CN210712276U

CN210712276U - Ironing equipment with locking device

Info

Publication number: CN210712276U
Application number: CN201921273683.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周祥勋; 刘伟; 张彬彬
Original assignee: NINGBO AIJIA ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO Ltd
Current assignee: NINGBO AIJIA ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-07
Filing date: 2019-08-07
Publication date: 2020-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-07

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ironing device with locking device, including base, equipment principal, locking device, unblock operating device, elastic biasing mechanism, locating part, pressure button and elastic component, the locating part can inject the side lobe piece of locking device's lock piece in the unblock position of keeping away from the equipment principal, and at this moment, the equipment principal can conveniently place on the base, when the equipment principal is placed in place, can touch and expose the pressure button of the upper surface of base moves down, when this pressure button is pressed, the locating part also simultaneously moves down and removes right the injecing of lock piece, under elastic biasing mechanism's effect, the side lobe piece of lock piece can be close to the equipment principal voluntarily and lock it. The locking process of the ironing equipment can realize automatic locking between the equipment main body and the base without pressing a corresponding unlocking operation mechanism by a user, so that the ironing equipment is more convenient and faster, and the user experience is effectively improved.

Description

Ironing equipment with locking device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ironing device technical field especially relates to an ironing device with locking device.

Background

In order to prevent the ironing device body placed on the base from being separated from the base, a locking device capable of locking the ironing device body on the base is further arranged on the base. If the application number is: CN201621103856.2 (No. CN206035957U) discloses a retractable locking device and a garment steamer, wherein the retractable locking device comprises a base, an operation driving structure and a locking buckle, the locking buckle is slidably disposed on the base, the operation driving structure is disposed on the base and is in transmission connection with the locking buckle, so as to drive the locking buckle to retract, and the locking buckle can be switched between an extended locking position and a retracted unlocking position.

However, the above-mentioned retractable locking device also has certain disadvantages, and the locking process of the locking device is as follows: when the user presses the locking button of operation drive structure drive to retract to the unblock position, place the garment steamer, place the back that targets in place when the garment steamer, the user loosens again and presses the operation drive structure and make the locking button auto-eject, realizes locking. The locking process requires a user to press with force to complete the locking, and the use process is complicated, so how to realize the automatic locking of the ironing device without the user pressing becomes a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem to prior art's current situation, provide one kind and need not the user application of force and press alright realize the automatic locking device who is used for ironing equipment who locks.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted does: comprises that

A base;

an apparatus main body which is placed on the base and can be removed from the base, and which has a locking portion at a side position;

the base is provided with:

the locking device comprises a locking piece corresponding to the side position of the equipment body, the locking piece is provided with a side convex sheet protruding towards the locking part of the equipment body, and the side convex sheet moves towards the locking part of the equipment body until the side convex sheet and the locking part are mutually locked and matched to form a locking state, so that the equipment body is locked on the base;

an unlocking operation mechanism which is in driving connection with the locking piece and drives the locking piece to move so that the side convex sheet moves towards the direction far away from the locking part of the equipment body and the locking matching between the side convex sheet and the locking part is released;

also provided with:

an elastic biasing mechanism acting on the locking piece to make the side convex sheet of the locking piece always have the tendency of moving towards the locking part of the equipment body and forming a locking state;

the limiting part is positioned below the locking piece, can act on the locking piece from bottom to top and limits the position of the side convex sheet of the locking piece away from the locking part of the equipment main body;

a press button which is provided on an upper surface of the stopper and freely exposes the upper surface of the base from bottom to top, and when the press button is pressed, the stopper is driven to move downward to release the restriction of the lock member; of course, it is conceivable that the press button may be an independent structure abutting against the limiting member or an integrated structure connected to the limiting member; the lower end of the stopper may be provided at a part of the bottom of the apparatus main body and may be allowed to pass through the upper surface (provided with a through hole) of the base and abut against the upper surface of the stopper.

And the elastic piece acts on the limiting piece, so that the limiting piece always has the tendency of moving upwards and acting on the locking piece to limit the locking piece.

In order to facilitate the locking engagement with the side projecting pieces of the lock member, the locking portions of the apparatus body are stop pieces extending outward from the outer peripheral wall of the apparatus body, and the stop pieces are located below the side projecting pieces of the lock member in a state where the apparatus body is resting on the base. The side convex sheet of the locking piece can penetrate out of the base and move to the position above the blocking sheet of the equipment main body, and the blocking sheet is blocked in the vertical direction, so that the equipment main body cannot be taken out upwards and is connected with the base in a locking mode. When the locking device is locked, the side convex sheet of the locking piece is positioned above the blocking sheet of the device body after extending out of the base only by ensuring that the device body is placed in place, and the structural design ensures that the operation of the locking process between the device body and the base is more stable and reliable.

The blocking piece can be integrated with the peripheral wall of the device body, or can be an independent part extending outwards from the corresponding position of the hole, the groove and the like of the peripheral wall of the device body. For convenience of processing, the blocking piece can be a blocking piece extending outwards from the outer peripheral wall of the equipment main body along the horizontal direction. Of course, it is conceivable that the flap may also be a flap extending obliquely upwards or obliquely downwards. In addition, the locking part of the device body may also be a slot or a socket structure provided on the side wall thereof for inserting the side protruding piece of the locking member, and the prior art may be specifically adopted.

In order to make the equipment main body more firmly locked on the base, be equipped with on the base and supply the equipment main body to place the holding recess wherein, be equipped with on the internal perisporium of holding recess and supply the opening that the side lug of locking piece wore out.

In order to ensure that the side convex sheet of the locking piece can stably move outwards or inwards in the unlocking and locking processes, the locking piece is in a rod shape, and the side convex sheet is arranged on the inner side of the second end of the locking piece;

the elastic biasing mechanism can adopt various prior arts, and can comprise various elastic elements such as a compressed spring, a torsional spring, a reed and the like, but in order to better match the rod-shaped locking piece, the elastic biasing mechanism takes the first compressed spring as a main body and is propped against the outer side of the middle position of the locking piece; the unlocking operation mechanism acts on the first end of the locking piece.

In order to assemble the locking piece on the base, the locking piece is accommodated in a mounting shell, and the mounting shell consists of a mounting seat and a mounting cover covering the mounting seat; the mounting seat is provided with a groove capable of accommodating the locking piece and an opening for the side convex sheet of the locking piece to extend out; the first end of the first pressure spring is abutted against the outer side of the middle position of the locking piece, and the second end of the first pressure spring is abutted against the corresponding side wall of the groove and sleeved outside the positioning column arranged on the side wall. When assembling, place the recess on the mount pad with the locking piece earlier, then detain the installation lid and can accomplish the assembly on the mount pad.

The locking piece is placed in the mounting shell to form an assembly, so that the locking piece can be assembled on the base as an integral part, the locking piece is convenient to fix and position, namely, the assembly formed by the mounting shell and the locking piece is directly connected to the base, and other limiting structures do not need to be additionally designed on the base to limit the locking piece.

In order to enable the locking piece to stably move on the mounting shell, the groove of the mounting seat comprises a first guide groove which corresponds to the first end of the locking piece and extends transversely, a strip-shaped movable groove which corresponds to the main body of the locking piece, and a second guide groove which corresponds to a side lug on the second end of the locking piece, wherein the inner side of the second guide groove is opened, and the side lug of the locking piece extends out.

In order to enable the locking device to lock the ironing equipment at two sides and improve the locking firmness of the locking device, a pair of locking pieces are arranged, are structurally in mirror symmetry, and are abutted together under the action of the first pressure spring at first ends and are arranged at intervals at second ends, so that the overall shape is splayed; correspondingly, the mounting shell is also provided with a pair of corresponding mirror symmetry structures, and the overall shape of the mounting shell is also splayed.

In order to drive the two locking members away from each other, the two locking members have symmetrical inclined surfaces on the inner sides of the first ends of the two locking members, so that a V-shaped notch is formed, and the unlocking operation mechanism acts on the V-shaped notch.

The unlocking operation mechanism can adopt various similar structures in the prior art, but in order to better match the locking device to further facilitate the pressing and unlocking operation of a user, the unlocking operation mechanism comprises: the pressing piece is integrally T-shaped and comprises a driving rod and a button connected to the first end of the driving rod, and the button is exposed out of the front surface of the base; the sliding block is connected to the second end, far away from the button, of the driving rod and abuts against the V-shaped notch; and the third pressure spring is sleeved outside the front section of the driving rod, the first end of the third pressure spring is abutted on the button, and the second end of the third pressure spring is abutted in a spring groove formed in the base.

In order to enable the limiting part to act on the two locking parts simultaneously and enable the corresponding side protruding pieces of the two locking parts to be positioned at positions far away from the locking part of the equipment main body, the limiting part comprises a central disc body and side arms with two sides expanding outwards, the free end part of each side arm is bent upwards to form a limiting piece extending upwards and is opposite to the corresponding side protruding piece of the locking part, the mounting cover is provided with a limiting hole at the corresponding part, and the limiting piece penetrates through the limiting hole from bottom to top and is positioned on the inner side of the side wall where the root part of the side protruding piece on the locking part is positioned; and the elastic part is a second pressure spring and is positioned below the central disc body of the limiting part.

In order to place the equipment main body on the base in an inclined manner so as to be convenient for a user to take, the base is provided with an accommodating groove for placing the equipment main body therein, and the equipment main body is obliquely placed on the base and is provided with a first main body part positioned at an upper position and a second main body part positioned at a lower position; the lower edge of the low position of the accommodating groove is provided with a limiting blocking part used for limiting the second main body part of the equipment body in the accommodating groove, the side convex sheet of the locking piece penetrates out of the upper area of the inner peripheral wall of the accommodating groove to be locked with the locking part of the equipment body, and the locking part of the equipment body is correspondingly positioned on the first main body part of the equipment body.

In order to facilitate processing, the limiting blocking part is a limiting blocking edge formed by extending upwards from the lower edge of the containing groove in an inclined mode, an inner concave part is formed in the side wall, corresponding to the limiting blocking edge, of the equipment main body, and the limiting blocking edge of the base is clamped into the inner concave part of the equipment main body in the state that the equipment main body is placed on the base. The matching structure of the limiting flange of the base and the concave part of the equipment main body can enable the equipment main body to be firmly placed on the base. The limiting blocking part and the blocking edge structure limited to the lower edge of the outwards protruding holding groove can also be in the form of an inwards recessed slot or jack, and under the condition, the equipment main body can be correspondingly provided with a convex column or a convex block structure which is inserted and matched with the slot or the jack.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that: the side convex sheet of the locking piece can be limited at the unlocking position far away from the equipment main body by the limiting piece of the ironing equipment, at the moment, the equipment main body can be conveniently placed on the base, when the equipment main body is placed in place, the pressing button exposed out of the upper surface of the base can be triggered to move downwards, when the pressing button is pressed down, the limiting piece also moves downwards simultaneously to remove the limitation on the locking piece, and the side convex sheet of the locking piece can be automatically close to the equipment main body to lock the locking piece under the action of the elastic biasing mechanism; on the other hand, when the unlocking is needed, a user can press the unlocking operation mechanism to drive the locking piece to move, so that the side convex sheet of the locking piece moves away from the equipment main body to unlock, at the moment, the equipment main body can be conveniently taken down, when the equipment main body is taken down, the limiting piece moves upwards to be limited and matched with the locking piece again under the action of the elastic force of the elastic piece, the locking piece is limited at the unlocking position, and meanwhile, the press button moves upwards synchronously along with the limiting piece, so that the top end of the press button is exposed out of the upper surface of the base and can be placed next time by the equipment main body. This kind of ironing device's the process of locking need not the user and presses corresponding unblock operating device alright realize the automatic locking between equipment main part and the base to when equipment main part takes off, the locking piece can return to the unblock position again, has made things convenient for equipment main part to place next time, this kind of ironing device's the process of locking and unblock, convenient and fast has more effectively improved user experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an ironing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the apparatus main body and the base in a separated state according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic partial structural view of a base according to an embodiment of the present invention (in a state where the apparatus main body is not placed);

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the locking device of the embodiment of the present invention, which is matched with the main body of the apparatus after being locked (the base is hidden);

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view (with the base hidden) of the locking device of the embodiment of the present invention, after being unlocked, matching with the main body of the apparatus;

fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the locking device and the limiting mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 6 (the limiting member is in an upper limiting state);

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 6 (with the limiting member in a lower limiting position);

fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view (from bottom to top, a rear view) of a locking device and a limiting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view (locked state) of the locking device according to the embodiment of the present invention with the mounting cover hidden;

fig. 11 is a schematic perspective view (unlocked state) of the locking device according to the embodiment of the present invention with the mounting cover hidden;

fig. 12 is an exploded view of a locking device and a limiting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is an exploded view (from bottom to top, in a rear view) of the locking device and the limiting mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a partial schematic structural view of a locking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic perspective view of a mounting base according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken at a-a in fig. 3.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, which show the overall structure schematic diagram of the ironing apparatus with a locking device of this embodiment, the ironing apparatus includes a base 50, an apparatus main body 51 (this embodiment is illustrated as an iron 51), and a locking device, the base 50 has a receiving groove 52 for the iron 51 to rest therein, when the iron 51 is placed in the receiving groove 52, the iron can be locked by the locking device provided on the base 50, and after the locking device is unlocked, the iron 51 can be removed from the base 50.

Referring to fig. 1-16, the locking device includes a locking member 20, a mounting housing 10, and a resilient biasing mechanism, specifically, a first compression spring 22, wherein the locking member 20 and the first compression spring 22 are disposed in the mounting housing 10 to form a separate assembly structure for being conveniently assembled to the base 50. The front end of the receiving recess 52 of the base 50 is a V-shaped recess which matches the tip of the front part of the iron 51, and the locking means is provided at the front end position of the base 50 (see fig. 2 and 3 in detail).

Referring to fig. 10, a pair of locking members 20 are mirror-symmetrical in structure, and under the action of a first compression spring 22, first ends of the two locking members 20 are close to each other, and second ends are spaced apart, so that the overall shape of the locking member is splayed; correspondingly, the mounting shell 10 has a pair of mounting shells, which are also mirror-symmetrical in structure and also splayed in overall appearance. The two locking members 20 of the "splayed" shape correspond to the V-shaped notches in the front end of the base 50 to facilitate locking on both sides of the tip at the front of the iron 51 (see figures 4 and 5 in detail).

With continued reference to FIG. 10, the locking member 20 is in the shape of a rod, and the inner side of the first end of the rod-shaped locking member 20 is provided with a driving arm 211 extending transversely, and the driving arm 211 is in driving connection with the unlocking operation mechanism; the inner side of the second end of the locking member 20 has a laterally extending side tab 212, and the side tab 212 constitutes a locking tongue 212 capable of locking and cooperating with a stop piece 510 on the outer peripheral wall of the iron 51, wherein the specific structure and process of locking and cooperating the locking tongue 212 with the stop piece 510 will be described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, the mounting case 10 includes a mounting seat 11 and a mounting cover 12 covering the mounting seat, wherein the mounting seat 11 has a groove capable of accommodating the locking member 20, the groove specifically includes a first guide slot 100, a bar-shaped movable slot 13 and a second guide slot 102 extending transversely, wherein the locking member 20 is correspondingly and transversely movably disposed in the bar-shaped movable slot 13, a driving arm 211 at a first end of the locking member 20 is transversely slidably disposed in the first guide slot 100, a side tab 212 at a second end of the locking member 20 is correspondingly disposed in the second guide slot 102, and a latch bolt 212 of the locking member 20 can protrude out through an inner opening of the second guide slot 102, which is detailed in fig. 14 and 15.

The first compression spring 22 is correspondingly disposed in the bar-shaped movable groove 13, specifically, a first end of the first compression spring 22 abuts against an outer side of a middle position of the locking member 20, a second end of the first compression spring abuts against a corresponding side wall of the bar-shaped movable groove 13, and further specifically, the middle position of the locking member 20 and the corresponding side wall of the bar-shaped movable groove 13 are respectively provided with a positioning column 110, and two ends of the first compression spring 22 are respectively sleeved on the two positioning columns 110 (see fig. 12 and 15).

The inner peripheral wall of the receiving recess 52 of the base 50 is correspondingly provided with an opening 500 (see fig. 3) for the free end of the latch 212 of the latch 20 to protrude, and accordingly, the iron 51 is provided with a blocking piece 510 extending outward to expose the outer peripheral wall of the iron 51. When locked, the free end of the latch 212 can extend from the opening 500 of the base 50 and move above the stop 510 of the iron 51, vertically blocking the stop 510 of the iron 51, so that the iron 51 cannot be moved upward and removed, as shown in detail in fig. 4. When unlocking, the latch 212 is retracted, and the blocking piece 510 of the iron 51 is released from vertical blocking, as shown in fig. 5.

Referring to fig. 13, the inner sides of the driving arms 211 of the two locking members 20 have symmetrical first inclined surfaces 200, and the two first inclined surfaces 200 form a V-shaped notch. The unlocking operation mechanism 40 comprises a pressing piece, a sliding block 413 and a third pressure spring 42, wherein the pressing piece is integrally T-shaped and comprises a driving rod 412 and a button 411 connected to a first end of the driving rod 412, the button 411 is exposed out of the front surface of the base 50 for a user to press, a second end of the driving rod 412, which is far away from the button 411, is connected with the sliding block 413, and the rear end of the sliding block 413 abuts against the V-shaped notch; specifically, the sliding block 413 is a wedge-shaped structure having two second inclined surfaces 410, and the two second inclined surfaces 410 can abut against the V-shaped notch, specifically, correspondingly abut against the first inclined surfaces 200 of the two locking members 20. The third compressed spring 42 is sleeved on the driving rod 412, and a first end of the third compressed spring abuts against the button 411, and a second end of the third compressed spring abuts against the spring groove 501 arranged on the base 50. When unlocking is required, the user presses the button 411, and the driving rod 412 can move axially, so that the second end of the driving rod acts on the V-shaped notch formed by the free end walls of the driving support arms 211 of the two locking pieces 20 to drive the two locking pieces 20 to move away from each other in the transverse direction, and the axial movement of the driving rod 412 is converted into the transverse movement of the locking pieces 20.

Referring to fig. 6 and 9, in order to realize the automatic locking of the iron 51, a limiting member 30 is further disposed below the locking member 20, the limiting member 30 is movably disposed on the base 50 up and down, and specifically includes a central tray 300 and side arms 31 with two sides opened outward, a free end of each side arm 31 is bent upward to form an upward extending limiting piece 311, each limiting piece 311 is opposite to the corresponding locking tongue 212 of the locking member 20, and specifically, a root position of the locking tongue 212 on the locking member 20 is provided with a downward extending limiting blocking wall 213. When the position limiting member 30 moves to the upper position (see fig. 7), the position limiting piece 311 can abut against the inner side of the position limiting blocking wall 213 to limit the locking member 20 in the transverse direction, so that the locking tongue 212 of the position limiting member 30 is located at the unlocking position far away from the blocking piece 510 of the iron 51, and when the position limiting member 30 moves to the lower position (see fig. 8), the position limiting piece 311 can be disengaged downwards from the inner side of the position limiting blocking wall 213 to release the limitation of the locking member 20 in the transverse direction, so that the locking tongue 212 of the position limiting member 30 approaches the iron 51 and is in locking fit with the blocking piece 510 arranged thereon.

Referring to fig. 13, the mounting cover 12 is provided with a vertically through-going limiting hole 120 (see fig. 13) at a position corresponding to the limiting piece 311, and the size of the limiting hole 120 is matched with the size of the limiting piece 311 of the limiting member 30, so that the limiting piece 311 can extend into the mounting shell 10 to be in interference fit with the limiting blocking wall 213 of the locking member 20. The mounting cover 12 may have a certain thickness, so that the limiting piece 311 is always limited in the limiting hole 120 during the up-and-down movement of the limiting member 30, that is, when the limiting member 30 moves downward to the lower position, the limiting piece 311 can be separated from the limiting blocking wall 213 of the locking member 20, but not separated from the limiting hole 120 (see fig. 8). Due to the structural design, the limiting hole 120 plays a role in guiding the limiting piece 311 in the vertical direction, so that the limiting piece 30 can move up and down more stably and reliably, and the situation that the limiting piece 311 cannot move up again to be blocked due to separation from the mounting cover 12 is avoided.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the downward movement of the limiting member 30 is achieved by providing a pressing button 33 on the upper surface of the central tray 300 of the limiting member 30, wherein the pressing button 33 can freely expose the upper surface of the base 50 from bottom to top along with the limiting member 30, when the iron 51 is placed on the base 50, the pressing button 33 is pressed to drive the limiting member 30 to move downward to release the limitation of the limiting piece 311 on the limiting wall 213 of the locking member 20, and at this time, the locking tongue 212 of the locking member 20 can automatically approach the iron 51 to lock the iron under the action of the first compression spring 22. In this embodiment, the top of the press button 33 is provided with a heat insulating sleeve (not shown) which prevents the press button from being damaged by direct contact with the hot soleplate of the iron 51.

With continued reference to fig. 7 and 8, the upward movement process of the limiting member 30 is realized by that an elastic member 32 is arranged below the central disc 300, the elastic member is a second compressed spring 32, an upper end of the second compressed spring 32 abuts against a lower surface of the central disc 300, and a lower end of the second compressed spring 32 abuts against the base 50, and under the elastic force of the second compressed spring 32, the limiting member 30 always has a tendency of moving upward and acting on the locking member 20 to limit the locking member 20.

The ironing device in this embodiment can be placed not only horizontally, but also obliquely. The tilted position can be seen in fig. 2, wherein the iron 51 can be suspended from the base 50 when the base 50 is tilted, and the iron 51 is shown in a disengaged state from the base 50 in fig. 2. The shape of the notch of the receiving recess 52 on the base 50 is consistent with the shape of the bottom plate of the iron 51, wherein the lower edge of the side of the receiving recess 52 corresponding to the tail end of the iron 51 extends upward and slantingly to form a limit stop 521 (see fig. 2). The side wall of the tail end of the iron 51 has an inner concave portion 511 into which the retaining rib 521 can be inserted, and specifically, the inner concave portion 511 is an arc-shaped concave portion. When the base 50 is tilted, the limit rib 521 is located at the lower position of the base 50, and accordingly, the locking device is located at the upper position of the base 50 to lock the head of the iron 51.

When the iron 51 is placed, the tail end of the iron 51 is placed on the receiving groove 52 of the base 50, the limiting rib 521 limits the concave portion 511 at the tail end of the iron 51, then the head of the iron 51 is placed in the receiving groove 52, and the latch 212 of the locking member 20 is ejected to automatically lock the head of the iron 51 by touching the press button 33. Since the iron 51 is fixed in position at both the front and rear ends, it can be firmly locked to the base 50.

The locking and unlocking process of the ironing equipment in the embodiment comprises the following steps:

and (3) locking: in the initial state, the iron 51 is not placed on the base 50, the limiting piece 311 of the limiting piece 30 abuts against the limiting blocking wall 213 of the locking member 20, the locking tongue 212 of the locking member 20 cannot move laterally to approach the iron 51, at this time, the locking member 20 is limited at the unlocking position (see fig. 5), and the iron 51 can be conveniently placed in the accommodating groove 52 of the base 50; when the iron 51 is placed on the base 50, under the action of gravity or other external forces, the iron 51 may press down the press button 33, so that the limiting member 30 moves downward, at this time, the limiting piece 311 of the limiting member 30 is separated downward from the limiting blocking wall 213 of the locking member 20, the limitation of the locking member 20 in the transverse direction is removed, under the action of the elastic force of the first pressure spring 22, the latch bolt 212 of the locking member 20 can automatically approach the iron 51, the iron 51 is locked and kept at the locking position (see fig. 4), the automatic locking of the iron 51 can be automatically realized without a user pressing a corresponding unlocking operation mechanism in the locking process, so that the iron is more convenient and fast, and the user experience is improved.

An unlocking process: when the iron 51 is removed, the limiting member 30 moves upwards to enable the limiting piece 311 to be in abutting fit with the limiting blocking wall 213 of the locking member 20 again under the action of the elastic force of the second pressure spring 32, the locking member 20 is limited to be close to the iron 51 in the transverse direction, and the press button 33 also moves upwards synchronously along with the limiting member 30, so that the top end of the press button is exposed out of the upper surface of the base 50, and the iron 51 is placed next time.

In this embodiment, the elastic biasing mechanism and the elastic member may be a tension spring, a torsion spring, a reed, or other various prior arts besides a compression spring manner, which is not described in detail. In addition, the ironing device in the present embodiment includes, but is not limited to, an iron, a garment steamer, and the like.

Claims

1. An ironing apparatus with locking means, comprising

A base (50);

an apparatus body (51) which is placed on the base (50) and can be removed from the base (50), and which has a locking portion at a side position of the apparatus body (51);

the base (50) is provided with:

the locking device comprises a locking piece (20) corresponding to the side position of the equipment body (51), the locking piece (20) is provided with a side protruding piece (212) protruding towards the locking part of the equipment body (51), and the side protruding piece (212) moves towards the locking part of the equipment body (51) until the side protruding piece and the locking part are mutually locked and matched to form a locking state, so that the equipment body (51) is locked on the base (50);

an unlocking operation mechanism (40) which is connected with the locking piece (20) in a driving way and drives the locking piece (20) to move so that the side protruding piece (212) moves towards the direction of separating from the locking part of the equipment main body (51) and releases the locking engagement between the locking part and the locking part;

it is characterized in that the device is also provided with:

an elastic biasing mechanism acting on the locking member (20) to make the side protruding piece (212) of the locking member (20) always have a tendency of moving towards the locking part of the device body (51) and forming a locking state;

a stopper (30) located below the lock member (20), capable of acting on the lock member (20) from the bottom up, and restricting a side protruding piece (212) of the lock member (20) to be located at a position away from a locking portion of the apparatus main body (51);

a press button (33) which is provided on the upper surface of the stopper (30), and which is freely exposed from the bottom to the top of the base (50), and which, when the press button (33) is pressed, can drive the stopper (30) to move downward and release the restriction on the lock member (20);

and the elastic piece (32) acts on the limiting piece (30), so that the limiting piece (30) always has the tendency of moving upwards and acting on the locking piece (20) to limit the locking piece (20).

2. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the locking part of the device body (51) is a baffle (510) extending outwards from the peripheral wall of the device body (51), and the baffle (510) is positioned below the side protruding piece (212) of the locking piece (20) under the state that the device body (51) is rested on the base (50).

3. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 2, characterized in that: the base (50) is provided with an accommodating groove (52) for placing the equipment main body (51), and the inner peripheral wall of the accommodating groove (52) is provided with an opening (500) for the side protruding piece (212) of the locking piece (20) to penetrate out.

4. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:

the locking piece (20) is in a rod shape, and the side protruding piece (212) is arranged on the inner side of the second end of the locking piece;

the elastic biasing mechanism takes a first pressure spring (22) as a main body and is propped against the outer side of the middle position of the locking piece (20);

the unlocking mechanism (40) acts on the first end of the locking member (20).

5. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 4, characterized in that: the locking piece (20) is accommodated in a mounting shell (10), and the mounting shell (10) is composed of a mounting seat (11) and a mounting cover (12) covering the mounting seat;

wherein the mounting seat (11) has a groove capable of accommodating the locking member (20) and has an opening through which a side lug (212) of the locking member (20) protrudes;

the first end of the first pressure spring (22) is abutted against the outer side of the middle position of the locking piece (20), and the second end of the first pressure spring is abutted against the corresponding side wall of the groove and sleeved outside the positioning column (110) arranged on the side wall.

6. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 5, characterized in that: the groove of the mounting seat (11) comprises a first guide groove (100) which is corresponding to the transverse extension of the first end of the locking piece (20), a strip-shaped movable groove (13) which is corresponding to the main body of the locking piece (20), and a second guide groove (102) which is corresponding to the side lug (212) on the second end of the locking piece (20), wherein the inner side of the second guide groove (102) is opened, and the side lug (212) of the locking piece (20) extends out.

7. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that: the locking pieces (20) are in a pair and are in mirror symmetry in structure, the first ends of the locking pieces are abutted together under the action of the first compression spring (22), and the second ends of the locking pieces are arranged at intervals, so that the locking pieces are splayed in overall appearance; correspondingly, the mounting shell (10) also has a pair of corresponding mirror symmetry structures, and is also splayed in overall appearance.

8. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 7, characterized in that: the two locking members (20) have symmetrical inclined surfaces on the inner sides of the first ends thereof, so that a V-shaped notch is formed, and the unlocking operation mechanism (40) acts on the V-shaped notch.

9. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 8, characterized in that: the unlocking operation mechanism (40) includes:

the pressing piece is T-shaped as a whole and comprises a driving rod (412) and a button (411) connected to the first end of the driving rod, and the button is exposed out of the front surface of the base (50);

the sliding block (413) is connected to the second end, far away from the button, of the driving rod and abuts against the V-shaped notch;

and the third pressure spring (42) is sleeved outside the front section of the driving rod (412), the first end of the third pressure spring is abutted on the button (411), and the second end of the third pressure spring is abutted in a spring groove (501) formed in the base (50).

10. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 7, characterized in that: the limiting piece (30) comprises a central disc body (300) and side arms (31) with two sides opening outwards, the free end part of each side arm (31) is bent upwards to form a limiting piece (311) extending upwards and is opposite to the corresponding side protruding piece (212) of the locking piece (20), the mounting cover (12) is provided with a limiting hole (120) at the corresponding part, and the limiting piece (311) penetrates through the limiting hole (120) from bottom to top and is positioned on the inner side of the side wall where the root part of the side protruding piece (212) on the locking piece (20) is positioned;

the elastic member (32) is a second compression spring and is positioned below the central disc body (300) of the limiting member (30).

11. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the base (50) is provided with an accommodating groove (52) for placing an equipment main body (51), the equipment main body (51) is obliquely placed on the base (50) and is provided with a first main body part positioned at an upper position and a second main body part positioned at a lower position;

the lower edge of the low position of the accommodating groove (52) is provided with a limit stop part used for limiting the second main body part of the equipment body (51) in the accommodating groove (52), the side convex sheet (212) of the locking piece (20) penetrates out of the upper area of the inner peripheral wall of the accommodating groove (52) to be locked with the locking part of the equipment body (51), and the locking part of the equipment body (51) is correspondingly positioned on the first main body part of the equipment body (51).

12. Ironing apparatus with locking device according to claim 11, characterized in that: the limiting blocking part is a limiting blocking edge (521) formed by extending upwards from the lower edge of the containing groove (52) in an inclined mode, an inner concave part (511) is formed in the side wall, corresponding to the limiting blocking edge (521), of the equipment main body (51), and the limiting blocking edge (521) of the base (50) is clamped into the inner concave part (511) of the equipment main body (51) in the state that the equipment main body (51) is placed on the base (50).