CN106192338B - Steam generating device, garment steamer and descaling method for steam generating device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of household appliances, and provides a steam generating device, a garment steamer and a descaling method of the steam generating device, wherein the steam generating device comprises a steam generating cavity (4) with a water inlet (41) and a steam outlet (43), and the steam generating device also comprises an air injection descaling device capable of injecting air into the steam generating cavity (4). The steam generating device can press gas into the steam generating cavity through the air-injection descaling device, so that impact is generated on water scale in the steam generating cavity, the water scale in the steam generating cavity is separated from the inner wall of the steam generating cavity, the water scale in the steam generating cavity is removed, and the service life of the steam generating device is prolonged.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a steam generating device, a garment steamer and a descaling method of the steam generating device.
Background
Along with the improvement of life quality of people, the garment steamer is more and more popular. A garment steamer generally comprises an outer housing, and a steam generating device disposed within the outer housing, the steam generating device having a steam generating chamber therein, a heat generating member within the steam generating device heating water to generate a quantity of high temperature steam. Therefore, the garment steamer can continuously contact the clothes and the cloth through the scorching water vapor generated inside to achieve the purpose of softening the fiber tissues of the clothes and the cloth, and the clothes and the cloth are leveled through the actions of pulling, pressing and spraying, so that the clothes and the cloth are as good as new.
However, after water in the steam generating cavity is heated, impurities such as calcium and magnesium in the water can generate scale, the scale is accumulated in the steam generating cavity under the action of gravity, and is continuously thickened and agglomerated to influence the heat release of the heating part, even cause the local temperature of the heating part to be too high and fuse and damage, and influence the service life of the heater.
To prevent scale build-up, periodic or frequent cleaning is required. The existing garment steamer is generally large in size, and a user can hardly clean precipitates on a heating surface by shaking the garment steamer back and forth, particularly under the condition that water scales which are difficult to clean are formed. If the user opens the outer housing and the housing of the steam generating device itself for cleaning, it is time consuming and laborious and also inconvenient to re-assemble after cleaning.
It is therefore desirable to have a steam generating device that overcomes or at least alleviates the above-mentioned disadvantages of the existing random numbers.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention is directed to a steam generating apparatus, which can easily and quickly remove scale in the steam generating apparatus.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
a steam generating apparatus comprising a steam generating chamber having a water inlet and a steam outlet, the steam generating apparatus further comprising a gas injection scale removal apparatus capable of injecting gas into the steam generating chamber.
Preferably, the air outlet of the air-jet descaling device can be detachably mounted on the steam outlet of the steam generating cavity.
Preferably, the gas injection descaling device is a manual gas compressor.
Preferably, the steam generating means comprises a water tank for supplying water to the steam generating chamber, wherein a one-way valve is provided between a water outlet of the water tank and a water inlet of the steam generating chamber.
Preferably, the steam generating chamber has a water outlet provided at the bottom of the steam generating chamber, and the steam outlet of the steam generating chamber is provided at the top of the steam generating chamber.
Compared with the prior art, the steam generating device has the following advantages:
above-mentioned steam generation device can push in gas to the steam generation intracavity through the jet-propelled scale removal device to produce the impact to steam generation intracavity incrustation scale, make the incrustation scale of steam generation intracavity break away from the inner wall of steam generation chamber, in order to clear away the incrustation scale of steam generation intracavity, prolong steam generation device's life.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a garment steamer that can easily and quickly remove scale from the steam generating device of the garment steamer.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
a garment steamer, the garment steamer is provided with according to the above steam generation device, scalds the head and connects the steam generation device with the connecting pipe of scalding the head, the one end of connecting pipe install in scald the head, the other end detachable of connecting pipe install in the steam outlet in the steam generation chamber of steam generation device.
Preferably, the steamer has an ironing state and a descaling state, wherein in the ironing state, the other end of the connecting tube is mounted to the steam outlet of the steam generating chamber; in the descaling state, the air outlet of the air injection descaling device is arranged at the steam outlet of the steam generation cavity.
Preferably, the steamer comprises a scale removal reminder.
The advantages of the garment steamer and the steam generating device compared to the prior art are the same and will not be described herein.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a descaling method for a steam generator, which can easily and quickly remove scale in the steam generator.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
a descaling method for a steam generating apparatus, the descaling method comprising: injecting a gas into a steam generating chamber of the steam generating apparatus such that a pressure within the steam generating chamber increases which drives scale and water within the steam generating chamber out of a water outlet of the steam generating chamber.
Preferably, water is supplied into the steam generating chamber through a water tank, wherein communication between the water tank and the steam generating chamber is cut off when gas is injected into the steam generating chamber.
Preferably, gas is injected into the steam generating chamber of the steam generating apparatus at predetermined intervals.
The descaling method of the steam generating device has the same advantages of the steam generating device compared with the prior art, and the details are not repeated.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic view of a steam generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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1-a garment steamer shell, 2-a water tank, 3-a manual gas compressor, 4-a steam generation cavity, 41-a water inlet, 42-a water outlet, 43-a steam outlet and 5-a one-way valve.
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The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a steam generating apparatus comprising a steam generating chamber 4 having a water inlet 41 and a steam outlet 43, said apparatus further comprising a gas injection scale removal apparatus capable of injecting gas into the steam generating chamber 4.
Above-mentioned steam generation device can push in gas to steam generation chamber 4 through jet-propelled scale removal device to steam generation chamber 4 in the incrustation scale production strike, make the incrustation scale in steam generation chamber 4 break away from steam generation chamber 4's inner wall, in order to clear away the incrustation scale in steam generation chamber 4, extension steam generation device's life.
When there is water in the steam generating chamber 4, the gas pressed into the steam generating chamber 4 may push the water and scale to cause the scale to break away from the inner wall of the steam generating chamber 4 under the scouring of the water, and when there is no water in the steam generating chamber 4, the gas pressed into the steam generating chamber 4 directly sweeps the scale on the inner wall of the steam generating chamber 4, causing the scale to break away from the inner wall of the steam generating chamber 4 under the impact of the gas flow of the scale. After the scale has been dislodged from the inner walls of the steam generating chamber 4 by the air-jet descaling device, the user may remove the scale from the steam generating chamber 4 through an opening in the steam generating chamber 4, such as the steam outlet 43 or the water inlet 41.
The shape of the steam generating chamber 4 may be suitably selected according to the actual need, for example, as in the embodiment shown in fig. 1. The material of the steam generating chamber 4 may likewise be suitably selected according to the actual requirements, preferably aluminium or copper.
The air injection outlet of the air injection descaling device can be arranged at any proper position on the steam generation cavity 4, and the air injection descaling can be carried out on the steam generation cavity 4, for example, the air injection inlet is separately arranged on the steam generation cavity 4. Preferably, the air outlet of the air-injection descaling device can be detachably mounted on the steam outlet 43 of the steam generation cavity 4, an air-injection inlet is not required to be separately arranged, the production and the manufacture of the steam generation cavity 4 are facilitated, and the airtightness of the steam generation cavity 4 can be improved by reducing the arrangement of the opening. It will be appreciated that the air-jet descaling device removably mounted on the steam outlet 43 is removed from the steam outlet 43 when the steam generating device is generating steam and then mounted on the steam outlet 43 when descaling is required.
The connection mode of the air-injection descaling device and the steam outlet 43 can be properly selected according to the actual requirement, such as threaded connection, interference connection and the like.
The air injection descaling device can select any appropriate air injection device according to actual needs, such as an electric air injection device. Preferably, the gas injection descaling device is a manual gas compressor 3, so that the structure of the gas injection descaling device of the steam generation device can be simplified, the descaling cost of the steam generation device is reduced, and the energy is saved. The manual gas compressor 3 is capable of compressing gas to rapidly inject a gas stream having a relatively high gas pressure into the vapor generation chamber 4, and the structure of the manual gas compressor 3 may be appropriately designed according to actual needs, for example, a gas injection pipe, etc. Referring to fig. 1, in the illustrated embodiment, the manual gas compressor 3 includes a gas compression portion that is compressible to a desired shape and a handle for compressing the gas compression portion, and the user grasps the handle to compress the gas compression portion and inject a gas stream into the vapor generation chamber 4.
The water supply to the steam generating chamber 4 may be any suitable water supply, for example, water may be directly supplied to the steam generating chamber 4. Preferably, the steam generating means comprises a water tank 2 for supplying water to the steam generating chamber 4, a certain amount of water being storable in the water tank 2, and frequent water addition being avoided by supplying water to the steam generating chamber 4 through the water tank 2. Wherein, a one-way valve 5 is arranged between the water outlet of the water tank 2 and the water inlet 41 of the steam generation cavity 4 to prevent water in the steam generation cavity 4 from flowing back to the water tank 2, and particularly, when the air-jet scale device sprays water into the steam generation cavity 4, the water in the steam generation cavity 4 without the one-way valve may flow back to the water tank 2 to affect the descaling effect. Wherein a common valve may also be provided between the water outlet of the water tank 2 and the water inlet 41 of the steam generating chamber 4, as long as the user closes the valve during descaling.
Preferably, the steam generating chamber 4 has a water outlet 42 arranged at the bottom of the steam generating chamber 4, and a steam outlet 43 of the steam generating chamber 4 is arranged at the top of the steam generating chamber 4. The air-injection descaling device injects air into the steam generation cavity 4 through the steam outlet 43 positioned at the top, and pushes water and scale in the steam generation cavity 4 out of the steam generation cavity 4 directly through the water outlet 42 positioned at the bottom, so as to achieve the purpose of cleaning the steam generation cavity 4.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garment steamer provided with a steam generating device according to the above, a steamer head and a connecting pipe connecting the steam generating device and the steamer head, one end of the connecting pipe being mounted to the steamer head and the other end of the connecting pipe being detachably mounted to the steam outlet 43 of the steam generating chamber 4 of the steam generating device, such that scale in the steam generating device of the garment steamer can be removed simply and quickly due to the provision of the steam generating device as described above.
As mentioned above, the air jet outlet of the air jet descaling device may be mounted at any suitable location on the steam generating chamber 4, as long as air jet descaling of the steam generating chamber 4 is possible, but is preferably removably mounted at the steam outlet 43 of the steam generating chamber 4. in this preferred embodiment, the garment steamer has an ironing state in which the other end of the connecting tube is mounted at the steam outlet 43 of the steam generating chamber 4 and a descaling state; in the descaling state, the air outlet of the air-jet descaling device is arranged at the steam outlet 43 of the steam generating cavity 4. Further preferably, in the descaling state, the steamer switches off the power supply to avoid danger during descaling.
The steam generating apparatus needs to be descaled periodically to avoid scale depositing on the inner walls of the steam generating chamber 4 to form hard scale, which makes scale removal difficult. Therefore, preferably, the garment steamer comprises a scale removal reminder to remind the user to remove scale periodically. The descaling reminding device can be a descaling indicating lamp which is turned on regularly or a descaling reminding sound which is sounded regularly, and the like.
Referring to fig. 1, the garment steamer also includes a steamer housing 1, and the steam generating device is housed within the steamer housing 1 to protect the steam generating device.
According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a descaling method for a steam generating apparatus, the descaling method comprising: injecting a gas into the steam generating chamber 4 of the steam generating apparatus causes an increase in the pressure within the steam generating chamber 4 which forces scale and water within the steam generating chamber 4 out of the water outlet of the steam generating chamber 4. The descaling method of the steam generating device can simply and quickly remove the scale in the steam generating cavity 4 and prolong the service life of the steam generating device.
Preferably, water is supplied into the steam generating chamber 4 through the water tank 2, wherein when gas is injected into the steam generating chamber 4, the communication between the water tank 2 and the steam generating chamber 4 is cut off, preventing scale from flowing back to the water tank 2, affecting the descaling effect. The manner of shutting off the communication between the water tank 2 and the steam generating chamber 4 may be appropriately selected according to actual needs, and for example, a solenoid valve, a manual valve, a check valve, or the like may be provided between the water tank 2 and the steam generating chamber 4.
Preferably, gas is injected into the steam generating chamber 4 of the steam generating device at predetermined intervals to periodically clean the steam generating chamber 4. Wherein the predetermined time may be suitably selected according to actual needs, preferably, the descaling of the steam generating chamber 4 is performed at intervals of 7-15 days, so as to avoid that scale is condensed in the steam generating chamber 4 and is difficult to clean.
Wherein, a user can arrange an air injection inlet on the steam generation cavity 4 so as to always install the air injection descaling device on the steam generation cavity 4, and the air injection descaling device is started when descaling is needed; alternatively, as shown in the preferred embodiment of FIG. 1, the air-jet descaling device is removably mounted to the steam outlet 43 of the steam generation chamber 4, the connecting pipe connecting the steam generation chamber 4 and the ironing head is manually removed when descaling is desired, and the air-jet descaling device is mounted for descaling.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present invention within the technical idea of the present invention, and these simple modifications are within the protective scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that the various technical features described in the above embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction, and the invention is not described in any way for the possible combinations in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.
In addition, any combination of the various embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present invention as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.
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1. A garment steamer is characterized in that the garment steamer is provided with a steam generating device, a scalding head and a connecting pipe for connecting the steam generating device and the scalding head;
the steam generating device comprises a steam generating cavity (4) with a water inlet (41) and a steam outlet (43) and an air injection descaling device which can inject air into the steam generating cavity (4) to form air flow pressure to impact scale and water in the steam generating cavity (4), one end of the connecting pipe is arranged on the ironing head, and the other end of the connecting pipe is detachably arranged on the steam outlet (43) of the steam generating cavity (4) of the steam generating device;
the garment steamer has an ironing state and a descaling state, wherein,
-in the ironing state, the other end of the connecting tube is mounted to a steam outlet (43) of the steam generating chamber (4);
in the descaling state, the air outlet of the air-jet descaling device is arranged at the steam outlet (43) of the steam generating cavity (4).
2. A garment steamer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the air outlet of the air-jet descaling device is detachably mounted to the steam outlet (43) of the steam generating chamber (4).
3. A garment steamer as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the air-jet descaling device is a manual air compressor (3).
4. A garment steamer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the steam generating means comprises a water tank (2) for supplying water to the steam generating chamber (4), wherein a one-way valve (5) is arranged between a water outlet of the water tank (2) and a water inlet (41) of the steam generating chamber (4).
5. A garment steamer as claimed in any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the steam generating chamber (4) has a water outlet (42) arranged at the bottom of the steam generating chamber (4), and that the steam outlet (43) of the steam generating chamber (4) is arranged at the top of the steam generating chamber (4).
6. The steamer of claim 1, wherein the steamer includes a scale removal reminder.
7. A method of descaling a steam generating apparatus for a garment steamer as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, the method comprising: injecting gas into the steam generating chamber (4) of the steam generating apparatus through the steam outlet (43) of the steam generating chamber (4) in the descaled state to create a gas flow pressure to impinge on scale and water in the steam generating chamber (4), which pressure forces the scale and water in the steam generating chamber (4) to be expelled from the water outlet of the steam generating chamber (4).
8. A method of descaling a steam generating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein water is supplied into the steam generating chamber (4) through a water tank (2), wherein the communication between the water tank (2) and the steam generating chamber (4) is cut off when gas is injected into the steam generating chamber (4).
9. A method of descaling a steam generating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein gas is injected into the steam generating chamber (4) of the steam generating apparatus at predetermined intervals.
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