JPS61109600A - Steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam iron whose water tank can be attached to and removed from the base body.

(O) Prior art This type of conventional steam iron is, for example, JP-A-59-
46996jj) Like a minute silver, the lock release button for attaching and detaching the water tank is located on the front part of the top surface of the handle.
This lock release button hits my hand and gets in the way when ironing, and when I want to remove the water tank, I have to hold the handle with one hand while operating the lock release button, and remove the water tank with the other hand. In particular, there was a drawback that the handle body was difficult to operate.

In addition, with the drip hole that supplies water to the steam generation chamber of the base body formed on the side of the water tank left open, remove the water tank by lifting it and wetting the floor with water droplets. There were also such shortcomings.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention Therefore, the purpose of this research is to improve the operability of the water tank as well as to prevent water droplets from falling from the water tank when the water tank is removed. shall be.

B) Means for solving the problem The present invention includes a base body having a heater and a steam generation chamber, a handle body disposed on the upper surface of the base body, and a handle body disposed at the front part of the handle body. A lock release button is disposed on one side of the water tank for operating a lock rod that engages and disengages the handle, and a lock release button is disposed on one side of the water tank, and a lock release button is disposed on the other side of the water tank. This problem is solved by providing opening/closing buttons for opening and closing the drip holes that communicate with each other, and the opening/closing buttons close the drip holes when the pressure is applied.

(E) Function The present invention provides a water tank in which the lock release button and opening/closing button are simultaneously held. Once removed, the drip hole is always closed and its operability is extremely simple.

(to) Example (1) Hasteam iron body with heater 12 inside)
and a base body +5) having a steam generation chamber (3) and a 1 fFt heat cover 14) disposed on the top surface thereof, a handle rest (6) disposed on the top surface of the base body (5), and the station It consists of a water tank 17) which is attached and detached between the hand body (6) and the pacer (5).

The base body 15) has a steam hole (8) bored in the bottom surface, and the steam hole (8) is covered with a bottom cover +1G with a V-shaped through hole (9) for attachment and detachment. The steam generation chamber (
3) communicates with the steam hole (8) and has a top surface with a communication hole (
11) is covered with steam vapor u2. The heat-resistant cover +41K exposes a cylindrical packing αJ molded from heat-resistant resin, and this cylindrical packing 1131 is provided with an injection hole (141) that communicates between the inside and outside, and a communication hole that communicates with the communication hole (111). It has the shape of a space (S).U51 is a temperature-inverting bimetal that inverts to curve downward when the temperature reaches the temperature at which steam is generated from water droplets, and there is a communicating space approximately in the center of the bimetal that passes through the turnip and the unsightly part 113. (S)
The upper and lower rods facing inward +161 serve as the main points, and the upper and lower rods +16
) is provided with a water drop valve Uη that opens the injection hole when the steam generation temperature is reached.

Further, the station hand body (6) has a fixed part (6a) fixed to the upper rear part of the Mars body (5), a grip part (6b), and a projecting part (6C), and Lock tank +7) #
A bulging portion (6d) tl is formed and a slope (6e) is formed. The front part of the inclined surface part (6e) is stepped down substantially horizontally to form a stepped part, and this stepped part (18) K forms an engagement hole (2).

The storage space (6C) and the base body '5)
6). Inside the overhang # (6C) is a light emitting diode (6) (D) for displaying the desired guest.
), and a touch switch f211 for selectively displaying them is also provided, and the misting button (2) is slightly exposed. Moreover, various electrical components are arranged inside the grip part (6b) via a board (toward).

The water tank +71 has a U-shaped planar shape, and forms a pair of tank extensions (7a), (7a) that abut the bulging part (6d) and the inclined surface part (6e). An opening/closing amount (up to) for injecting water is provided at the front part of the upper surface of the step part (IIIDK engaging part (7b)), and this opening/closing amount □□ □
It is pressed down using the inclined surface portion (6e) of the handle body (6). On the upper surface of the water tank 17), there is provided a locking rod (2) that engages and disengages with the six locking locks and can be freely retracted and retracted via a first spring (support).
An opening/closing rod for opening and closing a drip hole formed on the bottom surface of the injection hole 141 and communicating with the injection hole 141 is vertically provided through a second spring 6υ. 621 is a lock release button that pushes down the lock rod to release the lock from the locking hole (support);
A part of the engaging part (7b) is exposed on the - side surface, and when pressed against the third spring (b), the locking rod is pushed down against the first spring (2), and the hand is released. When you release them, they will spring back to their original positions due to the urging force of springs (b) and (2). 9th, (to) is leaf spring 13
This is an opening/closing button that moves the opening/closing lever up and down through the second spring 31) and is always urged to protrude outward by the fourth spring. A hook portion (36a) is formed on the side surface to maintain this suppression inside the engaging portion (7b) when pressed.

That is, when the opening/closing button ■ is pressed, the hook part (66a) is first caught inside the water tank +71, and the opening/closing rod ■ is pushed downward by the leaf spring η, and the lower end of the opening/closing rod ω is pressed. Close the drip hole. Also, when this opening/closing button (2) is returned to its original position, the drip hole will be opened.

The opening/closing button c (6) is the corresponding part (7b) of the water tank (7).
A portion of the lock release button (33) is placed on the other side so as to be exposed, and is designed to be a position where the user can press it at once.

14α is a pump that sucks in water from the water tank 17) and directly discharges it to the outside by pressure from the atomizing water tank, and is provided so as to be exposed to the outside of the water tank 17). It consists of a vibrator (43), a pole substitute stop valve (44), and four piston parts that are moved up and down by the button Q2.

According to the construction, when using the iron, the opening/closing button (6) can be easily pressed and released while holding the handle body (6), and when removing the water tank (17), there are six lock release buttons (8). This can be easily done by simultaneously pinching the opening and closing buttons (to), and since the drip hole is opened with the opening and closing lever at this time, even if the water tank (7) is completely removed, there will be no water inside the water tank (17). Water will not drip to the outside.

(g) Effect of (7) Since the present invention has the above-described tapping structure, the user can press the opening/closing button with one hand while using the iron to select steam generation, and also can store the water tank. It can be easily removed by pinching the opening/closing button and the lock release button at the same time, and at that time, the bottom hole is firmly closed, so the water in the water tank will not leak to the outside from the drip hole. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view of the steam iron of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partially cutaway side view, Fig. 6 is a side view of the same when the water tank is installed and removed, and Fig. 4 is the same side view with the water tank removed. same side view of time,
Figure 5 is a sectional view of the same, Figure 6 is a plan view with a part of the water tank seen through, Figure 7 is a cutaway view of the same main part, and Figure 8 is a sectional view of the same main part from a different direction. . +5)...Pace without rest, (7)...Water tank, -・
...Lock rod, Field...Opening/closing rod, C32...Lock release button, Country...Opening/closing button, Reason...Dripping hole.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A base body having a heater and a steam generation chamber,
It consists of a handle body disposed on the top surface of the base body, and a water tank that is attached to and detached from the top surface of the base body and located in the front part of the handle body, and the handle body is attached to one side of the water tank. The lock release button that operates the lock rod that engages and disengages the
Opening/closing buttons for operating opening/closing rods for opening/closing the drip hole communicating with the steam generation chamber are disposed on the other side, and the opening/closing button is configured to close the drip hole when pressed. Steam iron.