CN212199755U - Hand-held garment steamer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a hand-held type garment steamer, include: scald first subassembly and handle, the handle with scald first subassembly and be connected, just the handle have with scald first subassembly and be the slope extension state of non-perpendicular contained angle. The technical scheme of the utility model realizes ironing clothes convenient operation.

Description

Hand-held garment steamer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a household electrical appliances technical field, in particular to hand-held type garment steamer.

Background

With the gradual improvement of the living standard of people, the quality requirement of people on life is higher and higher, so the role of the garment steamer in the life of people is more and more important. The existing garment steamer has the condition that the structural design of the handle is unreasonable, and the garment steamer can not be well combined with the garment in the garment ironing process.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims at providing a hand-held type garment steamer aims at making garment steamer convenient to use.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a hand-held type garment steamer, include:

a head ironing assembly; and

the handle, the handle with scald the head subassembly and connect, just the handle have with scald the head subassembly and be the slope extension state of non-perpendicular contained angle.

Optionally, the hand-held garment steamer still include with the rotation axis that scalds the head subassembly and connect, the handle with the rotation axis rotates and connects, the handle winds the rotation axis upset switches between storage state and extension state, works as the handle is in when the extension state, the free end of handle is kept away from scald head subassembly and the handle be with scald head subassembly and be the slope extension state of non-perpendicular contained angle.

Optionally, when the handle is in the extended state, an included angle between the handle and the iron head assembly ranges from 100 degrees to 130 degrees.

Optionally, the iron head assembly is formed with a receiving groove, and when the handle is in the receiving state, the handle is at least partially received in the receiving groove.

Optionally, the handle is provided with a function key, and the bottom wall of the accommodating groove is recessed to form an avoiding groove matched with the function key.

Optionally, the iron assembly includes an iron body and a water tank, the iron body includes a shell and a steam generator mounted at one end of the shell, and the water tank is mounted at the other end of the shell away from the steam generator.

Optionally, the water tank is removably connected to the housing.

Optionally, one of the housing and the water tank is provided with an insertion platform, the other of the housing and the water tank is provided with a slot, a limiting structure is arranged between the insertion platform and the slot, and the water tank and the housing are inserted into the slot through the insertion platform and detachably connected through the limiting structure.

Optionally, the limiting structure includes a fixture block protruding on the inner wall of the slot, and a slot having an insertion opening formed on the outer wall surface of the insertion platform, and the fixture block passes through the insertion opening and is rotatably clamped into the slot.

Optionally, the handle is inclined downwardly in a direction from the steam generator to the water tank when the handle is in the extended state.

The utility model discloses technical scheme has the slope extension state that is the non-perpendicular contained angle with scalding the head subassembly through the adoption with the handle of hand-held type garment steamer for when using the garment steamer, be convenient for realize ironing the clothing with scalding head subassembly and clothing laminating, and can avoid steam to spout the people hand as far as possible, make the convenience of use of hand-held type garment steamer promote.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a hand-held garment steamer according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view from above of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1 with the handle in a stowed position;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1 from yet another perspective;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the handle and the rotating shaft in the handle assembly of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the structure of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view from another perspective of the structure of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an exploded view from a further perspective of the structure of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a portion of the structure of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the rotating ring and the stop ring of the hand-held steamer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of the swivel ring and stop collar of FIG. 12;

fig. 14 is a schematic perspective view of a hand-held garment steamer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				600	Hand-held garment steamer	214	Card interface
500	Ironing head assembly	220	Spacing ring
				400	Water tank	221	Second salient point
410	Plug-in platform	222	Third bump
				411	Clamping groove	223	Clamping part
300	Ironing head body	100	Handle (CN)
				310	Outer casing	110	Shell assembly
311	Inserting groove	111	First shell cover
				312	Clamping block	112	Second shell cover
313	Accommodating tank	113	Stop board
				314	Avoiding groove	114	Rotating ring
320	Steam generator	115	First salient point
				200	Rotating shaft	116	Limiting groove
210	Rotating shaft body	117	Plug board
				211	Connecting part	118	Gap
212	Connecting hole	120	Pivot shaft
				213	Bump	130	Function key

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., "fixed" may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In addition, descriptions in the present application as to "first", "second", and the like are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit to the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The utility model provides a handle components and hand-held type garment steamer 600.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in an embodiment of the present invention, the hand-held garment steamer 600 includes a steamer head assembly 500 and a handle assembly, the handle assembly includes a rotating shaft 200 connected to the steamer head assembly 500 and a handle 100 rotatably connected to the rotating shaft 200, the steamer head assembly 500 includes a steamer head body 300 and a water tank 400, the steamer head body 300 includes a casing 310 and a steam generator 320 installed at one end of the casing 310, a steam hole corresponding to the steam generator 320 is formed at an end of the casing 310, a water supply electromagnetic pump and other components are further installed in the casing 310, the water tank 400 is connected to the casing 310 and is communicated with the steam generator 320 through a pipeline, and the water tank 400 supplies water to the steam generator 320 under the driving of the water supply electromagnetic pump. The handle 100 is connected to the iron head body 300, wherein the hand-held garment steamer 600 of the present application may be in a wired power supply mode or a wireless power supply mode, in the wired power supply mode, a conductive wire with a plug may be led out from the handle 100, or a conductive wire with a plug may be led out from the iron head body 300, and in the wireless power supply mode, a power supply battery may be disposed in the handle 100 or the iron head body 300. The handle 100 of the present application is movable relative to the iron head assembly 500 to switch between a stored state, in which the free end of the handle 100 is close to the iron head assembly 500, and an extended state, in which the free end of the handle 100 is away from the iron head assembly 500.

By arranging the handle 100 of the hand-held steamer 600 to be movable relative to the steamer head assembly 500 and to have a storage state and an extended state, the free end of the handle 100 is close to the steamer head assembly 500 in the storage state, so that the hand-held steamer 600 is compact in overall structure, small in size and convenient to store and carry. When the extension state, first subassembly 500 scalds is kept away from to the free end of handle 100 for handle 100 is convenient for hold, has wholly improved garment steamer's convenience of use from this, and, handle 100 has the slope extension state that is non-perpendicular contained angle with first subassembly 300 scalds, makes when using garment steamer, is convenient for realize ironing the clothing with first subassembly 300 scalds with the clothing laminating, can avoid steam to spout people's hand as far as possible, makes hand-held type garment steamer's convenience of use obtain promoting.

This application water tank 400 is installed in shell 310 and is kept away from the other end of steam generator 320, the outline of scalding first body 300 is roughly cylindricly, the outline shape of water tank 400 also is cylindricly with the outline shape looks adaptation of scalding first body 300, make water tank 400 closely combine in the axial with scalding first body 300, streamlined structure has, make and scald first subassembly 500 overall structure easily pack the transport in production handling process, easily place in the use, and occupation space is less, of course, it is inseparable to make the whole connection structure of scalding first subassembly 500 closely through installing water tank 400 to scald first body 300 other end, compact structure's basis, the outer contour shape of scalding first body 300 and water tank 400 of this application also can be roughly and be square column shape, elliptic cylinder or other shapes.

In one embodiment, the water tank 400 is removably coupled to the housing 310. Through being detachable mounting means with water tank 400 and shell 310 for water tank 400 can be dismantled from the complete machine when adding water, and it is more convenient to operate. Of course, the water tank 400 is mounted at the other end of the iron head body 300, so that the whole structure is compact, and therefore, the water tank 400 and the shell 310 can also be fixedly connected and cannot be detached, so that the iron head assembly 500 needs to be integrally moved when water is added, but the water tank is also convenient to carry.

The detachable connection structure of the water tank 400 and the housing 310 in this embodiment is as follows: one of the housing 310 and the water tank 400 is provided with a plug-in table 410, the other of the housing 310 and the water tank is provided with a slot 311, a limit structure is arranged between the plug-in table 410 and the slot 311, and the water tank 400 and the housing 310 are inserted into the slot 311 through the plug-in table 410 and are detachably connected through the limit structure. The present application preferably has a slot 311 on the housing 310, the slot 311 is disposed in the middle of the end of the housing 310, and the water tank 400 has a socket 410, the socket 410 is also disposed in the middle of the end of the water tank 400, so that the volume of the water tank 400 is increased on the basis of compact overall structure. Since the water tank 400 has a certain weight when filled with water, the water tank 400 having a heavy weight can be stably hung and mounted on the iron head body 300 through the socket 410 by the cooperation of the socket 311 and the socket 410. Of course, in the case of slightly reducing the volume of the water tank 400 or slightly increasing the volume of the whole machine, the insertion slot 311 may be provided on the water tank 400 and the insertion base 410 may be provided on the iron head body 300.

In some embodiments, the limiting structure includes a latch 312 protruding from an inner wall of the slot 311, and a slot 411 formed on an outer wall of the inserting stage 410 and having an insertion opening, wherein the latch 312 passes through the insertion opening and is rotatably latched into the slot 411. In the installation process, after the insertion platform 410 on the water tank 400 is inserted into the insertion slot 311 on the iron head body 300, the water outlet on the water tank 400 is communicated with the water inlet of the water supply electromagnetic pump in the iron head body 300, and further, by rotating the water tank 400, the fixture block 312 is inserted into the insertion slot and then is further clamped into the clamping slot 411 in the rotation process, so that the installation of the water tank 400 and the shell 310 of the iron head body 300 can be realized relatively simply. In other embodiments, the limiting structure may also be a coupling thread provided on the housing 310 and the water tank 400 to be matched with each other, or a magnet provided on the housing 310 and the water tank 400, or a snap provided on the housing 310 and the water tank 400.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7 in combination, in some embodiments, the handle 100 is connected to a side portion of the iron head body 300 and a position close to the water tank 400 by the rotation shaft 200, the handle 100 is rotatably connected to the rotation shaft 200, the handle 100 is turned around the rotation shaft 200 to switch between a storage state and an extended state, when the handle 100 is in the extended state, a free end of the handle 100 is away from the iron head assembly 300 and the handle 100 is in an inclined extended state at a non-perpendicular angle to the iron head assembly 300, and when the handle 100 is in the extended state, the handle 100 is inclined downward in a direction from the steam generator 320 to the water tank 400. Further, when in the extended state, the angle between handle 100 and iron assembly 300 ranges from 100 degrees to 130 degrees. When the included angle between the handle 100 and the ironing head assembly 300 is smaller than 100 degrees, the hand is closer to the steam generator 320, and the clothes are not convenient to iron, when the included angle between the handle 100 and the ironing head assembly 300 is larger than 130 degrees, the force is not convenient to apply during the process of ironing the clothes, and the advantages of convenience in ironing and easiness in force application can be comprehensively achieved through the included angle.

In summary, the free end of the handle 100 moves towards the water tank 400 during the extension of the handle 100, and the free end of the handle 100 is far away from the steam generator 320 during the extension, so that the influence of high-temperature steam on human hands during the use process can be avoided. In the storage process, the free end of the handle 100 moves towards the steam generator 320, in the storage state, the length extending direction of the handle 100 is almost parallel to the length extending direction of the iron head assembly 500, and the free end of the handle 100 does not exceed the end of the iron head body 300, so that the handheld garment steamer 600 of the present application has a smaller volume in the storage state.

In order to further reduce the volume of the handheld garment steamer 600 in the storage state, the handheld garment steamer has a receiving groove 313 formed on the side of the head body 300 of the head assembly 500, and when the handle 100 is in the storage state, the handle 100 is at least partially received in the receiving groove 313. Holding tank 313 sets up the lateral part outer wall face at boiling hot head body 300 to extend along the length direction who scalds head body 300, and the initial position of holding tank 313 does not set up on the tip of scalding head body 300, can wholly be located the below of scalding head body 300 after handle 100 is folded from this, the realization handle 100 that can be better hide, make when overall structure is compact, also comparatively pleasing to the eye.

Further, be provided with function button 130 on the handle 100, the diapire of holding tank 313 is further sunken to be formed with the groove 314 of keeping away of cooperation function button 130, and this application is provided with control circuit board in handle 100, and function button 130 includes and starts button and steam start button with control circuit board electric connection's power, and through the design of keeping away groove 314, can ensure that handle 100 is folding to be accomodate in holding tank 313, can not lead to function button 130 to start unusually.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the accommodating groove 313 may not be provided on the ironing head body 300 of the ironing head assembly 500 in the handheld garment steamer 600 of the present application, the handle 100 has a certain gap with the ironing head body 300 after being folded over, or the end of the handle 100 may abut against the ironing head body 300, so that the handheld garment steamer 600 of the present application may also have a compact overall structure.

Referring to fig. 8 to 13, in particular, the handle 100 of the present application includes a housing assembly 110 and a pivot 120 fixedly connected to the housing assembly 110, the pivot 120 is disposed through the rotating shaft 200, the housing assembly 110 includes a first housing cover 111 and a second housing cover 112, edges of the first housing cover 111 and the second housing cover 112 are both provided with a fastening structure, and the first housing cover 111 and the second housing cover 112 are fastened and connected by a fastening structure. The pivot 120 is a screw column structure, one end of the pivot 120 is fixed with the second housing cover 112, the first housing cover 111 is provided with screw holes corresponding to the screw columns, the fixed assembly of the first housing cover 111 and the second housing cover 112 is realized by screws passing through the screw columns and screwing into the screw holes of the first housing cover 111, and the pivot 120 is ensured to have higher structural strength. Furthermore, this application still forms spacing groove 116 at first cap 111 and the cooperation of second cap 112 upper portion, and the rotation axis 200 part inserts in spacing groove 116, through the design of spacing groove 116 for the rotation axis 200 both sides receive the spacing support of first cap 111 and second cap 112, and difficult production is rocked when handle 100 rotates for rotation axis 200 like this, and the structure is comparatively firm.

In the handle 100 of the present application, a stopping structure is disposed between the housing assembly 110 and the rotating shaft 200, and the stopping structure is used for stopping the handle 100 in a turning direction in which the free end is far away from the ironing head assembly 500 when the handle 100 is in the extended state. Through the design of backstop structure for when hand-held type garment steamer 600 used, handle 100 overturns to the biggest rotation angle back of setting, and is spacing by backstop structure, and can not outwards overturn again, so can ensure that handle 100 is in reasonable angle when using.

The stopper structure of the present application includes a protrusion 213 coupled to one of the housing assembly 110 and the rotation shaft 200, and a stopper plate 113 coupled to the other of the housing assembly 110 and the rotation shaft 200, the protrusion 213 abutting the stopper plate 113 when the handle 100 is in the extended state. The rotating shaft 200 of the present application includes a rotating shaft body 210, a connecting portion 211 is formed at a portion of the rotating shaft body 210 exposed out of the limiting groove 116, and is used for connecting the ironing head body 300, wherein the connecting portion 211 is a plurality of bracket structures, a connecting hole 212 is formed on at least one bracket of the connecting portion 211, the rotating shaft body 210 is inserted into a groove of a housing 310 of the ironing head body 300 through the connecting portion 211, and the rotating shaft body is fixedly connected through the connecting hole 212 and the connecting hole 212 on the housing 310 of the ironing head body 300 by a screw. The protrusion 213 is protruded from the outer wall surface of the portion of the rotating shaft body 210 located in the limiting groove 116, the inner wall of the second housing cover 112 is connected with the stop plate 113, and when the handle 100 rotates around the rotating shaft 200 and reaches the set maximum angle position, the protrusion 213 and the stop plate 113 abut together, so that the handle 100 is turned outwards. In order to ensure the strength of the whole structure, the present application further provides a reinforcing plate connecting the stopper plate 113 on the inner wall surface of the second housing cover 112. It is understood that the stop structure may be implemented by deforming the protrusion 213 and the stop plate 113, for example, the protrusion 213 and the stop plate 113 are engaged with a pin and a socket, in addition to the engagement between the protrusion 213 and the stop plate 113 described above.

Further, in the handle 100 of the present application, in addition to the above-mentioned position of the handle being limited by the stop structure in the extended state, a damping structure is disposed between the housing assembly 110 and the rotating shaft 200, and the damping structure is used for damping and buffering the end of the stroke of the handle 100 that is turned in the direction that the free end of the handle 100 approaches the iron head assembly 500 when the handle 100 enters the storage state.

Because this application handle 100 is when switching to the state of accomodating by the extension state, it is that handle 100 folds to scalding head body 300, and scalds head body 300 and has certain weight, consequently when handle 100 is folded and accomodate, if scald head body 300 folds to handle 100 because of gravity or inertia effect suddenly, it is wounded by the clamp to probably cause user's hand like this, for this reason, through the design of damping structure, and damping structure is used for carrying out the damping at the stroke end section that the free end of handle 100 is close to the direction upset of scalding head subassembly 500 and cushions, then can effectively avoid appearing the condition that the hand is hindered by the clamp.

Specifically, the rotating shaft 200 of the present application further includes a limit ring 220 fixedly connected to the rotating shaft body 210, the housing assembly 110 further includes a rotating ring 114 fixedly connected to the first housing cover 111, the limit ring 220 is embedded in the rotating ring 114, wherein the damping structure includes a first protruding point 115 disposed on the rotating ring 114 and at least two second protruding points 221 disposed at intervals on the limit ring 220, when the handle 100 enters the storage state, the first protruding point 115 extrudes the second protruding point 221 and is clamped into a groove between the two second protruding points 221 disposed at intervals. When the handle 100 is about to enter the position of the accommodating state, a slight gap is still formed between the handle 100 and the scalding head body 300, at this time, the end of the turning stroke is entered, the first salient point 115 is extruded onto the two second salient points 221 arranged at intervals, the first salient point 115 and the second salient points 221 generate interference friction, the interference friction force at the position can avoid the situation that the scalding head body 300 is suddenly folded towards the handle 100 due to gravity or inertia effect, then a user can draw out the hand to adjust the force application state, push the handle 100 from the outer side of the handle 100 to continuously approach towards the body direction of the handle 100, finally the first salient point 115 and the second salient points 221 are clamped into the groove between the two second salient points 221 due to extrusion deformation, at this time, the handle 100 is just accommodated in the accommodating groove 313 in the scalding head body 300, and the design has the advantages that the hand is prevented from being pinched, because the first protrusion 115 is confined in the groove between the two second protrusions 221, the handle 100 does not naturally fall out of the position of the storage state when the handle 100 is not pushed with a certain external force. In order to ensure the stability of the folding and accommodating process, the first protruding points 115 are symmetrically arranged in the radial direction of the rotating ring 114, and the second protruding points 221 are symmetrically arranged in the radial direction of the limiting ring 220.

Further, in order to ensure that the handle 100 can be stably maintained at the preset position in the extended state when the handle 100 is in the extended state, the third protruding points 222 are further convexly disposed on the stop collar 220, the third protruding points 222 and the second protruding points 221 are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction of the stop collar 220, and when the handle 100 is in the extended state, the first protruding points 115 squeeze the third protruding points 222. That is, the handle 100 is maintained at the preset position in the extended state, and a damping scheme is adopted to ensure that the handle 100 can stay at the preset position in the extended state through interference friction force generated by squeezing the first protruding points 115 and the third protruding points 222.

From the above, in the present application, in the handle 100 adopting the rotary, turnover and folding scheme, the damping limit is realized by the interference and extrusion of the limit ring 220 and the rotating ring 114, so that when the handle is used for a long time, the limit ring 220 and the rotating ring 114 may have friction loss, in order to improve the service life of the product and the convenience of installation and maintenance. The limiting ring 220 is detachably connected to the rotating shaft body 210, and the rotating ring 114 is rotatably connected to the first housing cover 111. Specifically, a plurality of plug boards 117 are arranged in an annular shape and are protruded from the inner wall of the first housing cover, a plurality of notches 118 are circumferentially arranged on the rotating ring 114 at intervals, and the plug boards 117 are clamped in the notches 118. The spacing ring 220 is embedded in the rotating shaft body 210, at least two clamping portions 223 are convexly arranged on the outer wall surface of the spacing ring 220, the rotating shaft body 210 is provided with clamping interfaces 214 corresponding to the clamping portions 223, and the clamping portions 223 are clamped in the clamping interfaces 214.

The above details describe the embodiment of the present invention in which the handle is foldable in the handheld garment steamer having the feature of being convenient for ironing clothes, please refer to fig. 14, in another embodiment of the present invention, the handle 100 is not foldable, wherein the handle 100 and the ironing head body 300 are fixedly connected, wherein the fixed connection mode may be that the housing assembly 110 of the handle 100 and the shell 310 of the ironing head body 300 are an integral structure, or the housing assembly 110 of the handle 100 and the shell of the ironing head body 300 are welded or screwed, and fixedly connected together in a plug-in fit mode, and the handle 100 inclines downwards towards the direction far away from the steam generator 320, so that the user can conveniently hold the handle 100 to iron clothes.

The above is only the optional embodiment of the present invention, and not the scope of the present invention is limited thereby, all the equivalent structure changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings are utilized under the inventive concept of the present invention, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A hand-held garment steamer, comprising:

a head ironing assembly; and

the handle is connected with the ironing head component and has an inclined extension state with a non-vertical included angle with the ironing head component;

the hot head assembly comprises a hot head body and a water tank, the hot head body comprises a shell and a steam generator arranged at one end of the shell, and the water tank is arranged at the other end, far away from the steam generator, of the shell.

2. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 1 further comprising a rotatable shaft connected to the steamer head assembly, the handle being rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft, the handle being tiltable about the rotatable shaft for switching between a stowed condition and an extended condition, when the handle is in the extended condition, a free end of the handle is remote from the steamer head assembly and the handle is in an inclined extended condition at a non-perpendicular angle to the steamer head assembly.

3. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 2 wherein the steamer head assembly is formed with a receiving slot in which the handle is at least partially received when the handle is in the receiving position.

4. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 3 wherein the handle is provided with a function button and the bottom wall of the receiving pocket is recessed to form a clearance pocket for engaging the function button.

5. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 1 wherein the angle between the handle and the steamer head assembly ranges from 100 degrees to 130 degrees.

6. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 1 wherein the water tank is removably connected to the housing.

7. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 6 wherein one of the housing and the water tank is provided with a docking station and the other of the housing and the water tank is provided with a slot, a limit formation being provided between the docking station and the slot, the water tank and the housing being inserted into the slot through the docking station and being removably connected through the limit formation.

8. The hand-held garment steamer of claim 7 wherein the limiting structure comprises a catch protruding from an inner wall of the slot and a catch slot having an insertion opening formed in an outer wall of the docking station, the catch passing through the insertion opening and being rotatably engaged into the catch slot.

9. The hand-held garment steamer of any one of claims 2 to 4 wherein the handle is inclined downwardly in a direction from the steam generator to the water tank when the handle is in the extended state.

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