GB2479991A

GB2479991A - Steam iron capable of larger steam output

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Publication number: GB2479991A
Application number: GB201106889A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Ruifeng Cai
Original assignee: Tsann Kuen USA Inc
Current assignee: Tsann Kuen USA Inc
Priority date: 2010-04-27
Filing date: 2011-04-26
Publication date: 2011-11-02
Also published as: DE202011000615U1; CN201762593U; GB201106889D0

Abstract

The steam iron includes a body 1 with a sole plate 11 in the bottom and a heating plate 12 mounted in the sole plate. The heating plate has an inlet 14 with a diameter more than 4.0 mm. A station 2 for supplying steam includes a steam chamber 21 inside with a water inlet and two steam outlets connected to the outside. One of the outlets is connected to a pressure switch 23 with a threshold value more than 4.0 bar. The other outlet is connected to an electromagnetic valve 24 with a valve opening. Alternatively, the outlet may be connected to a double electromagnetic valve with two openings. A steam soft tube 3 is connected between the iron body and station. One end of the tube is connected to the inlet 14 of the iron body and the other end is connected to the outlet of the electromagnetic valve. The inner diameter of the soft tube is more than 4.0 mm. Alternatively, two steam soft tubes may be connected to the inlet and outlet, each tube having an inner diameter more than 3.0 mm.

Description

STEAM IRON CAPABLE OF LARGER STEAM OUTPUT

[0001] The present invention relates to a steam iron, more particularly, to a steam iron capable of larger steam output.

[0002] Traditional steam station iron comprises a iron body for ironing and a station for supplying steam, a soft steam tube is connected between the iron body and the station. A pressure switch is mounted on the station for controlling the steam in the station in a certain range; and a electromagnetic valve connected to the steam soft tube for controlling the steam following. Heating plate is mounted in the iron body, so when the steam generated by the station is input by the steam soft tube, the steam is second heated by the heating plate, and then spout out from the outlet in the bottom of the iron body, thus to iron the cloth.

[0003] But the traditional steam iron is not meet to requirement of present.

Because traditional station iron is designed with: 3.3 bar in pressure switch, 4.0 mm inner diameter of the steam soft tube, 3.5mm diameter of the inlet of the heating plate, and the last steam output is 90g/min, but in use, the users want to the steam output the higher the better, so the traditional station iron has too small output.

Summary of the invention

[0004] The primary object of the invention is to provide a steam iron capable of larger steam output to obviate the defect of the small steam output of traditional steam iron to meet the requirement of the users.

[0005] The object of the invention is achieved by: Solution I [00061 A steam iron capable of larger steam output comprises: an iron body for ironing comprising a sole plate in the bottom, a heating plate is mounted in said sole plate, said heating plate has an inlet with diameter more than 4.0mm; a station for supplying steam which has a steam chamber inside, said steam chamber has a water inlet and two steam outlets connected to the outside, wherein one of the outlet is connected to a pressure switch with a threshold value more than 4.0 bar; and the other outlet is connected to an electromagnetic valve with a valve opening; and a steam soft tube connected between said iron body and station; one end of said steam soft tube is connected to the inlet of the iron body and the other end is connected to the outlet of the electromagnetic valve of the station; the inner diameter of said steam soft tube is more than 4.0mm0 [0007] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the inlet of said heating plate is between 4.6-5.0 mm, the threshold value of the pressure switch is 4.6-5.0 bar, and the inner diameter of said steam soft tube is 4.6-5.0 mm.

Solution 2 [0008] A steam iron capable of larger steam output comprises: an iron body for ironing comprising a sole plate in the bottom, a heating plate is mounted in said sole plate, said heating plate has an inlet with diameter more than 4.0mm; a station for supplying steam which has a steam chamber inside, said steam chamber has a water inlet and two steam outlets connected to the outside, wherein one of the outlet is connected to a pressure switch with a threshold value more than 4.0 bar; and the other outlet is connected to an electromagnetic valve with a valve opening; and two steam soft tubes connected between said iron body and station; one ends of said steam soft tubes are connected to the inlet of the iron body and the other ends are connected to the outlet of the electromagnetic valve of the station; the inner diameter of said steam soft tube are more than 3.0mm0 [00091 In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the inlet of said heating plate is between 4.6-5.0 mm, the threshold value of the pressure switch is between 4.6-5.0 bar, and the inner diameter of said steam soft tube is between 3.2-3.5 mm.

Solution 3 [0010] A steam iron capable of larger steam output comprises: an iron body for ironing comprising a sole plate in the bottom, a heating plate is mounted in said sole plate, said heating plate has an inlet with diameter more than 4.0mm.

a station for supplying steam which has a steam chamber inside, said steam chamber has a water inlet and two steam outlets connected to the outside, wherein one of the outlet is connected to a pressure switch with a threshold value more than 4.Obar; and the other outlet is connected to a double electromagnetic valve with two openings; and a steam soft tube connected between said iron body and station; one end of said steam soft tube is connected to the inlet of the iron body and the other end is connected to the outlet of the electromagnetic valve of the station; the inner diameter of said steam soft tube is more than 4.0mm0 [00111 In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the inlet of said heating plate is between 4.6-5.0 mm, the threshold value of the pressure switch is between 4.6-5.0 bar, and the inner diameter of said steam soft tube is 4.6-5.0 mm.

[0012] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, said double electromagnetic valve comprises a body having a bilateral symmetry structure, a side in the middle of the body has a outlet for connecting to the steam soft tube, another side in the middle of the valve has an inlet for connecting to the outlet of the station, the inlet and outlet of the body is connected through a left valve opening and a right valve opening inside the body.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, said two valve openings of the body have unequal diameters, and they are opened and closed synchronously, or one opened and one closed.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: electromagnetic valve with larger diameter outlet cooperated with steam soft tube with larger inner diameter and pressure switch with larger threshold pressure value, more steam with more pressure can be generated in a same time unit, and the output can be reach to 140g/min -165g/min, thus the ironing effect is better, they can use the vaporization ability with more efficiency, and rise the ironing quality; and the present invention don't need too much cost, just need to upgrade the components and connections of the traditional. The present invention is suit for different types of iron.

Brief description of the drawings

[0015] Preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and examples [0016] FIG.1 is a sectional view of the present invention; [0017] FIG.2 is an enlarged view of the A portion of FIG.1; [0018] FIG.3 is a perspective view of the station in embodiment 1; [00191 FIG.4 is a bottom view of the station in embodiment 1; [0020] FIG.5 is a perspective view of the station in embodiment 2; [00211 FIG.6 is a perspective view of the station in embodiment 3; [0022] FIG.7 is a bottom view of the station in embodiment 3; [0023] FIG.8 is a perspective view of the double electromagnetic valve; [0024] FIG.9 and FIG. 10 sectional views of the double electromagnetic valve, the arrow and the dashed line show the steam following direction.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments

[0025] Referring to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the iron of the present invention comprises a body I for ironing and a station 2 for supplying steam, and the station 2 is connected to the body I via a steam soft tube 3, a handle 13 is mounted in the upper portion and a sole plate is mounted in the lower portion of the body 1, steam outlets 15 are arranged in the sole plate 15, a heating plate 12 for heating the sole plate and the steam is arranged on the sole plate 11, and the steam inlet 14 of the plate 12 is arranged near the back end of the heating plate 12, and the diameter of the steam inlet is 5.0 mm; the steam is input into the steam chamber through the inlet 14 and then is secondly heated by the heating plate and then spout out from the outlet 15.

Embodiment I [00261 Referring to FIG.3 and FIG.4, the station 2 has a steam chamber 21 inside, a heating element 22 for heating the water to generate steam is arranged inside the steam chamber 21. the steam chamber 21 has a water inlet (not shown) and two steam outlet for connecting outside, herein one steam outlet is connected to a pressure switch 23 with a threshold value 5.0 bar; the other outlet is connected to an electromagnetic valve 24, said electromagnetic valve has a valve opening which is connected to steam soft tube 3; [0027] The inner diameter of the steam soft tube 3 is 5.0mm, one end of the steam tube 3 is connected to the inlet 14 of the heating plate of the body, and the other end is connected to the valve opening of the electromagnetic valve.

[00281 In this embodiment, a steam soft tube is cooperated to an electromagnetic value to achieve larger steam output. electromagnetic value with bigger valve opening cooperated with steam soft tube with bigger inner diameter (5mm) and pressure switch with higher pressure (5 bar) , thus, vaporization ability and the steam quantity in a unit are rise to be reached to 160g/min.

Embodiment 2 [0029] Referring to FIG.5, the station 2 has a steam chamber 21 inside, a heating element 22 for heating the water to generate steam is arranged inside the steam chamber 21. the steam chamber 21 has a water inlet (not shown) and two steam outlet for connecting outside, herein one steam outlet is connected to a pressure switch 23 with a threshold value 5.0 bar; the other outlet is connected to an electromagnetic valve 24, said electromagnetic valve has a valve opening which is connected to steam soft tube 3; [0030] The difference of the embodiment to embodiment I is that in this embodiment, two steam soft tubes are used when the inner diameter of the tube is not bigger enough, to assure that the steam generated by the station can be output. i.e. two steam soft tube 3 are connected between the body and the station, and the inner diameter of the steam soft tube is 3.5mm, one end of the steam tube 3 is connected to the inlet 14 of the heating plate of the body, and the other end is connected to the valve opening of the electromagnetic valve.

[0031] In this embodiment, two steam soft tubes are cooperated to an electromagnetic valve to achieve larger steam output. electromagnetic value with bigger valve opening cooperated with two steam soft tubes and pressure switch with higher pressure (5bar), thus, vaporization ability and the steam quantity in a unit are rise to be reached to 160g/min.

Embodiment 3 [0032] Referring to FIG.6 to FIG.10, the station 2 has a steam chamber 21 inside, a heating element 22 for heating the water to generate steam is arranged inside the steam chamber 21. the steam chamber 21 has a water inlet (not shown) and two steam outlet for connecting outside, herein one steam outlet is connected to a pressure switch 23 with a threshold value 5.0 bar; the other outlet is connected to an electromagnetic valve 24, said electromagnetic valve has a valve opening which is connected to steam soft tube 3; different to embodiment 1, in this embodiment, the electromagnetic valve 24 is a double electromagnetic valve with two openings inside.

[0033] The inner diameter of the steam soft tube 3 is 5.0mm, one end of the steam tube 3 is connected to the inlet 14 of the heating plate of the body, and the other end is connected to the valve opening of the electromagnetic valve.

[0034] said double electromagnetic valve comprises a body having a bilateral symmetry structure, a side in the middle of the body has a steam outlet 241 for connecting to the steam soft tube 3, another side in the middle of the valve has an steam in let 242 for connecting to the outlet of the station, the inlet 241 and outlet 242 of the body is connected through a left valve opening 246 and a right valve opening 247 inside the body. Herein the diameter of the left valve opening 246 is 3mm, and the diameter of the right valve opening 247 is 2mm. the opening and closing of the two valve openings 246 and 247 are controlled by the magnetic 245 and spring 243 both in the left side and the right side, in each side a locking nut 244 is mounted. According to requirement, the left valve opening 246 and the right valve opening 247 are opened and closed synchronously, or one opened and one closed.

[0035] In this embodiment, one steam soft tubes are cooperated to an electromagnetic valve (double electromagnetic valve) to achieve larger steam output. electromagnetic value with two valve openings cooperated with steam soft tubes with bigger inner diameter and pressure switch with higher pressure (5bar) , thus, vaporization ability and the steam quantity in a unit are rise to be reached to 160g/min.

[0036] The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiment of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. It is intended that the scope of the invention be limited not with detailed description, but rather by the claims appended hereto.