JP2002239299A - Iron - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve crease smoothing effect by making an ironing surface hardly marred and decreasing temperature difference of the ironing surface. SOLUTION: The underside of a base member 3 heated by means of a heater 2 is covered with an ironing member 4 constituted of a hard metal plate and a slender channel-like cavity 6 for storing a heat-conductive body 5 is formed on the underside of the base member 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an iron for removing wrinkles of clothes and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of iron is generally processed with a fluororesin on the surface of a base in order to improve slipperiness when ironing, and the base is provided with a heater. A wide range of the base can be efficiently heated by heat and formed of an aluminum alloy or the like which can be easily processed. The above-mentioned fluorine resin processing has a problem that, in addition to wear due to use, it is easily damaged by buttons, fasteners, and the like of clothes to be ironed. Scratches made on the hooked surface of the base may damage delicate fibers in some cases.

[0003] In order to solve such a problem, there has been proposed a device in which a cover whose surface is processed with a fluorine resin is detachably provided on a base. In this case, even if the fluororesin processing is worn by use, the slipperiness can be improved by replacing the cover with a new cover, but the problem that the cover is easily scratched remains. Therefore,
It has been considered to form a hard metal plate such as stainless steel on the surface of an aluminum alloy base to make it hard to be damaged.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional structure, the stainless steel used as a hard metal plate has poor heat conductivity, and the temperature of the surface heated by the heater provided on the base is the heater. There is a problem in that a temperature difference occurs depending on the distance from the heater, the shape of the base, and the like. Also, the heater is embedded so that the terminal of the heater is located forward of the rear end of the base so that the heater does not become an obstacle when the periphery of the metal plate is bent and fixed to the edge of the base. There was a problem that it became low.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to prevent a base from being easily scratched, to reduce a temperature difference on a hooked surface, and to enhance a wrinkle elongation effect.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a lower surface of a base member to be heated by a heater is covered by a hook member formed of a metal plate, and a lower surface of the base member is provided. An elongated groove-like depression for accommodating a heat conductor is formed in the groove.

[0007] This makes it possible to form a hard metal plate on the ironed surface so that the ironed surface is less likely to be damaged, and to reduce the temperature difference between the ironed surfaces and enhance the effect of wrinkle elongation.

[0008]

The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a base member heated by a heater, and a hook member formed of a metal plate that covers a lower surface of the base member. The hanging surface member is formed by bending an outer peripheral portion thereof upward to be fixed to an edge portion of the base member and forming an elongated groove-like recess for accommodating a heat conductor on a lower surface side of the base member, The ironed surface can be made less likely to be damaged, and the heat conduction from the heated base member to the hanging surface member can be improved, reducing the temperature difference on the hanging surface, and the effect of ironing to reduce wrinkles Can be increased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, one end of the recess extends toward the rear central portion of the base member, and the rear portion of the hanging surface member extends from the base member. To increase the temperature of the rear part of the hanging surface member, thereby improving the effect of wrinkle elongation.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, one end of the depression is formed close to a heater embedded in the base member, and the heat of the heater is efficiently applied. It can be transmitted to the surface member.

[0011] The invention described in claim 4 is the above-mentioned claim 1-
In the invention described in Item 3, the depression is formed in a substantially V-shape, and the heat of the heater can be efficiently transmitted to the rear portion of the surface member.

[0012] The invention described in claim 5 is the above-mentioned invention.
In the invention described in 4, the dimple is formed on the lower surface side of the base member, and one end of the depression is connected to the dimple, and the heat conductor overflowing from the depression can be accommodated in the dimple. The overflowed heat conductor can prevent a gap from being formed between the base member and the hanging surface member.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the invention, the diameter of the dimple is larger than the width of the depression, and the depth of the dimple is larger than the depth of the depression. Thus, a sufficient space for accommodating the heat conductor that has not entered the space can be formed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned fifth or sixth aspect, the heater is formed in a substantially U shape and embedded in the base member, and the inside and outside of the heater are arranged along the heater. A large number of dimples are arranged in the base member, and a part of the dimple is connected to a dimple provided inside the heater, so that the dimple can be easily communicated with the dimple provided in the central portion of the base member.

[0015] The invention described in claim 8 is the above-mentioned claim 5-claim 5.
7. In the invention described in 7, the vaporization chamber for generating steam is formed in the base member, the dimple is provided with a steam ejection hole connected to the vaporization chamber, and the steam ejection hole is disposed forward of the dimple connected to the depression. It is formed on the dimple, and it can prevent the heat conductor in the dimple from entering the vaporization chamber through the steam ejection hole, and due to the water repellent property of the heat conductor, the hydrophilicity of the vaporization chamber surface can be reduced. Damage can be prevented.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first aspect of the present invention.
In the invention described in 8, the heater has a heating wire embedded in the pipe, and a connection terminal connected to the heating wire and having one end protruding outward from the pipe, and a rear end portion of the recess. The heating wire and the connection portion of the connection terminal are located behind, and the rear heating member can be efficiently heated from the portion where the heating wire of the heater is provided, and the temperature of the rear portion of the heating surface member is reduced. Can be higher.

The invention according to claim 10 is the first invention.
In the inventions described in the above-described embodiments, the heater is exposed from the base member buried in front of the rear end of the base member, and the rear end of the recess is located behind the exposed portion of the heater. The rear hook member can be efficiently heated from the portion where the heater is embedded in the base member, and the temperature of the rear portion of the hook member can be increased.

The invention according to claim 11 is the first invention.
In the inventions of (10) to (10), the heat conductor is made of a paste-like silicone compound, and the heat conductor having good heat conduction properties can be easily accommodated in a recess of any shape.

The twelfth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention.
In the inventions described in any one of Items 11 to 11, the hanging surface member is formed of a thin stainless steel plate, and a hanging surface that is not easily damaged by ironing can be formed.

[0020]

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

(Embodiment 1) As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a base member 1 includes a base member 3 heated by a heater 2.
And a hook member 4 made of a hard metal plate that covers the lower surface of the base member 3.
Is bent upward and fixed to the edge of the base member 3, and has an elongated groove-shaped recess 6 for accommodating the heat conductor 5 on the lower surface side of the base member 3.

The heater 2 is bent in a substantially U-shape, and is embedded at the time of die-casting a base member 3 made of an aluminum alloy having good heat conduction characteristics. The hanging surface member 4 is formed of a hard metal plate such as stainless steel, for example, and its usable thickness is approximately 0.05 to 2 mm, and preferably 0.2 to 0.8 mm for processing. is there. The hanging surface member 4 has its outer peripheral portion bent upward and fixed to the edge of the base member 3 and attached so as to be in contact with the lower surface of the base member 3. 4
Insert a to make it easy to bend.

An elongated groove-shaped depression 6 formed on the lower surface of the base member 3 is provided at the center of the base member 3 surrounded by the heater 2, and one end of the depression 6 is located at the rear center of the base member 3. And extends to the vicinity of the rear end 3 a of the base member 3. Further, the other end of the recess 6 is provided close to the heater 2 embedded in the base member 3, and is formed in a plurality of substantially V-shapes at a center portion and a rear portion of the base member 3.
The depression 6 covered by the hanging surface member 4 is filled with a heat conductor 5 made of a paste-like silicone compound.

Numeral 7 denotes circular dimples formed on the lower surface side of the base member 3, which are formed in a substantially U-shape and are arranged in large numbers inside and outside along the heater 2 embedded in the base member 3. A part of the recess 6 is connected to a dimple 7 provided inside the heater 2. Reference numeral 8 denotes a circular dimple provided on the hooking surface member 4, which is provided so as to fit into the dimple 7 formed on the lower surface side of the base member 3, and is disposed to face the dimple 7. Diameter D of dimple 7
Is larger than the width W of the depression 6, and the depth d1 of the dimple 7 is greater than the depth d2 of the depression 6.

The vaporization chamber 9 formed in the base member 3 can vaporize water from a water tank (not shown) installed above the base portion 1 to generate steam. The steam generated in the vaporization chamber 9 is sprayed from the surface member 4 and is covered with the dimple 7.
The steam discharge holes 11 connected to the vaporization chamber 9 are provided in the dimple 7 formed in a plurality in front of the dimples 7 connected to the depressions 6.

In the above structure, when the heater 2 is energized and the base member 3 is heated, the base member 3 is transmitted to the hooking surface member 4 which is fixed so as to be in contact with the lower surface of the base member 3. Heated. At this time, if a hard metal plate such as stainless steel is used as the hanging surface member 4, thermal conductivity is poor, and a temperature difference occurs between the hanging surface member 4 at a portion close to the heater 2 and at a portion away from the heater 2. .

At this time, between the base member 3 and the hook member 4 fixed to the lower surface of the base member 3, an elongated groove-shaped recess 6 formed on the lower surface side of the base member 3 is inserted into a paste-like silicone. A thermal conductor 5 made of a compound is accommodated, and the thermal conductor 5 fills a small gap formed between the base member 3 and the hooking surface member 4 to provide good thermal connection. Thereby, the heat conduction to the hanging surface member 4 can be improved.

The depression 6 is provided at the center of the base member 3 surrounded by the heater 2, and has one end extending toward the rear center of the base member 3. The heat conduction to the rear part of the member 4 is improved,
The temperature of the rear part can be increased, and the temperature difference between the portion of the hanging surface member 4 and the portion close to the heater 2 is reduced.

The recess 6 has one end thereof connected to the base member 3.
The heater 2 is formed close to the heater 2 embedded therein, and is formed in a substantially V-shape toward the center rear of the hanging surface member 4 distant from the heater 2, so that the heat of the heater 2 is efficiently transmitted to the hanging surface member 4. Therefore, the temperature difference between the hanging surface member 4 and the portion close to the heater 2 is reduced. Above V of the depression 6
A plurality of character portions can be formed at arbitrary intervals, and may be one.

The recess 6 has one end thereof connected to the base member 3.
When the hanging surface member 4 is fixed to be in contact with the lower surface of the base member 3, the hanging surface member 4 is provided on the hanging surface member 4 so as to face the dimple 7 of the base member 3. The circular dimple 8 fits into the dimple 7 of the base member 3. At this time, a space for accommodating the heat conductor 5 overflowing from the depression 6 is formed between the dimple 7 and the dimple 8.

As a result, the heat conductor 5 is prevented from moving from the depression 6 to a position other than the dimple 7, and
The gap between the base member 3 and the hooking surface member 4 is prevented from being caused by the heat conductor 5 that overflows.
The dimple 7 is formed in a substantially U-shape to form the base member 3.
A number of recesses 6 are connected to dimples 7 provided inside the heater 2 along the heater 2 embedded in the heater 2.

The dimple 7 is provided with a steam ejection hole 11 connected to the vaporization chamber 9 for generating steam. The depression 6 is connected to the dimple 7 not provided with the steam ejection hole 11, and the steam ejection hole 11 is formed in the front dimple 7 away from the dimple 7 connected to the depression 6. Thereby, the heat conductor 5 in the dimple 7 can be prevented from entering the vaporization chamber 9 through the steam passage 12 from the steam ejection hole 11 to the vaporization chamber 9. The water-repellent property prevents the hydrophilicity of the surface of the vaporizing chamber 9 from being impaired, so that good steam can be stably jetted.

(Embodiment 2) As shown in FIG.
Has a heating wire 14 embedded in a pipe 13, one end of a connection terminal 15 connected to the heating wire 14 is protruded outward from the pipe 13, and a rear end 6 a of the recess 6 is connected to the heating wire 14. It is located behind (L1) the connection between the connection terminal 14 and the connection terminal 15. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

According to the above-described structure, the heating wire 1 is not used due to a processing problem when the hook member 4 is fixed to the base member 3.
Even when the connection between the connection terminal 4 and the connection terminal 15 is disposed forward of the rear end 3 a of the base member 3, the portion where the heating wire 14, which is the heat-generating portion of the heater 2, is disposed and the rear hook member 4. Can be efficiently heated, the temperature at the rear of the hanging surface member 4 can be increased, and the temperature difference between the hanging surface member 4 and the portion near the heater 2 can be reduced.

(Embodiment 3) As shown in FIG.
Is located forward of the rear end 3a of the base member 3.
And the rear end 6a of the depression 6 is located behind (L2) the exposed portion of the heater 2.
Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

According to the above-described structure, the heater 2 has a problem in processing when the hooking surface member 4 is fixed to the base member 3.
Even if the position where the heater 2 is exposed from the base member 3 is disposed forward of the rear end 3 a of the base member 3, the heater 2 can be efficiently heated from the portion where the heater 2 is embedded in the base member 3 to the rear hook member 4. Thus, the temperature at the rear of the hanging surface member 4 can be increased, and the temperature difference between the hanging surface member 4 and the portion near the heater 2 can be reduced.

[0037]

As described above, according to the first to twelfth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the ironing surface from being easily damaged and to conduct heat from the heated base member to the hanging surface member. , The temperature difference on the ironed surface can be reduced, and the effect of flattening wrinkles by ironing can be enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a cross section of a main part of a base portion of an iron according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a base portion of the iron.

FIG. 3 is a top view of a base portion of the iron.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a hanging surface member of the iron.

FIG. 5 is an AA cross-sectional view of a base portion of the iron.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the base of the iron taken along line BB.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway side view of a base portion of an iron according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view of a base portion of an iron according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base part 2 Heater 3 Base member 4 Hanging surface member 5 Heat conductor 6 Depression

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuharu Otsuka 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 4L029 FA02 FA06 KA02 KA03 KA06 KA08

Claims (12)

[Claims] A base member heated by a heater;
A hanging surface member formed of a metal plate that covers a lower surface side of the base member, wherein the hanging surface member is fixed to an edge of the base member by bending an outer peripheral portion thereof upward, and the base member An iron having an elongated groove-like recess for accommodating a heat conductor on the lower surface side of the iron. 2. The iron according to claim 1, wherein one end of the recess extends toward the rear center of the base member. 3. The iron according to claim 1, wherein one end of the recess is formed close to a heater embedded in the base member. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the depression is formed in a substantially V-shape.
An iron according to any one of the preceding claims. 5. A dimple is formed on a lower surface side of a base member, and one end of a depression is connected to the dimple.
4. The iron according to any one of 4 above. 6. The iron according to claim 5, wherein the diameter of the dimple is larger than the width of the depression, and the depth of the dimple is larger than the depth of the depression. 7. A heater is formed in a substantially U-shape and buried in a base member, and a number of dimples are arranged inside and outside the heater along the heater, and a part of the recess is formed inside the heater. 7. The iron according to claim 5, which is connected to the provided dimple. 8. A vaporization chamber for generating steam is formed in a base member, and a steam ejection hole connected to the vaporization chamber is provided in the dimple, and the steam ejection hole is provided in a dimple provided in front of a dimple connected to the depression. The iron according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the iron is formed. 9. The heater has a heating wire buried in a pipe, and a connection terminal connected to the heating wire and having one end protruding outward from the pipe, and a rear end of the recess being connected to the heating wire. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the heating wire and the connection terminal are located behind the connection portion.
The iron according to any one of claims 1 to 8. 10. The heater according to claim 1, wherein the heater is exposed from the base member embedded in front of the rear end of the base member, and the rear end of the recess is located behind the exposed portion of the heater. Or the iron according to item 1. 11. The iron according to claim 1, wherein the heat conductor is made of a paste-like silicone compound. 12. The iron according to claim 1, wherein the hanging surface member is made of a stainless steel thin plate.