EP2944718A1 - Steam iron - Google Patents
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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
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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
- D06F75/24—Arrangements of the heating means within the iron; Arrangements for distributing, conducting or storing the heat
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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
- D06F75/20—Arrangements for discharging the steam to the article being ironed
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- The disclosure relates to an iron, and more particularly to a steam iron.
- Conventional steam irons tend to have low heating efficiency where a relatively small, inconsistent amount of steam is generated per unit time. Such is insufficient to remove creases on clothes. To improve the heating process and increase the amount of steam output, a conventional steam iron is designed to utilize a two-stage heating process. First, water is initially pre-heated outside of the conventional steam iron to a certain temperature. Then, the pre-heated water is poured into the conventional steam iron to be further heated by an electric heating tube mounted therein. However, such heating process is relatively insufficient and energy-consuming.
- Therefore, an object of the disclosure is to provide a steam iron that can alleviate at least one of the drawbacks of the prior arts.
- According to the disclosure, the steam iron includes an ironing unit. The ironing unit includes an ironing board member, a heating tube which is mounted fixedly in the ironing board member and which has left and right heating tube sections, and a housing which is mounted on top of the ironing board member. The steam iron is characterized in that the ironing board member is formed with a pre-heating channel, two heating channels, a steam channel and a plurality of spaced-apart steam vents.
- The pre-heating channel is formed between the left and right heating tube sections of the heating tube. The heating channels are in fluid communication with a rear end of the pre-heating channel, flank the pre-heating channel, extend forward and are disposed respectively and substantially over the left and right heating tube sections for heating the water coming from the pre-heating channel into steam. The steam channel is in fluid communication with front ends of the heating channels, and has two divisional sections flanking and being respectively adjacent to the heating channels, and extending rearward for spreading out the steam advanced from the heating channels. The steam vents are in spatial communication with and arranged along the divisional sections of the steam channel.
- Other features and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent in the following detailed description of the embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a steam iron according to the disclosure; -
Fig. 2 is a partly exploded perspective view of an ironing unit of the embodiment; -
Fig. 3 is a partly sectional view of the embodiment; -
Fig. 4 is a top view of an ironing board member of the embodiment; and -
Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the ironing board member of the embodiment. - Before the disclosure is described in greater detail, it should be noted that like elements are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the disclosure.
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Figs. 1 and3 , an embodiment of a steam iron according to the disclosure includes awater tank unit 3 and anironing unit 4. - The
water tank unit 3 includes awater tank 31, awater pump 32, acontroller 33, a connectingpipe 34 and ahandle 35. Thewater tank 31 defines awater reservoir 310, and is capable of supporting theironing unit 4 thereon. Thewater pump 32 is mounted to thewater tank 31 and is disposed in spatial communication with thewater reservoir 310. Thecontroller 33 controls operation of thewater pump 32. The connectingpipe 34 is connected to thewater pump 32. Thehandle 35 is connected pivotably to thewater tank 31 so that a user can hold thehandle 35 to transport the entire steam iron. - Referring to
Figs. 2 ,3 and4 , theironing unit 4 includes anironing board member 41 made of a metal material, aheating tube 45 mounted fixedly in theironing board member 41 and having left and rightheating tube sections 451, ahousing 46 mounted on top of theironing board member 41, and a linkingtube 47 connected to thehousing 46. The connectingpipe 34 of thewater tank unit 3 interconnects thewater pump 32 and the linkingtube 47. Each of the left and rightheating tube sections 451 has a front end. The front ends of the left and rightheating tube sections 451 are connected to each other. - The
water tank unit 3 is connected to the linkingtube 47, and is operable to pump water stored in thewater reservoir 310 into the linkingtube 47 by means of thewater pump 32. - Referring to
Figs. 2 ,4 and5 , theironing board member 41 has aniron plate portion 411, a plurality of partitioningportions 417 and a plurality of protrudingportions 418. - The partitioning
portions 417 extend upwardly from theiron plate portion 411, and cooperate with theiron plate portion 411 to define apre-heating channel 42, twoheating channels 43 and asteam channel 44. - The
pre-heating channel 42 is formed between the left and rightheating tube sections 451 of the heating tube 45 (i.e., thepre-heating channel 42 is surrounded by the heating tube 45) for guiding water introduced therein from the linkingtube 47 to be pre-heated by the left and rightheating tube sections 451. - The
heating channels 43 are in fluid communication with a rear end of thepre-heating channel 42, flank thepre-heating channel 42, extend forward and are disposed respectively and substantially over the left and rightheating tube sections 451 for heating the water coming from thepre-heating channel 42, thereby converting the water into steam. Each of theheating channels 43 has an S-shapedfirst heating section 431 that is connected to the rear end of thepre-heating channel 42, and a second heating section 432 that extends forward from thefirst heating section 431. Front ends of the second heating sections 432 of theheating channels 43 are connected to each other. Specifically, a portion of thefirst heating section 431 and a major part of the second heating section 432 are disposed above the left and rightheating tube sections 451 for facilitating the abovementioned water-to-steam conversion. Since thepre-heating channel 42 is disposed at an inner side of theheating channels 43, the high-temperature steam in theheating channels 43 also facilitates the pre-heating process in thepre-heating channel 42. - The protruding
portions 418 are spaced apart from each other, protrude upward from theiron plate portion 411 into theheating channels 43, and are symmetrically arranged. Each of theprotruding portions 418 has a height smaller than that of the partitioningportions 417. In this embodiment, each of theheating channels 43 is provided with three of the protrudingportions 418. One of the protrudingportions 418 in eachheating channel 43 is disposed in the middle of thefirst heating section 431, and the remaining two of the protrudingportions 418 are disposed in the second heating section 432. Due to the abovementioned structural design, theheating channels 43 are divided into a plurality of compartments 430 that are in fluid communication with each other. As such, flow of the water therein is slowed to allow the water to be sufficiently heated into steam. - The
steam channel 44 is in fluid communication with the front ends of the second heating sections 432 of theheating channels 43, and has twodivisional sections 441 flanking and being respectively adjacent to theheating channels 43 and extending rearward for spreading out the steam coming from theheating channels 43. Theiron plate portion 411 is formed with a plurality ofsteam vents 412 that extend therethrough, and that are in spatial communication with and arranged along thedivisional sections 441 of thesteam channel 44. Specifically, thedivisional sections 441 are disposed respectively on outer sides of the left and rightheating tube sections 451, and are proximate to outer sides of the second heating sections 432. - The
heating tube 45 is fixed in theiron plate portion 411 below thepre-heating channel 42, theheating channels 43 and thesteam channel 44, and may be powered to generate heat for heating theironing board member 41 and thus, heat the water within thepre-heating channel 42, theheating channels 43 and thesteam channel 44. - The
iron plate portion 411 is further formed with a plurality of first steam recesses 413 (seeFig. 5 ) at a bottom surface thereof, a plurality of spaced-apartsecond steam recesses 414 and aretention groove 415. Thefirst steam recesses 413 are formed in the bottom side of theiron plate portion 411 and are respectively in spatial communication with thesteam vents 412. Thesecond steam recesses 414 are formed in the bottom side of theiron plate portion 411 and are not in spatial communication with thesteam vents 412. Each of thesteam vents 412, thefirst steam recesses 413 and thesecond steam recesses 414 retains a portion of the steam therein when the steam iron is in use with theiron plate portion 411 sliding on the clothes, to facilitate distribution of the steam to the clothes and to increase the ironing efficiency. Moreover, the structural design of thefirst steam recesses 413 and thesecond steam recesses 414 prevents deformation of theiron plate portion 411. Theretention groove 415 is in fluid communication with thepre-heating channel 42 to receive the water from thehousing 46. Front ends of theheating tube sections 451 are disposed proximate to a front end of theretention groove 415 so that water retained in theretention groove 415 before reaching thepre-heating channel 42 may be warmed up, thereby increasing heating efficiency. - Referring to
Figs. 2 and3 , thehousing 46 covers a top side of thepre-heating channel 42, is fixed on theironing board member 41, and has aconnecting tube portion 461 connected to the linkingtube 47 for introducing water from the linkingtube 47 into the front end of thepre-heating channel 42. An open end of theconnecting tube portion 461 is disposed above theretention groove 415, so that water advanced from thehousing 46 will be momentarily retained in theretention groove 415. - When the steam iron is in use, the
ironing board member 41 is heated by theheating tube 45 to a certain/specific temperature. Thewater pump 32 is operated to pump water stored in thewater reservoir 310 of thewater tank 31 into theironing unit 4 through the connectingpipe 34. Since the novelty of this disclosure does not reside in the heating process, further details will be omitted for the sake of brevity. - The water then enters the
retention groove 415 and flows rearward through thepre-heating channel 42 to reach theheating channels 43. Since theretention groove 415 is proximate to theheating tube 45, water retained therein is warmed up prior to flowing through the pre-heatingchannel 42. Since a lower portion of the pre-heatingchannel 42 is surrounded by theheating tube 45 and theheating channels 43 are surrounded by the heat of theheating tube 45, the warm water flowing rearward through the pre-heatingchannel 42 is rapidly pre-heated to a certain temperature. Since theheating channels 43 are divided into the compartments 430 and are disposed above theheating tube 45, when the pre-heated water subsequently flows into theheating channels 43, the flow of the pre-heated water is slowed within the compartments 430 by the protrudingportions 418 to allow enough time for the pre-heated water to be boiled and vaporized into high-temperature steam. Such steam is pressured into thesteam channel 44, and escapes from theironing unit 4 through the steam vents 412 for ironing clothes. - The
water pump 32 may be designed such that the amount of water pumped into theironing unit 4 may be controlled at different times of the entire ironing process. For instance, thewater pump 32 may pump a larger amount of water as the initial pump, and once the water begins to vaporize, periodic pumps of smaller amounts of water are provided to prevent the clothes from being soaked due to overabundance of steam. Actual practice is not limited to what is disclosed herein. - In sum, due to well designed contours of the pre-heating
channel 42, theheating channels 43 and thesteam channel 44, water in the pre-heatingchannel 42 can be effectively pre-heated before entering theheating channels 43, and can be quickly boiled into steam in theheating channels 43, such that a large amount of steam can be quickly generated. Thus, a separate heating device outside of the steam iron of this invention is not required, thereby reducing manufacturing costs.
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- A steam iron including an ironing unit (4) that includes an ironing board member (41), a heating tube (45) which is mounted fixedly in said ironing board member (41) and which has left and right heating tube sections (451), and a housing (46) which is mounted on top of said ironing board member (41), said steam iron being characterized in that said ironing board member (41) is formed with:a pre-heating channel (42) that is formed between said left and right heating tube sections (451) of said heating tube (45);two heating channels (43) that are in fluid communication with a rear end of said pre-heating channel (42), that flank said pre-heating channel (42), and that extend forward and are disposed respectively and substantially over said left and right heating tube sections (451) for heating the water coming from the pre-heating channel (42) into steam;a steam channel (44) that is in fluid communication with front ends of said heating channels (43), and that has two divisional sections (441) flanking and being respectively adjacent to said heating channels (43) and extending rearward for spreading out the steam advanced from said heating channels (43); anda plurality of spaced-apart steam vents (412) that are in spatial communication with and arranged along said divisional sections (441) of said steam channel (44).
- The steam iron as claimed in Claim 1, further characterized in that said ironing board member (41) has an iron plate portion (411) that is formed with said steam vents (412) extending therethrough, and a plurality of partitioning portions (417) that extend upwardly from said iron plate portion (411), and that cooperate with said iron plate portion (411) to define said pre-heating channel (42), said heating channels (43) and said steam channel (44).
- The steam iron as claimed in Claim 2, further characterized in that said ironing board member (41) further has a plurality of protruding portions (418) that are spaced apart from each other and that protrude upward from said iron plate portion (411) into said heating channels (43) for dividing said heating channels (43) into a plurality of compartments (430).
- The steam iron as claimed in any one of Claims 1, 2 and 3, further characterized in that front ends of said heating channels (43) are in fluid communication with each other.
- The steam iron as claimed in any one of Claims 1, 2 and 3, further characterized in that said iron plate portion (411) has a plurality of first steam recesses (413) that are formed in a bottom side thereof, and that are respectively in spatial communication with said steam vents (412).
- The steam iron as claimed in Claim 5, further characterized in that said iron plate portion (411) further has a plurality of second steam recesses (414) that are formed in the bottom side thereof, and that are not in spatial communication with said steam vents (412).
- The steam iron as claimed in any one of Claims 1, 2 and 3, further characterized in that said ironing unit (4) further includes a linking tube (47) connected to said housing (46), said housing (46) having a connecting tube portion (461) that is connected to said linking tube (47) for introducing water from said linking tube (47) into front end portion of said pre-heating channel (42), said steam iron further including a water tank unit (3) that is connected to said linking tube (47) and that is operable to pump water stored therein into said linking tube (47).
- The steam iron as claimed in Claim 7, further characterized in that said water tank unit (3) includes
a water tank (31) that defines a water reservoir (310) and that is capable of supporting said ironing unit (4) thereon,
a water pump (32) that is mounted to said water tank (31) and that is disposed in spatial communication with said water reservoir (310),
a controller (33) that is for controlling operation of said water pump (32), and
a connecting pipe (34) that interconnects said water pump (32) and said linking tube (47). - The steam iron as claimed in Claim 8, further characterized in that said water tank unit (3) further includes a handle (35) that is connected pivotably to said water tank (31).
- The steam iron as claimed in Claim 7, further characterized in that said iron plate portion (411) is further formed with a retention groove (415) that is in fluid communication with said pre-heating channel (42) and that is disposed under said connecting tube portion (461) for receiving water flowing from said linking tube (47) to said pre-heating channel (42).
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