JPH06105996A - Spray iron - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the spray iron capable of effectively and smoothly ironing by spraying mist as soon as the ironing work is performed as needed. CONSTITUTION:The spray iron is provided with an iron 1 with a water tank 16, spray nozzle 33a, 33b, 33c provided to the iron 1 and a power pump 48 spraying the mist from the relevant spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c, and 33d by pumping the water up of the tank 16 and forcedly feeding the water to the spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c, and 33d.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spray iron capable of ejecting mist (fog) as needed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional iron of this type, a water tank arranged in the front part of an iron body is provided with a manual spray mechanism, and the water in the water tank is removed by operating the spray mechanism with a fingertip. It is configured so that it can be atomized and ejected toward the front side of the iron body.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional spray iron, the mist is ejected only while the spray mechanism is operated by the fingertip, and therefore, the mist is sprayed on the cloth while ironing. Is difficult to spray.

That is, in the conventional spray iron,
First, you must operate the spray mechanism with your fingertips to spray a mist on the cloth, and then press the base of the iron body against the cloth to move it and perform the ironing work, which is the same as the actual ironing work. You cannot spray mist at the same time. When it is necessary to spray the mist during the ironing work, the ironing work must be interrupted and the spray mechanism must be operated with the fingertips each time. When trying to spray a larger amount of mist, the spray mechanism must be repeatedly operated with the fingertips many times, which not only reduces the work efficiency of ironing but also causes fatigue of the fingertips. The work becomes troublesome.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a point, and an object thereof is to perform ironing work efficiently and comfortably by ejecting a mist at the same time as ironing work as needed. It is to provide a spray iron that can advance.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides an iron body having a water tank, a spray nozzle provided in the iron body,
An electric pump for sucking the water in the water tank and sending the water under pressure to the spray nozzle to eject mist from the spray nozzle.

[0007]

When the electric pump is operated, the water in the water tank is sucked into the electric pump, the water is pressure-fed to the spray nozzle, and is ejected as mist from the spray nozzle. Therefore, there is no need for the troublesome and troublesome procedure of manually spraying the mist on the fabric and then shifting to the ironing work as in the past, and it is possible to efficiently eject the mist during the ironing work and efficiently. It is possible to comfortably proceed with ironing work.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is an iron body, and this iron body 1 is a base 2 formed of, for example, aluminum die casting.
A cover 3 is provided on the upper surface of the cover 3, the upper surface of the cover 3 is covered with a heat shield plate 4, and a handle 5 is mounted on the heat shield plate 4.

A heater 6 is cast in the base 2, and a vaporization chamber 7 is formed on the upper surface thereof, and the inside of the vaporization chamber 7 is passed through a steam ejection hole 8 provided on the lower surface of the base 2 to the lower surface side thereof. Is in communication with.

A water joint 9 is provided on the upper surface of the cover 3, and a drip nozzle 10 is provided on the lower surface at one end of the water joint 9.
Is provided, and the inside of the water joint 9 communicates with the inside of the vaporization chamber 7 through the dropping nozzle 10. Also water passage 9
An opening 11 is formed on the upper surface at the other end of the push rod 12, and a push rod 12 is formed inside the opening 11. The upper end of the push rod 12 projects through the opening 11 and above the water joint 9.

At the front part of the iron body 1, for example, a water tank 16 of a cassette type is detachably provided. An outlet 17 and a valve mechanism 18 are provided at the bottom of the water tank 16, and the valve mechanism 18 has a disc-shaped valve body 21 attached to an intermediate portion of a valve rod 20 slidably supported by a support body 19. The valve body 21 is elastically biased via a spring 22 in the direction in which the outlet 17 is arranged, that is, in the direction of closing the outlet 17.

The outflow port 17 is the opening 11 of the water passage joint 9.
Liquid-tightly connected to the push rod 12 of the water through fitting 9 in this state.
Comes into contact with the valve rod 20 and pushes the valve body 21 upward against the spring 22, whereby the outlet 17 is held in an open state, and the water contained in the water tank 16 passes through the outlet 17. The water flows into the water joint 9, and the water is further dropped into the vaporization chamber 7 through the dropping nozzle 10.

A water injection port 23 is formed in the upper front part of the water tank 16, and a water injection lid 24 is provided on the water injection port 23. The water injection lid 24 is opened to enter the water tank 16 from the water injection port 23. Water can be poured as appropriate.

The lower end of the opening / closing rod 25 is vertically movably inserted into the upper surface of one end of the water through joint 9 so that the dropping nozzle 10 is opened / closed by the vertical movement of the opening / closing rod 25. ing. And on the upper part of the front end of the handle 5,
An operation knob 26 that interlocks with the opening / closing rod 25 is provided. By operating the operation knob 26, the opening / closing rod 25 is moved up and down to open / close the drip nozzle 10, and by this opening / closing, water is dropped into the vaporization chamber 7. Can be controlled.

A first joint pipe 30 is provided on the upper surface of the tip of the base 2, and the first joint pipe 30 has one inflow portion 31 and three forked portions as shown in FIG. It has three branching outflow parts 32, and spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c are attached to each outflow part 32, respectively.

Spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c
As shown in FIG. 4, each outflow portion 3 of the first joint pipe 30 is
The first joint pipe 30 is supported on the upper surface of the base 2 by being screwed around the outer periphery of the tip end of the mounting plate 34 with the mounting plate 34 interposed therebetween.

The spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 3
A spray hole 35 having a small diameter for spraying mist is formed on the end face of 3c on the tip side, and a water guide rod 36 for increasing water pressure is provided inside the spray hole 35. The outflow portion 32 has an outflow hole 37 on the end face at the tip thereof, and a ball valve 38 is provided for the outflow hole 37 so that the ball valve 38 is pressed against the opening edge of the outflow hole 37 via a spring 39. It is elastically biased.

Spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the tips has a heat shield plate 4
Of the spray nozzle 33a of one of the three spray nozzles 33a, which faces the diagonally downward direction of the iron main body 1 and is exposed to the outside.
b and 33c are supported so as to face the iron body 1 obliquely downward and laterally.

A water drop receiver 40 is attached to the tip of the base 2, and a receiving groove 41 is formed on the upper surface of the water drop receiver 40 as shown in FIG. 5, and the receiving groove 41 is used as the spray nozzles 30a, 30b. The spray nozzles 30a, 30b, 30 are arranged so as to face the tip portion of 30c.
When the water drop is dropped from the tip of c, the water drop can be received by the receiving groove 41 to prevent the water drop from adhering to the cloth. The water droplets flowing into the receiving groove 41 eventually evaporate and disappear due to the heat of the base 2.

On the lower surface of the rear side of the base 2, there is formed a concave portion 44 which expands in a tapered shape, and a spray nozzle 33d is provided on the upper portion of this concave portion 44.
d is attached to the second joint pipe 45 so that its tip end surface is exposed inside the recess 44 and faces downward. Since the internal structure of the spray nozzle 33d is the same as the internal structure of the spray nozzles 30a, 30b, 30c shown in FIG. 4, the description thereof will be omitted.

An electric pump 48 is provided on the upper rear side of the base 2. The electric pump 48 has one suction port 49 and two first and second discharge ports 50, 51. A hose 52 is provided between the suction port 49 and the side surface of the water through fitting 9, and water in the water through fitting 9 can be sucked through the hose 52. A hose 53 is provided between the one outlet 50 and the inflow portion 31 of the first joint pipe 30, and the second joint pipe 45 is connected to the other outlet 51. .

A switching valve 54 is provided in the electric pump 48, and the water sucked into the electric pump 48 is pumped only to the first joint pipe 30 by the operation of the switching valve 54. It is possible to switch between the case where the pressure is fed only to the joint pipe 45 of.

A control circuit section 47 for controlling the electric pump 48 and the switching valve 54 is provided in the handle 5, and an operation button 55 for giving a control command to the control circuit section 47.
Is arranged on the upper surface of the handle 5.

An annular water drop receiver 56 is provided in the opening at the lower end of the recess 44 so as to be flush with the lower surface of the base 2. The upper surface of the water drop receiver 56 has a circular shape as shown in FIG. An annular receiving groove 57 is formed, and water droplets attached to the inner surface of the recess 44 can be received by the receiving groove 57 to prevent the attachment of water droplets to the fabric. The water droplets flowing into the receiving groove 57 eventually evaporate and disappear due to the heat of the base 2. Next, the operation will be described.

When the base 2 is heated to the set temperature via the heater 6 and the operation button 55 is pressed once with the fingertip in this state,
The electric pump 48 operates under the control of the control circuit unit 47, and the first discharge port 50 is opened via the switching valve 54. Then, the water coupling 9 is activated by the operation of the electric pump 48.
The water inside is sequentially sucked into the electric pump 48 through the hose 52, and this water is passed through the first discharge port 50 through the hose 53 to the first joint pipe 3 disposed at the tip portion of the base 2.
It is pumped into 0.

The water pressure-fed into the first joint pipe 30 is divided into the respective outflow portions 32 and, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), flows out while pushing the ball valve 38 against the spring 39. From the holes 37 to the spray nozzles 33a, 33
b, 33c, and this water is further ejected as mist from the spray holes 35 of the spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c to the other side. Then, the water in the water tank 16 sequentially flows into the water passage joint 9, whereby mist ejection from the spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c continues.

When the operation button 55 is continuously pressed twice in such a state, the operation of the electric pump 48 is stopped and the spray of mist from each spray nozzle 33a, 33b, 33c is stopped.

When the operation button 55 is continuously pressed twice under the condition that the electric pump 48 stops operating, the electric pump 48 operates and the second valve is operated via the switching valve 54.
The discharge port 51 of is opened. Then, by the operation of the electric pump 48, the water in the water passage coupling 9 is sequentially sucked into the electric pump 48 through the hose 52, and the water is discharged into the second discharge port 5
It is pressure-fed into the second joint pipe 30 from 0, and is sequentially ejected as mist from the spray nozzle 33d arranged on the lower surface portion of the base 2. When the operation button 55 is pressed once in such a state, the operation of the electric pump 48 is stopped, and the mist ejection from the spray nozzle 33d is stopped.

When spraying mist from the spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c arranged at the tip of the base 2, these spray nozzles 33a, 33b, 33c are used.
Is directed toward the front side and the side side of the iron body 1, the mist can be diffused and sprayed in a relatively wide range of the outer peripheral portion on the tip side of the iron body 1. Therefore, in such a case, , If the cloth to be ironed is large and has wrinkles in a large area, iron the iron while applying a mist evenly to the wrinkles and spread the wrinkles efficiently on the lower surface of the base 2. be able to.

When mist is sprayed from the spray nozzle 33d arranged on the lower surface of the base 2, the mist sprayed from the spray nozzle 33d is restricted by the recess 44 so as to be concentrated in a certain range. When the wrinkles of a thick fabric are deeply wrinkled or a part of the fabric is strongly wrinkled, a mist can be sprayed on that part to spread the wrinkles efficiently.

On the other hand, the opening / closing rod 25 is opened by the operation knob 26.
When the dripping nozzle 10 is opened by operating, the water in the water passage joint 9 drips from the dripping nozzle 10 into the vaporization chamber 7, and the water is vaporized by the heat of the base 2 to become steam, This steam is the steam ejection hole 8 on the bottom surface of the base 2.
Since it is spouted from, it is also possible to spout and use mist and steam at the same time. It is also possible to stop the spray of mist and spray only steam, or to stop both the spray of mist and steam and use the so-called dry state.

As described above, the mist can be automatically and appropriately ejected through the electric pump 48, and therefore, the mist is manually sprayed on the cloth as in the conventional case, and then the ironing operation is started. The troublesome and troublesome procedure is not necessary, and the mist can be jetted out arbitrarily during the ironing work, so that the ironing work can be carried out efficiently and comfortably. Of course, the mist can be sprayed on the cloth in advance before the electric pump 48 is operated to start the ironing work, or the mist can be sprayed independently of the ironing.

In the above embodiment, the structure capable of spraying steam was described as an example, but the structure may be capable of spraying only mist, and the water tank is also ironed. It is not limited to the cassette type that can be attached to and detached from the main body, and may be integrally formed with the iron main body.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even during the ironing work, the mist can be arbitrarily and automatically ejected, so that the ironing work can be efficiently and comfortably carried out, and the usability is greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a steam iron according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of the steam iron.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a spray nozzle provided on the steam iron.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the spray nozzle.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a water drop receiver provided at a tip portion of the steam iron.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a water drop receiver provided on a lower surface portion of the steam iron.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Iron body 16 ... Water tank 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d ... Spray nozzle 48 ... Electric pump

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An iron body provided with a water tank, a spray nozzle provided on the iron body, and water sucking water in the water tank and pumping the water to the spray nozzle to generate mist from the spray nozzle. A spray iron, comprising an electric pump for jetting. 2. The spray iron according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of spray nozzles are provided, and at least one of the spray nozzles is directed obliquely downward and forward of the iron body.