KR100711752B1 - Garment steamer - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam iron that is ironed while spraying steam on clothes such as trousers or upper garments, and more particularly, to a steam iron having a configuration of a grip member that pulls the trousers tightly.

Description

Steam iron

1 is a perspective view of a steam iron in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the use of the grip member.

Figure 2 relates to a steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a front view showing a non-use state of the grip member.

Figure 3 is a side view showing a state of use by turning the grip member of Figure 1 back.

4 is a front view showing the hanger of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side perspective view of the hanger of FIG. 4 in a folded state; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a rear surface of the support of FIG. 5 in a folded state; FIG.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a state where the forceps are picked up.

8 is a perspective view showing a main part of the grip member;

9 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 8;

10 is a cross-sectional view of the combination of FIG.

11 is a front view showing another use state of the grip member of the present invention.

12 is a front view showing the ironing board of the present embodiment.

13 and 14 are a perspective view of the coupling and separation showing the ironing board of Figure 12 from the back.

15 is a perspective view showing a steam nozzle of the present embodiment.

16 is a side cross-sectional view of FIG.

17 is a perspective view showing the inside of the steam nozzle from which the plate of the present embodiment is removed.

18 is a side view showing a conventional steam iron.

19 and 20 are front views showing an unfolded and folded state of the hanger of FIG.

21 is a perspective view showing a conventional steam nozzle.

Figure 22 is a perspective view showing the inside of the steam nozzle with a conventional plate removed.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: base 20: bucket

30: liquid heating assembly 40: hose

140: removable member 150: hanger

151: hub 152: holder

154,254 Rib 155,255

165,265: Trousers 166: First groove (Rib guide groove)

167: 2nd groove (extended curved piece) 170: road assembly

171: Rod 173: Rock

180: steam nozzle 181: handle portion

182: steam passage 183: funnel shape

186: nozzle head portion 187: plate

187a: steam sprayer 189 case

220: positioning member 230: height adjustment member

240: z-axis rotating member 241: y-axis rotating member (outer cylinder)

250: grip member 255: rod

270: ironing board 272: handle

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam iron that is ironed while spraying steam on clothes such as pants or upper garments or dresses, and more particularly, to a steam iron having a configuration of a grip member that pulls the pants tight.

As a conventional steam iron, for example, one disclosed in the publication of US Patent Publication No. US2005 / 0132761 A1 is proposed.

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the conventional steam iron 1 includes a base 10 having a liquid heating assembly, a bucket 20 and a hose 40 communicating with the liquid heating assembly, and a base ( 10 and a rod 51 connected to the rod 51 and a hanger 52 integrally foldable to the rod 51.

The hanger 52 includes a hub 54 having a hanger support 55 supporting one or more hangers, two arms 58 pivotally connected to the hub 54, and an optional selection of the arms 58. It consists of a lock / release button 59 for fixing the position to the position, and two supports 60 for setting the selection position of the arm 58 in combination with the slider 61 sliding along the rod 51.

In addition, the hose 40 is added to the steam nozzle 80 (see the prior art Fig. 19), the steam nozzle 80, as shown in Figure 21 and 22, the lower end is connected to the hose 40 It consists of the handle part 81 which becomes, and the nozzle head part 86 formed in the upper end of this handle part 81. As shown in FIG.

The handle portion 81 is formed with a steam passage 82 in communication with the hose 40.

The nozzle head portion 86 includes a plate 87 in which a steam injection hole 87a is formed, and a case in which a steam chamber 86a is formed inside the cover 87 between the upper end 82 of the steam passage and the plate 87. (89) and engaging portions (88a) (88b) for coupling the plate (87) to the case (86).

Various types of accessories, such as a trouser wrinkle brush, a dust removal brush or a fur brush, may be selectively used on the front surface of the plate 87 as necessary.

According to the conventional steam iron configured as described above, there are the following troubles.

First, since the support 60 does not have tongs to pick up the pants, there is a hassle to hang a separate hanger (hanger with hangers or trouser hanger) on the hanger support 55 when ironing the pants.

In addition, when installing the tongs on the support 60, the weight of the portion held by the finger is so large that it faces down, there is a inconvenience to turn the tongs when picking clothes, the support 60 is made of synthetic resin, weak in handling It is likely to be damaged.

Second, the other end of the support 60 is connected to the slider 61 sliding along the rod 51, it may interfere with the iron of the support by the impact of the support when the ironing or external impact.

Third, even if you put your pants on tongs or hangers, you have to pull them out with one hand and then iron them. Of course, it can be ironed in a pulled-up state (gravity) without pulling, but it has to be ironed for a long time and its effect is also low, especially the wrinkles of the pants are not easy.

Fourth, when ironing pants or upper clothes, there is no ironing board to support clothes, so the ironing effect is very small, and in order to increase the effect, steam must be applied for a long time.

Fifth, when the steam from the steam passage hits the plate is converted into water, which takes the structure that flows through the lower surface of the case to the steam passage. By the way, the lower surface of the case and the steam passage is formed in a flat shape with each other, when the steam nozzle grabbed the steam spraying hole (87a) out of the steam flow hole 87a overflows when the iron flows into the clothes.

This overflow phenomenon is severe when the steam injection hole 87a is disposed near the lower side of the case 86 or near the center of the plate 87 (see FIG. 21). (This is because the bank is similar to a low bank of water.)

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and an object thereof is to provide a steam iron that can be ironed in a state in which the clothes are pulled out.

The steam iron of the present invention for achieving the above object is a steam iron for spraying steam to iron the clothes, the steam iron includes a rod disposed vertically, characterized in that the grip member is disposed on the rod Do.

In addition, the steam iron according to another feature of the present invention, in the steam iron for ironing the clothes by spraying steam, the steam iron includes a rod disposed vertically, characterized in that the rod is installed.

According to this configuration, since the lower end of the garment is pulled out by the means of the grip member or the rod, the ironing effect can be enhanced.

In the above configuration, if the height adjusting member for adjusting the height of the grip member is further installed on the rod, it can be pulled along the length of the garment.

The grip member may further include a rod, a forceps installed on the rod, and a z-axis rotation in which the rod is rotated with respect to the height adjusting member and disposed at a position cross (x axis) or parallel (y axis) with the rod. With the member, the position of the grip member can be adjusted according to use or non-use.

The hanger may include a hub installed on the rod, a plurality of arms having one end connected to both sides of the hub, and one end connected to the other end of each of the arms, and the other end having a plurality of supports disposed on the rod. And, if composed of the tongs installed on the support, it can be conveniently used in parallel with the grip member without using a separate hanger hanger.

In addition, if the rod further comprises a y-axis rotating member for rotating the rod around the center, it can be used regardless of the front and rear positions of the grip member.

In addition, when viewed on the xy axis plane, the rod and the support further includes a positioning member for positioning the rod so that the position in parallel with each other, it is possible to maintain a vertical direction when pulling the pants, such as a separate vertical No directional setting is necessary.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, where like reference numerals are used to designate like parts, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view showing a steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the grip state, Figure 2 relates to a steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the non-use of the grip member It is a front view which shows a state, and FIG. 3 is a side view which shows the use state by turning the grip member of FIG.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the steam iron of this embodiment is composed of a base 10, a bucket 20, a hose 40, a hanger 150, and a rod assembly 170. In addition, the steam nozzle 180 is preferably coupled to the hose 40 of the steam iron.

Base 10 is composed of a relatively wide lower portion 12 and a relatively high upper portion 14, lowering the center of gravity to improve the stability of the device. Further, a liquid heating assembly 30 (refer to FIG. 2 of the related art) is attached to each of the lower part 12 and the upper part 14.

A plurality of casters 16 are attached to the bottom of the lower portion 12. In addition, the lower portion 12 is provided with an operation portion 19 that can control the operation button.

The upper portion 14 receives the water tank 20 and the first connector 13 for connecting the liquid heating assembly 30 and the second connector 15 for connecting the liquid heating assembly 30 and the hose 40. ) And a third connector 17 that connects the rod assembly 150.

One end of the hose 40 is connected to the second connector 15, the other end of the hose 40 is detachably connected to the steam nozzle 180, it is preferable to implement a flexible insulating hose.

The rod assembly 170 is equipped with a rod 171, one end of which is coupled to the base 10 and can be selectively folded, and a plurality of locks 173 for stably fixing and stopping the rod 171 at a desired position. have.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hanger 150 includes a hub 151 provided at the other end of the rod 171, an arm 153 having one end coupled to both sides of the hub 151, and One end is composed of a plurality of supporters 155 connected to the other end of the arm 153 and the other end on the rod 171.

Preferably, the hub 151 has a cradle 152 on which the steam nozzle 180 is mounted.

One end of the arm 153 is coupled to the hub 151 by a hinge shaft 159, which may be folded and unfolded.

In addition, one end of the support 155 is also installed on the other end of the arm 153 by the hinge shaft 156, the other end of the support 155 is preferably connected to the hub 151 by the detachable member 140. Do.

That is, the detachable member 140 may be implemented by a nut 141 installed at the other end of the support 155 and a male screw part 143 formed on both sides of an extension part extended at the lower end of the hub 151. Of course, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the detachable member can be implemented in various embodiments, such as a press-fit method and a press-fit method.

By the configuration of the detachable member 140, when ironing the garment can be fastened to the male screw portion 143 to secure the support 155 to prevent the folding of the arm 153 can be stably ironed clothes.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the arm 153 is preferably provided with a locking portion 158 that locks the support 155. The locking portion 158 may be implemented in a snap ring method such as a C-type or a channel-type elastically deformable. Accordingly, since the support 155 is locked by pressing the support 155 against the locking unit 158, even when the arm 153 is unfolded, the support 155 can be prevented from flowing down arbitrarily.

In addition, when the arm 153 is folded while the support 155 is locked, the support 155 and the tongs 165 described later are concealed so that the arm 153 has an open cross-sectional shape having an opening at its lower surface (cross section). Channel shape or cross-sectional arch shape) (see Fig. 6).

At this time, the through hole 157 is preferably formed in the arm 153 near the locking portion. That is, when the support 155 is accommodated in the arm 153, the locking 155 can be easily released by pushing the support 155 through the through hole 157.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the clamp 165 is installed on the support 155. The tongs 165 are also slidable along the support 155.

That is, the tongs 165 are hinge shafts (1) which pivotally connect the first clip piece (163) and the second clip piece (164) and these clip pieces (163,164) as shown in Figs. 161 and spring 169. Each of the clip pieces 163 and 164 is composed of pressing pieces 163a and 164a, grip pieces 163b and 164b, and curved pieces 163c and 164c connecting them. The curved pieces 163c and 164c are slidably arranged along the support 155. The hinge shaft 161 connects the female coupling piece 163d and the male coupling piece 164d. The spring 169 is preferably implemented with a torsion coil spring.

By the configuration of the tongs 165, when the upper clothes such as shirts and shirts are ironed, the steam nozzle 180 is fixed to the arm 153 by clamping the tongs 165 on the support 155 or a separate tongs. Just iron while touching. In the case of pants, you can iron after picking up with tongs (165).

In this way, one hanger 150 can be ironed on top or pants, no separate hanger is required.

Since the forceps 165 usually have a large weight of the portion pressed by the finger, when installed on the support 155, the portion is rotated and positioned below. So when picking up pants, turn the tongs (165) 180 degrees or take off the tongs (165) must go through the process of picking up. In order to solve this process, it is preferable that the rib 154 is formed on the lower surface of the support 155.

Accordingly, the grip pieces 163b and 164b of the tongs 165 or the boundary portions of the grip pieces 163b and 164b and the curved pieces 163c and 164c are prevented from being caught by the ribs 154. Therefore, not only the function which makes the press piece 163a and 164a upper side, but also the function which reinforces the strength of the support 155 which receives a lot of force is performed. In particular, when the support 155 is made of plastic and the diameter is small, the formation of the rib 154 is further required.

It is preferable that the tongs 165 having the rib guide grooves 166 which can more effectively prevent the tongs of the tongs 165 from being prevented from coming off are provided.

That is, as illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 9, a guide groove parallel to the hinge shaft 161 is formed inside the first clip piece 163. The guide groove is formed of a first groove 166 and a second groove 167. The first groove 166 functions as a rib guide groove 166 fitted into the rib 154. Therefore, by the rib guide groove 166, it is possible to reliably prevent the tongs 165 from turning or falling off with respect to the support 155.

In addition, the second groove 167 is an extension curved piece 167 extending from the rib guide groove 166, guides a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the support 155, to further prevent the bullshit and detachment of the forceps 165. Can be.

On the other hand, it is preferable to further install the grip member 250 as shown in Figs. The grip member 250 has an effect of pulling the pants can double the ironing effect.

The grip member 250 is composed of a rod 255 and tongs 265 similar in shape to a general trouser hanger. The rib 254 described above is also preferably formed on the rod 255. In this case, the rib 254 may prevent the sliding of the forceps 265, as well as the strength reinforcement, even if the position of the rod 255 is changed.

In addition, it is preferable that the height adjusting member 230 is installed on the grip member 250 to have a height that matches the length (length) of the pants.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the height adjusting member 230 includes a slider 231 sliding along the rod 171, and a fixing / release lever 233 for fixing / releasing the position of the slider 231. It consists of). When the lever 233 is rotated and the outer circumferential surface of the disk 232 accommodated in the slot 234 of the slider 231 is pressed against the rod 171, the outer circumferential surface of the disk 232 is fixed as shown in the figure. If it moves away from the rod 171, it will be in a released state. The lever 233 is fastened to the slider 231 by the hinge shaft 235.

In addition, the grip member 250 is rotated about the height adjusting member 230 about the z-axis, and the z-axis rotating member 240 disposed in a position cross (x-axis) or parallel (y-axis) with the rod 171. ) Is preferably installed.

That is, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the rod 171 and the rod 255 is a cross-use state of ironing, as shown in Figure 2 parallel when not shown in the non-use state of ironing Can be controlled by

9 and 10, the outer cylinder 241 is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the slider 231, and the support shaft 243 protrudes in the z-axis direction with respect to the outer cylinder 241. ), The z-axis rotating part 245 rotating about the support shaft 243 while supporting the rod 255, and the z-axis rotating part 245 by the spring 247 applying an elastic force toward the outer cylinder 241. It is preferred to be configured.

The rod 255 is fixed by the screw 249a fastened through the stopper 249b while the center thereof is disposed in the through hole 248 of the z-axis rotation part 245.

As shown in FIG. 10, the spring 247 is supported on one end of the head of the screw 246 fastened to the support shaft 243, and the other end of the spring 247 is supported by the locking jaw 245a of the z-axis rotation part 245. It surrounds the support shaft 243. In addition, the protrusion 245b extending from the tip of the locking step 245a is disposed between the support shaft 243 and the outer circumferential wall 242 to be stably guided in the z-axis direction.

In addition, when the z-axis rotation part 245 is prevented from being misused, it is a structure which meshes with each other so that it may determine in 90 degree accurate position. That is, the unevenness | corrugation 241a (241b) of the jaw clutch form is formed in the z-axis rotation part 245 and the outer cylinder 241. As shown in FIG.

Unevenness 241a and 241b are formed, and in order to rotate the rod 255, when the z-axis rotation part 245 is pulled in the z-axis direction to release the unevenness 241a and 241b, the spring 247 is rotated. By the elasticity of the concave-convex 241a (241b) is to take the form of engaging with each other.

In addition, the y-axis rotating member for rotating the rod 255 around the rod 171 is preferably provided. That is, the rod 255, as shown in Figure 2, there is an advantage that can be ironed by rotating arranged backward.

The y-axis rotating member 241 is a structure in which the outer cylinder 241 described above is rotatably coupled to the slider 231.

In addition, the outer circumferential surface of the slider 231 has a protrusion 238a formed on the elastically deformable cantilever 238 and a groove 330 engaging with the protrusion 238a on the outer circumferential surface of the slider 231 so that the outer cylinder 241 is positioned at the correct position before and after. It is formed in the inner peripheral surface of 241. Therefore, the outer cylinder 241 may be rotated about the y-axis direction until the groove 330 catches the protrusion 238a.

In addition, it is preferable that the separation prevention member for preventing the outer cylinder 241 is separated from the slider 231 up and down. That is, the protrusion rim 236 is formed on the upper side of the slider 231, the groove 237 is formed in the circumferential direction on the lower side.

On the other hand, the lower side of the outer cylinder 241, the through hole 311 is formed at predetermined intervals, the engaging projection 311 is inserted into the through hole 311 is fitted into the groove 237 is the C-shaped ring 300 It is formed in. The C-shaped ring 300 is accommodated in the groove 310 formed around the through hole 311.

Therefore, the outer cylinder 241 is mounted to the slider 231 between the protruding engaging frame 263 and the engaging protrusion 311, and can prevent the vertical deviation.

In addition, when viewed from the x-y axis plane, it is preferable to provide a positioning member 220 for positioning the rod 255 so that the rod 255 and the support 155 are in parallel positions with each other.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the positioning member 220 is a positioning protrusion 221 formed on the inner circumferential surface of the slider 231 and a positioning groove 223 in which the positioning protrusion 221 is accommodated. Consists of. The positioning groove 223 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the rod 171.

The positioning member 220 prevents the slider 231 from rotating arbitrarily with respect to the rod 171 to maintain the position parallel to the hanger 150 and to accurately guide the lifting and lowering of the slider 231. Play a role. Therefore, the pants can be pulled flat in a vertical state without being twisted, which is convenient for ironing.

As shown in FIG. 11, instead of the hanger 150, a hook or hook 3 of a clothes hanger or trouser hanger 1 used at home can be used by hanging on the top of the rod 171. If the hanger is to use a separate tongs. In addition, a hook may be attached to the rod 171 to support the hook 3.

In addition, the grip member 250 may be implemented only by the rod 255 installed on the rod 171, and may be used by picking up a separate forceps to the rod 255. The rod 255 of this type may be installed on the rod 171 in place of a hanger or a hanger (or hanger). That is, you may install and use two rods up and down of a rod.

As such, instead of the fixed hanger 150, a separate hanger or trouser hanger 1 may be used to hang the hook 3 on the top of the rod 171, and the rod 255 or the grip member 250 itself. May be installed up and down. Of course, tongs may be pre-installed and used, or in the case of rod-only rod 171, a separate forceps may be picked up and used temporarily.

On the other hand, when ironing at home, ironing while placing clothes on the ironing board and changing the position of the clothes is much better. In order to obtain such an effect, it is preferable that the ironing board 270 shown in FIGS. 12-14 is arrange | positioned on the rod 171. FIG.

That is, the ironing board 270 is disposed below the hanger 150 or between the hanger 150 and the grip member 250. The ironing board 270 is supported by a slider 291 which is slidable along the rod 171 (along the y axis).

Similar to the slider 231 described above, the slider 291 may be provided with a lock / release lever to fix the position. However, the slider 291 preferably has a pipe shape provided to slide freely on the rod 171.

In addition, a female coupling piece 293 is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the slider 291, and a male coupling piece 273 coupled to the female coupling piece 293 is formed on the ironing board 270. By this configuration, the ironing board 270 is supported by the slider 291.

In addition, it is preferable that the elastic engagement protrusion 274 is formed in the male engagement piece 273, and the fastening hole 294 is formed in the female engagement piece 293. By this configuration, when the elastic fastening protrusion 274 is coupled to the fastening hole 294, the iron board 270 can be restrained from being randomly separated in the x-axis direction.

In addition, it is preferable to slide the ironing board 270 to the rod 171 in the orthogonal direction (that is, the x-axis direction). That is, it is preferable that the guide rail 277 formed on the back surface of the ironing board 270 and the slide 275 linearly moving along the guide rail 277 are formed. Water slide piece 273 is formed in this slide 275. Of course, the slide 275 and the male coupling piece 273 can be formed integrally.

The slide 275 is in the form of a saddle and has a form in which both sides surround the side surface of the guide rail 277.

In this way, the ironing board 270 can be linearly moved along the x-axis and the y-axis, so even if the size of the ironing board 270 is compact, the range of ironing of clothes is wide, and it is easy to move quickly to the position to be ironed.

In order to make the movement of the ironing board 270 to a desired position more convenient, it is preferable to place the handle 272. The handle 272 can be disposed on the side or the back, as shown in the present embodiment, one side is the hinge 272a, the other side implements the locking portion 272b to put the handle 272 on the back side is good in appearance .

In addition, the locking portion 272b also functions to prevent the slide 275 from being separated from the guide rail 277.

In addition, the other end of the hose 40 is provided with a steam nozzle 180 mounted on the cradle 152.

15 to 17, the steam nozzle 180 is composed of a nozzle head portion 186 and a handle portion 181 forming a T shape.

The handle part 181 is a handle in which a steam passage 182 communicating with the hose 40 is formed.

The nozzle head part 186 is a nozzle injection operation part formed at the upper end of the handle part 181, and has the plate 187 in which the steam injection hole 187a was formed, the upper end side of the steam passage 182, and the plate 187. It is composed of a case 189 surrounding the gap to form a steam chamber 185 therein, and coupling portions 188a and 188b for coupling the plate 187 to the case 189.

At this time, the handle portion 181 is disposed to be inclined downward with respect to the plate 187.

In addition, the peripheral case of the steam passage 182 is made of a funnel shape (183).

By this configuration, even if water is generated in the chamber 185, the time accumulated by the funnel-shaped portion 183 is remarkably short, so that it can be quickly flowed into the steam passage 182. Therefore, when ironing with the steam nozzle 180, water may overflow and the risk of splashing on the clothes may be remarkably eliminated.

In addition, the steam injection hole (187a) is preferably arranged near the upper side of the case (189). That is, it is preferable to be disposed above the center with respect to the plate 187. This can have the same effect as if the dam is wrapped high, and the water is hard to overflow.

Steam iron of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment can be carried out in various modifications within the range allowed by the technical idea of the present invention.

As apparent from the above description, the steam iron of the present invention has the following effects.

First, by adopting the configuration of the grip member or rod to the rod, the grip member pulls the lower end of the clothes supported on the rod, so that the user can easily iron and increase the ironing effect.

Second, by adopting the configuration of the height adjustment member for adjusting the height of the grip member, it is possible to pull clothes (pants) of different lengths.

Third, by adopting the configuration of the z-axis rotating member arranged to cross the rod of the grip member in the cross (x-axis) or parallel (y-axis) position, it is possible to store the rod in a parallel state when the grip member is not in use Can be.

Fourth, by adopting the configuration of the y-axis rotation member for rotating the rod around the rod, the grip member can be used or not used anywhere before and after.

Fifth, when viewed on the xy axis plane, further comprising a positioning member for positioning the rod so that the rod and the support in a position parallel to each other, the vertical state by preventing the behavior such as twisting the rod when pulling the pants, etc. Because it can be pulled out with the legs, it is unnecessary to hold the pants straight and vertical.

Claims (5)

In the steam iron which irons clothes by spraying steam, The steam iron includes a rod disposed vertically, A steam iron, characterized in that the grip member is disposed on the rod. The method of claim 1, A steam iron, characterized in that the height adjusting member for adjusting the height of the grip member is installed on the rod. The method of claim 2, The grip member includes a rod, a forceps installed on the rod, and a z-axis rotating member that rotates the rod with respect to the height adjusting member and is disposed at a cross (x-axis) or parallel (y-axis) position with the rod. Steam iron, characterized in that. The method of claim 2, Steam iron further comprises a y-axis rotating member for rotating the rod about the rod. In the steam iron which irons clothes by spraying steam, The steam iron includes a rod disposed vertically, Steam is characterized in that the rod is installed on the rod.

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