JP2002159798A - Steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the wrinkle smoothing effect by facilitating the finish of a stereoscopic sewing part, etc., in clothes and to make better the finish of clothes and the use convenience. SOLUTION: An iron cover 23 is arranged, which is for freely attachably/ detachably covering a base 14 provided with a steam injecting port for injecting steam which is generated in a vaporizing chamber 13. A finishing part 24 constituted of a soft porous material where steam injected from the steam injecting port 15 is permeated is disposed on a surface facing the base 14 of the iron cover 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam iron which blows out steam to flatten clothes and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a steam iron is, for example, shown in FIG.
And the configuration shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a base in which a heater 2 for heating is buried, which has a vaporization chamber 3 and a steam jet port 4, and the base 1 is formed of a metal material such as aluminum. 5 is the iron body,
A handle 7 is provided on a base cover 6 covering the upper surface of the base 1. Reference numeral 8 denotes a water tank for storing water to be supplied to the vaporization chamber. The water tank 8 is opened and closed by operating an operation body 9 disposed in front of the handle 7 so that water supply to the vaporization chamber 3 can be controlled. Make up.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. In a state where the heater 2 is energized and the base 1 is heated, an operator holds the handle 7 and turns the hanging surface of the iron body 5 downward.
Iron clothes on an ironing board. When the operating unit 9 is operated to open the nozzle unit 10, water is dripped from the water tank 8 into the vaporization chamber 3 and vaporized, and is steamed and spouted from the steam jet port 4.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional structure, since the base is made of a hard metal material, the base is only locally formed on a three-dimensional sewing portion such as a shoulder opening of clothing. Since there is no contact, the effect of smoothing out wrinkles can be obtained only partially, and there is a problem that a long operation is required to finish the entire garment.

In addition, the base and the base cover covering the upper surface of the base are exposed to a wide area at a high temperature during and immediately after use, so that there is a possibility that a hand or the like may be accidentally touched.

Further, since the base is made of a hard metal material, the friction between the hanging surface from which steam is ejected and the garment is small, and the wrinkles of the garment cannot be sufficiently stretched just by sliding on the garment. However, it is necessary for the worker to work while pulling the clothes with the hand opposite to the hand holding the iron, and there is a problem that workability is poor.

As shown in FIG. 4, an operating body for opening and closing the nozzle for controlling the supply of water to the vaporizing chamber is provided in front of the handle in the longitudinal direction, and the nozzle is also provided directly below the operating body. It is generally provided for For this reason, FIG.
When ironing is performed while the worker hangs clothes on the hanger as described in the above, when the iron body 6 is vertical, when the water in the water tank is low, the nozzle portion is located above the water level and steam is applied. There was a problem that it was not possible to iron while spouting.

[0008] The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and enhances the effect of expanding wrinkles of clothing,
A first object is to enable a finishing operation to be performed efficiently. A second object is to enable a safe wrinkle elongation operation. A third object is to improve the usability so that the iron main body can be set to an arbitrary posture and ironing can be performed efficiently. The fourth purpose is
It is to simplify finishing work and improve workability.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the first object, a base is covered with a removable iron cover, and a surface of the iron cover facing the base is made of a soft porous material. It is provided with a finished part configured.

Accordingly, when finishing a three-dimensionally sewn portion such as a shoulder opening of clothing, the iron cover is deformed along its shape, and a wide area of the iron cover is brought into contact with the three-dimensionally sewn portion such as the shoulder opening to form a soft porous material. Can be supplied to a wide range of the finishing section without waste, and the effect of elongating the wrinkles of the clothes can be enhanced, and the finishing operation can be performed efficiently.

In order to achieve the second object,
The iron cover has a wall portion formed along the outer peripheral edge of the base cover, and a protection portion made of a soft porous material is provided on the wall surface portion so as to cover a side portion of the base cover.

[0012] Thus, the base and the portion exposed to the outside of the base cover can be covered with the soft porous material, and the temperature of the outer shell can be lowered and used safely.

Further, in order to achieve the third object,
A water supply device for supplying the water in the tank to the vaporization chamber is provided, and the water supply device is operated in a state where the hanging surface of the base is vertical, so that steam can be jetted.

Thus, water can be supplied from the water tank to the vaporization chamber regardless of whether the ironing surface is in the downward or vertical state, and the iron body can be blown with steam in an arbitrary posture. The wrinkles of the clothes can be efficiently removed.

[0015] To achieve the fourth object,
The finishing portion and the protection portion are made of a soft porous material having air permeability of fiber or foamed silicone.

As a result, the friction between the clothing to be finished and the iron cover increases, and the effect of pulling the clothing can be obtained by sliding the iron in contact with the clothing. Will be able to
Workability of wrinkle improvement is improved.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides an iron body having a handle provided above a base, a vaporization chamber for generating steam formed on the base, and a supply to the vaporization chamber. A water tank for storing water to be discharged, a steam outlet for ejecting steam generated in the vaporization chamber, a base cover disposed above the base, and an iron cover for detachably covering the base,
The iron cover is provided with a finished portion made of a soft porous material on a surface of the iron cover facing the base.When the clothes are to be wrinkled and stretched, the iron cover is made of a soft material. When pressed against clothing, the iron cover deforms according to the shape of the three-dimensional sewn part of the clothing, and the steam spouted from the iron cover through the porous material is supplied to a wide range of the finished part of the clothing without waste Thus, the effect of smoothing out the wrinkles of the clothes can be enhanced, and the finishing operation can be performed efficiently. Then, if the iron cover is removed, it can be used as a normal iron.

The invention described in claim 2 is the above-described claim 1.
In the invention described in the above, the iron cover has a wall surface formed along the outer peripheral edge of the base cover, and a protection portion made of a soft porous material is provided on the wall surface so as to cover the side surface of the base cover. The base that is heated to a high temperature and the part that is exposed to the outside of the base cover can be covered with a soft porous material from the outside, and the temperature of the outer shell is lowered to ensure safe use. be able to.

The invention described in claim 3 is the first invention.
Or the water supply device for supplying water in the tank to the vaporization chamber, wherein the water supply device is operated in a state where the hooking surface of the base is vertical so that steam can be ejected. In addition, it is possible to perform ironing by ejecting steam in a state where the clothes are hung on a hanger or the like, and to efficiently eject wrinkles of the clothes by ejecting steam from the iron body in an arbitrary posture.

[0020] The invention described in claim 4 is the above-described claim 1.
In the inventions of (3) to (3), the finished part and the protective part are:
Made of soft porous material with breathability of fiber or foamed silicone, the friction between the clothing to be finished and the iron cover is increased, and by sliding the iron in contact with the clothing Since the effect of pulling the clothes is obtained, for example, even when the wrinkles of the clothes hung on the hanger are to be stretched, the work can be easily performed with one hand only by sliding the iron cover downward from the top while pressing the clothes against the clothes. Workability is improved.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, an iron body 11 includes a base 14 having a vaporization chamber 13 covered with a lid 12 and a steam generated in the vaporization chamber 13. The water supply device 17 includes a steam jet port 15 for jetting the water from the hooking surface 14 to the outside, and a pump device for supplying the water stored in the water tank 16 to the vaporization chamber 13.

The pump device as the water supply device 17 includes a cylinder 18, an operating portion 19 having a piston that moves up and down in the cylinder 18, a water absorption pipe 20 for sucking water in the water tank 16, and a water absorption pipe 20. From cylinder 1
8 has a discharge part 21 for discharging the sucked water, and the water discharged from the discharge part 21 is supplied into the vaporization chamber 13 to generate steam.

The water-absorbing pipe 20 has a water-absorbing port 21 extending to the vicinity of the rear wall 16a of the water tank 16. Thereby, even when the longitudinal direction of the handle 22 is set to be perpendicular to the floor surface of the iron main body 11, the water supply device 17 is provided.
Is located lower than the water level stored in the water tank 16 and water can be absorbed into the water supply device 17 even when the amount of water in the water tank 16 is small. If it is underwater, the steam can be spouted with the iron body 11 in any posture.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an iron cover which covers the base 14 from the outside and is detachably attached to the iron body 11. The portion of the iron cover 23 facing the base 14 is
A finishing portion 24 made of a soft porous material such as foamed silicone having chained cells is provided, and the steam blown out from the steam outlet 15 is transmitted to the outside through the finishing portion 24 having air permeability. I do.

The outer peripheral edge of the iron cover 23 has a wall surface 26 so as to rise upward along the outer peripheral edge of the base cover 25 covering the upper surface side of the base 14. A protection section 27 made of a conductive material is provided to cover the side surface from the front to the rear of the base cover 25 from the outside.

On the inner surface of the wall portion 26 of the iron cover 23, a substantially U-shaped convex portion 28 is provided on the inner surface of the wall portion 26 so as to protrude inward. Recess 2 formed on the outer peripheral edge of cover 25
9 and is detachably attached to the iron body 11. The iron cover 23 can be removed by pulling the iron cover 23 forward of the base 14.

The operation of the above arrangement will be described. When water is supplied into the water tank 16 and the water supply device 17 is operated, the water in the water tank 16 is supplied to the water inlet 21 and the water absorbing pipe 2.
0, the cylinder 18, and the discharge section 21 are supplied to the vaporization chamber 13. The steam generated in the vaporization chamber 13 is blown out from a chain of air bubbles in a finishing portion 24 disposed opposite the steam outlet 15 and the base 14 of the iron cover 23.

In this state, when finishing clothing such as a suit having a three-dimensional sewing portion hung on a hanger or the like, even if the longitudinal direction of the handle 20 is vertical to the floor surface, the water intake port 21 of the water supply device 17 is closed. Since the water intake port 21 is located below the water level in the water tank 16 and extends to the vicinity of the rear wall 16a of the water tank 16, if the water supply device 17 is operated,
The water in the water tank 16 is supplied to the vaporization chamber 13 so that steam can be generated.

When the iron cover 23 is attached to the iron body 11 and the finishing portion 24 is lightly pressed against the clothing, the finishing portion 24 is deformed according to the shape of the three-dimensional sewing portion of the clothing, and the entire finishing portion 24 contacts the clothing. Touch Therefore, the steam spouting from the entire finishing portion 24 can be efficiently supplied to a desired portion of the garment or the like where the wrinkles are to be stretched, so that the steam can be satisfactorily finished.

When the finishing portion 24 is slid on the garment from the state in which the finishing portion 24 is in contact with the garment as described above, the finishing portion 24 is made of a soft porous material such as foamed silicone having chained cells as described above. Is formed, the frictional resistance between the clothes and the iron cover 23 is larger than that of a metal or hard resin, and the effect of pulling the fibers is obtained only by sliding on the fibers. For example, wrinkles of the clothes hung on a hanger Even when it is stretched, wrinkles can be easily stretched by simply sliding the iron cover 23 downward from above while pressing the iron cover 23 against the clothing. Therefore, there is no need to work while pulling the clothes with the hand opposite to the hand holding the steam iron, and the finishing work can be easily performed with one hand while jetting steam.

The finishing portion 24 is mounted on the iron body 11 so as to cover the base 14 to be heated to a high temperature and the base cover 25 to be heated by the heat of the base 14 with the protection portion 27. It also functions as a thermal buffer and can be used safely by lowering the temperature of the outer shell exposed to the outside. In addition, since the surface of the porous material is rough, the contact area is smaller than that of a smooth surface formed of metal or hard resin, and the safety can be further improved.

When the iron cover 23 is removed from the iron body 11, the base 1 made of an aluminum alloy or the like is removed.
Since 4 is exposed to the outside, it is possible to iron while pressing on a flat plate, and it can be used as a normal steam iron.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the finishing portion 24 is formed of a soft porous material such as foamed silicone having chained cells. However, the same applies to a case where the finishing portion 24 is formed of steam permeable fibers. The effect is obtained. Also,
Although the finishing portion 24 and the protection portion 27 provided on the portion facing the hanging surface of the base 14 and the side surface of the base cover 25 are separated, they may be formed integrally.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an iron body having a handle provided above a base, a vaporizing chamber for generating steam formed on the base, and a supply to the vaporizing chamber. A water tank for storing water to be discharged, a steam outlet for ejecting steam generated in the vaporization chamber, a base cover disposed above the base, and an iron cover for detachably covering the base,
Since the iron cover has a finishing portion made of a soft porous material on a surface facing the base, the iron cover is deformed according to the shape of the garment, and penetrates the porous material and is ejected from the iron cover. The steam can be supplied to a wide range of the finishing portion of the garment without waste, the garment can be wrinkled and the finishing effect can be improved, and the iron cover can be removed to be used as a normal iron.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the iron cover, a wall portion is formed along the outer peripheral edge of the base cover, and the wall portion is provided with a protective portion made of a soft porous material. As a result, the side portion of the base cover is covered, so that the portion exposed to the outside of the base cover can be covered from the outside in addition to the base heated to a high temperature, thereby lowering the temperature of the outer shell. And can be used safely.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a water supply device for supplying water in the tank to the vaporization chamber is provided, and the water supply device is operated in a state where the hooking surface of the base is vertical so that the steam is supplied. Since the spout can be spouted, steam can be spouted out of the iron body in an arbitrary posture, so that the clothes can be efficiently wrinkled.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the finished part and the protective part are made of a soft porous material having air permeability of fiber or silicone foam, the other hand pulls the garment. There is no need to work, and you can easily finish the work with one hand while blowing out steam.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a steam iron according to a first embodiment of the present invention in a state where a hanging surface is directed downward.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an iron cover of the steam iron.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the steam iron in a state where a hanging surface is set up vertically.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a conventional steam iron with a hanging surface facing down.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part of the steam iron in a state in which the hanging surface is set upright.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Iron body 13 Vaporization room 14 Base 15 Steam spout 16 Water tank 23 Iron cover 24 Finishing part 25 Base cover

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masao Shimizu 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Terms (reference) 4L029 KA04 KA06 KA08

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An iron body having a handle provided above a base, a vaporization chamber for generating steam formed in the base, a water tank for storing water to be supplied to the vaporization chamber, and a gas generated in the vaporization chamber. A steam spout for spouting steam, a base cover disposed above the base, and an iron cover removably covering the base, wherein a soft porosity is provided on a surface of the iron cover facing the base. Steam iron with a finishing part made of material. 2. An iron cover, wherein a wall portion is formed along an outer peripheral edge of a base cover, and a protection portion made of a soft porous material is provided on the wall portion so as to cover a side portion of the base cover. The steam iron according to claim 1. 3. A water supply device for supplying water in a tank to a vaporization chamber, wherein the water supply device is operated in a state in which a hooking surface of a base is vertical so that steam can be jetted out. Steam iron. 4. The steam iron according to claim 1, wherein the finishing part and the protective part are made of a soft porous material having air permeability of fiber or foamed silicone.