EP1556538B1 - Bügeleisen mit einem von dessen rückseite aus befüllbaren wasserspeicher - Google Patents

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EP1556538B1
EP1556538B1 EP04767504A EP04767504A EP1556538B1 EP 1556538 B1 EP1556538 B1 EP 1556538B1 EP 04767504 A EP04767504 A EP 04767504A EP 04767504 A EP04767504 A EP 04767504A EP 1556538 B1 EP1556538 B1 EP 1556538B1
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Sylvain Maudhuit
Michel Jouvel
Christian Giovalle
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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
    • D06F75/02—Externally-heated hand irons; Hand irons internally heated by means other than electricity, e.g. by solid fuel, by steam
    • D06F75/06—Externally-heated hand irons; Hand irons internally heated by means other than electricity, e.g. by solid fuel, by steam with means for supplying steam or liquid to the article being ironed
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to an iron and more particularly to an iron having a water tank provided with a filling port on the rear face of the iron.
  • a small section pipe it is therefore preferable to use, for the vent circuit, a small section pipe to reduce the volume of water contained in the latter.
  • the use of a small section pipe also has the advantage of reducing the size of the pipe, which is particularly important when it is placed in the tank.
  • the Applicant has realized that the use of a small section pipe promotes the adhesion, by capillarity, drops of water to the walls of the pipe. These drops remain in the pipe instead of draining into the tank when the iron is tilted from the vertical position, on its heel, in the horizontal position on its sole, and thus prevent the vent from fully playing its role of venting the tank.
  • the improper venting of the reservoir that results can lead to a stop of the flow of water to the vaporization chamber of the iron, especially when the height of water in the tank becomes less important, and interrupt the production of steam while there is water in the tank.
  • an object of the present invention is to overcome these disadvantages by providing an iron with a rear fill tank provided with an improved vent circuit which ensures a good venting of the tank while by reducing the risks of water flow outside the tank in the various functional positions of the iron.
  • the subject of the invention is an iron with a water reservoir provided with a filling orifice situated on the rear face of the iron so that the filling of the reservoir is effected by holding the iron tilted towards the front, the reservoir comprising a vent circuit having an end opening into the rear part of the tank and an end, in contact with the outside air, located in the upper front part of the iron, characterized in that the circuit vent comprises a pipe of small section which opens into the upper rear part of the tank and is extended by a hollow end element, of larger section, extending downwards and having an opening in its lower part.
  • a characteristic tette sucks the water droplets present in the pipe of the vent circuit when the iron is tilted from the vertical position, on its heel, to the horizontal position on its sole.
  • the water contained in the end element when the iron is placed on its heel, drops like a piston into the bottom of the tank when the iron is tilted on its sole, which causes the suction, such that a pump, water present in the pipe, thus eliminating any drops of water hooked by capillarity.
  • the hollow end element has the shape of a bell flaring up and down.
  • a characteristic makes it possible to have a hollow end element having a reduced bulk in its upper part while having a volume important interior;
  • the vent circuit comprises a buffer chamber interposed between the pipe and the end of the vent circuit in communication with the outside air, the buffer chamber being placed in the upper front part of the body of iron so as to be above the maximum water level in the tank when the iron rests horizontally.
  • the volume of the buffer chamber substantially corresponds to the volume of the pipe extending between the buffer chamber and the bell.
  • the filling orifice of the reservoir is extended inside the reservoir by a sleeve forming in the reservoir, outside the sleeve, a reserve of air.
  • a sleeve forming in the reservoir, outside the sleeve, a reserve of air.
  • the bell is placed at the level of the reserve of air arranged on either side of the sleeve.
  • Such a characteristic has the advantage of preventing water from entering the bell and flowing into the vent circuit during the filling operation of the tank.
  • the reservoir is in communication with a drip-and-tumble drier feeding a vaporization chamber, the bushel being fed by a pipe whose rear end opens into the tank at the level of the tank. from the bottom back of the tank.
  • the rear end of the bus supply line opens into the air reserve on the one hand and other of the sleeve.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a schematic view of a steam iron having a heating soleplate 1, a handle 2 and a body incorporating a water reservoir 3.
  • the handle 2 is connected to the back of the iron by two arm 4 extending, away from the handle 1, to the body of the iron so that the resulting structure is substantially triangulated and is a heel on which can rest the iron.
  • the reservoir 3 of the iron comprises a filling orifice 5 disposed on the rear face of the iron, between the two arms 4.
  • the orifice 5 is inclined towards the rear of the iron so that the filling of the iron is done by holding the iron tilted forward, as shown in Figure 5.
  • the filling orifice 5 is closed by a removable plug 6 and comprises a cylindrical sleeve 5a, in the axis of the orifice 5, extending a few centimeters towards the inside of the reservoir 3.
  • the lower end of the sleeve 5a delimits the maximum filling level of the tank 3 when the iron is in the filling position, tilted forwards.
  • the sleeve 5a household in the tank 3, on either side of the sleeve 5a, a volume difficult to fill with water constituting a reserve of air.
  • the reservoir 3 is connected, via a feed tube 8, to a chamber 9 integrated in the front part of the tank 3 and supplying a drop-shaped plug 7 that gradually delivers water to a chamber of vaporization 10 integrated into the heating soleplate 1.
  • the feed tube 8 extends to the bottom of the tank 3 and has an end 8a freely opening at the rear of the tank, in the volume surrounding the sleeve 5a.
  • the other end 8b of the feed tube is connected to a non-drip valve 11 interposed between the reservoir 3 and the feed chamber 9 of the drip bus 7.
  • the anti-drip valve 11 is controlled by a control member, not shown, ensuring the closing of the valve when the temperature of the vaporization chamber is not sufficient for the production of steam.
  • the tank 3 is provided with a vent circuit comprising a vent pipe 12, of small passage section, extending into the tank 3, the inside diameter of the vent pipe 12 being of the order of 4 mm.
  • the vent pipe 12 has a rear end 12a opening into the upper rear portion of the tank 3 and a front end 12b connected to a buffer chamber 13 placed above the tank 3, at the front end thereof.
  • the buffer chamber 13 has a volume substantially equal to the volume of water that can be contained in the vent pipe 12 and has an upper wall provided with an opening 13a communicating with the outside air via a nozzle 14 .
  • the rear end 12a of the vent pipe is connected to a bell-shaped element 15 flaring gradually from top to bottom and having an opening 15a at its lower end disposed substantially halfway up the tank 3.
  • This bell 15 is placed as far back as possible in the tank 3 so as to be submerged by the water of the tank when the iron is on his heel.
  • Figure 4 shows the iron in a vertical position on its heel.
  • the bell 15 In this position, the bell 15 is full of water and the water rises through the vent pipe 12 until it reaches equilibrium with the water level in the remainder of the tank 3. If the iron is then brought back to the horizontal position, the water contained in the bell 15 falls to the bottom of the tank 3, under the effect of gravity, by acting-such a piston-creating a suction in the vent pipe 12.
  • the pipe The vent 12 is thus rid of any drops of water adhering by capillarity to its walls.
  • the suction created by the drop in the volume of water in the bell has the advantage of being maximum when the water level in the reservoir becomes low, that is to say when it is necessary to have a good vent tank to ensure a good flow of water from the tank to the spray chamber.
  • the bell 15 also has the advantage of having a wave breaking effect which limits the upwellings in the vent pipe 12 during the ironing phases where the iron is shaken back and forth in the horizontal position.
  • Figure 5 shows the iron of Figure 4 tilted forward, in a position adapted for filling the tank.
  • the presence of the buffer chamber 13 prevents water from flowing through the tip 14 of the vent circuit when the iron, full tank, passes from the position in support on its heel in the tilted forward position shown in Figure 5.
  • This situation can occur especially when the user wants to put water in the tank when the latter is already full.
  • the water in the vent pipe 12 is recovered in the buffer chamber 13 when the iron is tilted forward.
  • the feed tube 8 of the plug 7 allows, for its part, to prevent the tank from being emptied through the drip plug 7, if the latter remained open when the iron is tilted forward.
  • the end of the feed tube 8 opens at the rear of the tank 3 in an air pocket formed by the presence of the sleeve 5a.
  • the small amount of water present in the feed tube 8 and in the feed chamber 9 can flow toward the vaporization chamber 10 when the iron is tilted forwards.
  • Such an iron therefore has the advantage of having a rear fill tank having a vent circuit ensuring excellent venting of the tank and not allowing the water to flow out of the tank by the vent circuit when the iron is placed on its heel, its sole or tilted forward for filling the tank.

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  1. Bügeleisen mit einem Wasserbehälter (3), der mit einer Einfüllöffnung (5) versehen ist, welche auf der Hinterseite des Bügeleisens so angeordnet ist, dass das Füllen des Behälters erfolgt, indem das Bügeleisen nach vorne gekippt gehalten wird, wobei der Behälter einen Lüftungskreislauf umfasst, der ein in das hintere Teil des Behälters (3) mündendes Ende und ein mit der Außenluft in Kontakt stehendes Ende aufweist, das im oberen vorderen Teil des Bügeleisens angeordnet ist, wobei der Lüftungskreislauf einen Schlauch (12) mit geringem Durchlassquerschnitt aufweist, der in den oberen hinteren Teil des Behälters (3) mündet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schlauch (12) durch ein hohles Endelement (15) mit größerem Querschnitt verlängert ist, das sich nach unten erstreckt und in seinem unteren Teil eine Öffnung (15a) aufweist.
  2. Bügeleisen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Endelement (15) die Form einer sich von oben nach unten erweiterten Glocke hat.
  3. Bügeleisen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Lüftungskreislauf eine zwischen dem Rohr (12) und dem nach Außen verbundenen Ende des Lüftungskreislaufs eingesetzte Pufferkammer (13) aufweist, wobei die Pufferkammer (13) im oberen vorderen Teil des Bügeleisenkörpers so angeordnet ist, dass sie sich oberhalb des maximalen Wasserpegels innerhalb des Behälters (3) befindet, wenn das Bügeleisen horizontal aufliegt.
  4. Bügeleisen nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Volumen der Pufferkammer (13) im Wesentlichen dem Volumen des Schlauchs (12) entspricht, der sich zwischen der Pufferkammer (13) und der Glocke (15) erstreckt.
  5. Bügeleisen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Einfüllöffnung (5) des Behälters (3) ins Innere des Behälters über einen Stutzen (5a) verlängert, wodurch beim Füllen des Behälters eine Luftreserve im Behälter (3) außerhalb des Stutzens (5a) gebildet wird.
  6. Bügeleisen nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Glocke in der beiderseits des Stutzens (5a) gebildeten Luftreserve angeordnet ist.
  7. Bügeleisen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter (3) mit einem Tropf-Ventildurchgang (7), der eine Sprühkammer (10) speist, wobei der Ventildurchgang (7) über eine Leitung (8) gespeist ist, deren hinteres Ende (8a) innerhalb des Behälters auf der Höhe des hinteren unteren Teils des Behälters (3) mündet.
  8. Bügeleisen nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das hintere Ende (8a) der Leitung (8) in die beiderseits des Stutzens (5a) gebildete Luftreserve mündet.
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FR0308507A FR2857382B1 (fr) 2003-07-11 2003-07-11 Fer a repasser comportant un reservoir d'eau muni d'un orifice de remplissage sur la face arriere du fer
PCT/FR2004/001660 WO2005014916A1 (fr) 2003-07-11 2004-06-29 Fer a repasser comportant un reservoir d'eau muni d'un orifice de remplissage sur la face arriere du fer

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