EP2108732B1 - Dispositif de fermeture/réapprovisionnement pour le réservoir d'un appareil de vapeur - Google Patents

Dispositif de fermeture/réapprovisionnement pour le réservoir d'un appareil de vapeur Download PDF

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EP2108732B1
EP2108732B1 EP09157065.5A EP09157065A EP2108732B1 EP 2108732 B1 EP2108732 B1 EP 2108732B1 EP 09157065 A EP09157065 A EP 09157065A EP 2108732 B1 EP2108732 B1 EP 2108732B1
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Giuseppe De' Longhi
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B2230/00—Other cleaning aspects applicable to all B08B range
    • B08B2230/01—Cleaning with steam

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  • the present invention concerns a closing/replenishment device for a tank, preferably but not only used to introduce/top up water in a steam apparatus, for example an apparatus for ironing garments or fabrics in general, of the type provided with a tank containing water, or boiler, for the production of steam.
  • a steam apparatus for example an apparatus for ironing garments or fabrics in general, of the type provided with a tank containing water, or boiler, for the production of steam.
  • Apparatuses for ironing fabrics which comprise a steam iron and a tank containing water, or boiler, provided inside or outside the steam iron, and able to feed to the latter the water used to produce steam.
  • the tank is filled/topped up after use by introducing water inside it thrpugh a mouth provided for the purpose and closed during use by a sealing stopper.
  • the mouth normally comprises a profile flared toward the inside of the tank, for example shaped like a truncated cone, so as to define a funnel shaped path to promote the introduction of water into the tank.
  • US-A-5404662 discloses a closing/replenishment device having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • Purpose of the present invention is to achieve a closing/replenishment device for a tank of a steam apparatus which allows to fill said tank easily and quickly to an optimum level for its functioning, preventing unwanted leakages of water outside the tank and preventing the introduction of a quantity that is too low to obtain good energy efficiency.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a closing/replenishment device for a tank according to the present invention is applicable for example to a boiler of a steam apparatus, such as for example an apparatus for ironing garments or fabrics in general.
  • the closing/replenishment device according to the present invention is conformed substantially as a funnel, and its outlet mouth can be associated with an inlet mouth of the tank.
  • the closing/replenishment device comprises closing means of the float type, suitable to cooperate with the outlet mouth of the funnel shaped element.
  • the closing/replenishment device has a first storage position and a second position for the desired filling of the water tank.
  • the closing/replenishment device in the second filling position, has a first delivery condition in which it allows water to be introduced into the tank, and a second closed condition, in which it prevents water from being introduced into the tank once the desired level of filling has been reached.
  • the closing means are associated or can be associated with reference gradations in order to provide, during use, an indication of the level of filling reached during the replenishment of water into the tank.
  • the funnel element comprises at least a part suitable to ensure a stable positioning during the step when the water is loaded.
  • the present invention also concerns a steam apparatus for ironing garments or fabrics in general having a tank containing water and a corresponding inlet mouth through which the water is introduced into the tank and provided with a closing/replenishment device according to the present invention.
  • a closing/replenishment device 10 comprises a funnel element 16 able to be associated with a tank 30, in order to fill/top up the tank 30.
  • the device is associated with an ironing apparatus 100, but the invention also concerns use for other types of apparatus, for example vacuum cleaners, room humidifiers or others.
  • the ironing apparatus 100 comprises a casing 11 containing the tank 30, which has an inlet mouth 31 for access and a coupled nipple 32 connecting with the funnel 16.
  • the apparatus 10 also comprises a heating plate 40, substantially flat, disposed below and in direct contact with the tank 30.
  • the plate 40 comprises electric resistances 42 suitable to heat the water introduced into the tank 30 for the subsequent production and delivery of steam from a steam iron, not shown in the drawings since it is not essential for the description of the present invention.
  • the funnel element 16 comprises, at a lower end, a small tube, or outlet mouth 17, having a through cavity 19 suitable for the water to flow through.
  • the tube 17 can be inserted, by means of mechanical coupling with the nipple 32, into said mouth 31.
  • the tube 17 has an internal diameter of a size suitable to allow a sufficiently rapid outflow during the transfer of water to the tank 30.
  • the funnel element 16 is also integrally associated with a float 18, made for example of plastic, rubber or other suitable material, having a cylindrical shape and mechanically coupled, substantially coaxial, with a rod 20 in correspondence with an upper face S1 of the float 18.
  • the rod 20, also made for example of plastic material is able to slide axially in the cavity 19 of the tube 17 so as to dispose itself in at least a closed position ( fig. 1a ) in which it is disposed in such a manner that the upper face S1 of the float 18 is in contact with an exit hole of the water from the tube 17, so as to completely obstruct said hole.
  • the rod 20 is also able to slide axially in the tube 17 so as to dispose itself in at least a delivery position, in which the upper face S1 of the float 18 is kept separate from said exit hole, so as to allow, when the funnel element 16 is disposed with the tube 17 inserted in the nipple 32, the water to flow inside the cavity 19.
  • the rod 20 also comprises shafts 23 rounded at their terminal ends and disposed parallel in a direction substantially coinciding with a longitudinal axis of the tube 17.
  • the shafts 23 are co-planar and define a transverse bulk smaller than the diameter of the cavity 19, so as to allow the rod to slide in said cavity 19, without interfering with the flow of water in the tube 17.
  • One end 21 of the rod 20 comprises a head 22, the lateral size of which is greater than the diameter of the cavity 19, so as to interfere with a mouth of the cavity 19 and prevent the rod 20 from sliding and/or coming out from the tube 17.
  • the shafts 23 also comprises horizontal reference marks 24 suitable to provide an indication of an intermediate filling level of the tank 30 during the transfer of water.
  • the funnel element 16 also comprises a first external surface 25 having a shaping able to cooperate with a mating, substantially concave shaping of a second surface 35 of the apparatus 10, associated with the mouth 31.
  • a loading position fig. 1
  • the lower face S2 of the float is disposed in contact with the free surface 29 of the water contained in the tank 30, allowing the rod 20 to slide in the cavity 19 of the tube 17.
  • any possible transverse forces produced during the introduction of water into the funnel are contrasted by the coupling of the first surface 25 and the second surface 35.
  • the funnel element 16 also comprises an internal surface, substantially coinciding with an internal surface portion, which contains and allows the water to flow, mating with an external surface of an insert 36 of a stopper 37 that closes the mouth 31.
  • the funnel element 16 can therefore be positioned in a covering position in which it is disposed upside down to cover the insert 36 and therefore the mouth 31 and the stopper 37.
  • the internal surface portion cooperates with shaped fins 38 ( figs. 3b, 3c ) of the insert 36, while the float 18 and the rod 20, disposed in its closed position, are housed in a second cavity 39 of the insert 36.
  • the funnel element 16 when not used for loading water into the tank 30, is stably applied to the apparatus 100 so as to prevent any difficulties in locating it.
  • the closing/replenishment device 10 as described heretofore functions as follows.
  • the funnel element 16 is disposed in its covering position.
  • the insert 36 and the stopper 37 are removed and the funnel 16 is positioned in its loading position ( fig. 1 ).
  • the rod 20 slides for at least part of its length in the tube 17 until it takes the lower face S2 of the float 18 into contact with the free surface 29 of the water in the tank 30.
  • the head 21 prevents the rod 20 from coming out of the cavity 19 of the tube if the level L of water in the tank 30 is such that it does not allow contact between the surface S1 of the float 18 and the free surface 29.
  • the water is transferred inside the tank 30 continuously and without interruptions in order to make possible verifications of the level, since the float 18 in contact with the free surface 29 makes the rod 20 rise into the cavity 19, keeping it in its open position and allowing the water introduced through the tube 17 to flow out.
  • a predetermined final level L F such as for example when the tank 30 is full, the rod 20 is disposed in its closed position where the float 18 is disposed with its first face S1 in contact with the exit hole of the tube 17, in practice closing it, and thus preventing any further introduction of water.
  • the stopper 37 and the relative insert 36 are repositioned to cover the mouth 31 and the funnel element 16 is again disposed in its covering position.

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  1. Dispositif de fermeture/réapprovisionnement pour un réservoir (30) d'un appareil à vapeur (100), avantageusement mais non exclusivement associé à un fer à vapeur, comportant un élément d'entonnoir (16) ayant une bouche de sortie (17) pouvant être associée à une bouche d'accès (31) dudit réservoir (30), le dispositif comportant des moyens de fermeture (18) de type flotteur pouvant coopérer avec ladite bouche de sortie (17) de l'élément d'entonnoir (16), caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'entonnoir (16) comporte une première surface externe (25) ayant une forme s'appariant avec une seconde surface (35) associée à ladite bouche (31) de manière à pouvoir être disposée dans une première position équilibrée de manière stable pour charger de l'eau dans ledit réservoir (30), et une surface interne s'appariant avec une surface externe d'une pièce d'insertion (36) d'un bouchon (37) qui ferme ladite bouche (31) de manière à pouvoir dans une seconde position de recouvrement, à l'envers par rapport à la première position de chargement d'eau, recouvrir ladite bouche (31).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, dans ladite position de chargement d'eau, il présente un premier état de distribution dans lequel le dispositif permet une introduction d'eau dans le réservoir (30), et il présente un second état fermé dans lequel le dispositif empêche une introduction d'eau dans le réservoir (30) lorsqu'un niveau de remplissage désiré est atteint.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de fermeture de type flotteur (18) sont intégrés dans ledit élément d'entonnoir (16) et sont mobiles de manière autonome entre au moins une première position, correspondant audit état de distribution afin d'introduire de l'eau dans le réservoir (30), et une seconde position, correspondant à l'état fermé, lorsqu'un niveau prédéterminé de remplissage (LF) d'eau dans ledit réservoir (30) est atteint.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit niveau de remplissage (LF) est un niveau de remplissage maximal.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un élément analogue à une tige (20), couplé auxdits moyens de fermeture (18), et pouvant coulisser dans la bouche de sortie (17) de manière à guider lesdits moyens de fermeture (18) dans une direction axiale coïncidant avec un axe longitudinal de ladite bouche de sortie (17).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit élément analogue à une tige (20) comporte des graduations de référence (24) pouvant donner une indication pendant l'utilisation d'un niveau de remplissage (L) pendant le réapprovisionnement en eau dans ledit réservoir (30).
  7. Appareil à vapeur, avantageusement mais non exclusivement associé à un fer à vapeur, comportant un réservoir (30) contenant de l'eau et une bouche correspondante (31) pour une introduction d'eau, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un dispositif de fermeture/réapprovisionnement (10) pour ledit réservoir (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6.
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