EP1055024B1 - Mecanisme de verrouillage en hauteur d'une table a repasser - Google Patents

Mecanisme de verrouillage en hauteur d'une table a repasser Download PDF

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EP1055024B1
EP1055024B1 EP99905360A EP99905360A EP1055024B1 EP 1055024 B1 EP1055024 B1 EP 1055024B1 EP 99905360 A EP99905360 A EP 99905360A EP 99905360 A EP99905360 A EP 99905360A EP 1055024 B1 EP1055024 B1 EP 1055024B1
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ironing board
locking
legs
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Rudolphus Cornelis Henricus Daams
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F81/00—Ironing boards 
    • D06F81/02—Ironing boards  with collapsible underframe
    • D06F81/04—Ironing boards  with collapsible underframe with means for adjusting height

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  • the invention relates to a folding ironing board comprising:
  • Ironing boards are generally used in the household, often continually by the same person, so that the ironing board needs always to be placed at the same working height.
  • the height of the ironing board according to US-A-2.912.775 can be continuously adjusted, however it is not possible to enable a user to restore the ironing board, which has one been placed at a good working height, over and over again to the same unfolded state.
  • the object of the invention is to offer a solution for the problem outlined above and therefore - according to the invention - the folding ironing board according to the preamble is characterised in that the adjusting mechanism has at least one stop member, which is adjustably connected to a locking bar at a position between the upper ends of the legs.
  • the mechanism having a stop member shall determine the adjustment position as the ironing board is unfolded, so that this consequently stands at a proper working height.
  • NL-A-6908428 discloses an ironing board comprising an ironing board table, a supporting frame having legs pivotably mounted with respect to each other, one of said legs having a pivot connection to the board table and the other leg having an upper end being rectilinearly movably mounted with respect to the ironing board in the longitudinal direction thereof.
  • the known ironing board has an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the working height of the board table and this adjusting mechanism has a set of two stop members of which one has an adjustable position as seen in the longitudinal direction of the board table, and of which one is movable with the movable upper end of the other leg.
  • this known ironing board can not be collapsed to a folded position in which both legs extend parallel to the lower side of the ironing board table.
  • the stop members are not adjustably connected to a locking bar at a position between the upper ends of the legs.
  • the locking bar runs through an opening in the stationary locking member and the adjustable stop member can be fastened in the locking bar.
  • adjustable stop member may comprise a clasp which is placed along the locking bar and is displaceable along it and is provided with a screw thread, as well as a nut which interacts with the screw thread and can be manually operated by a user, for fixing said stop member in the desired adjustment position.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a folding ironing board 1, especially a domestic ironing board, which is provided with an ironing board table 5 mounted in an ironing board rim 3.
  • the ironing board table is borne by a supporting frame having two leg elements 11 and 13 which are pivotable between a folded and an unfolded position.
  • the leg elements are hinged together at 15.
  • At the ends of the leg elements 11 and 13 there are supports having respective parts 11A, 11B and 13A, 13B. With the aid of these supports, the ironing board can be placed firmly on a floor.
  • Interacting with one of the leg elements, namely the leg element 13 is a locking mechanism for locking in the unfolded position shown in Figure 1 and at a working height to be chosen within defined limits the position of the ironing board table 5 above a floor.
  • the locking mechanism comprises one, in the drawn embodiment two, stationary locking element(s) 17, connected in an essentially stationary manner to the ironing board table, and two locking elements 19 which are movable relative to the said stationary locking element(s).
  • An adjusting mechanism is present, having a stop member 21 which can be placed and fixed adjustably by a user in the adjustment position shown in Figure 2 and which interacts with one of the stationary locking elements 17, the design of which stop member is to be discussed in greater detail, primarily with reference to Figures 3 and 4. Whenever the ironing board is unfolded, this stop member limits the movement of the two movable locking elements 19 and thereby determines the working height of the ironing board 1 in dependence upon the said adjustment position.
  • the stop member 21 is continuously adjustable for a continuous adjustment of the working height of the ironing board table 5.
  • the two leg elements 11 and 13 possess a free end, in Figure 2 the free end is [lacuna], which via the supports 11A, B and 13A, B, in the unfolded state of the ironing board, make contact with the floor. Also visible is an opposing ironing board end connected to the ironing board table, in Figure 2 the ironing board end 23 of the leg element 13 can be seen. At the ironing board end the leg element 11 is pivotably connected at a fixed place to the ironing board table. A connection of this type is commonly known and, for the sake of simplicity, is not shown in the drawing.
  • the other leg element 13 is transportable between a starting position when the ironing board is folded up (not shown) and an end position (also not shown) when the ironing board is unfolded and set in the highest working position.
  • the said essentially stationary locking element 17 is limitedly movable.
  • the locking element 17, or preferably the two stationary locking elements 17, are namely connected to a bar 27, which is hinge-mounted in two longitudinal ties 29 fitted for stiffening purposes beneath the ironing board table 5.
  • the bar 27 is connected to a bar portion 31 which stands perpendicular thereto and ends in a control knob 33.
  • the locking members 17 are provided with an elongated slot-shaped opening 35.
  • the movable locking element or preferably the two movable locking elements present, comprise a plate-shaped locking bar 37 which fits with small play into the opening 35 in the locking members 17.
  • the ironing board end 23 of the leg element 13 is connected to the two locking bars 37.
  • a bar 41 which is mounted at the end in grooves 43 in the longitudinal ties 29, whilst the bars 37 in turn, at one of their ends, pivotally enclasp the bar 41.
  • Figure 2 shows that on only one of the locking bars 37 is their stop member 21 mounted. It is likewise also possible to provide both locking bars 37 with a stop member 21.
  • the stop member 21 comprises a clasp 21A which is placed around the locking bar 37 and is displaceable along it and is provided with screw thread 45, as well as a nut 21B which interacts with a screw thread and can be manually operated by a user and which in the shown embodiment, for example, consists of a suitable thermohardening plastic.
  • the clasp 21A can be fixed on the locking bar 37, sec primarily Figure 4, thereby enabling the stop member to be fixed at any chosen place in the desired adjustment position.
  • the working of the locking mechanism is briefly as follows.
  • the leg element 13 pivots about the hinge pin 15 and the ironing board end 23 moves according to the path 25 along the bottom edge of the ironing board.
  • the other leg element 11 is hinged at a fixed place to the bottom edge of the ironing board.
  • the two stationary locking elements 17 allow the locking bars 37 to pass through the openings 35 until the stop member 21 butts against the stationary locking element 17.
  • the ironing board is placed by the user onto the floor, possibly even pressed down somewhat, whereby the two locking bars 37, by virtue of the generated friction, to some extent tilt the two locking elements 17 about the axis of the bar 27, causing the two locking bars 37 to be clamped in place as the result of a sheering effect.
  • the ironing board can be refolded by operating the control element 33 and thereby twisting the bar 27 over a small angle, thereby releasing the sheering effect and enabling the ironing board end 23 of the leg element 13 to return to the starting position, again via the path of transport 25.
  • a spring can be present, which pressurizes the control element 33 and hence the bar 27 towards the position shown in Figure 2.
  • the stop member can have a totally different shape from that reproduced in the figures.
  • the shown stop member 21 should only be regarded as one possible embodiment.
  • Another simple embodiment might comprise an insert pin which is able to be inserted in an opening specially made for it in the locking bar 37.
  • a clamp of this type can be mounted on the locking element in such a way that it is displaceable but cannot be lost, for example.
  • the locking element too, can possess a totally different shape and can comprise, for example, a round rod or pipe or the like.

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Claims (3)

  1. Table à repasser pliante comprenant :
    un plateau de table à repasser (5),
    un cadre de support comportant deux pieds (11, 13) pivotant l'un par rapport à l'autre à mi-distance de leurs extrémités, l'un (11) desdits pieds ayant une liaison de pivotement par rapport au plateau de table (5) et l'autre (13) desdits pieds ayant une extrémité supérieure mobile de façon rectiligne par rapport à la table à repasser dans le sens longitudinal de celle-ci, et
    un mécanisme de réglage pour régler la hauteur de travail du plateau de table (5), comprenant une barre de verrouillage (37) qui a une liaison de pivotement avec l'extrémité supérieure mobile de l'un des pieds (13) et au moins un élément de verrouillage fixe (17) qui est relié au plateau de table (5) dans une position fixe par rapport au sens longitudinal dudit plateau de table (5) et qui est inclinable de façon limitée entre une position dans laquelle il se met en prise avec la barre de verrouillage et empêche son déplacement et une position dans laquelle le verrouillage de la barre de verrouillage est supprimé et les pieds (11, 13) peuvent être repliés,
       caractérisée en ce que
       le mécanisme d'ajustement comporte au moins un élément d'arrêt (21), qui est relié de façon ajustable à une barre de verrouillage (37) à une position entre les extrémités supérieures des pieds (11, 13).
  2. Table à repasser pliante selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la barre de verrouillage (37) passe à travers une ouverture (35) dans l'élément d'arrêt fixe (17).
  3. Table à repasser pliante selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que l'élément d'arrêt (21) comprend un crochet (21A) qui est placé autour de la barre de verrouillage (37) et qui peut être déplacé le long de celle-ci et qui est pourvu d'un filetage (45), ainsi qu'un écrou (21B), qui interagit avec le filetage (45) et qui peut être actionné manuellement par un utilisateur, pour fixer l'élément d'arrêt dans la position d'ajustement souhaitée.
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