CN101512064B - Device to regulate the temperature of an ironing apparatus - Google Patents

Device to regulate the temperature of an ironing apparatus Download PDF

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CN101512064B
CN101512064B CN2007800323646A CN200780032364A CN101512064B CN 101512064 B CN101512064 B CN 101512064B CN 2007800323646 A CN2007800323646 A CN 2007800323646A CN 200780032364 A CN200780032364 A CN 200780032364A CN 101512064 B CN101512064 B CN 101512064B
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    • D06F75/10Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed
    • D06F75/14Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed the steam being produced from water in a reservoir carried by the iron
    • D06F75/18Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed the steam being produced from water in a reservoir carried by the iron the water being fed slowly, e.g. drop by drop, from the reservoir to a steam generator

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Device (10) to regulate the temperature of an ironing apparatus (11) comprising a steam iron (12) with an ironing plate (17) heated by means of heating members (18) of the adjustable type, and a container unit (13) that contains a determinate quantity of water and selectively feeds it to the ironing plate (17) through a feed pipe (26). The device (10) comprises a selection knob (22) selectively driven in order to regulate the heating temperature of the heating members (18). The device (10) also comprises mechanical members (27, 29) to regulate the water flow rate fed to the iron (12), directly associated with the selection knob (22), so as to be moved together with the selection knob (22) in order to modify the flow rate according to the actual heating temperature of the heating members (18).

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Regulate the device of the temperature of ironing equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to regulate the device of the temperature of the ironing equipment that is used for clothes or fabric, described ironing equipment is provided with steam iron and tank, and this tank is equipped with the water that is used to produce steam, and steam iron and tank interconnect by supply pipe.Especially, comprise a knob that connects with adjustable thermostat according to device of the present invention, described thermostat is regulated the heating-up temperature of the water that will vaporize.In according to device of the present invention, knob and following mechanism connect, this mechanism can be associated with the actual heating-up temperature of flatiron so that will be transformed into the amount of the water of steam according to optionally changing the channel cross-section of water supplying pipe with the selected actual heating-up temperature of same knob.
Background technology
Become known for the ironing equipment of fabric, this ironing equipment comprises steam iron and is used for the container unit or the tank of water that container unit or tank are arranged on the outside or inner of flatiron, and can supply water to flatiron by pump and supply pipe, to produce steam.
Flatiron generally is equipped with iron board, and this iron board heats in adjustable mode by resistance, the selection knob controlling of described resistance by connecting with thermostat.The purpose of doing like this is, with respect to the temperature of the type adjustment iron board of the clothes that will press.
In some known solutions, iron board is provided with vaporizer, in described vaporizer, with the heating of the water supplied with and be transformed into steam, this steam optionally is transported on the clothes that will press by a plurality of holes that are distributed on the flatiron lower surface by described resistance.
In these known solutions, the heating-up temperature of the generation of steam by resistance regulated, and especially utilizes the low heating-up temperature of the clothes that for example are used to press rapid wear.For this reason, the period that the generation of steam need be grown, water not exclusively vaporization and the problem of passing the sprocket hole drippage are subsequently arranged simultaneously.
Some solution in these known solutions provides electronic type, for example has the instruction and a control module of control module type able to programme, this instruction and control module are according to the heating-up temperature of the resistance of setting, regulate the flow velocity of supplying with water on the supply pump by acting directly on, to optimize the transformation of water to steam.
Yet this known solution need programming and supervisory instruction and control module and is prepared that specific being used to instructed and the can of control module, thereby increases the production cost of ironing equipment.
US-A-2,976,627 and US-A-2,903,804 (preorder of main claim of the present invention is based on its disclosures) disclose the device of the flow rate that is used for the heating-up temperature steam regulation flatiron water set according to the user.Yet wherein disclosed solution comprises valve system and movable member, and this makes relevant apparatus become complicated and costs an arm and a leg.
Therefore, the objective of the invention is to realize a kind of ironing equipment that is provided with steam iron and water container unit, the production of this ironing equipment is simple and economical, and can effective management of water supply with according to the heating-up temperature of iron board, and does not need special electricity instruction and control module.
The applicant invents, tests and implemented the present invention, to overcome the shortcoming of prior art, reaches and obtains these and other objects and advantage.
Summary of the invention
Independent claims have proposed the present invention and feature of the present invention have been described, and dependent claims has illustrated the modification of further feature of the present invention or main invention thought.
The device that is used to regulate temperature according to the present invention is applied to ironing equipment, this ironing equipment generally is provided with flatiron and container unit, described flatiron has at least one by the adjustable heating arrangements iron board of resistance heated for example, described container unit a certain amount of water of packing into, and can optionally supply water to iron board by supply pipe.
Comprise the selection knob in the known manner according to device of the present invention, this selection knob can be selectively driven, with for example according to the concrete clothes that will press, for example by corresponding thermostat mechanism controls heating arrangements, thus the heating-up temperature of regulating described heating arrangements.
According to described purpose and according to feature of the present invention, described device also comprises the mechanical mechanism that is used for regulating the rate of flow of water that supplies to iron board, and this mechanical mechanism directly connects with selecting knob, to move with knob during regulating heating-up temperature.The described mechanical adjustment mechanism that is used for flow rate is arranged to and the water supplying pipe collaborative work, has second state of the flow rate that reduces with first state that limits the water free flow with at least one, in described first state, described mechanical adjustment mechanism does not influence the cross section of the pipeline that water flows through therein, and in described second state, described mechanical adjustment mechanism reduces the section of the pipeline that water flows through therein.
Like this, according to selecting the selected temperature of knob by driving, by this driving of knob, the mechanical mechanism of regulating flow rate directly and with from described duty one of mode optionally forwards another to, thereby changes the flow rate that water is supplied with in the corresponding way.
Especially, ironing temperature reduce with the flow rate of the water that supplies to flatiron be associated reduce relevantly, vice versa, optimizing the evaporation conditions of water in iron board, and guarantees that all water all correctly are transformed into steam.
Like this, the amount that supplies to the water of flatiron always and is automatically regulated according to the heating-up temperature of iron board, thereby guarantee that basically under any heating condition of iron board, water all is transformed into steam fully, and do not form the condensate liquid and/or the residue of the water of vaporization not.
In addition, according to solution of the present invention, ironing equipment does not have e-command and control module, therefore helps the e-management cost and is used for special seal design of shell cost.
Therefore, in the present invention, the common heating mechanism that utilize to implement the iron board heating can make water vaporize effectively, and the concrete heating parameters that does not need to regulate heating arrangements, thereby has also improved to making the ironing equipment required total energy consumption that correctly works.
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From the explanation to the preferred form of the embodiment that provides as non-limitative example with reference to the accompanying drawings, can be clear that these and other feature of the present invention, wherein:
-Fig. 1 illustrates the diagrammatic side view that the part of the ironing equipment of using adjusting device of the present invention is cut open;
The partial sectional view that-Fig. 2 observed from the top when device among Fig. 1 being shown being in first working condition;
Cutaway view when-Fig. 3 illustrates device among Fig. 1 and is in first working condition;
The partial sectional view that-Fig. 4 observed from the top when device among Fig. 1 being shown being in second working condition;
Cutaway view when-Fig. 5 illustrates device among Fig. 1 and is in second working condition.
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Referring to accompanying drawing, adjusting device 10 of the present invention is applicable to the heating-up temperature of regulating ironing equipment 11, described ironing equipment 11 comprises flatiron 12 and is used for the container unit or the tank 13 of water that under the concrete situation of this paper, described container unit or tank 13 are arranged on flatiron 12 outsides substantially.
According to a unshowned modification, tank 13 is included in the volume of flatiron 12.
Especially, flatiron 12 belongs to steam type, and comprises central body 14, and this central body 14 is provided with a gripping handle 16 on top, and the button 15 that is used for the selectivity delivering vapor is placed in described gripping handle 16.Central body 14 connects in bottom and iron board 17, and this iron board 17 is processed into the band pointed shape and makes with metal material.
Central body 14 is traditional type basically, and is connected on the tank 13 by a pipeline that only schematically shows in Fig. 1 26, leads to central body 14 to allow water from tank, thus with iron board 17 transporting water as one man.
Under the concrete situation of this paper, pipeline 26 usefulness material soft and elastically deformable is made, thereby can optionally change (pipeline) cross section that water flows through therein.
Especially, iron board 17 can heat by resistance 18, and comprises ironing surface 19 down, is making the through hole 20 of a plurality of steam by its conveying in the ironing surface 19 down.
Resistance 18 is combined in the thickness of iron board 17, and except iron board is heated to the temperature desired, it can also be heated to vaporization with the water that supplies in the iron board 17 by pipeline 26.
Resistance 18 also can utilize adjustable thermostat 21 that its heating-up temperature is optionally regulated.
Adjusting device 10 comprises selects knob 22, and described knob 22 externally is installed on the central body 14 of flatiron 12; Knob 22 is directly connected on the adjustable thermostat 21 by rod member 23, thereby any rotation of knob or any driving of knob under any circumstance all determine the change of the heating power that resistance 18 is carried.
Under the concrete situation of this paper, select knob 22 can optionally be arranged on two operating positions regulating adjustable thermostat 21, that is to say, between first heating location (Fig. 2 and 3) and second heating location (Figure 4 and 5), described first heating location for example is used to press firm fabric such as cotton, flax etc. with higher temperature, and described second heating location for example is used to press the fabric of rapid wear with lower temperature, as silk goods, and wool product etc.
Provide three or more selectable and the corresponding position of different heating temperature to be also included within the scope of the present invention.
Adjusting device 10 also comprises actuating cam 27, and this actuating cam is in rotation direction and be fixed in a lateral direction on the rod member 23 of knob 22, thereby any rotation of rod member all causes the corresponding rotation of actuating cam 27.
Sliding pin 29 also is the part of device 10, this cunning pin on the side movably (kinematically) be connected to and drive on the flange 27, and at opposite side along laterally and pipeline 26 collaborative works, the cross section of the pipeline that flows through therein with change water.
In fact, according to the position, angle of actuating cam 27, sliding pin 29 perhaps more generally, in a predefined manner, is promoted towards the direction transverse to pipeline 26, thereby pipeline is correspondingly narrowed down, to limit (pipeline) cross section that water flows through therein by pro rata.
Especially, select knob 22 and actuating cam 27 angled fixing in the mode of complementation, make when selection knob 22 is arranged on the corresponding first jiao of position of maximum heating temperature, the sliding pin of 27 pairs of actuating cams 29 is inoperative or do not contact sliding pin, thereby makes the flow rate of the water by pipeline 26 unrestricted.On the other hand, when selecting knob 22 to be arranged on the corresponding second jiao of position of low heating-up temperature, actuating cam 27 is applied thrust on sliding pin 29, and described sliding pin 29 is extrusion pipe 26 and pipeline 26 is narrowed down again, thereby reduces the flow rate of water.
The amount of like this, the higher water that will vaporize is corresponding with the high heating-up temperature of iron board 17; Otherwise the amount of the less water that will vaporize is corresponding with the heating-up temperature of the reduction of iron board 17.
Utilize this solution, available simple and economic mode, and automatically, do not need the user other operatively, actual heating-up temperature according to iron board 17, optimize the water that supply will be vaporized, thereby reduce the vaporization time of water, and/or avoid forming condensate liquid and/or avoid water not vaporize.
Yet, obviously, can make amendment and/or add parts above-mentioned adjusting device 10, and not depart from the scope of the present invention.
In addition obviously; although with reference to specific embodiment the present invention has been described; but those skilled in the art one realize being used to regulating many other equivalents of device of the temperature of ironing equipment surely, and these equivalents have the feature that proposes in the claim and therefore all are included in the protection domain that claim limits.

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1. device of regulating the temperature of ironing equipment (11), described ironing equipment comprises steam iron (12) and container unit (13), described steam iron has at least one iron board (17) by adjustable heating arrangements (18) heating, described container unit (13) a certain amount of water of packing into, and optionally supply water to described iron board (17) by supply pipe (26), described device comprises at least one selection knob (22), this knob can optionally drive, to regulate the heating-up temperature of described heating arrangements (18), described device also comprises the mechanical adjustment mechanism (27 of the flow rate that is used for regulating the water supply to described flatiron (12), 29), this mechanical adjustment mechanism directly connects with described selection knob (22), to move with described selection knob (22), it is characterized in that, described mechanical adjustment mechanism (27,29) at least a portion (29) can be optionally and is directly pushed described supply pipe (26), with according to the physical location of described selection knob (22) and therefore change the cross section of water from the supply pipe (26) that wherein passes through according to the actual heating-up temperature of described heating arrangements (18).
2. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described mechanical adjustment mechanism (27,29) be arranged to and described supply pipe (26) collaborative work, have second state of the flow rate that reduces with first state that limits the water free flow with at least one, in described first state, mechanical adjustment mechanism does not influence the cross section that water passes through in described supply pipe (26), in described second state, mechanical adjustment mechanism reduces the cross section of the described supply pipe (26) that water flows through therein.
3. device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described selection knob (22) rotatably is installed on the described flatiron (12), and can rotate to implement described adjusting to heating-up temperature, it is characterized in that, described mechanical adjustment mechanism comprises at least one cam member (27), this cam member is angled fixing with respect to described selection knob (22), and can rotate with described selection knob (22), optionally acting on the described supply pipe (26), and limit described water free flow first state and described at least one have second state of the flow rate that reduces.
4. device as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described cam member (27) is with respect to angled fixing the making of described selection knob (22), when described knob (22) is in the corresponding position of high heating-up temperature, described cam member (27) limits described first state that water passes through in the maximum cross-section, and when described knob (22) was in the corresponding position of heating-up temperature that reduces, described cam member (27) limited described second state with the flow rate that reduces.
5. device as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described mechanical adjustment mechanism comprises sliding pin element (29), this cunning pin element dynamically is connected to described cam member (27) in a side, optionally to bear thrust from described cam member, and opposite side along laterally with described supply pipe (26) collaborative work, change the cross section of the supply pipe that water passes through therein with the thrust that applies according to described cam member (27).
6. device as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, described mechanical adjustment mechanism comprises sliding pin element (29), this cunning pin element dynamically is connected to described cam member (27) in a side, optionally to bear thrust from described cam member, and opposite side along laterally with described supply pipe (26) collaborative work, change the cross section of the supply pipe that water passes through therein with the thrust that applies according to described cam member (27).
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