CN110735311B - Shower nozzle subassembly and have its garment steamer - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a spray head assembly and a garment steamer with the same, wherein the spray head assembly comprises a handle structure and a nozzle structure connected with the handle structure, and the nozzle structure comprises: a nozzle housing having an opening; the ironing panel is arranged at the opening and comprises a substrate and a plurality of first air outlet holes arranged on the substrate; the vaporization assembly is detachably arranged on one side of the ironing panel, which faces the nozzle shell, and comprises a bottom plate, a coaming, a top cover and a heating tube, wherein the heating tube is arranged in the coaming, the bottom plate, the coaming and the top cover enclose a vaporization cavity, an air outlet cavity is formed between the vaporization assembly and the ironing panel, and a second air outlet hole of the vaporization cavity is communicated with a plurality of first air outlet holes through the air outlet cavity; the steam inlet pipe is arranged in the handle structure and is communicated with the vaporization cavity. The technical scheme of the invention effectively solves the problem that the ironing panel of the garment steamer in the prior art is easy to form local high temperature so as to further scald clothes.

Description

Shower nozzle subassembly and have its garment steamer

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a spray head assembly and a garment steamer with the same.

Background

The garment steamer is a life electric appliance for removing wrinkles and indentations on clothes in an ironing mode, and can heat the cloth in a naturally sagging state of the clothes, so that damage to the cloth of the clothes is reduced. However, most of the garment steamer on the market at present has a vaporization cavity arranged in a steam handle, steam still can be liquefied by heat release and condensed into liquid drops in the process of flowing out of the vaporization cavity to an air outlet hole of an ironing panel, so that the condensed liquid drops are sprayed out of the ironing panel, ironing clothes are not facilitated, ironing effect is affected, and ironing efficiency is low.

In order to solve the above problems, a scheme of directly embedding a heating pipe in an ironing panel of a garment steamer is appeared on the market, but the garment steamer is easy to form local high temperature at a position corresponding to the outline of the heating pipe on the ironing panel, and the garment is easy to be scalded when the ironing panel contacts with the cloth of the garment.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a spray head assembly and a garment steamer with the same, so as to solve the problem that an ironing panel of the garment steamer in the prior art is easy to form local high temperature, and clothes are further scalded.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spray head assembly including a handle structure and a nozzle structure connected to the handle structure, the nozzle structure comprising: a nozzle housing having an opening; the ironing panel is arranged at the opening and comprises a substrate and a plurality of first air outlet holes arranged on the substrate; the vaporization assembly is detachably arranged on one side of the ironing panel, which faces the nozzle shell, and comprises a bottom plate, a coaming, a top cover and a heating tube, wherein the heating tube is arranged in the coaming, the bottom plate, the coaming and the top cover enclose a vaporization cavity, an air outlet cavity is formed between the vaporization assembly and the ironing panel, and a second air outlet hole of the vaporization cavity is communicated with a plurality of first air outlet holes through the air outlet cavity; the steam inlet pipe is arranged in the handle structure and is communicated with the vaporization cavity.

Further, the bottom plate and the coaming are made of heat conducting materials, the vaporization assembly further comprises a first heat conducting convex rib arranged on the bottom plate, the ironing panel further comprises a second heat conducting convex rib arranged on one side of the substrate, which faces the vaporization assembly, grooves matched with the first heat conducting convex rib are formed in the second heat conducting convex rib, and the surfaces, opposite to the bottom plate, of the substrate and the first heat conducting convex rib and the second heat conducting convex rib are surrounded to form an air outlet cavity.

Further, the ironing board further comprises a heat conducting column arranged at one side of the base plate facing the vaporizing assembly, wherein the heat conducting column is arranged in the air outlet cavity and can be in contact with the base plate.

Further, the ironing panel further comprises a diversion protrusion, the diversion protrusion and the second air outlet are correspondingly arranged on one side of the substrate, which faces the vaporization assembly, and the surface of the diversion protrusion is a curved surface with a raised middle part so as to guide the air flowing out from the second air outlet to a plurality of first air outlets.

Further, the vaporization cavity comprises an air inlet cavity and an extension channel, the air inlet cavity corresponds to the steam inlet position of the nozzle structure, the extension channel is communicated with the air inlet cavity and the second air outlet hole, and the surface of the extension channel is provided with a wavy surface to form a wavy structure so as to increase the contact area between the vaporization cavity and the gas.

Further, the elongate channel has a bottom wall disposed on the bottom plate and two side walls disposed opposite each other, the undulating surface being disposed on the bottom wall.

Further, baffles are alternately provided on both sidewalls to form a tortuous flow path in the vaporization chamber.

Further, the nozzle structure further comprises a heat transfer column disposed in the vaporization chamber and a temperature sensor passing through the top cover and in contact with the heat transfer column.

Further, the heat transfer column is attached to the coaming plate.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a garment steamer comprising a sprayer assembly as described above.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the heating pipe is arranged in the coaming of the vaporization assembly, the liquid drop and the steam heat Cheng Gaowen steam in the vaporization cavity of the vaporization assembly, the vaporization assembly and the ironing panel are isolated by the air outlet cavity, and the local high temperature is prevented from being formed on the ironing panel on the first aspect, so that the damage to clothes and cloth in the ironing process is prevented; in the second aspect, the vaporization component is not directly contacted with clothes, so that the spray head component can improve the heating temperature of the vaporization component, and further, the water is fully evaporated, the steam temperature is improved, and the ironing efficiency is improved; in the third aspect, the high-temperature steam is diffused in the air outlet cavity and can be uniformly sprayed to clothes to realize ironing.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates an exploded view of an embodiment of a showerhead assembly according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic cross-sectional structural view of the showerhead assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic view of the assembled configuration of the ironing board and the vaporizing assembly of the sprayer assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic structural view of a nozzle structure of the spray head assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic structural view of an ironing board of the sprayer assembly of FIG. 4; and

Figure 6 shows a schematic top view of the vaporization assembly and ironing board of the sprayer assembly of figure 1.

Wherein the above figures include the following reference numerals:

10. A handle structure; 11. a handle upper cover; 12. a handle lower cover; 13. a PCB board; 14. a PCB box; 15. a fixing seat; 16. a wire protecting sleeve; 17. a control switch; 18. a shifter; 20. a nozzle structure; 21. ironing a panel; 211. a substrate; 212. a first air outlet hole; 213. the second heat conduction convex rib; 214. a heat conducting column; 215. a diverting protrusion; 22. a vaporization assembly; 221. coaming plate; 222. a top cover; 223. a bottom plate; 224. a second air outlet hole; 225. the first heat conduction convex rib; 226. a relief surface; 227. a baffle plate; 24. a temperature sensor; 25. a heat transfer column; 26. a heating tube; 27. a nozzle housing; 28. a silicone tube; 29. and the heat insulation plate.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the application, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of exemplary embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular is also intended to include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and furthermore, it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification are taken to specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective parts shown in the drawings are not drawn in actual scale for convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but should be considered part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be construed as merely illustrative, and not a limitation. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further discussion thereof is necessary in subsequent figures.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the shower head assembly of the present embodiment includes a handle structure 10 and a nozzle structure 20 connected to the handle structure 10, the nozzle structure 20 including a nozzle housing 27, an ironing board 21 and a vaporizing assembly 22. The nozzle housing 27 has an opening, at which the ironing board 21 is arranged, and the vaporizing assembly 22 is detachably arranged at the side of the ironing board 21 facing the nozzle housing 27. Wherein the ironing board 21 comprises a base plate 211 and a plurality of first air outlet holes 212 arranged on the base plate 211, and the vaporizing assembly 22 comprises a bottom plate 223, a coaming 221, a top cover 222 and a heating tube 26. The heating tube 26 is disposed in the shroud 221. The soleplate 223, the enclosing plate 221 and the top cover 222 enclose a vaporisation cavity, an air outlet cavity is formed between the vaporisation assembly 22 and the ironing board 21, and the second air outlet holes 224 of the vaporisation cavity are communicated with the plurality of first air outlet holes 212 through the air outlet cavity.

By applying the technical scheme of the embodiment, the heating tube 26 is arranged in the coaming 221 of the vaporization assembly 22, the liquid drops and the steam heat Cheng Gaowen steam in the vaporization cavity of the vaporization assembly 22, the vaporization assembly 22 and the ironing panel 21 are isolated by the air outlet cavity, and the local high temperature is prevented from being formed on the ironing panel 21 on the first aspect, so that the damage to clothes and cloth in the ironing process is prevented; in the second aspect, the vaporizing assembly 22 is not directly contacted with the clothes, so that the nozzle assembly can raise the heating temperature of the vaporizing assembly 22, thereby fully evaporating water, raising steam temperature and ironing efficiency; in the third aspect, the high-temperature steam is diffused in the air outlet cavity and can be uniformly sprayed to clothes to realize ironing.

Preferably, the bottom plate 223 and the coaming 221 of the present embodiment are made of a heat conductive material, so that the heat of the heating tube 26 is transferred to the bottom plate 223 and the coaming 221 to heat the whole vaporization chamber, so that the vapor is heated uniformly and the heating speed is high.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the vaporizing assembly 22 of the present embodiment further includes a first heat-conducting rib 225 disposed on the bottom plate 223, the ironing board 21 further includes a second heat-conducting rib 213 disposed on a side of the substrate 211 facing the vaporizing assembly 22, a groove adapted to the first heat-conducting rib 225 is disposed on the second heat-conducting rib 213, and the surfaces of the substrate 211 and the bottom plate 223 opposite to each other and the first heat-conducting rib 225 and the second heat-conducting rib 213 surround to form an air outlet cavity. The ironing board 21 and the vaporizing assembly 22 of the present embodiment are positioned by the plug-in cooperation of the first heat conducting ribs 225 and the second heat conducting ribs 213, and may be fixed by fasteners. The heat of the heating pipe 26 is transferred to the gas outlet chamber and the substrate 211 through the first and second heat conductive ribs 225 and 213 to maintain the temperature of the gas in the gas outlet chamber.

To further enhance the heat transfer effect, as shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the ironing board 21 further comprises a heat conducting stud 214 arranged at the side of the base plate 211 facing the steaming module 22, the heat conducting stud 214 being arranged in the air outlet cavity, the heat conducting stud 214 being capable of contacting the soleplate 223 when the steaming module 22 and the ironing board 21 are assembled together.

In order to make the high-temperature steam uniformly ejected from each first air outlet hole 212 of the air outlet cavity, the ironing board 21 of the present embodiment further includes a diversion protrusion 215, where the diversion protrusion 215 is disposed on the side of the substrate 211 facing the vaporization assembly 22 corresponding to the second air outlet hole 224, and the surface of the diversion protrusion 215 is a curved surface with a convex middle so as to guide the air flowing out from the second air outlet hole 224 to each first air outlet hole 212.

As shown in fig. 6, the vaporization chamber of the present embodiment includes an intake chamber and an elongated channel having a bottom wall disposed on the bottom plate and two side walls disposed opposite each other, with a relief surface 226 disposed on the bottom wall. The inlet chamber corresponds to the steam inlet position of the nozzle structure 20, and the extension channel is communicated with the inlet chamber and the second air outlet 224, and the surface of the extension channel is provided with a relief surface 226 to form a wave structure so as to increase the contact area between the vaporizing chamber and the gas. In this embodiment, baffles 227 are also alternately provided on both sidewalls to form a tortuous flow path in the vaporization chamber, the tortuous extension path taking full advantage of the area of vaporization assembly 22 for heating. The droplets and steam injected into the nozzle structure 20 will be sufficiently heated in the meandering flow path in the direction indicated by the arrow in the drawing, and high-temperature steam is formed to enter the air outlet chamber from the second air outlet holes 224 and be uniformly sprayed toward the cloth of the laundry.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the handle structure 10 of the present embodiment includes a handle upper cover 11 and a handle lower cover 12, the handle upper cover 11 and the handle lower cover 12 cooperate to form an inner cavity, a PCB board 13, a PCB board box 14, a fixing seat 15, a control switch 17, a gear shifter 18 and other structures are disposed in the inner cavity, and a wire protecting sleeve 16 is further disposed at the tail end of the handle structure 10. The nozzle structure 20 is arranged at the front end of the handle structure 10, the nozzle structure 20 further comprises a silicone tube 28, the nozzle shell 27 and the handle lower cover 12 are integrally arranged, the heating tube 26 is arranged in the nozzle shell 27, and the silicone tube 28 penetrates through the handle structure 10 and is communicated with the vaporization cavity. The heating tube 26 is die-cast with the coaming 221 and ironing plate 21. The nozzle structure 20 further includes a thermal fuse and a thermal fuse anchor plate, with a thermal shield 29 disposed between the heat pipe 26 and the nozzle housing 27.

The nozzle structure 20 of the present embodiment further includes a heat transfer column 25 and a temperature sensor 24, the heat transfer column 25 being disposed in the vaporization chamber, the temperature sensor 24 passing through the top cover 222 and being in contact with the heat transfer column 25. The heat transfer column 25 can feed back the temperature condition of the vaporization chamber through the temperature sensor 24, and the showerhead assembly can stop heating when the temperature of the vaporization chamber exceeds a preset value to ensure the safety of the user. Preferably, as shown in fig. 6, the heat transfer post 25 of the present embodiment is provided to be attached to the shroud 221.

The application also provides a garment steamer (not shown in the figure), which comprises a nozzle assembly, wherein the nozzle assembly comprises part or all of the technical characteristics. The steam temperature sprayed by the garment steamer of the embodiment is stable and proper when ironing clothes, thereby being beneficial to ensuring ironing effect and improving ironing efficiency.

From the above description, it can be seen that the above embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects:

The heating tube sets up in the bounding wall of vaporization subassembly, and liquid droplet and steam heat Cheng Gaowen steam in the vaporization chamber of vaporization subassembly, keep apart through the chamber of giving vent to anger between vaporization subassembly and the ironing board, avoid forming local high temperature on the ironing board on the one hand, and then prevent to iron the in-process and lead to the fact the damage to clothing cloth, on the other hand makes high temperature steam diffuse in the chamber of giving vent to anger, and then spouts to clothing cloth evenly and realize ironing.

In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the azimuth or positional relationships indicated by the azimuth terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal", and "top, bottom", etc., are generally based on the azimuth or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present application and simplify the description, and these azimuth terms do not indicate and imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific azimuth or be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the present application; the orientation word "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the contour of the respective component itself.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "upper surface on … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial location relative to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "over" other devices or structures would then be oriented "below" or "beneath" the other devices or structures. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" may include both orientations "above … …" and "below … …". The device may also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 80 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

In addition, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to define the components, and are only for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meaning unless otherwise stated, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present application.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A spray head assembly comprising a handle structure (10) and a nozzle structure (20) connected to the handle structure (10), the nozzle structure (20) comprising:

a nozzle housing (27) having an opening;

An ironing panel (21) disposed at the opening, the ironing panel (21) comprising a substrate (211) and a plurality of first air outlet holes (212) disposed on the substrate (211);

the steaming component (22) is detachably arranged on one side of the ironing panel (21) facing the nozzle shell (27), the steaming component (22) comprises a base plate (223), a coaming (221), a top cover (222) and a heating tube (26), the heating tube (26) is arranged in the coaming (221), the base plate (223), the coaming (221) and the top cover (222) enclose a steaming cavity, an air outlet cavity is formed between the steaming component (22) and the ironing panel (21), and a second air outlet hole (224) of the steaming cavity is communicated with a plurality of first air outlet holes (212) through the air outlet cavity;

an air inlet pipe is arranged in the handle structure (10) and communicated with the vaporization cavity.

2. The showerhead assembly according to claim 1, wherein the soleplate (223) and the shroud (221) are made of a heat conducting material, the vaporizing assembly (22) further comprises a first heat conducting rib (225) arranged on the soleplate (223), the ironing panel (21) further comprises a second heat conducting rib (213) arranged on a side of the substrate (211) facing the vaporizing assembly (22), the second heat conducting rib (213) is provided with a groove adapted to the first heat conducting rib (225), and the surfaces of the substrate (211) opposite to the soleplate (223) and the first heat conducting rib (225) and the second heat conducting rib (213) enclose the air outlet cavity.

3. The showerhead assembly according to claim 2, wherein the ironing panel (21) further comprises a heat conducting stud (214) arranged at a side of the base plate (211) facing the vaporizing assembly (22), the heat conducting stud (214) being arranged in the air outlet chamber and being contactable with the soleplate (223).

4. A showerhead assembly according to claim 3, wherein the ironing faceplate (21) further comprises a diverting protrusion (215), the diverting protrusion (215) being provided on the side of the base plate (211) facing the vaporizing assembly (22) in correspondence with the second gas outlet holes (224), the surface of the diverting protrusion (215) being a curved surface of the intermediate protrusion for guiding the gas flowing out from the second gas outlet holes (224) to the plurality of first gas outlet holes (212).

5. The showerhead assembly according to claim 1, wherein the vaporization chamber comprises an inlet chamber corresponding to a steam inlet location of the nozzle structure (20) and an extension channel communicating the inlet chamber and the second outlet holes (224), the surface of the extension channel being provided with a relief surface (226) forming a wave structure to increase the area of contact of the vaporization chamber with gas.

6. The showerhead assembly of claim 5, wherein the elongate channel has a bottom wall disposed on the bottom plate and two oppositely disposed side walls, the undulating surface (226) being disposed on the bottom wall.

7. The showerhead assembly of claim 6, wherein baffles (227) are alternately disposed on both of the side walls to form tortuous flow passages in the vaporization chamber.

8. The showerhead assembly according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle arrangement (20) further comprises a heat transfer post (25) and a temperature sensor (24), the heat transfer post (25) being disposed in the vaporization chamber, the temperature sensor (24) passing through the top cap (222) and being in contact with the heat transfer post (25).

9. The showerhead assembly according to claim 8, wherein the heat transfer posts (25) are disposed in abutment with the shroud (221).

10. A garment steamer comprising a spray head assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.