EP1331438B1 - Kit de vidange et de nettoyage pour générateur de vapeur électrodomestique - Google Patents

Kit de vidange et de nettoyage pour générateur de vapeur électrodomestique Download PDF

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EP1331438B1
EP1331438B1 EP02356265A EP02356265A EP1331438B1 EP 1331438 B1 EP1331438 B1 EP 1331438B1 EP 02356265 A EP02356265 A EP 02356265A EP 02356265 A EP02356265 A EP 02356265A EP 1331438 B1 EP1331438 B1 EP 1331438B1
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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
    • D06F75/12—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed the steam being produced from water supplied to the iron from an external source
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
    • F22B1/28—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method in boilers heated electrically
    • F22B1/284—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method in boilers heated electrically with water in reservoirs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B37/00—Component parts or details of steam boilers
    • F22B37/02—Component parts or details of steam boilers applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
    • F22B37/48—Devices for removing water, salt, or sludge from boilers; Arrangements of cleaning apparatus in boilers; Combinations thereof with boilers
    • F22B37/486—Devices for removing water, salt, or sludge from boilers

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  • the present invention relates to a cleaning kit electromotive steam generators comprising a spray tank where the water contained is boiled.
  • Such generators are found, for example, in ironing appliances, or steam cleaners, or tools such as upholsterers (see, for example, EP-A-0 383 327).
  • the scale settles in the tank in the form of mud.
  • the driven scale may close a control solenoid valve or be deposited on the laundry leaving very unpleasant traces.
  • Tartar accumulated in the tank must be removed periodically to avoid these disadvantages. For example it is recommended to intervene every month to carry out this cleaning on an ironing apparatus used normally.
  • the operation consists in emptying the tank before it is empty.
  • the scale is then driven with the drain water. Draining can be done by inverting the appliance, by the filling opening which is then also used for emptying, or, if the tank is equipped with it, by an orifice specially provided for this purpose.
  • the invention which follows aims to overcome these drawbacks, greatly facilitating the cleaning of the tank electromotive steam generators, avoiding the need to shake the device, and making systematic, effective, clean and simple rinsing this tank.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a steam generator tank cleaning kit for a household appliance which is remarkable in that said kit comprises a water lance connected to a source of water under pressure and associated with a tubular body of water. discharge of water, this device being intended to be introduced and connected to an accessible orifice of the tank.
  • the filling hole is used instead.
  • the lance device water is introduced at high speed into the tank, ensuring agitation that peels off the soft scale deposited on the walls and the bottom of the tank. It is not necessary to supplement the action of water by shaking the appliance, which can be placed above or near a waste water receptacle.
  • the evacuation device minimises the exit of the water loaded with tartar. Inopportune spatters and burrs are avoided.
  • the placement in the drain port is simplified.
  • the user does not have to direct the spear.
  • the assembly can be simply adjusted to the orifice or screwed in place of the closure cap.
  • the evacuation of the water is in the open air, no pressure occurs in the tank, so the connection of the device to the orifice does not require improved sealing means.
  • the lance is disposed inside the tubular body of water discharge.
  • the lance is of small section compared to that of the opening. Because this lance is introduced through the opening of the large opening opening, it is not necessary to modify the known tanks to add an entrance of water specific to cleaning.
  • the lance is connected to a pressurized water tap by a flexible tube provided with a quick connector or an elastomer connecting ball to the tap.
  • connection is advantageously similar to that known for example to connect to a tap a small washing machine manually controlled.
  • the passage of the tubular evacuation body and the lance are of circular sections, the axis of the lance being at least locally parallel to the axis of the body and shifted upwards in the cleaning position.
  • This arrangement allows the possible evacuation passage to larger packets or tartar particles than if the lance had been disposed in the axis of the tubular body.
  • the tubular body comprises a bent passage.
  • the rinse water outlet can then be vertical, above a suitable waste water receptacle, while the tank drain port can be horizontal axis during cleaning.
  • the lance comprises a nozzle directing the jet of water obliquely with respect to its axis.
  • the jet can be directed obliquely on the inner wall of the tank to better take off the adhering tartar.
  • the lance comprises a nozzle dividing the jet of water in several jets directed to reach different areas of the interior of the tank.
  • a steam ironing apparatus comprises a steam generator 100 having a spray tank 110 supplied with water from a tank 120 by a pump not shown.
  • the steam is supplied by the tank 110 via a pipe, and a solenoid valve 130, to an iron 200.
  • the tank 110 is equipped with a heating element 111. It comprises a drain hole reinforced by a bushing 112 normally closed by a screw cap not shown.
  • the apparatus When the tank is to be cleaned, the apparatus is placed on a receptacle or sink 300 so that the water charged with scale can flow into the receptacle through the orifice 112.
  • the kit 1 which can be seen in detail in Figure 2 comprises a water lance 2 directed towards the inside of the tank 110 and fixed inside the bent passage of a tubular body 3.
  • An end 32 of the tubular body 3 is screwed on the orifice 112, the other end 31 is in the open air above the receptacle.
  • the lance 2 is preferably constituted by a straight cylindrical tube of small diameter relative to the diameter of the passage of the tubular body 3 whose passage is circular in section.
  • the lance 2 is fixed in the bend of the tubular body 3 in connection with a connection 34 of water supply.
  • the axis 21 of the lance 2 is parallel to that 33 of the passage in the portion 32 of the body 3, but eccentric so as to make room for the passage of large particles.
  • the connector 34 connects the lance 2 attached to the body 3 to a valve 400 available in any apartment, via a flexible tube 5 and a connecting bulb 6 of elastomer, the elastic inlet 61 fits any valve outlet usual.
  • the bulb 6 is connected to the flexible tube 5 by a connector 51 having fir shapes. It can be easily exchanged for any other quick coupling that the user might want.
  • the screwed end 32 of the tubular body 3 can be adapted to other devices and other methods of fixing reproducing the fastening of the normally used closure cap. Sealing with water vapor or water under pressure is not sought, the outlet 31 of the body 3 being in the open air.
  • the outlet 31 of the tubular body 3 can be extended by a low-pressure discharge pipe.
  • the free end of the lance 2 may have a tip adapted to obtain higher water outlet rates and / or directions different from that of the axis of the lance.
  • the user wants to clean the tank 110 she puts her device for example on a sink 300, the hole 112 used for the drain being above the receptacle of the sink. It removes the drain plug and instead puts the tubular body 3 of the kit 1, comprising the water lance 2, without seeking to achieve a strong tightening, pressure sealing is not necessary. She puts the connecting bulb 6 of the kit 1 on the outlet of the water tap 400 and opens the tap. The water flows at high speed and low pressure from the tap 400 by the bulb 6, the pipe 5 and the lance 2 towards the inside of the tank 110. The turbulent water raises and separates the scale deposited in the tank and take care of this tartar. It is evacuated by the passage of the tubular body 3 and falls vertically through the outlet 31 into the receptacle of the sink 300.
  • the water is heavily tartarized and flows with a gray color. Eventually large clumps of tartar are taken off and transported by the water.
  • the water comes out clear through the outlet 31 of the tubular body 3.
  • the user closes the valve 400, disconnects the bulb 6 of the tap.
  • the residual water contained in the pipe 5 flows through the outlet 31.
  • the user removes the body 3 from the orifice 112 and restores the usual closure cap. The operation is complete, the device is usable again.

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