FR2567929A3 - STEAM IRON WITH PLATE PROVIDED WITH A THIN STAINLESS STEEL SHEET, PERFORATED AND REMOVABLE - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION CONCERNS AN IRONING IRON OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A PLATE 1 PROVIDED ON ITS BASE WITH A THIN SHEET OF STAINLESS STEEL 2 PERFORATED. THE BASE SURFACE OF THE PLATE HAS A RECESS 4 OR HOUSING DELIMED BY A PERIPHERAL EDGE AND A NETWORK OF PIPES 6-7 WHICH MAKES A UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF THE STEAM. THE PERFORATED SHEET 2 IS REINFORCED BY RIBS 10 AND CENTERED IN THE EVIDENCE WHERE IT IS FIXED WITH SCREWS 18 TO MAKE IT REMOVABLE AND ALLOW ACCESS TO THE PIPES.

Description

The invention relates to a steam iron.

  Among the various types of irons, in particular those with steam, are already known the irons with an ironing plate, generally aluminum or one of its alloys, supplemented on its base by a sheet of perforated stainless steel for the steam outlet on the parts to be ironed. According to a known embodiment,

  the stainless steel sheet has a fairly large thickness

  aunt, usually a few millimeters, and is fixed by crimping along the perimeter of the iron plate. However, such a sheet of steel

  has disadvantages when it is necessary to practice the orifi-

  these steam outlet, because these orifices are difficult to execute by cutting, taking into account the thickness of the sheet. In addition, once fixed on the plate, said sheet is irremovable, which prevents convenient and complete access to the steam chamber, and consequently the examination

  of the latter, to carry out any operations of

  yours. The object of the present invention, on the other hand, is to provide a steam iron with a plate provided with a thin sheet of perforated stainless steel, which can be obtained easily and advantageously by cutting and which is fixed to the plate. using screws, which makes it removable and interchangeable and allows access to the

steam room.

  Another object of the invention is to provide an iron with an attached sheet of steel capable of completely eliminating the drawbacks and disadvantages

  realizations according to the known technique mentioned above

  above. To this end, the present invention relates to a steam iron with a plate provided on its base with a thin sheet of perforated stainless steel and is characterized in that the base surface of said plate has a housing or recess delimited and surrounded by

  a perimeter edge, as well as longitudi-

  nal and transverse for steam, and by the fact that said sheet of stainless steel is positioned and centered in said housing or recess and fixed in a removable manner.

ble by means of two screws.

  An example of practical realization of the iron

  iron object of the invention is given in the descrip-

  tion below made with reference to the attached drawing.

  In this drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iron

to redo.

  Figure 2 is a view from below of this iron. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the

  sheet of steel separated from the iron plate.

  Figure 4 is a plan view of the surface

base of the plate.

  Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view, in the direction of the arrows V-V of Figure 4, of the plate

  supplemented with the steel base sheet.

  Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view

  according to arrows VI-VI of Figure 4.

  In this drawing, the reference 1 designates the plate

  iron, while reference 2 designates the sheet

  perforated stainless steel, removably attached

at the base of plate 1.

  The plate 1 is coupled, in a manner already known, to the body 3 of the iron comprising the boiler for the water to be vaporized and, according to the present invention, a housing or recess 4, with a flat bottom, is formed on its base surface. , delimited and surrounded by a perimeter edge 5. On a large part of the bottom of the recess

  or housing 4 is made a network of pipes along

  gitudinal 6 and transverse 7 - see figure 4 - for

  steam distribution. These 6-7 common lines

  connect, by means of small channels 8, with a series of ori-

  fices 9 of steam supply, located at least along the edge of the surface occupied by said pipes and connected together by a continuous groove. In the part occupied by the pipes

  6-7 two holes 11-12 are provided for receiving and retaining

  fix two threaded nuts 11 ′, as well as an inspection hole 13 for access to the nozzle - not shown - for sending water into the vaporization chamber with which the orifices 9 communicate, said inspection hole 13 being closed by

a plug element 14.

  The sheet 2 of stainless steel has a general shape corresponding to that of the recess or housing 4 of the plate and a relatively small thickness, of the order of 1 mm. The sheet 2 also has a folded perimeter edge 15 and at least one intermediate rib 16 for reinforcing and stiffening the sheet. In the part delimited and surrounded by the rib 16, the sheet

  has a series of holes 17 which, given the thickness

  sor of this sheet, can advantageously be obtained by cutting, said orifices 17 having a position in rows which corresponds to the provision of the longitudinal and transverse pipes 6-7 on the base surface

from plate 1.

  The sheet 2 of stainless steel is positioned and centered in the housing or recess 4 of the plate 1 o it is fixed using two screws 18-19 passing through the orifices 18'-19 'of the sheet itself and committing

  in the threaded nuts 11 'arranged in the holes 11-

12 of said plate.

  The sheet 2 made of stainless steel, attached and fixed in this way, blocks the inspection plug, covers the pipes 6-7 of the plate and constitutes the effective ironing surface of the iron, while

  allowing a uniform and diffuse steam distribution

  fuses through the orifices 17. On the other hand, the fixing with the screws 1819 makes it possible to easily remove the sheet 2 so that it can be replaced and, in any case, for convenient access to the steam pipes, as well as to the nozzle removing the plug 14, for all operations

maintenance and cleaning.

  Of course, the invention is not limited

  to the embodiment which has just been described and represented

  smelled. Many modifications can be made

  detail without departing from the scope of the invention.

R E V E N D CATI ON S

  1 - Steam iron including a plate

  that (1) provided on its base with a sheet (2) of stainless steel-

  perforated dable, characterized in that the base surface of said plate (1) has a housing or recess (4) delimited and surrounded by a perimeter edge, as well as longitudinal and transverse pipes (6-7) for steam, and in that said sheet (2) of stainless steel is positioned and centered in said housing or recess (4) and removably fixed by means of

two screws (18-19).

  2 - Iron according to claim 1, wherein said sheet (2) has a small thickness and has a series of orifices (17) obtained by cutting and arranged so as to coincide with the pipes

  from the base surface of the plate (1).

  3 - Iron according to claim 2, wherein said sheet (2) has a perimeter edge

  folded (15) and at least one intermediate rib of reinforcement

  strong (16) delimiting the surface where the series of ori-

fices (17).

  4 - Iron according to claim 1,

  in which the pipes (6-7) of the plate communicate-

  quent, by means of the small channels (8), with a series of ori-

  fices (9) of vapor supply practiced at least on the

  edges of the surface occupied by said pipes (6-

  7), said orifices (9) being interconnected by a groove

continuous (10).

   - Iron according to claim 1,

  in which the screws (18-19) for removably fixing the film

  lure (2) pass through holes made in said sheet and engage in threaded holes or with

nuts provided in the plate (1).