CN115948900A

CN115948900A - Appliance for steaming garments comprising an ironing and/or ironing tool

Info

Publication number: CN115948900A
Application number: CN202211182346.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 洛朗·德奥利维拉迪亚斯
Original assignee: SEB SA
Current assignee: SEB SA
Priority date: 2021-10-07
Filing date: 2022-09-27
Publication date: 2023-04-11
Also published as: EP4163434A1; FR3127958A1

Abstract

The present invention provides an appliance for steam treating laundry, comprising: ironing and/or pressing means (3); at least one rod (40) supporting a holding element (5) on which the garment can be hung and/or supported to allow the garment to be treated using said tool (3); and a support device (8) comprising a receiving housing in which the tool (3) can be stably placed during the non-operative ironing and/or ironing phase, the support device (8) comprising fastening means allowing it to be fastened to the rod (40), characterized in that the support device (8) comprises a hinge (9) allowing the orientation of the receiving housing with respect to the fastening means to be changed.

Description

Appliance for steaming garments comprising an ironing and/or ironing tool

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of appliances for steam treating garments, comprising an ironing and/or ironing tool and at least one bar supporting a holding element on which a garment can be hung and/or supported to allow the garment to be treated using the tool. More specifically, the present invention relates to an appliance comprising a support device comprising fastening means allowing it to be fastened to a pole and comprising a receiving housing in which a tool can be stably placed during the non-operative ironing and/or ironing phases.

Background

From chinese utility model CN205603917U an ironing appliance is known, which comprises an ironing head and two telescopic rods supporting a hanger on which the clothes can be hung, and a support device provided with a receiving housing in which the ironing head can be placed, which is fastened to one of the rods by means of a coupling arm. In this document, the receiving housing of the support device forms a removable module of the coupling arm, which module can be engaged in three orientations separated by 90 °.

However, a disadvantage of such a support device is that it is less ergonomic in use, since when the user wishes to change the orientation of the module forming the receiving housing, the user needs to disassemble this module, with the risk of the module falling and/or of the ironing head scalding a person.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to propose an ironing/ironing appliance capable of remedying these drawbacks.

To this end, the object of the present invention is an appliance for steam treating garments, comprising an ironing and/or pressing tool, at least one bar supporting a holding element on which the garment can be hung and/or supported to allow the garment to be treated using the tool, and supporting means comprising a receiving housing in which the tool can be stably placed during non-operative ironing and/or pressing phases, the supporting means comprising a fastening means allowing it to be fastened to the bar, characterized in that the supporting means comprise a hinge allowing the orientation of the receiving housing with respect to the fastening means to be changed.

Such a hinge allows to change the orientation of the receiving housing without disassembling the module of the support device, thus limiting the risk of the tool falling and greatly improving the ergonomics when using such a support device.

The appliance may also have one or more of the following features, alone or in combination.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the hinge is a pivoting link enabling the receiving housing to pivot about a vertical axis.

This feature allows the orientation of the receiving housing to be changed so as to orient it in the direction of the user.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the articulation is a ball-and-socket joint.

This feature allows orienting the receiving housing both from left to right and from bottom to top.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the support means comprises a coupling arm extending between the fastening part and the receiving housing, and the hinge is arranged on the coupling arm.

This feature enables a portion of the attachment arm to rotate simultaneously with the receiving housing, which allows the receiving housing to be offset from one side or the other of the appliance to bring it closer to the user.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the coupling arm comprises a first portion and a second portion hinged to each other by a hinge.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the fastening member is provided at one end of the first portion and the receiving housing is provided at one end of the second portion, the second portion of the arm having a length greater than or equal to 1 cm.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the first part of the web comprises a male leaf introduced into a female leaf arranged in the second part of the web.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the male and female leaves are made of plastic material and are obtained directly by moulding with the first and second portions of the arm.

According to an advantageous feature of the invention, the appliance comprises a base containing the water tank and connected to the ironing tool by a duct.

Drawings

The objects, aspects and advantages of the invention will be better understood from the description of particular embodiments of the invention, presented as non-limiting examples, given below, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:

figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing appliance according to a particular embodiment of the present invention, wherein the supporting means are arranged in a first orientation;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of the appliance of fig. 1, with the support means arranged in a second orientation, the iron not being shown in this figure;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the appliance of FIG. 1 with the support means disposed in a third orientation;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a support device with which the appliance of FIG. 1 is equipped;

FIG. 5 is another perspective view of the support device of FIG. 4 showing the receiver housing disposed in another orientation;

fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the support device of fig. 4.

Detailed Description

Only the elements necessary for understanding the invention are shown in the figures. To facilitate reading of the figures, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements that are common to the figures.

It is noted that in this document, the terms "horizontal", "vertical", "lower", "upper", "top", "bottom", "front", "rear", "longitudinal" and "transverse" used to describe the appliance, are used with reference to the appliance when it is laid flat on its base, as shown in fig. 1.

Figures 1 and 2 show a steam ironing appliance comprising a portable base 1 connected to a steam iron 3 by a flexible conduit 2, the base 1 being electrically connected to a household electrical grid by an electrical cord (not visible in the figures).

The base 1 comprises, in a manner known per se, a removable water tank, and a pump for drawing water from the water tank to convey the water to the iron 3.

The iron 3 comprises a flat soleplate 30, on which soleplate 30 a housing is mounted, which housing comprises a grip handle 31, which grip handle 31 is provided with a free rear end protruding laterally from the body. The casing contains, in a manner known per se, an aluminium casting in thermal contact with the bottom plate and comprising an instantaneous evaporation chamber provided with a heating resistance, into which water is injected by means of a pump from a tank 10. The operation of the pump is controlled by a trigger 32 arranged below the front end of the handle 31, the pump and the vaporisation chamber being advantageously dimensioned to allow a steam flow rate of about 25gr/mn to be continuously generated when the trigger 32 is actuated, the sole plate 30 typically comprising apertures for the discharge of steam.

The appliance comprises a base 4 on which the base 1 removably rests, the upper end of the base 1 being provided with a handle 11 to facilitate transport of the base.

Preferably, the base 4 comprises two telescopic rods 40, the telescopic rods 40 extending vertically and comprising an upper end supporting an ironing board 5, the ironing board 5 comprising a flat ironing surface 50, the ironing surface 50 being designed to be covered by an outer cover on which the garment to be ironed can be placed.

According to fig. 2 and 4 to 6, one of the telescopic rods 40 supports a support means 8 on which the iron 3 can be placed during an inactive ironing stage, the support means 8 comprising a

coupling arm

8A, 8B, the

coupling arm

8A, 8B extending transversely to the rod 40 and the end of the coupling arm being fastened to the rod 40 by means of a fastening member 83. The fastening means 83 are advantageously constituted by a sleeve engaged around the rod 40 and comprising a rib 83A, the rib 83A being inserted in a groove provided vertically on the rod 40 and thus preventing the sleeve from rotating around the rod 40.

The support means 8 advantageously comprise a body made of plastic material having a receiving housing 81, the housing of the iron 3 being designed to be inserted in this receiving housing 81. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the receiving housing 81 comprises a flat surface 80 supporting a thermal insulation pad 82, the soleplate 30 being designed to rest against the thermal insulation pad 82 when the iron 3 rests in the receiving housing 81, the lower end of the receiving housing 81 being bordered by a skirt 84, the skirt 84 having a shape adapted to stably hold the iron 3 in the receiving housing 81.

Preferably, the surface 80 forms an angle of about 15 ° with respect to a vertical plane, and the skirt 84 has, in its central portion, a recess 84A for the passage of the handle 31 of the iron.

More specifically, according to the invention, the support means 8 comprise a hinge 9, the hinge 9 allowing to vary the orientation of the receiving housing for receiving the iron 3 with respect to the sleeve 83.

In the particular example shown in the figures, this hinge 9 is constituted by a pivoting coupling integrated in the

arms

8A, 8B, which allows pivoting the receiving casing 81 with respect to the vertical axis, which divides the arm 7 into a first portion 8A integrally connected with a fastening part 83 and a second portion 8B to which the receiving casing 81 is fastened.

According to fig. 6, the pivot coupling is advantageously constituted by a combination of a male leaf 90 provided at one end of the first portion 8A of the arm, the male leaf 90 being engaged in a female leaf 91 provided at one end of the second portion 8B of the arm. Preferably, the second portion 8B of the arm has a length of between 1 and 10cm, and advantageously of about 5 cm. Such a length has the advantage of biasing the receiving housing 81 towards the front or rear of the appliance when the second part of the arm is pivoted.

In order to reduce the manufacturing costs, the male leaf 90 as well as the female leaf are preferably obtained directly by moulding together with the first portion 8A and the second portion 8B of the limb, these two portions of the limb advantageously being made of plastic material.

Thus, as shown in fig. 1, the support means 8 may be arranged such that the first portion 8A and the second portion 8B are aligned with respect to each other such that the surface 80 of the receiving housing 81 is oriented in a lateral position in which the receiving housing 81 is symmetrically arranged with respect to a vertical plane through the rod 40.

In this lateral position, the use ergonomics of the appliance remains substantially the same during the phase of placing the iron 3 in the receiving housing 81 of the support means 8 or of removing the iron 3 from the receiving housing 81, whether the user is facing the plate 5 or behind the plate 5.

However, as shown in fig. 2, the user may also orient the surface 80 toward the front of the appliance by pivoting the second portion 8B of the arm relative to the first portion 8A. The receiving housing 81 is better visible to the user when facing the panel 5, thereby improving the ergonomics of use of the appliance at that location of the user.

Conversely, when a user is positioned behind the plate 5 to perform an ironing operation, the surface 80 may also be oriented towards the rear of the appliance by pivoting the second portion 8B of the arm relative to the first portion 8A in another direction, as shown in figure 3. He can then clearly see the receiving housing 81, which also allows him to use the support device 8 in a very ergonomic manner.

The support device according to the invention therefore has the advantage of providing good ergonomics of use, whether the user is located in front of or behind the board, by allowing the user to orient the receiving housing for receiving the iron in his direction.

Furthermore, the positioning of the pivot link at the intermediate portion of the arm has the advantage of enabling the receiving housing to be offset towards the front or rear of the plate when the second portion of the arm is pivoted, which allows the receiving housing to be closer to the user.

Finally, such a support device has the advantage of being simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Of course, the invention is in no way limited to the embodiments shown and described above, which are given by way of example only. Modifications are possible, particularly in respect of the construction of the various elements or by substitution of equivalent techniques, without thereby departing from the scope of protection of the invention.

Thus, in a variant of embodiment not shown, the pivot coupling may be provided at the end of the arm, directly at the interface between the arm and the support surface.

Thus, in another embodiment variant not shown, the pivot coupling can be replaced by a ball-and-socket coupling.

In a further embodiment variant, not shown, at least a portion of the arm of the support means may be telescopic.

In a further embodiment variant, not shown, the arms of the support device can be removably fastened to the rods of the support plate, for example by means of a clip-fastening system.

Claims

1. An appliance for steam treating laundry, comprising: ironing and/or pressing means (3); at least one rod (40) supporting a holding element (5) on which the garment can be hung and/or supported to allow the garment to be treated using said tool (3); and a support device (8) comprising a receiving housing (81) in which the tool (3) can be stably placed during the non-operative ironing and/or ironing phase, the support device (8) comprising fastening means (83) allowing to fasten it to the rod (40), characterized in that the support device (8) comprises a hinge (9) allowing to change the orientation of the receiving housing (81) with respect to the fastening means (83).

2. Appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the hinge (9) is a pivoting coupling enabling the receiving housing (81) to pivot about a vertical axis.

3. Appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the articulation (9) is a ball-and-socket coupling.

4. The appliance according to any of the claims from 1 to 2, characterized in that the supporting means (8) comprise a coupling arm (8A, 8B) extending between the fastening part (83) and the receiving housing (81), and in that the hinge (9) is provided on the coupling arm (8A, 8B).

5. Appliance according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said coupling arm comprises a first portion (8A) and a second portion (8B) hinged to each other by said hinge (9).

6. The appliance according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the fastening means are provided at one end of the first portion (8A) and the receiving housing is provided at one end of the second portion (8B), and the second portion (8B) of the arm has a length greater than or equal to 1 cm.

7. Appliance according to any one of claims 5 to 6, characterized in that the first portion (8A) of the arm comprises a male leaf (90) introduced into a female leaf (91) provided in the second portion (8B) of the arm.

8. Appliance according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said male leaf (90) and said female leaf (91) are made of plastic material and are obtained directly by moulding with said first portion (8A) and second portion (8B) of the arm.

9. The appliance according to any of the claims from 1 to 8, characterized in that it comprises a base (1) containing a water tank (10) and connected to said ironing tool (3) by means of a duct (2).