JP2658478B2 - Ironing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ironing device for stretching wrinkles of clothes and the like.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of ironing apparatus is disclosed in, for example,
The configuration shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 498 is adopted, and specifically, the structure is as shown in FIG.

That is, the water tank 2 and the mounting portion 3 are provided on the stand 1, and the iron body 4 is mounted on the mounting portion 3, so that water is supplied into the iron body 4.

However, with such a structure, the iron body 4
Since water is supplied into the iron main body 4 every time the iron is placed on the stand 1, there is a problem that the usability is poor.

In other words, in the ironing operation, an operation of holding the iron body 4 in hand to press and garment the clothes and moving the iron body 4 and an operation of putting the iron on the garment to prepare the clothes are repeatedly performed. The operation of moving 4 and the operation of placing it are frequently repeated.
Therefore, when water is supplied into the iron body 4 every time the iron body 4 is placed as in the related art, water enters the iron body 4 even when ironing is performed in a dry state in which steam is not spouted, Body 4
The heavy weight puts an extra burden on the arms and wrists of the workers, which makes them very tired.

Therefore, the present invention supplies water into the iron main body when ironing is performed by spouting steam, and does not supply water into the iron main body when steam spouting is not required. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an easy-to-use ironing device that reduces the weight of the iron body and does not burden the arm and wrist of the worker.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a base heated by a heater, a vaporization chamber formed in the base, a tank connected to the vaporization chamber, and a water guide connected to the tank. Iron body having a portion, a mounting portion for mounting the iron body, a water storage tank for storing water to be supplied to the tank, a water supply device for supplying water in the water storage tank to a tank of the iron body, the iron body A water supply port connected to the water guide section, a stand having control means for controlling the energization of the heater and the driving of the water supply device, and set to `` steam '' by temperature setting means for arbitrarily setting the temperature of the base. Sometimes, the water supply means is driven.

The ironing device of the present invention has the above-described configuration, in which the operator operates the temperature setting unit when the steam needs to be jetted out,
When the water supply means can be driven when set to "steam", the supply of water to the iron main body can be stopped when the supply of water is originally unnecessary. Therefore, when ironing in a dry state, the weight of the iron body is reduced by the amount of water because there is no water supply,
When the iron body is moved or placed on the stand, no burden is placed on the arm or wrist, so that the ironing operation is easy to handle and can be easily performed.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 4, reference numeral 10 denotes an iron body.
A base 13 having a vaporization chamber 12 covered with a lid 11, a heater 14 for heating the base 13, temperature detecting means 15 such as a thermistor for detecting the temperature of the base 13, and a water conduit 16 for the vaporization chamber 12. A tank 17 connected through the water, an inlet 18 for supplying water to the tank 17, a valve device 19 for opening and closing the inlet 18, a signal terminal for processing an output signal of the temperature detecting means 15,
The apparatus has a temperature signal processing means 21 composed of a plurality of electronic components for outputting to the heater 20, and a power supply pin 22 connected to the heater 14. 23 is a stand, the signal terminal of the iron body 10
A plurality of power supply terminals 24 respectively connected to 20 and the power supply pin 22;
Water supply valve device connected to the valve device 19 of the iron body 10
25, a water storage tank 26 for storing water, a water supply device 2 including a pump for supplying water stored in the water storage tank 26 to the tank via the water supply valve device 25, the valve device 19, and the like.
7. a control means 28 comprising a plurality of electronic components for receiving an output signal of the temperature signal processing means 21 and controlling the energization of the heater 14 and the driving of the water supply device 27;
Temperature setting means 29 for setting 13 to an arbitrary temperature; set temperature display means 3 for displaying the state of the set temperature with an LED or the like
0, a mounting portion 31 for mounting the iron body 10 on the base 13 with the base 13 being inclined.

Here, the valve device 19 and the water supply valve device 25 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG.
, A ball A34 movably disposed in the waterway A33, and a spring A35 for urging the opening 32 to be closed by the ball A34. The water supply valve device 25 is provided with a packing 36 and a water passage B3 having a small opening 37 for making a seal connection at the time of connection with the water passage A33.
8, a ball B39 movably disposed in the water passage B38, a spring B40 for urging the small opening 37 to close the opening 37 with the ball B38, an opening / closing shaft 41, and a shaft guide 42 for movably holding the opening / closing shaft 41. It is configured. The outer diameter of the opening / closing shaft 41 is smaller than the inner diameter of the small opening 37 of the water channel B38, and is configured to be able to move inside the small opening 37. In this configuration, when the iron body 10 is detached from the stand 23, as described above, the opening 32 of the water channel A33 is closed by the ball A34. Similarly, the fore-edge 37 of the waterway B38 is also closed by the ball B39. Here, when the iron main body 10 is mounted on the mounting portion 31 of the stand 23, the opening / closing shaft 41 overcomes the drag of the spring A35 and the spring B40, and separates the ball A34 and the ball B39 from the opening 32 and the forehead 37, respectively. Thus, a water passage is formed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the set temperature display means 30
It is composed of five light emitting diodes of “off”, “low”, “medium”, “high”, and “steam”. “Off” does not energize the heater 14 of the iron body 10, “Low” sets the temperature of the base 13 to about 80 ° C., “Middle” sets the temperature of the base 13 to about
150 ℃, "High" and "Steam" raise the temperature of base 13 to about 200
° C, respectively, and the temperature setting means 29
Each time the user presses the key, the setting is sequentially changed.

 Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

First, in order to perform ironing without blowing out steam at a low temperature, the iron body 10 is placed on the mounting portion of the stand 23.
Place on 31 and turn on the power. At this time, set temperature display means
Since "OFF" is displayed in the display 30, the temperature setting means 29 of the stand 23 is operated once to set the temperature setting to "LOW".
Temperature signal processing means 21 according to the output of the temperature detection means 15
Outputs a signal to the control means 28 via the signal terminal 20. In response to this signal, power is supplied to the heater 2 via the power supply pin 22 and the power supply terminal 24, and the base 13 is set to the set “low” (about 80
° C). Here, ironing can be performed by removing the iron body 10 from the mounting portion 31. In this case, the water supply device 27 is not driven and the iron body is not driven.
No water is supplied to the ten tanks 17.

Next, when ironing is performed by blowing out steam, the temperature setting unit 29 is operated to set the temperature to “steam”. As before, the temperature of the base 13 rises to about 200 ° C. Further, the control means 28 detects that "steam" has been set, and the water supply device 27 is driven. As described above, when the iron body 10 is placed on the stand 23, the water channel of the valve device 19 and the water supply valve playing device 25 is in an open state for the operation of the opening / closing shaft 41, the ball A34, the ball B39, and the like. The water in the water storage tank 26 is sent to the tank 17 through a water supply device 27, a water supply valve device 25, a valve device 19, and an inlet 18.

Here, when the iron body 10 is removed from the mounting portion 31,
Since the signal terminal 20 and the power supply pin 22 are separated from the power supply terminal 24, no temperature signal is input to the control means 28. At this time, the control means 28 detects that the iron main body 10 has been removed from the mounting portion 31, and stops driving the water supply device 27. When ironing, the water in tank 17
The water is sent to the vaporization chamber 12 through the water conduit 16, and is vaporized in the vaporization chamber 12 and spouted from the bottom of the base 13 as steam.

Next, when the iron body 10 is placed on the inclined placement portion 31, the signal terminal 20 and the power supply pin 22 are connected to the power supply terminal 24,
Further, since the valve device 19 and the water supply device 25 are connected in the same manner,
As described above, power is supplied to the heater 2 and water is supplied to the tank 17.

Therefore, water is supplied to the tank 17 in the iron body 10 only when steam is required to be spouted, and water is not supplied when steam is not required to be spouted. Since the weight of 10 is reduced by the amount of water entering the tank 17, the burden on the arm and wrist of the worker is reduced correspondingly. As a result, the ironing operation can be performed easily and easily, and the usability is greatly improved.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a cordless iron is used is described. However, an ironing device in which a power cord is provided in an iron body may be used. The point is that the water supply device can be driven when the temperature is set to the “steam” position by the temperature setting means.

Effect of the Invention As described above, the ironing device of the present invention includes a base heated by a heater, a vaporization chamber formed in the base, a tank connected to the vaporization chamber, an iron body having a water guide connected to the tank, A mounting portion for mounting the iron main body, a water storage tank for storing water to be supplied to the tank, a water supply device for supplying water in the water storage tank to the tank of the iron main body, and a water supply portion of the iron main body are connected. A water supply port, a stand having a control means for controlling energization of the heater and driving of the water supply device, and drives the water supply means when the temperature is set to “steam” by a temperature setting means for arbitrarily setting the temperature of the base. Therefore, when ironing is performed in a dry state, there is no water supply, and the weight of the iron body can be reduced. Therefore, when the iron main body is moved or placed on the stand, no burden is placed on the arm or wrist, so that the ironing work can be easily and easily performed, and the usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of an ironing device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed sectional view of the valve device and a water supply device, FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the same, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part showing a conventional ironing device. 10 Iron body, 12 Vaporization room, 13 Base, 14
... heater, 17 ... tank, 19 ... valve device, 23 ... stand, 25 ... water supply valve device, 26 ... water storage tank, 27 ... water supply device, 28 ... control means, 29 ... temperature setting Means, 31 ……
Mounting part.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A base heated by a heater, a vaporization chamber formed in the base, a tank connected to the vaporization chamber,
An iron body having a water guide connected to the tank;
A mounting portion for mounting the iron main body, a water storage tank for storing water to be supplied to the tank, a water supply device for supplying water in the water storage tank to the tank of the iron main body, and a water supply portion of the iron main body are connected. A water supply port, a stand having a control means for controlling energization of the heater and driving of the water supply device, and drives the water supply means when the temperature is set to “steam” by a temperature setting means for arbitrarily setting the temperature of the base. Ironing device to do.