the user selected annex heats period.This auxiliary heat time heating time after the time, control module 100 enters stage E 5, presses the instruction of the

trigger

23,33 of annex, allows motor-driven valve 7 to open.

[53] obvious, COEFFICIENT K _AThe thermal mass and the heating power that depend on selected annex.For instance, for ironing brush 3, COEFFICIENT K _AValue be K _A=1 second/minute, for flatiron 2, COEFFICIENT K _AValue be K _A=1.25 seconds/minute.

[54] like this, if selected annex is an ironing brush 3, be 9 minutes from the time T m of the last use period passage of ironing brush 3, so, allow before steam carry by conduction band 30 in control module 100, Ts will be 4 seconds auxiliary preheating time.

The superiority of the irons of [55] so making is that security is bigger, and only in annex supplies with steam and power supply simultaneously, thus when not selecting annex because careless when for example moving, without any danger by a child.This solution also can limit the power consumption of utensil, thereby the power supply network of avoiding utensil to connect thereon transships.In addition, this solution can limit steam consumption quantity, thereby avoids that steam pressure sharply descends in the water tank.Therefore, utensil can have size and determines an optimized steam generator.

[56] last, this utensil can accurately be controlled the supply of the electricity and the steam of selected annex, so that can limit owing to scald user's danger by the boiling hot condensate of steam delivery outlet injection of annex.

[57] obvious, the present invention never is confined to provide as an example described and shown in embodiment.Especially in the configuration aspects of various members, can carry out some improvement, perhaps replace the technical equivalents part, and this not exceed protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. irons, it has a steam generator, and described steam generator is simultaneously by a plurality of conduction bands (20,30) be connected in various annex (2,3), for example a flatiron (2) and an ironing brush (3) is characterized in that, it has alternative pack (17), it allows to indicate which annex (2,3) to the user is to wish to use, and described alternative pack is handled the conversion equipment of steam and electricity, this conversion equipment allows selectively and supplies with steam and power supply to selected annex (2,3).

2. irons according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described alternative pack is made of a manual selector (17).

3. according to each described irons in the claim 1 to 2, it is characterized in that, described conversion equipment has a steam distributor valve (6) and at least one breaker (66a, 66b), described steam distributor valve (6) can make steam towards one or the directed conveying of another annex (2,3), described breaker (66a, 66b) be connected in described steam distributor valve (6), can discern the annex (2,3) that power.

4. according to each described irons in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, described steam generator is connected in a flatiron (2) by one first conduction band (20), and be connected in an ironing brush (3) by one second conduction band (30), described flatiron (2) has a heated base (21), described heated base (21) is furnished with a vaporizer (22), and described ironing brush (3) has a heating main body (31), and described ironing brush (3) is furnished with a vaporizer (32).

5. according to claim 3 and 4 described irons, it is characterized in that, it has a control module (100), described control module (100) comprises a microprocessor, described microprocessor is controlled the unlatching of a motor-driven valve (7), described motor-driven valve (7) is arranged in the upstream of steam distributor valve (6), described steam distributor valve (6) can make steam brush towards described ironing that (3) or described flatiron (2) are directed to be carried, and described microprocessor is controlled the power supply of the heated base (21) of the heating main body (31) of described ironing brush and described flatiron.

6. irons according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, vaporizer (22 when described flatiron (2) or described ironing brush (3), 32) temperature is not enough to guarantee the conduction band (20 of selected annex, during the condensate vaporization that exists 30), described control module (100) stops the direction discharging of steam towards described flatiron (2) or described ironing brush (3).

7. irons according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, described control module (100) is only after one section definite work timing of described heating main body (31), allow steam brush (3) discharging towards described ironing, described one section definite work timing is along with the accumulative total working time of bringing into use described heating main body (31) from described utensil and from time that the last use of described ironing brush (3) period end is passed and change.

8. according to each described irons in the claim 6 to 7, it is characterized in that, described control module (100) is only after one section definite work timing of described heated base (21), allow steam towards described flatiron (2) discharging, described one section definite work timing finishes the time that passs and changes along with the accumulative total working time of bringing into use described heated base (21) from described utensil and from described flatiron (2) the last use period.