JP6038209B2 - Iron - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an iron used for extending a bag such as cloth.

  Conventionally, this type of invention includes an iron body (2), a grip (4) provided on the upper side of the iron body (2), and the iron body ( 2) There is a steam iron having a base plate (bottom plate portion 11) with the hooking surface (9) facing downward at the lower side, and the front end side of the hooking surface (9) being gradually narrowed. In addition, the number in the said parenthesis shows the code | symbol in patent document 1. FIG.

By the way, when ironing the main parts with a relatively small area such as buttons, collars, sleeves, etc. in clothes using a conventional iron, heat is transmitted by applying a pressing force locally to the clothes, etc. In order to prevent this, there is a case where the narrow hanging surface front end side portion is strongly pressed against clothing or the like.
However, when the work is performed in this manner, the pressing surface is inclined so that the hooking surface faces obliquely downward in the forward direction, so that the pressing force is excessively concentrated on the front edge of the hooking surface and the rear side In this case, the pressing force may be extremely weak or a gap may be formed between the cloth surface and the main part may not be properly ironed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-9297

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said conventional situation, The process made into the subject is to provide the iron which can favorably iron the principal part with a comparatively small area.

One means for solving the above problems is an iron including an iron body having a gripping portion and a base plate with the hooking surface facing downward on the lower side of the iron body, and the hooking surface is positioned on the rear side. Partitioning into a large area part and a small area part located in front of the large area part and having a small area, and tilting the small area part forward and obliquely upward with respect to the large area part. A steam ejection hole is provided, and a steam ejection hole is not provided in the large area portion .

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to satisfactorily iron the main part having a relatively small area.

It is a side view which shows an example of the iron which concerns on this invention. The base board of the iron is shown, (a) is a side view, (b) is a bottom view. It is a side view of the use state of the iron, (a) shows the state in which the large area portion is in contact with the ironing object, and (b) shows the state in which the small area portion is in contact with the ironing object. . It is the schematic diagram which planarly viewed the state which is ironing the principal part of the ironing target object with the same iron, and hatching shows the contact part of a hooking surface and the said target object.

The first feature of the present embodiment is that an iron including an iron body having a gripping portion and a base plate with the hooking surface facing downward on the lower side of the iron main body, the hooking surface is positioned on the rear side. The large area part is divided into a small area part that is located in front of the large area part and has a small area, and the small area part is inclined forward and obliquely upward with respect to the large area part.
According to this configuration, since the small area portion located on the front side can be pressed strongly against the cloth or the like, a portion that is prone to wrinkles on the cloth or the like (for example, around the collar, around the pocket, around the button) For example, it is possible to satisfactorily iron the main part having a relatively small area.

  As a second feature, the width of the small area portion is made smaller than the width of the large area portion in order to favorably iron a fine portion.

As a third feature, a steam ejection hole is provided in the small area portion, and a steam ejection hole is not provided in the large area portion.
According to this configuration, in a normal state, steam is ejected from a steam ejection hole having a small area that is not in contact with the ironing object, and the steam diffuses along the object. Then, the surface to which the steam is applied can be ironed by a small area portion or a large area portion.
That is, in the prior art having a steam ejection hole on the surface in contact with the fabric, there is a problem that steam hits only a narrow range corresponding to the steam ejection hole, or dirt on the inner edge of the steam ejection hole is transferred to the object. Although there is a possibility, according to this invention, such a malfunction can be eliminated and an ironing operation can be performed efficiently.

  As a fourth feature, in particular, one side portion of both side portions near the front end of the hooking surface in order to satisfactorily perform the ironing operation around the projections such as buttons and decorations. Only the cut-out portion was provided on the hook surface to make it asymmetrical.

  As a fifth feature, the small area is formed so that the lateral width gradually becomes narrower toward the front in order to better perform ironing work on a fine main part. The notch was provided only on one side of the part.

It should be noted that the embodiments described later also disclose an invention that does not include a part of the above-described features and that only requires the following constituent elements.
That is, the present invention provides an iron including an iron body having a grip portion and a base plate having a hooking surface directed downward on the lower side of the iron body, and one of the two sides near the front end of the hooking surface. A cut-out portion was provided only on the side portion of the plate to make the hooked surface asymmetrical.
According to the said structure, the site | part around the said protrusion of a target object can be efficiently ironed, for example so that protrusions, such as a button and a decoration, may escape by a notch part. In addition, since the notch is provided only on one side and the notch is not provided on the other side, heat transfer efficiency is good. That is, if it is configured to have notches on both sides, heat easily escapes to both sides, but in the present invention, the heat accumulated on the side portion having no notches is efficiently removed. Can conduct to the side.

Next, a preferred embodiment having the above features will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In the present specification, “downward” means a direction having a hooking surface in the iron (downward according to FIG. 1), and “upward” means a direction opposite to the “downward”.
In addition, “front” means a direction (in the right direction according to FIG. 1) that is the front when the iron is gripped in a normal usage, and “rear” refers to the “front”. It means the reverse direction. In particular, in the illustrated iron 1, as shown in FIG. 3, when the grip portion 11 is gripped by a hand in a normal usage, the direction in which the thumb p and index finger i are positioned is the “front”. The direction in which the little finger ch is located is the “rear”. Further, the iron 1 in the illustrated example has a substantially V-shaped or substantially triangular outline in which the lateral width gradually decreases from one end to the other end, and the “front” gradually decreases the lateral width. It is the direction to go (rightward according to FIG. 2 (b)).
In addition, “left and right” refers to a center line C (virtual line) that divides the large-area portion 21a into two in the horizontal direction when the iron 1 with the tip directed forward is viewed from above (see FIG. 4). In this case, it means one side and the other side (left side and right side according to FIG. 4) with the center line C as a boundary (reference).
The “lateral width” means a width in a direction substantially perpendicular to the center line C.

  The iron 1 includes an iron body 10 having a grip portion 11 and a base plate 20 with a hooking surface 21 facing downward on the lower side of the iron body 10. When ironing using this iron 1, the holding part 11 is held by hand and the hooking surface 21 is pressed against the object a (see FIG. 3).

The iron body 10 is formed of a synthetic resin material or the like, and has a tank (not shown) for storing water for generating steam, a heater (not shown) for heating water in the tank, and the like. Is provided.
The outer portion of the iron body 10 has a grip 11, a steam button 12 for generating steam, a power cord (not shown) for supplying power to the heater, and a temperature for adjusting the heater. A temperature adjustment knob (not shown), a pilot lamp (not shown) that is turned on or off according to a power source, a temperature state, and the like are provided.

The gripping part 11 is a part that an operator or the like grips by hand during ironing. The grip portion 11 is disposed on the upper side of the through hole 13 on the upper side of the iron body 10 and is formed in a substantially shaft shape that is long in the front-rear direction.
As shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the grip portion 11 is grasped by a hand such that the thumb p and the index finger i are located on the front side, and the little finger ch is located on the rear side.
In addition, the holding part 11 is. Any configuration that can be gripped by hand is possible, and shapes other than the illustrated example can be used.

  The steam button 12 is a push button switch for switching modes of ironing work (that is, switching between steam and dry). For example, the steam button 12 is configured to be dry when pushed or protruded, and to be steam when reversed.

The base plate 20 is provided on the lower side of the iron body 10 so that the hooking surface 21 faces downward.
The base plate 20 is formed by molding a metal material having relatively high thermal conductivity into a predetermined shape by die casting such as die casting.
A steam generation chamber (not shown) is provided on the upper surface side of the base plate 20, and the steam generated in the steam generation chamber is ejected to the lower side of the base plate 20 through a steam ejection hole 22 described later. .
And the lower surface of this base board 20 becomes the hanging surface 21 pressed against the ironing target object a, such as cloth. The hooking surface 21 is coated with a fluororesin or the like in order to reduce frictional resistance with respect to the object a, improve corrosion resistance, or the like.

  The hooking surface 21 is divided into a large area portion 21a located on the rear side and a small area portion 21b located on the front side of the large area portion 21a and having a small area and width.

The large area portion 21a is formed in a flat surface shape having a relatively large area, and according to an example shown in FIG. 2B, the large area portion 21a has a left-right symmetrical shape in which the lateral width gradually decreases toward the front.
The large area portion 21 a is not provided with the steam ejection holes 22.

The small area portion 21b has a substantially triangular shape in a plan view in which the lateral width gradually narrows toward the front in front of the large area portion 21a, and is inclined and inclined to be inclined obliquely forward and upward with respect to the large area portion 21a. It is formed in a planar shape. And the angle (alpha) of the virtual plane extended continuously ahead and the large area part 21a and the small area part 21b is set to about 1-20 degree | times (refer Fig.2 (a)). When the upper limit of the angle range is exceeded, ironing workability may be significantly reduced.
The small area portion 21b is provided with a plurality of steam ejection holes 22. As shown in FIG. 2 (b), a plurality of these steam ejection holes 22 are disposed along the substantially triangular outline of the small area portion 21b, and a plurality of steam ejection holes 22 are also disposed near the center of the small area portion 21b. Is done.

  Moreover, the small area part 21b has the notch part 23 only in the one side part among the both sides near the front end. That is, the front end of the hooking surface 21 is asymmetrical due to the cutout 23.

  The notch 23 has a smooth concave curved contour, and the curvature, depth, width, etc. of the recess are the outer circumference of the button a1 having an average diameter used for clothing or the like as shown in FIG. It sets suitably so that it may fit in a part.

Next, the characteristic effect of the iron 1 having the above configuration will be described in detail.
First, as shown in FIG. 3A, in a state where the entire surface of the large area portion 21a is in contact with the object a to be ironed, the small area portion 21b is inclined obliquely upward and away from the object a. .
As shown in FIG. 3 (b), holding the grip portion 11 with a hand, the large area portion 21a is separated from the object a, and the small area portion 21b located on the front side is brought into contact with the object a. Area part 21b can be pressed strongly against the essential parts of clothing, etc., and fine essential parts such as around the collar, sleeves, pockets and buttons can be efficiently ironed. .

Further, in the initial state shown in FIG. 3A, steam is ejected from the steam ejection hole 22 of the small area portion 21b that is not in contact with the object a, and this steam gradually diffuses along the surface of the object a. . Therefore, after that, it is possible to efficiently iron a relatively wide area of the object a to which the steam is applied using the large area portion 21a or the small area portion 21b.
Further, in the initial state where the iron 1 is placed on the object a (see FIG. 3A), since the edge on the outlet side of the steam ejection hole 22 does not contact the object a, the steam ejection hole is formed in the object a. Thus, it is possible to prevent the mark 22 from being attached, the dirt of the steam ejection hole 22 from being transferred to the object a, and the steam from hitting only a narrow range corresponding to the inside of the steam ejection hole 22.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when ironing around the button a <b> 1 in the object a, the button a <b> 1 is released by the notch 23 and the vicinity of the button a <b> 1 in the object a is ironed. It is possible to prevent the button a1 from hitting the base plate 20 and damaging the button a1.
In addition, during the ironing, heat accumulated in a portion of the base plate 20 that does not have the notch portion 23 (the right side portion on the front end side according to FIG. 4) is conducted to the notch portion 23 side. Compared with the case where notches are provided on both sides, heat is less radiated from the side and heat conduction is good, and as a result, ironing can be performed efficiently.
Further, when ironing around the pocket, the collar, and the sleeve around the object a, it is possible to efficiently iron the cutout 23 along the outline of each main part.

  In addition, according to the said Example, although the small area part 21b was formed in flat surface shape as a particularly preferable example, as another example, it is also possible to form the small area part 21b in convex curve shape.

  In addition, according to the above embodiment, the hanging surface 21 is formed so that the lateral width gradually decreases gradually toward the front. However, as another example, the hanging surface 21 has a stepwise width toward the front. It is also possible to make it narrower.

  Moreover, according to the said Example, although the notch part 23 was formed in the concave curve shape, as another example, the notch part 23 can be made into the concave shape which does not have a curve, V shape, and other concave shapes. Is possible.

  Moreover, according to the said Example, although the notch part 23 was provided only in one side part in the small area part 21b, as another example, the notch part 23 is provided only in one side part in the small area part 21b. It is also possible to provide it.

  Further, according to the illustrated example, the notch portion 23 is provided only on the left side portion of the hooking surface 21 so that a right-handed worker can easily use (see FIG. 4). For ease of use, the notch 23 may be provided only on the right side of the hooking surface 21.

  Moreover, according to the said Example, although the steam ejection hole 22 was provided only in the small area part 21b as a particularly preferable example, as another example, the steam ejection hole 22 is provided also in the large area part 21a, It is also possible to construct an iron exclusively for drying by omitting the steam ejection holes 22.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Iron 10: Iron main body 11: Grasp part 20: Base board 21: Hanging surface 21a: Large area part 21b: Small area part 22: Steam ejection hole 23: Notch part

Claims (4)

In an iron provided with an iron body having a grip portion and a base plate with the hooking surface facing downward on the lower side of the iron body,
The hooking surface is partitioned into a large area portion located on the rear side and a small area portion located on the front side of the large area portion and having a small area, and the small area portion is inclined forward with respect to the large area portion. Tilt upward ,
An iron , wherein a steam ejection hole is provided in the small area portion, and a steam ejection hole is not provided in the large area portion .   The iron according to claim 1, wherein a width of the small area portion is smaller than a width of the large area portion. 3. The iron according to claim 1, wherein a notch portion is provided only on one side portion of both side portions near the front end of the hooking surface to make the hooking surface left-right asymmetric . 4. The iron according to claim 3, wherein the small area portion is formed so that the lateral width is gradually narrowed toward the front, and the cutout portion is provided only on one side portion of the small area portion .

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