KR20070057581A - Steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

A steam iron is provided to uniformly jet steam to the laundry along the inclined spherical surface by installing a steam exhaust hole having an inclined spherical surface, of which circumference broadens to steam injecting direction, on a heating plate body, securing enough space for staying steam inside, and installing a steam moving path in a steam staying chamber, and to quickly heat the heating plate body by the steam staying chamber. A steam iron(100) comprises an iron body(110), an opening/closing valve(170), and a jetting hole(131). The iron body has a handle(117), an upper body, a steam staying chamber, and a heating plate body(130). The upper body is formed in at least two layers to pass a steam supply tube(I). The steam staying chamber is installed to stay steam supplied through the steam supply tube by closing the lower part of the upper body. The heating body plate is formed with a steam dispersing chamber(114) closed by two-layered plates so as to iron the laundry by using the staying steam. The opening/closing valve is installed at the upper side of the iron body to supply or stop steam into the steam dispersing chamber. The jetting hole is penetratingly formed on the heating plate body to be communicated with the steam dispersing chamber and shaped as an inclined spherical surface broadened downward to spread and jet the steam.

Description

Steam iron {STEAM IRON}

1 is a perspective view of a steam iron according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a steam injection tube and the steam chamber by cutting the iron body A-A in the steam iron of Figure 1,

3 is a cross-sectional view showing that the steam is supplied to the first steam guide pipe inside the steam iron of FIG.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing that the steam is injected through the injection hole by moving the steam to the second steam guide tube inside the steam iron of Figure 1,

5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing an embodiment in which the steam moves from the first steam guide pipe to the second steam guide pipe according to the operation of the on-off valve;

6 is a cross-sectional view showing the movement of steam in the steam iron and the discharge path of the water liquefied steam in accordance with the present invention;

7 is a bottom view showing the heating plate of the steam iron of the present invention.

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

100: steam iron 110: iron body

130: heating plate 131: injection hole

117: iron handle 170: on-off valve

171: door opening and closing device 177: steam guide tube

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam iron for a business receiving steam from a boiler, and more particularly, to a steam iron with improved steam flow structure and an injection hole installed in a heating plate.

Steam boilers generally used in shops such as laundry are connected to the steam iron body, through which the inside of the hollow part and the bottom of the steam iron, and the boiler to generate steam, are connected to the supply pipe and the recovery pipe to supply the steam generated from the steam boiler. It is widely known that the steam iron is supplied through the steam iron body, and the steam supplied to the inner hollow portion of the steam iron body is injected downward through the injection hole, and the steam not injected is supplied again to the steam boiler through the recovery pipe.

On the other hand, if the steam iron is not evenly sprayed on the iron, the iron is damaged or wrinkled because it is not ironed properly.

However, the conventional steam iron is formed vertically without tilting the surface of the discharge hole formed in the heating plate body because the steam discharged from the discharge hole is not evenly sprayed on the iron to damage the iron or iron when ironing Frequent repeated spraying made the operation inefficient.

In addition, since the steam supplied from the steam boiler is introduced into the steam iron body and then discharged through the discharge pipe, the circulation process is repeated, so that the steam stays inside the steam iron body for a short time, so that the heating plate is made of metal. It could not be heated effectively, there was a problem that could not efficiently utilize the high temperature of the steam.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, the discharge hole is formed in the heating plate to inject steam to the iron to form an inclined spherical surface gradually widening in the direction of steam injection, In addition, by ensuring a sufficient space for the steam stay inside, and by installing the movement path of the steam in the steam staying chamber, the steam injected along the inclined sphere of the discharge hole is evenly sprayed to the iron, the steam staying room It is to provide a steam iron that allows the heating plate to be heated quickly by.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a steam iron which is used to steam iron by using steam supplied through a steam supply pipe, the handle being provided with the handle and the steam supply pipe installed therethrough. The upper body formed of at least two layers and the lower part of the upper body are installed to form a steam holding chamber for holding the steam supplied through the steam supply pipe, and heated by the steam to stay to iron the workpiece. An iron body made of a heated plate body so as to form a closed steam dispersion chamber as a two-ply plate body; An opening and closing valve installed at an upper portion of the iron body to supply or block steam into the steam dispersion chamber; And an injection hole formed through the heating plate body and in contact with the steam dispersing chamber, the upper part of which has an inclined circumferential surface that is narrow and gradually widens toward a lower part of the heating plate body, for injecting steam to be diffused.

In addition, the on-off valve is installed in contact with the steam staying chamber of the iron body and the first, second steam guide pipe and the first, second steam guide pipe provided to guide the staying steam to the steam dispersion chamber mutually A door opening and closing device installed in contact with the connection, and a spring member connected to the connection pipe to install and open the seesaw action to open and close the connection pipe, and the rotary shaft to move the door opening and closing device up and down so that the user can operate It is preferable that the starting portion is made.

Hereinafter, the configuration and effect according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a steam iron according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a steam injection tube and the steam stay chamber by cutting the iron body AA in the steam iron of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a steam iron inside of Figure 1 4 is a cross-sectional view showing that the steam is supplied to the first steam guide tube of Figure 1, the steam is injected to the second steam guide tube inside the steam iron of Figure 1 is a steam injection through the injection hole, 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing an embodiment in which the steam moves from the first steam guide tube to the second steam guide tube in accordance with the operation of the on-off valve, Figure 6 is the movement of steam and steam liquefied in the steam iron according to the present invention Fig. 7 is a bottom view showing the heating plate of the steam iron according to the present invention.

Steam iron 100 of the present invention is the iron handle portion 117 of the "a" shape is installed on the upper, the iron body 110 for receiving steam therein, the bottom of the iron body 110 is sealed The heating plate body 130 is made of a metal material such as iron and is electrically conductive, and the on / off valve 170 installed on the upper portion of the iron body 110 in close proximity to the iron handle 117.

As shown in Figure 1, the iron body 110 is formed in the shape of a conventional iron is supplied with steam from the steam supply pipe (I) to discharge the water generated by the liquefaction of some of the steam into the discharge pipe (M) and the inner wall ( 110b) and the outer wall 110a.

 The iron handle portion 117 has a handle 117a is formed long to be easily wrapped around the hand, the side of the iron handle portion 117 opening and closing valve 170 is the cylindrical body through the cylindrical connecting cylinder (170c) Is connected to the 110, and connected to the connecting cylinder 152c, the lever 152b provided on the upper portion of the connecting cylinder 152c and provided to operate according to the lever principle, and the lever 170b It is easy to press with a thumb while holding the handle 117a by hand, and when it is pressed in this way, it is composed of a starter 170a for operating the opening / closing valve 170.

As shown in FIG. 2, the iron body 110 receives steam supplied from a boiler through the steam supply pipe I and is connected to the steam supply pipe I to be connected to an inside of the iron body 110. The steam supply valve 111 is installed to be in contact with the guided steam to the steam injection pipe 113 connected to the steam supply valve 111, the steam injection pipe 113 is the steam injection pipe 113 again In order to guide to the steam storage chamber 115 accommodated therein and to prevent the entire iron body 110 from being heated by the heated steam inside the steam storage chamber 115, the steam storage chamber has an inner wall 110b. ) Is surrounded by the inner wall (110b) except the lower portion and the outer wall is installed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the iron body 110 is configured to move the steam supplied to the steam staying chamber 115 to the first steam guide pipe 177a, and the first steam guide pipe 117a is The steam staying chamber 115 and the connecting cylinder (170c) is connected all over the interior, the inlet and the outlet is formed to be bent upwards, the outlet is to be the movement path of steam in the connecting cylinder (170c) It is formed to be in contact with the provided communication room 175, the inlet is formed in contact with the steam staying chamber 115, is located so as not to overlap with the steam injection pipe 113, the inside of the lever portion (170b) One end of the extended portion 171a extending from the starter 170a to the provided lever rotating shaft 173 penetrates through it, and the other end of the extension portion 171a penetrates inside to move up and down. Grooves (not shown) are formed, and the rotary shaft (171b) The opening and closing part 171c connected through the mutually overlapping portions of the part 171a and the home border moves up and down on the principle of the lever, and the doorway is installed to extend over the inside of both the lever 170b and the connection tube 170c. The outlet is opened and closed through the opening and closing device 171 to block the movement of steam when the outlet is closed, and on the contrary, when the outlet is opened, the passage of the steam is induced.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, when the starting unit 170a of the iron body 110 is pressed, the door opening and closing device 171 moves upward by the principle of a lever and the steam is supplied. The outlet of the steam guide pipe 177a is opened. Then, the steam is supplied to the communication chamber 175, and extends all over the interior of the connection cylinder 170c and the steam staying chamber 115, and the inlet is bent upward to form an internal communication chamber of the connection cylinder 170c ( 175), when the outlet is bent downward and the steam is supplied to the second steam guide pipe (177b) that is in contact with the lower side of the iron body 110, the second steam guide pipe (177b) is supplied to the steam Guide the lower side of the iron body (110).

The steam guided downward in this way is formed between the lower portion of the inner wall (110b), is installed in contact with the second steam guide pipe (177b) upstream, and supplied from the second steam guide pipe (177b) Two steam to move to the steam dispersion chamber 114 which is a movement path of the steam, and the steam dispersion chamber 114 seals the lower part of the iron body 110 to be formed in a space formed in the overlapping portion of the two-layered plate body It is made of a plate body, is installed on the heating plate body 130 is installed in contact with the upper front to the lower side of the steam retention chamber 115 to be heated by the heated steam staying in the steam retention chamber 115, The inlet is small and the outlet of the lower side is wide, the plurality of injection holes 131 formed to have an inclined spherical shape gradually increases from the inlet side toward the outlet side, the steam dispersion chamber formed in contact with the injection holes (131) ( One In 14), the steam moves, so that the steam is evenly sprayed on the ironed object along the spherical surface formed to be inclined around the injection hole 131.

On the other hand, when the starting part 170a is released, the spring of the spring member 171d installed in the opening and closing part 171c again causes the exit of the first steam guide pipe 177a and the inlet of the second steam guide pipe 177b. Is blocked so that steam does not move to the second steam guide 177b.

As shown in FIG. 7, the above-described steam iron 100 receives steam through the steam supply pipe I connected to the boiler, and passes through the supply valve 111 in which one side is in contact with the steam supply pipe I. Thus, the steam is moved to the steam injection pipe 112 in contact with the other side of the supply valve 111, the steam injection pipe 112 is located in the inner space and the steam to the steam staying chamber 113 formed to be in contact with Let this be guided In addition, the steam supplied to the steam staying chamber 113 stays and heats the heating plate body 130, and moves to the first steam guide tube 177a formed so that an inlet is in contact with the steam staying chamber 113. . In addition, the outlet of the first steam guide pipe 177a and the inlet of the second steam guide pipe 177b are formed to be in contact with the communication chamber 175 of the connecting tube 170c, and the door opening and closing device 171 ) Intercepts the exit and the inlet of the first and second steam guide pipe (177a, 177b) in contact with the communication room (175). Therefore, when the door opening and closing device 171 is operated, the outlet and the inlet of the first and second steam guide pipes 177a and 177b are opened so that the steam filled in the first steam guide pipe 177a is in the communication room. 175 is guided to the second steam guide tube (177b), and again guided to the steam dispersion chamber 114 through the second steam guide tube (177b), the steam dispersion chamber 114 is steam It is distributed to each of the injection holes 131 provided in the heating plate body 130 to be discharged to the outside. On the other hand, if the door opening and closing device 171 is not operated, steam stays inside the steam staying chamber 113. And when a part of the steam in the steam staying chamber 113 is liquefied it is moved back to the boiler through the discharge valve 115 or is discharged to the outside.

In this way, in the steam iron, the heated steam supplied from the boiler stays in the steam residence chamber to heat the heating plate, and the steam guide tube guides the steam to the lower heating plate body according to whether the opening / closing valve is opened or closed. By exhausting a plurality of provided inlet circumferences with inclined spherical holes having a narrow inlet circumference, the heating plate body can be quickly heated and steam can be evenly distributed and discharged to the iron to be heated.

As described above, the present invention is supplied from the boiler to the steam staying chamber occupies most of the inside of the iron to heat the heating plate body, and the steam guide tube is installed in the heating plate body in accordance with the operation of the on-off valve By directing and discharging to a jetting hole having an inclined spherical surface formed with a plurality of inlet circumferences and a wide circumference of the outlet side, it is possible to rapidly disperse and distribute steam evenly to the iron to be heated and ironed to improve work efficiency. The height is effective.

Claims (2)

In the steam iron which is to iron the iron by using the steam supplied through the steam supply pipe, A steam stay for retaining steam supplied through the steam supply pipe, the handle being installed and the upper body having at least two layers provided with the steam supply pipe penetrated therethrough, and the lower part of the upper body being closed. An iron body formed of a heating plate body which forms a seal and is heated by the staying steam to form a steam dispersing chamber sealed as a two-ply plate body so as to iron the workpiece; An opening / closing valve installed at an upper portion of the iron body to supply or block steam into the steam dispersion chamber; And The steam iron is formed through the heating plate body, in contact with the steam dispersing chamber, the upper portion is narrow and has an inclined circumferential surface that gradually increases toward the lower portion of the steam iron, characterized in that it comprises a spray hole for injecting the steam to diffuse. According to claim 1, wherein the on-off valve is installed in contact with the steam staying chamber of the iron body, the first and second steam guide pipe and the first, second steam guide pipe provided to guide the staying steam to the steam dispersion chamber The guide tube is connected to each other connected to each other, the door opening and closing device having a spring member connected to the connecting tube to actuate the opening and closing of the connecting tube, and the user to install the rotary shaft to move the door opening and closing device up and down Steam iron, characterized in that consisting of a starter to enable operation.

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