DE8031714U1 - ELECTRIC STEAM IRON - Google Patents

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Electric steam iron

The innovation concerns an electric steam iron with at least an evaporator chamber and a water tank connected to this.

In the known iron of this type, the water tank is firmly in the Built-in iron body. The water comes out of the tank by manual pulsing of a valve - for example with the help of a button-like handle - in small amounts given by the duration of the valve opening into the evaporation chamber, wherein it is brought to a boil by the heating element of the iron. The steam generated in this way flows into one or more above the evaporation chamber lying or separated from it by walls open at the top Cavities from which it eventually passes through channels in the soleplate of the iron flows outwards. A permanently installed or attached tank increases this The volume and weight of the iron are considerable and consequently difficult its handling. In addition, the filling of such a tank makes due to the often unfavorable arrangement of the filler neck on the Iron difficulties and can often only use a special Vessel or a funnel. Even then, when filling, the overflowing water can get into the joints between the sole and penetrate the hood of the iron, so that not only the soleplate, which is generally made of light metal, but also the electric soleplate conductive parts are at risk of corrosion. If the tank is inside the iron housing, the water starts after a long time Ironing time to cook.

The deficiencies shown are partly in another known iron (DE-GM 18 78 818) fixed by a detachable tank that can be inserted into the handle of the iron. However, this arrangement is -

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as practice has shown - especially because of the weight load unfavorable due to the filled tank in the handle, which also significantly increases the volume of the iron. In addition, this type of iron can be used An appealing product design is not an option.

All these disadvantages are avoided with the steam iron according to the innovation, by arranging the water tank on the rear part of the iron.

The water tank is advantageously designed so that its rear Wall serves as a standing surface for the iron and is a flat surface for this purpose. To conveniently stow the electrical connection cable to make possible is, in a particular embodiment, the water tank with a circumferential groove or circumferential recess equipped, which serve the problem-free winding and recording of the electrical connection cable.

According to another version of the innovation, the water tank is also on the iron can be attached, where it fits organically into the outline of the housing. The detachable tank does not need to cover the entire area to extend rear-walled part of the iron, but only over the upper part of the back wall, with its outline the solid, the electrical and the thermal switching device accommodating part of the iron housing is adapted.

The water tank that can be attached to the iron is with the iron housing can be latched and / or locked. The latching of the tank on the rear-walled part of the iron takes place via one from the side wall of the iron arranged latching or regulating device, which from the outside via a Button can be actuated.

The upper saddle-like wall of the water tank is preferably with a extending in the longitudinal direction of the iron housing recess

equipped into which a cable grommet is immersed, the iron-side End is hinged to the rear part of the iron.

In a preferred embodiment, the cable grommet has recesses or grooves provided with the corresponding shaped grooves of the Corresponding tanks and which are used to wind up the electrical supply cable.

The innovation allows a wide variety of design options. One of which is shown in perspective in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows the steam iron in a perspective view, FIG. 2 shows the water tank individually in a perspective view and FIG. 3 also shows the electrical connection cable with hose nozzle perspective view.

The illustrated steam iron 1 consists essentially of :, a multi-part housing 2, 3, 4 and 5, the rear wall part 4 approximately has the shape of a trapezoid and is planar. On the rear-walled part 4, the water tank 5 is attached, the water tank 5 with a spiral groove 6 is provided, which is used to wind up the electrical supply cable 7. The water tank 5 is with the rear wall Part 4 of the iron 1 is connected via a latching or locking device, not shown in detail, which can be actuated via the button 8. Of the Saddle-like upper part of the water tank 5 is in the longitudinal direction of the iron extending recess or groove 9 is provided, into which the grommet 10 of the electrical supply cable is immersed when the electrical Feed cable 7 in the position shown in the drawing is located.

If the iron 1 is on the trapezoidal rear wall part 11 turned off, i.e. brought into its rest position, the electrical supply cable 7 can be pivoted in the direction of arrow A beforehand, with the cable grommet 10 approximately that shown in dashed lines in the drawing Position. The grommet 10 is for this purpose at 12 on the saddle-like upper part 2 of the iron 1 is pivotably arranged.

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The water tank 5 has a tail-like at its rear lower part Extension 13 through which on the one hand the standing area 11 is enlarged and which on the other hand ensures that the wrapped around the water tank 5 is electrical supply cable! 7 in its coiled position remains when the iron is out of use. In order to be able to remove the water tank 5 from the iron 1, it is necessary to press the button 8 to depress. The water tank is after pressing button 8 removable, with a valve in the connecting channel between the evaporator device and the water container 5 (not shown) ensures that no water accidentally spills out of the water tank. It's clear, that the water tank 5 is provided with a filler opening, which is expediently is provided in a recess of the rear wall part.

The iron shown in the drawing has over conventional Iron has the advantage that it has the water tank removed is usable and in this case can be used as a relatively handy, light and small iron.

In the event that the water tank is attached, the iron can be used conveniently place on the surface 11, at the same time ensuring that the evaporator device in the iron 1 is disconnected from the water supply is.

If the iron is to be stowed away for storage, the attached water tank 5 with its spiral groove 6 running around the water tank and its tail-like extension 13 forms an ideal winding body for the electrical supply cable 7,

For the purpose of briefly turning off the iron, the supply cable 7 - as already described in more detail above - is pivoted, which makes the special Has the advantage that the iron rests firmly on the surface 11. Even while the iron is in use, the electrical supply cable 7 with the molded grommet can be moved more easily, which is why the iron 1 is particularly easy to move back and forth for ironing.

Claims (11)

Protection claims 1) Electric steam iron with at least one vaporizer chamber and a water tank connected to it, characterized in that the water tank (5) on the rear-walled part (4) of the iron (1) is arranged. 2) Electric steam iron according to claim 1, characterized in that that the rear wall (11) of the water tank (5) serves as a standing surface for the iron and is a flat surface for this purpose. 3) Electric iron according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the water tank (5) is equipped with circumferential and / or helical grooves (6) or depressions, which serve to easily wind up and receive the electrical connection cable (7). 4) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the water tank (5) can be attached to the iron (1), the contours of the water tank (5) organically in the outline of the housing of the iron (1) insert. 5) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the detachable Tank (5) extends only over part of the rear-wall part (4) of the iron (1), its outline corresponding to the solid, the electric and the thermal switching device receiving part of the iron housing (2, 3, 4, 15) is adapted. 6) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the water tank (5) which can be attached to the iron (1) with the iron housing (2, 3, 4, 15) can be latched and / or locked. ... Il 7) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking of the Tanks (5) through a device (8, 18, 19) arranged on the rear wall part (4) of the iron (1), which is connected from the outside via a Button (8) can be actuated. 8) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper saddle-shaped wall of the water tank (5) is equipped with a depression (9) extending in the longitudinal direction of the iron, into which a cable sleeve (10) is immersed, the iron-side end (at 12) is hinged to the rear part (4) of the iron (1). 9) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cable grommet (10) is provided with depressions or grooves (6 ¹ ) which correspond to the correspondingly shaped grooves (6) of the tank (5) and which are used to wind up the electrical supply cable (7). 10) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the water tank (5) has a substantially prismatic shape and of two congruent parallel trapezoidal surfaces or triangular surfaces (11, 20) and is laterally bounded by three parallel parallelogram surfaces. 11) Electric steam iron according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cable grommet (10) is connected to the iron (I) via an electrical rotary coupling (at 12).