CN109989255B

CN109989255B - Steam iron

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Publication number: CN109989255B
Application number: CN201910372478.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱明德
Original assignee: Tunbow Group Ltd
Current assignee: Tunbow Group Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-06
Filing date: 2019-05-06
Publication date: 2021-08-27
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-06
Also published as: CN109989255A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a steam iron for reducing the frictional force when scalding clothes, promote the effect of scalding clothes. The method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: in this embodiment, the steam iron comprises an air pump, a water tank, and a heating soleplate; the heating bottom plate comprises a vaporization chamber, a heating device and an air outlet; the air pump is connected with the vaporizing chamber through a gas circuit; the water tank and the vaporizing chamber form a water path connection, and negative pressure generated by the air pump is used for pumping water in the water tank; and the gas in the vaporization chamber is heated by the heating device and then is output through the gas outlet. Therefore, form the negative pressure through the air pump and draw water to water at the water tank can the suction pipe with air mixing (be bernoulli's principle), thereby the atomizing gets into the bottom plate that generates heat, and the hot air pressure of exporting after the heating makes the user have like the air cushion effect when scalding, reduces the frictional force when scalding, promotes the effect of scalding.

Description

Steam iron

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a steam iron.

Background

Irons, clothing ironing appliances, known as "irons", also known as "fire fights" and "gold fights". Most of the current uses are electric irons as a means of smoothing clothes and clothing.

In the prior art, irons typically have a steam station with a pump-base, as illustrated in fig. 1 for example, in which a water pump 101, a water tank 102 and a heating base 103 are provided, the water pump 101 pumping water from the water tank 102 to the heating base 103 of the iron to form steam, which form of irons has the advantage of a large capacity and can be used several times with the water pump 101 filled with water.

However, the iron with such a structure needs to use a larger base and is equipped with a steam station to realize the function of a water pump, so that the volume of the device is increased, the device is heavy, the use is inconvenient, and the user experience is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a steam iron for reduce the frictional force when scalding the clothing, promote the effect of scalding the clothing.

A first aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a steam iron, comprising:

air pump, water tank, heating bottom plate;

the heating bottom plate comprises a vaporization chamber, a heating device and an air outlet;

the air pump is connected with the vaporizing chamber through a gas circuit;

the water tank and the vaporizing chamber form a water path connection, and negative pressure generated by the air pump is used for pumping water in the water tank;

and the gas in the vaporization chamber is heated by the heating device and then is output through the gas outlet.

Optionally, the steam iron further comprises a first housing, and the air pump, the water tank, and the heating soleplate are all disposed inside the first housing.

Optionally, the steam iron further comprises a second housing, a third housing, the air pump and the heating sole plate being disposed inside the second housing, the water tank being disposed inside the third housing.

Optionally, the steam iron further comprises a fourth housing, a fifth housing, the heat generating soleplate being disposed inside the fourth housing, the air pump and the water tank being disposed inside the fifth housing.

Optionally, the steam iron further includes an atomizing chamber, and the air pump and the vaporizing chamber form an air path connection, which specifically includes: the air pump is connected with the atomizing chamber and then forms a gas circuit connection with the vaporizing chamber;

the water tank and the vaporization chamber form a water path connection, and the water path connection specifically comprises: and after the water tank is connected with the atomizing chamber, the water tank and the vaporizing chamber form a water path connection.

Optionally, the steam iron further comprises control means for controlling the flow of the air pump and/or the flow of the water tank.

Optionally, the steam iron further comprises a first valve, a second valve;

the control device is used for controlling the flow of the air pump through the first valve and/or controlling the flow of the water tank through the second valve.

Optionally, the air pump comprises a motor air pump and/or a piston air pump.

Optionally, the air pump comprises a direct current air pump and/or an alternating current air pump.

Optionally, the vaporization chamber comprises a labyrinth conduit.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the application has the following advantages: the embodiment of the application discloses a steam iron for reducing the frictional force when scalding clothes, promote the effect of scalding clothes. The method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: in this embodiment, the steam iron comprises an air pump, a water tank, and a heating soleplate; the heating bottom plate comprises a vaporization chamber, a heating device and an air outlet; the air pump is connected with the vaporizing chamber through a gas circuit; the water tank and the vaporizing chamber form a water path connection, and negative pressure generated by the air pump is used for pumping water in the water tank; and the gas in the vaporization chamber is heated by the heating device and then is output through the gas outlet. Therefore, form the negative pressure through the air pump and draw water to water at the water tank can the suction pipe with air mixing (be bernoulli's principle), thereby the atomizing gets into the bottom plate that generates heat, and the hot air pressure of exporting after the heating makes the user have like the air cushion effect when scalding, reduces the frictional force when scalding, promotes the effect of scalding.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art iron;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a steam iron according to the present application;

fig. 3 is another schematic view of an embodiment of the present application, embodying a general steam iron;

fig. 4 is another schematic view of an embodiment of the present application, implementing a general steam iron;

fig. 5 is another schematic view of an embodiment of the present application, implementing a general steam iron.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments described herein may be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Irons, clothing ironing appliances, known as "irons", also known as "fire fights" and "gold fights". Most of the current uses are electric irons as a means of smoothing clothes and clothing. In the prior art, irons typically have a steam station with a pump-base, as illustrated in fig. 1 for example, in which a water pump 101, a water tank 102 and a heating base 103 are provided, the water pump 101 pumping water from the water tank 102 to the heating base 103 of the iron to form steam, which form of irons has the advantage of a large capacity and can be used several times with the water pump 101 filled with water. However, the iron with such a structure needs to use a larger base and is equipped with a steam station to realize the function of a water pump, so that the volume of the device is increased, the device is heavy, the use is inconvenient, and the user experience is influenced. Therefore, the embodiment of the application provides the steam iron which is used for reducing the friction force during ironing and improving the ironing effect.

For ease of understanding, the following describes a specific flow in an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 2, the embodiment of the present application provides a steam iron, including:

an air pump 201, a water tank 202, a heating bottom plate 203;

the heating bottom plate 203 comprises a vaporization chamber, a heating device and an air outlet;

the air pump 201 is connected with the vaporizing chamber through a gas circuit;

the water tank 202 and the vaporizing chamber form a water path connection, and negative pressure generated by the air pump 201 is used for pumping water in the water tank 202;

the gas in the vaporization chamber is heated by the heating device and then is output through the gas outlet.

In this embodiment, form the negative pressure through the air pump and draw water to water at the water tank can be drawn into the pipeline and mix with the air (be bernoulli's principle), thereby atomize and get into the bottom plate that generates heat, the hot-air pressure of output after the heating, in addition, because heating temperature is higher than 100 degrees centigrade air and water all can be heated in the gasification chamber, the air can heat and expand, water can be the vapour, and produce vapour and release to the bottom plate, therefore the vapour that the iron bottom plate was exported is like pressure type steam iron output along with the hot-air after expanding, and is far away strong again. In addition, the hot air pressure output by the air pump enables a user to have the same effect as an air cushion when ironing clothes, reduces the friction force when ironing clothes and improves the ironing effect.

In this embodiment, the air pump 201 is a device that removes air from an enclosed space or adds air to an enclosed space, where the air pump 201 is used to generate a negative pressure in the vaporization chamber and/or the air path connection the air pump forms with the vaporization chamber when in operation, thereby allowing the negative pressure to be used to draw water in the water tank 202.

In the embodiment of the present application, in particular, in the implementation process of the scheme, there may be a plurality of implementation manners, that is, the air pump, the water tank, and the heating bottom plate may be arranged in a plurality of combinations, so as to be adapted to different application scenarios, which will be described below with reference to fig. 3 to 5.

Referring to fig. 2, the steam iron further includes a first housing, and the air pump 201, the water tank 202, and the heating base plate 203 are all disposed inside the first housing, that is, the air pump 201, the water tank 202, and the heating base plate 203 are designed as an integrated body and are all disposed inside the first housing.

Referring to fig. 3, the steam iron further includes a second housing and a third housing, the air pump 301 and the heating base plate 303 are disposed inside the second housing, the water tank 302 is disposed inside the third housing, that is, the air pump 301 and the heating base plate 303 are integrally designed inside the second housing, and the water tank 302 is independently disposed inside the third housing.

Referring to fig. 4, the steam iron further includes a fourth housing, a fifth housing, the heat generating soleplate 403 is disposed inside the fourth housing, and the air pump 401 and the water tank 402 are disposed inside the fifth housing. That is, the air pump 401 and the water tank 402 are integrally formed in the fifth housing, and the heat generating base plate is separately disposed inside the fourth housing.

As a preferred embodiment, referring to fig. 5 based on the embodiments of fig. 2 to fig. 4, the steam iron further includes an atomizing unit 505, and the air pump 501 and the vaporizing chamber form an air path connection, which specifically includes: after the air pump 501 is connected with the atomizing chamber 505, the air pump is in gas circuit connection with the vaporizing chamber; the water tank 502 and the vaporization chamber form a water path connection, which specifically includes: the water tank 502 is connected to the atomizing chamber 505 and then connected to the vaporizing chamber in a water path. Wherein, make to have bigger air to let water and air mix the atomizing and just get into the bottom plate that generates heat, this can make moisture content more evenly heated, and steam output is more smooth and easy.

As a preferred embodiment, the steam iron further comprises control means for controlling the flow of the air pump and/or the flow of the water tank, based on the embodiments described with reference to fig. 2 to 5. Specifically, referring to fig. 2-5, the control devices are 204, 304, 404, 504, respectively. In a particular implementation of the solution, the steam iron further comprises a first valve, a second valve; the control device is used for controlling the flow of the air pump through the first valve and/or controlling the flow of the water tank through the second valve.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the pipes of the air pump 501 and the water tank 502 may be used in different ways by adjusting the diameter or area of the valve body to achieve different effects or ratios such as adjusting the air amount or water amount, or by electrically controlling the valves, and by controlling the valves through a control device (PCB), the heat-generating bottom plate 503 may be provided with a temperature sensor, for example, the temperature of the heat-generating bottom plate is too low, and the control device 504 may turn down the air pump to output air or turn down the diameter of the pipe of the water tank to reduce the water amount to be input into the heat-generating bottom plate 503, thereby preventing the heat-generating bottom plate 503 from dripping. The user can use the iron with hot air to dry the wet clothes by using the air pump 501 and closing the pipe between the water tank 502 and the heating bottom plate 503, and after the iron is turned off, the bottom plate heating 503 device can be turned off, and only the air pump 501 is working, which can make the air input by the air pump to cool the bottom plate quickly for storage.

As a preferred embodiment, the air pump can be a motor type air pump and/or a piston type air pump, and can also be a direct current type air pump and/or an alternating current type air pump, and one or more of the air pumps can be flexibly used in the implementation process of the scheme.

As a preferred embodiment, the vaporization chamber includes labyrinth ducts, and the labyrinth ducts are used for duct lengthening to increase the time for air and water to stay in the heat-generating base plate to absorb heat, so as to enhance efficiency.

It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above steps do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of the steps should be determined by their functions and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A steam iron, comprising:

air pump, water tank, heating bottom plate;

the air pump is connected with the vaporizing chamber through a gas circuit;

the water tank is connected with the vaporizing chamber to form a water path, negative pressure generated by the air pump is used for pumping water in the water tank, and water in the water tank is atomized under the action of the negative pressure generated by the air pump and enters the heating bottom plate for heating based on the Bernoulli principle;

and the air in the vaporization chamber is heated by the heating device and then is output through the air outlet, and the hot air output from the air outlet is used for ironing clothes.

2. A steam iron as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the steam iron further comprises a first housing, the air pump, the water tank and the heating soleplate all being arranged inside the first housing.

3. A steam iron as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the steam iron further comprises a second housing, inside which the air pump and the heating soleplate are arranged, and a third housing, inside which the water tank is arranged.

4. A steam iron as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the steam iron further comprises a fourth housing inside which the heat-generating soleplate is arranged, a fifth housing inside which the air pump and the water tank are arranged.

5. A steam iron as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an atomizing chamber, the air pump being in pneumatic connection with the vaporizing chamber, comprising in particular: the air pump is connected with the atomizing chamber and then forms a gas circuit connection with the vaporizing chamber;

6. Steam iron as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the steam iron further comprises control means for controlling the flow of the air pump and/or the flow of the water tank.

7. A steam iron as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a first valve, a second valve;

8. A steam iron as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the air pump comprises a motor-driven air pump and/or a piston-type air pump.

9. A steam iron as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the air pump comprises a direct current air pump and/or an alternating current air pump.

10. A steam iron as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the vaporizing chamber comprises a labyrinth.