JPH0716559B2 - Iron - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an iron having a water storage tank provided with a pump mechanism.

(Prior Art) In general, ironing gives plastic deformation to fibers by the action of heat, moisture and pressure. That is, the arrangement of the fiber molecules is changed by the steam energy generated by evaporating the water by heat and the pressure generated by the weight of the iron or the force of the operator to push the wrinkles of the fiber or to pleat. Therefore,
Any one of heat, moisture and pressure is essential for good ironing.

Recently, it has been considered to provide a water storage tank with a pump mechanism and to supply water to the fibers when ironing is performed by the pump mechanism.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional iron, the water storage tank having the pump mechanism is fixed to the iron body. Therefore, when supplying water to the water storage tank or draining water from the water storage tank, the water storage tank had to be handled together with the iron body, which made the water supply / drainage work difficult and very inconvenient.

Further, in order to provide a pump mechanism in the water storage tank, there are many cylinders, pistons, water conduits that connect one end to the cylinder and form a water conduit to which the discharge port body is attached to the other end, such as a cylinder. Since parts are required, the cost is increased, and many parts must be assembled by water-tightly adhering to the water storage tank, which causes a problem that productivity is lowered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to easily perform the water supply / drainage work to a water storage tank and to reduce the number of parts by integrally forming the parts constituting the pump mechanism. It is to provide an iron designed to simplify the assembly work.

[Structure of Invention]

(Means and Actions for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has an iron body and a water storage tank made of synthetic resin, and the water storage tank discharges internal water. In the iron provided with a pump mechanism including a cylinder, a piston, and a discharge port body connected to the cylinder via a water guiding portion, the water storage tank is detachably provided in the iron body, and It is characterized in that the cylinder and the water guiding portion are integrally formed with the water storage tank.

With such a configuration, when water is supplied to or drained from the water storage tank, the water supply / drainage work can be easily performed by removing the water storage tank from the iron body. Since the water conduit is integrally formed with the water storage tank, the number of parts can be reduced.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, 1 is an iron body. The iron body 1 includes a base 2 in which a heater (not shown) formed by aluminum die casting is embedded, a cover 3 capped on the upper surface of the base 2, a heat shield plate 4 and a heat shield plate laminated on the upper surface of the cover 3. The handle 5 is provided on the rear end side of the upper surface of the heating plate 4. The handle body 5 has a cavity 6 in its central portion,
A handle 7 is formed in the upper part by the cavity 6.
The handle 7 has a hollow shape, and an engaging portion 8 composed of a step is formed at the front open end. Further, the handle body 5 is provided with a temperature controller 9 for adjusting the heating temperature of the base 2 by the heater in the central portion thereof. And
In the iron body 1 thus configured, the water storage tank 10 is detachably provided on the front end side of the upper surface of the heat shield plate 4. The water storage tank 10 is formed of, for example, a transparent synthetic resin so that the side surface has an L shape, and a water injection port body 11 formed of an opaque synthetic resin is provided on the front surface thereof. A recess 12 is formed on the upper surface of the water storage tank 10, and the recess 12 is closed by a cover plate 13. The lid plate 13 is provided with an operation button 15 for operating a pump mechanism 14 provided in the recess 12. The above pump mechanism
14 is configured as follows. That is, the cylinder 17 that forms the cylinder chamber is integrally formed on the upper surface of the upper plate 16 that forms the recess 12 of the water storage tank 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, on the lower surface of the upper surface plate 16, a pair of ridges 18, 18 which are parallel and separated from each other and are opposed to each other are integrally formed by protruding molding.
A groove 19 is formed as a water guiding portion, one end of which communicates with the cylinder 17. The open end of the groove 19 is closed by a plate-like body 19a, and the other end of the groove 19 faces the water injection body 11, and a discharge port body 20 is attached to this end. Further, the cylinder 17 is provided with a connection port body 21 at the bottom thereof, and a water absorption pipe 23 having a valve body 22 housed in the upper end thereof is provided with the lower end thereof facing the inner bottom part of the water storage tank 10. The upper end is connected. In addition, the cylinder 24 has a piston 24
Is movably provided. The shaft from this piston 24
25 is extended, the operation button 15 is integrally provided on the shaft 25, and the operation button 15 is biased in the upward direction by a spring 26. Therefore, by repeating the pressing operation of the operation button 15, the water in the water storage tank 10 is sucked into the water absorption pipe.
After being sucked into the cylinder 17 from 23, it is sprayed from the discharge port body 20 through the groove 19.

Further, an L-shaped tongue piece 27 extends from the lid plate 13 on the back surface of the water storage tank 10, and the tongue piece 27 engages with the handle 7 when the water storage tank 10 is attached to the iron body 1. Joint part 8
Is elastically engaged with.

According to the iron configured as described above, since the water storage tank 10 is detachably provided on the iron body 1, when water is supplied to the water storage tank 10 when in use or when water is drained from the water storage tank 10 when not in use. In the water tank
It can be performed by removing 10 from the iron body 1.
That is, since the water storage tank 10 can be handled independently during water supply / drainage, the water supply / drainage work can be easily performed.

Further, a groove 19 as a water guiding portion that connects the cylinder 17 of the pump mechanism 14 and the discharge port body 20 is integrally formed with the upper surface plate 16 forming the water storage tank 10. Therefore, since the groove 19 does not have to be a single part as in the conventional case, the number of parts of the pump mechanism 14 can be reduced, and also the cylinder 17 need not be watertightly connected with an adhesive or the like. Therefore, the pump mechanism 14 can be easily assembled. Further, in the above embodiment, the cylinder 17 is also integrally formed with the upper surface plate 16, so that the number of parts can be reduced and the assembling work can be simplified.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and for example, the groove as the water guiding portion may be formed on the upper surface side of the upper surface plate. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the water guiding portion is formed with a groove by a pair of ridges, and the open end of this groove is closed with a plate-like body.However, by previously forming a hollow groove integrally with the upper plate, Of course, it may be used as a headrace. Further, the water absorption pipe may be integrally formed with the upper plate, and such a configuration can significantly reduce the number of parts and simplify the assembling work.

The pump mechanism according to the present invention can also be applied to a steam iron equipped with a steam generating mechanism.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the water storage tank is provided with the pump mechanism for discharging the water in the water storage tank, and the water guiding portion for connecting the discharge port body to the cylinder constituting the pump mechanism is integrally formed with the water storage tank. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the conventional pump mechanism in which the cylinder and the water guiding part are separate parts. Moreover, since it is not necessary to connect the water guiding portion to the cylinder in a watertight manner with an adhesive or the like, the pump mechanism can be assembled efficiently. Further, since the pump mechanism is provided in the water storage tank that can be attached to and detached from the iron body, the performance inspection of the pump mechanism can be efficiently performed only with the water storage tank. Further, since the water storage tank is detachable from the iron body, water supply or drainage work to the water storage tank can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic structure, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a cross section of a main part, and FIG.
The drawing is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1 ... Iron body, 10 ... Water tank, 14 ... Pump mechanism,
17 ... Cylinder, 19 ... Groove (water guide part), 20 ... Discharge port body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An iron body and a water storage tank made of synthetic resin. The water storage tank is connected to a cylinder for discharging internal water, a piston, and the cylinder via a water guiding portion. In an iron provided with a pump mechanism including a discharge port, the water storage tank is detachably provided on the iron body, and the cylinder and the water guiding portion of the pump mechanism are integrally formed with the water storage tank. Characteristic iron.