ES2695932T3 - Ironing center - Google Patents

Abstract

Ironing center (1; 52) - with an iron (2) and - with a portable base (4) to deposit the iron (2), which - has a cavity (18) to house the sole (6) of the iron (2) and - having a fixing device for fixing the plate (2) to the base (4), the fixing device having - a receiving element (20) for receiving a front segment of the sole of the iron (2) ) and - a fastening element (22; 54) that can rotate to encompass a rear segment of the casing (12) of the plate (2), - in which the fastening element (22; 54) - is configured to clamp mode and - it is prestressed elastically in the direction of its rest position, characterized in that the clamping element (22; 54) has two arms (44a, 44b), which are joined together by a body segment (42) approximately horizontal and supported on the base (4) such that they can rotate and because in the rear segment of the casing (12) of the plate (2) is co A transverse groove (14) is configured, which accommodates the body segment (42) of the fastening element (22; 54).

Description

IRONING CENTER

DESCRIPTION

The invention relates to an ironing center according to the preamble of claim 1. For example, documents EP 0682 142 A2, EP 1612 321 A1 or FR 1283 963 A are known as type-defining ironing centers, with the corresponding The ironing center known is a plate and a portable base for depositing the plate, as well as a fixing device for fixing the plate to the base and the fixing device having a receiving element for receiving a front segment of the sole of the plate and a fastening element that can rotate to encompass a rear segment of the plate housing.

From EP 1709235 B1 there is known an ironing center with a plate and with a portable base for receiving the iron. The base has a hook-like fixed projection to encompass a rear segment of the casing and a handle that can rotate to encompass a front segment of the plate casing. Thus, the plate seen in longitudinal direction above and below a handle at the base is secured. However, due to the projection as a protruding hook, this ironing center has relatively large dimensions. In addition, the plate is only secured in the base under certain conditions with respect to the transverse direction, since the handle comprises a relatively small segment of the plate housing. Furthermore, there is a certain potential for injuries, since the handle, when securing it in the base, has to move from a position below the sole of the plate and therefore there is a danger that the user will touch the sole of the plate with his hand.

From WO 2008/120168 A2 there is known an ironing center with a plate and a portable base, in which a front area and a rear area of the sole of the plate are housed in respective receptacles of the base. The rear receptacle is configured as a slide, which can be controlled by a drive mechanism. In this solution, a particular disadvantage is the complex drive mechanism, which is relatively susceptible to oats due to its high number of parts. In addition, the complex drive mechanism makes the ironing center more expensive.

For the rest, we also refer to documents GB 2235932 A and US 2634524 A.

It is an object of the present invention to achieve an ironing center that eliminates the aforementioned drawbacks and that makes a compact construction possible, as well as an economical manufacture.

This objective is achieved by means of an ironing center with the features of claim 1. Advantageous variants of configuration and improvements, which can be used individually or in combination with each other, are subject to the corresponding dependent claims.

An ironing center according to the invention is based on an ironing center having a plate and a portable base for depositing the iron, which has a cavity for receiving the sole of the iron and which includes a fixing device for fixing the iron. iron to the base. Since the base has a cavity for receiving the sole of the iron, the sole is no longer accessible from the outside and the danger of burning is practically excluded. Since the fastening device has a receiving element for receiving a front segment of the sole of the plate and a clamping element that can rotate to cover a rear segment of the plate casing, an ironing center with a shape is possible constructive in particular compact. A complex drive mechanism composed of a plurality of individual pieces is not necessary to control the fastening element, so that the fastening device has a very small amount of moving parts, which are practically only the fastening element in itself and by therefore it is of economic manufacture and very little susceptible of oats. In addition, a plate can be fixed very well to the base in the transverse direction, since the fastening element impinges on a wide segment of the plate. At the same time, the fixing device allows a safe and resistant arrangement of the iron on the base, so that the ironing center, with the iron housed, can be transported as a stable unit.

An ironing center according to the invention is characterized in that the clamping element is configured as a clamp and is prestressed elastically in the direction of its rest position.

In a preferred embodiment, the holding element is housed in its rest position in the cavity. In this respect, the cavity has the advantage that when the cavity is formed as a function of the sole tip, the plate is additionally fixed to the fixing device laterally and therefore in the transverse direction, whereby for example the clamping element it can be made optimized in terms of the loads, since it then predominantly causes only one securing of the plate in the longitudinal direction and in the vertical direction.

The fastening element is constituted according to the invention as a clamp with two arms, which are joined together by a segment of body approximately horizontal and supported on the base such that they can rotate.

In an exemplary embodiment, the holding element is housed in its rest position in its entirety in the cavity.

This is achieved by being supported such that they can rotate their end segments away from each other in facing wall segments of the cavity. Due to this, the clamping element does not protrude in its rest position beyond the base, with which the base can be made particularly compact. In another embodiment, the arms are partially housed not only so that they can rotate, but also such that they can slide in their longitudinal direction in respective chambers of the base. Due to this, only a minimum rotation of the fastening element is necessary to secure the plate in the base or to remove it from the base, whereby by introducing the arms in the chambers this compact embodiment also has this example.

In order that it is possible to deposit the plate safely in the cavity even when the clamping element is in its rest position, it is advantageous that support bodies are placed in the cavity to support the plate, which seen in the support direction have an extension greater than the fastening element that is in its rest position.

This can be achieved, for example, by having the fastening element in a cross-section with a diameter less than a maximum height of the support bodies.

Likewise, the fastening element can be inserted, at least partially, into a correspondingly configured groove.

In addition, a holding element is preferably arranged in the rear area of the cavity. The receiving element is arranged in a front area of the cavity. Such a receiving element is in particular technically simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

The receiving element finally finally defines a pocket for receiving the tip of the sole of the iron.

A base for use in an ironing center with a cavity for receiving the sole of a plate and with a fixing device for fixing the plate, has a receiving element for receiving a front segment of the sole of the plate and a holding element which it can rotate to encompass a rear segment of the plate housing, the clamping element being configured as a clamp, being elastically prestressed in the direction of its rest position and being housed in its rest position in the cavity. One such base is compact, not prone to oats and can be realized economically.

A plate for use in an ironing center has a sole tip protruding with respect to a contiguous front casing segment. Preferably, a transverse groove is formed in a rear segment of the housing. The transverse groove allows, for example, to house a rotatable clamp segment corresponding to a base that houses the iron and can be introduced in the housing simply and economically.

The present invention is particularly suitable for reliably depositing a plate on a base and for safely transporting the plate and base as a unit.

Other advantageous embodiments of the present invention are the subject of other secondary claims.

In the following, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in more detail on the basis of schematic representations.

It is shown in:

figure 1 a perspective diagram of a first ironing center corresponding to the invention, figure 2 a perspective diagram of a base shown in figure 1,

3 shows a side view of a second ironing center corresponding to the invention and figure 4 a detail representation of the second ironing center.

Figure 1 shows an ironing center 1 corresponding to the invention with a plate 2 and a base 4 for depositing plate 2.

The plate 2 essentially has a sole 6, a housing 8 and a handle 10 integrated in the housing 8. In a rear segment of the housing 12 is formed a transverse groove 14, which extends over its entire width.

The base 4 essentially has a housing 16 and a cavity 18 formed in the housing 16, to house the iron 2. In addition, the base 4 has a fixing device for fixing the iron 2 to the base 4 with a receiving element 20 (see figure). 2) on the side of the cavity, not shown in the figure, as well as a rotatable clamping element 22, which engages in the slot 14 of the plate 2 and which is prestressed in the direction of the arrow 24.

According to the representation of FIG. 2, the cavity 18 has a surface of the bottom 26 that is retracted in a step with respect to adjacent surfaces of the housing 28 of the base 4 and a wall 30. The surface of the bottom 26 is slightly inclined with respect to the surface. horizontally and reproduces essentially the geometry of the sole 6 of the plate 2. It has two transverse elevations 32a, 32b, by means of which the sole 6 and thus the plate 2 on the base 4 rests. The height of the wall 30 or the depth of the cavity 18 corresponds approximately to the height of the sole 6 of the plate 2, whereby the sole 6 can be completely inserted into the cavity 18 and is covered on the side of the contour by the wall 30.

The receptacle 20 of the fixation device serves to receive an anterior segment of the sole, for example the tip of the sole 76 of the plate 2 (see Figure 3). It is constituted in a front area 34 of the cavity 18 as a cage 36, which in the transverse direction or laterally is limited by two opposite wall segments and in a vertical direction by the surface of the bottom 26 and a body 38 to of plate that extends between the wall segments.

The fastening element 22 of the fastening device has a clamp-like or U-shaped profile with a cross section whose end segments 40 spaced apart, of which only one can be seen in figure 2, are supported in holes facing or wall segments of the cavity 18. It has a body segment 42 that runs approximately horizontally with two angled lateral arms 44a, 44b that continue at the end segments 40 in turn bent and moving away from each other. The end segments 40 run parallel to the segment of the body 42 and define an axis of rotation 46, which allows a rotation of the fastening element 22 in the direction of the double arrow 48. It is located in a rear area 50 of the cavity 18 and is prestressed elastically in the direction of its rest position shown, for example by means of a torsion spring (see also reference 24 in figure 1). In this position, the fastening element 22 is almost flat on the surface of the bottom 26 and is thus completely housed in the cavity 18. In this respect, the height of the transverse elevations 32a, 32b and a diameter of the fastening element have been chosen. 22 such that the same in its rest position does not project, orthogonally to the surface of the bottom 26 or in the direction of support, of the transverse elevations 32a, 32b, whereby the plate 2, even with the fastening element folded , it rests on the transverse elevations 32a, 32b and therefore does not rest on the clamping element 22. After the housing in the cavity 18, the central body segment 42 of the clamping element 22 engages in shapely manner in the transverse groove 14, the arms 44a, 44b being supported laterally in the rear housing segment 12, thereby guiding and / or stabilizing the iron 2 in the transverse direction (see figure 1).

To deposit the plate 2 on the base 4, the clamping element 22 is rotated from its rest position about the axis of rotation 46 and thereby rises from the surface of the bottom 26. Once the clamping element 22 has rotated sufficiently, the plate 2 is introduced with its sole tip 76 projecting with respect to contiguous segments of the casing, in the cassette 36 by a turning movement and is deposited on the transverse elevations 32a, 32b. Finally the clamping element 22 is rotated in the direction of the rear housing segment 12 of the plate 2, until it engages with its central segment of the body 42 in the transverse groove 14. At the same time it rests with its arms 44a, 44b laterally in the rear segment of the casing 12. When the clamping element 22 is prestressed, the plate 2 with its sole tip 76 is pressed into the cassette 36. At the same time, it prevents the fastening element from snapping in place. in the groove 14 the plate with its rear sole area can be lifted off the bottom surface 26. Additionally, the fastening element 22 secures the iron in the transverse direction. The iron 2 is fastened automatically in the cavity 18 of the base 4 and is fixedly fixed therewith, so that the ironing center 1 can be transported safely by the handle 10 of the iron 2 (FIG. 1).

To remove the plate 2 from the base 4, the clamping element 22 is rotated away from the plate 2, until it releases the rear segment of the casing 12. The plate 2 is then rotated slightly, until it protrudes with its rear area of the sole of the wall 30 and protrudes from the cavity 18. Finally the plate 2 is taken from the base 4 and the clamping element 22 moves when it is prestressed to its rest position, that is to say, it is placed autonomously on the surface of the bottom Figure 3 shows a second ironing center 52 corresponding to the invention, for housing an electric steam iron 2. Unlike the first ironing center 1 of figures 1 and 2, this ironing center 52 has a fastening element 54 a clamp mode, which can both rotate and also slide in the longitudinal direction of its arms 56. The front receiving element 20, the cavity 18 as well as the plate 2 in sf are made according to the previous descriptions relating to figures 1 and 2, with which we delete repetitions in this regard and then only the differences between both ironing centers 1, 52 corresponding to the invention are described.

The arms 56 of the fastening element 54 are guided through respective grooves, not shown, in the base 4 to a chamber 60 laterally with respect to the cavity 18 and inserted therein. They have a bar-like shape and have in their bar segments positioned within the chambers 60 respective clamping devices, which are composed of an elastic ring 62 that can be moved, a spring plate 64 at the end and a saucer of pressure spring 66 disposed between the elastic ring 62 and the spring plate 64, whose maximum crushing defines a maximum exit path of the arms 56 as they exit the chamber 60. The chambers 60 have on the side of the roof and on the respective bottom side projections 68, 70, between which the springs 66 are tensioned in the rest position shown. To simplify the handling of the fastening element 54, a handle 72 is disposed in the horizontal segment of the body 58. The operating mode of this ironing center 52 is as follows.

In the rest position shown in Figure 3, the coil springs 66 between the projections 68, 70 and the arms 56 are inserted almost halfway into the chambers 60. The horizontal segment of the body 58 lies outside the chambers 60. beyond. of the cavity 18 in a rear area of the base 4 and is spaced from a base 74 of the base 4. The steam iron 2 is deposited in the cavity 18 on the base 4 and can be removed from it. The same is then introduced with its tip of the sole 76 into the pocket 36 of the receiving element 20 and is completely surrounded by the side of the sole by the wall 30 of the cavity 18.

To secure the steam iron 2, the fastening element 54 is pulled in the longitudinal direction of its arms 56 against the elastic force outwards of the chambers 60 (direction A) and is rotated in the direction of the steam iron 2 (direction B) until the horizontal segment of the body 58 is located above the transverse groove 14. Next, as shown in figure 4, the segment of the body 58 is placed in the transverse groove 14, whereby the arms 56 execute a longitudinal movement of return to the camera 60 (address C). The horizontal segment of the body 58 is pulled by the springs 66 towards the transverse groove 14 and thus the plate 2 is secured in the base 4. The elastic rings 62 are then supported essentially in the area of the projection 68 on the side of the groove in the groove. the roof of the camera 78 and the spring plates 64 are raised from the bottom of the camera 80.

To release this latch, the horizontal segment of the body 58 rises against the elastic force against the direction C, whereby the arms 56 are withdrawn against the elastic force slightly of the chambers 60. Thereafter the fastening element 54 against the direction B and then released, whereby it is pulled by the spring 66 towards the chamber 60 against the direction A until the springs 66 are tensioned between the projections 68, 70 and the fastening element 54 is again in its rest position shown in Figure 3.

An ironing center 1 is disclosed; 52 with a plate 2 and with a portable base 4 for depositing the plate 2, which has a fixing device for fixing the plate 2 to the base 4, the fixing device having a receiving element 20 for receiving a front segment of the sole 74 of the plate 2 and a holding element 22; 54 that can rotate to include, at least partially, a rear segment of the housing 12 of the plate 2, a base 4, as well as a plate 2 for use in such an ironing center 1; 52

List of references

1 ironing center

2 iron

4 base

6 sole

8 housing

10 handle

12 rear segment of the housing

14 transverse groove

16 housing

18 cavity

element receiver element of attachment direction of the arrow surface of the bottom surface of the housing wall

a transverse elevation transverse elevation transverse area cavity front

body

segment end segment from body to arm

b arm

axis of rotation

double arrow

back area of the cavity ironing center arm fastening element

body segment camera

elastic ring

spring saucer

spring

highlight

highlight

handle

plinth

tip of the sole

ceiling of the camera

camera background

Claims (12)

1. Ironing center (1; 52) - with an iron (2) and - with a portable base (4) to deposit the iron (2), which - it has a cavity (18) for receiving the sole (6) of the plate (2) and - presenting a fixing device for fixing the plate (2) to the base (4), presenting the fixing device - a receiving element (20) for receiving a front segment of the sole plate (2) and - a retaining element (22; 54) that can rotate to encompass a rear segment of the shell (12) of the plate ( two), - in which the fastening element (22; 54) - it is configured as a clamp and - it is prestressed elastically in the direction of its rest position, characterized in that the fastening element (22; 54) has two arms (44a, 44b), which are joined together by an approximately horizontal body segment (42) and supported in the base (4) such that they can rotate and in that in the rear segment of the casing (12) of the plate (2) is formed a transverse groove (14), which allows to accommodate the body segment (42) of the fastening element (22; 54). 2. Ironing center (1; 52) according to claim 1, wherein the fastening element (22; 54) is housed in its rest position in the cavity (18). 3. Ironing center (1; 52) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cavity (18) reproduces approximately the geometry of the sole (6). 4. Ironing station according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fastening element (22; 54) is housed in its rest position completely in the cavity (18). 5. Ironing center (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the fastening element (22) has two end segments (40) spaced apart from each other, which are supported such that they can rotate in opposite wall segments of the cavity (18). 6. Ironing center (52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the fastening element (54) has two arms (56), which in their longitudinal direction are inserted and can slide in respective chambers (60) of the base (4). 7. Ironing center (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the cavity (18) are supported bodies (32a, 32b) to support the plate (2), which seen in the support direction have an extension greater than the fastening element (22; 54) that is finds in its resting position. 8. Ironing center (1; 52) according to claim 7, wherein the fastening element (22; 54) has a cross section in a diameter less than a maximum height of the support bodies (32a, 32b). 9. Ironing center (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the fastening element (22; 54) is inserted, at least partially, into a correspondingly configured groove. 10. Ironing center (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the fastening element (22; 54) is disposed in the rear region (44) of the cavity (18). 11. Ironing center (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiving element (20) is disposed in the front region (34) of the cavity (18). 12. Ironing center (1; 52) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the receiver element (20) delimits a box (36) to receive the tip of the sole (76) of the plate (2).