EP1328677B1 - Bügeleisen mit dampfstosserzeugungsfunktion - Google Patents

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EP1328677B1
EP1328677B1 EP01974581A EP01974581A EP1328677B1 EP 1328677 B1 EP1328677 B1 EP 1328677B1 EP 01974581 A EP01974581 A EP 01974581A EP 01974581 A EP01974581 A EP 01974581A EP 1328677 B1 EP1328677 B1 EP 1328677B1
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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
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D06F75/08—Hand irons internally heated by electricity
    • D06F75/10—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed
    • D06F75/14—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed the steam being produced from water in a reservoir carried by the iron
    • D06F75/18—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed the steam being produced from water in a reservoir carried by the iron the water being fed slowly, e.g. drop by drop, from the reservoir to a steam generator
    • 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
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D06F75/38—Sole plates

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  • the present invention relates to steam irons having two separate water vaporization chambers each associated with a steam circuit which terminates in a set of steam distribution ports under the sole of the iron.
  • EP0342302 describes an iron having a first and a second steam chamber, the second is near the tip of the sole and its set of orifices is concentrated at the tip of the sole.
  • the iron operates according to a conventional ironing mode with the first chamber and in a mode of surplus instantaneous steam said over-steam, using the second steam chamber, the latter mode being particularly useful for straightening difficult areas of the fabric ironed .
  • Patent EP0621365 is also known which describes a similar iron having two vaporization chambers associated with two series of orifices in the ironing surface.
  • Neighboring patent FR2740787 specifies the position of the second chamber and steam holes associated with the front of the sole.
  • the second chamber suddenly receiving a significant amount of water to be evaporated is necessarily concentrated at the front of the sole to leave sufficient room for normal vaporization, which leads the second chamber to have only a tortuous steam circuit and passing near the evaporation walls of the first chamber or too short.
  • Such circuit that moves away from the heating element does not heat the steam well, which does not guarantee complete evaporation of all the water droplets, especially when the user is using a lot of the normal vaporization functions or Steam before using the other vaporizing function.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by an iron according to claim 1.
  • the path of the steam is thus lengthened before leaving on the ironed linen.
  • the heat exchanges between the steam and the sole have better time to operate and the evaporation of all the drops of water is better ensured.
  • the vapor circuit of the second chamber is isolated from the evaporation walls of the first chamber by an air gap.
  • the use of continuous vaporization in the first chamber does not cool the second chamber or its hot maintained channels to obtain a surplus of effective steam at any time.
  • the second vaporization chamber is in the axis of the sole and the steam circuit has second upper and lower channels, substantially symmetrical to the first.
  • the lower channels meet in their end portion towards the tip of the sole.
  • the steam ports associated with the second chamber of the heating body open into the sole along the lower channels and in their end portion.
  • the ironed area concerned with the excess steam can thus be extended by a suitable layout of the lower channels.
  • the terminal junction of the lower channels is extended by an enlarged channel.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to have more steam holes opening into the end portion of the lower channels where the steam is better heated.
  • the steam iron pointed at the front, has a sole assembly visible in Figures 1 and 2.
  • This subassembly conventionally located below the water reservoir of the iron comprises a soleplate 1, a heating body 2, a closure plate 3, and another closure plate 4.
  • the sole 1 is made of sheet metal to have the raised edges 100; the lower face 101 substantially flat and visible in Figure 2, is the ironing face.
  • the heating body 2 comprising a resistive heating element 201 curved horseshoe fits in a known manner on the inner face 102 of the sole to be mechanically and thermally bonded thereto.
  • At least one boss 202 is provided to receive a temperature control thermostat.
  • the heating body 2 comprises in its upper part a first vaporization chamber 210 of large dimensions and closed by the closure plate 3.
  • the water of the reservoir drips into this chamber 210 through the orifice 301 of the plate 3, vaporizes, and the vapor distributed by channels 211 passes through the body 2 to exit on the fabric ironed by the holes 212 and the corresponding holes 103 of the sole 1.
  • the vaporization chamber 210 receiving water drop by drop produces steam for normal and conventional ironing and its operation is known.
  • the heating body 2 also comprises, at the front of its upper part, a second vaporization chamber 220 surrounded by the steam circuit previously described and closed by the plate 4.
  • This vapor chamber bounded by ribs 221 is located in the axis from the sole over an elbow of the heating element 201.
  • Two baffled channels 222 extend this second chamber along the back of the sole, the heating element 201 and are connected at their ends by a through hole vertically the body 2 with two channels 223 located under the heating body. These channels 223 run along the heating element 201 and then meet at the front of the iron where they extend through an enlarged channel 224.
  • a deep groove 225 closed by the plate 4, along the walls of the chamber 210 near which the water vaporizes drop by drop.
  • This groove 225 immobilizes a blade of air.
  • the chamber 210 is thermally insulated by this air gap of the chamber 220 and its steam circuit 221.
  • An orifice 302 is formed in the plate 3 and an orifice 401 is formed in the plate 4, these orifices allowing the introduction of a water inlet tube into the vaporization chamber 220.
  • the water arrives under a pressure due to the action of the operator on a pump.
  • the lower channels 223 meet at their end where the steam is dry, which balances the vapor pressures and homogenizes the action on the laundry.
  • the combined channels may conveniently be extended by a single channel capable of involving steam holes 104 located in places where two channels would not be justified and would not have their place as at the front of the iron.

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  1. Bügeleisen, das eine Sohle (1) mit einem mit einem Heizelement (201) versehenen Heizkörper (2) aufweist, wobei der Heizkörper (2) eine erste, zum üblichen Bügeln verwendete Dampfkammer (210) sowie eine unabhängige zweite, zum Erzielen eines Dampfüberschusses verwendete Dampfkammer (220) umfasst, wobei die Dampfkammem jeweils einem Dampfleitungssystem zugeordnet sind, welches in einen Satz von Dampfaustrittsöffnungen in der Sohle mündet, wobei das zweite, der zweiten Dampfkammer (220) zugeordnete Dampfleitungssystem entlang dem Heizelement (201) oberhalb des Heizkörpers (2) einen oberen Kanal (222) aufweist, der sich von der Dampfkammer zum hinteren Bereich der Sohle erstreckt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Kanal (222) mit einem unteren Kanal (223) verbunden ist, welcher sich vom hinteren Bereich der Sohle bis zur Sohlenspitze erstreckt und unterhalb des Heizkörpers der Sohle dem Verlauf des Heizelements (201) folgend angeordnet ist.
  2. Bügeleisen nach dem vorangehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Dampfleitungssystem der zweiten Kammer (220) von den Verdampfungswandungen der ersten Kammer (210) durch einen Luftzwischenraum (225) getrennt ist.
  3. Bügeleisen nach dem vorangehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die zweite Dampfkammer (220) in der Achse der Sohle befindet und das Dampfleitungssystem einen zweiten oberen Kanal (222) und einen zweiten unteren Kanal (223) aufweist, wobei diese Kanäle im wesentlichen symmetrisch zu den ersten Kanälen ausgerichtet sind.
  4. Bügeleisen nach dem vorangehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die unteren Kanäle (223) in ihrem jeweiligen Endbereich zur Sohlenspitze hin vereinigen.
  5. Bügeleisen nach dem vorangehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die der zweiten Dampfkammer (220) des Heizkörpers (2) zugeordneten Dampfaustrittsöffnungen (104) in der Bügeleisensohle entlang der unteren Kanäle (223) und in deren Endbereich münden.
  6. Bügeleisen nach dem vorangehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die endseitige Vereinigungsstelle der unteren Kanäle (223) durch einen verbreiterten Kanal (224) verlängert ist.
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FR0013647A FR2815649B1 (fr) 2000-10-24 2000-10-24 Fer avec fonction de surplus de vapeur
FR0013647 2000-10-24
PCT/IB2001/001901 WO2002034996A1 (fr) 2000-10-24 2001-10-12 Fer avec fonction de surplus de vapeur

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WO (1) WO2002034996A1 (de)

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