KR20100120349A - Electric steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electric steam iron is provided to enhance the assembling efficiency of parts and to stably spray the steam by an electric pump since a housing is mounted in a state a handle is connected to the electric pump. CONSTITUTION: An electric steam iron comprises a tank module(500), a heater module(300), an electric pump(700), a handle(200), a housing(100) and a controller(900). The tank module holds the water. The heater module sprays the steam. The electric pump pumps the water from the tank module using the heater module. The tank module, the electric pump, the heater module and the handle are mounted in the housing. The controller controls the heater module and the electric pump.

Description

Electric steam iron

The present invention relates to an electric steam iron which is equipped with an electronic pump, an instantaneous heating heater module and a handle by assembly of a housing, and which can stably eject steam.

As a conventional electric steam iron, for example, the one disclosed in Korean Laid-Open Utility Model No. 2000-5286 has been proposed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional electric steam iron is provided with a heater 13 to which a power cord is connected on an ironing plate 12 provided at a lower side of a body 11 having a plurality of parts therein, and a heater 13. The lower ironing plate 12 is provided with a steam discharge tank 15 in which a plurality of injection holes 16 are formed at the lower side. The steam generating tank 17 is provided in the body 11 above the heater 13, and the water tank 19 is connected to the steam generating tank 17 by a connection hose 20.

Meanwhile, a heating tank 21 is provided at an upper portion of the heater 13 on one side of the steam generating tank 17, and the steam generating tank 17 and the heating tank 21 are connected to each other by the steam passage 22, and the heating tank 21. 21 and the steam discharge tank 15 is connected to each other by a supply pipe (18).

In the conventional electric steam iron of this configuration, the heater 13 is heated by connecting the power cord 14 to a power source and operating a control knob (not shown), so that the ironing plate 12 and the steam generating tank 17 and the heating tank ( 21) is heated.

In this state, when the water in the bucket 19 is supplied to the steam generating tank 17, steam is generated by evaporation, and the steam generated at this time is usually 110 ° C. The steam generated as described above is introduced into the heating tank 21 through the steam passage 22, and is heated once again by the heating tank 21 heated by the heater 13, and then secondarily heated to about 130 ° C. The heated steam enters the steam discharge tank 15 through the supply pipe 18, and is ejected to the outside through the injection hole 16 by pressing a valve (not shown).

In the conventional electric steam iron, since the water supplied from the bucket 19 is first heated in the steam generating tank 17 and secondly heated again in the heating tank 21, hot steam without liquid water is ejected. .

By the way, since the primary heating and the secondary heating are made in the same plane of the steam generating tank 17, a relatively large area is required to obtain a predetermined evaporation rate and thus does not contribute to slipping of the iron.

In addition, since the bucket 19 is connected to the connection hose 20 formed on the upper portion of the body 11, the water flows well into the steam generating tank 17 by gravity, but protrudes to the outside, which is inconvenient to use. The overall height of the steam iron will increase.

In addition, there is no pump to stably supply water to the steam generating tank 17, it is possible to eject unstable steam.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric steam iron that can obtain a stable steam ejection while increasing the assembly efficiency of the parts according to the assembly of the housing.

In order to achieve the above object, the electric steam iron according to claim 1 of the present invention,

Tank module containing water; Instantaneous heating heater module for ejecting steam; An electronic pump for pumping water from the tank module into the instantaneous heating heater module; handle; A housing to which the tank module, the electronic pump, the instantaneous heating heater module and the handle are mounted; And a control unit for controlling the instantaneous heating heater module and the electronic pump.

According to this configuration, it is possible to obtain a stable steam jet while increasing the assembly efficiency of the parts due to the assembly of the housing.

Electric steam iron according to claim 2 of the present invention,

The housing is provided with a tank mounting groove for inserting the tank module detachably inserted back and forth, the handle and the instantaneous heating heater module is disposed on the upper and lower portions of the housing, side by side in the front and rear directions between the upper and lower parts The tank module and the electromagnetic pump are disposed.

According to this structure, while reducing the overall height of an electric steam iron, the width | variety of right and left can also be contributed to slipping.

Electric steam iron according to claim 3 of the present invention,

The instantaneous heating heater module includes an electric heater, a heating body unit formed with a water inlet and a steam outlet, the heating body unit, the electric heater is inserted, the upper surface flow path, the lower surface flow path, the upper surface flow path and the lower surface flow path A heating body in which communication holes for communicating with each other are formed; An upper cover covering the upper flow path and having the water inlet formed therein; A bottom cover covering the bottom flow path and having a steam outlet; It is preferable to include an ironing plate which is formed on the bottom surface of the bottom cover, the steam outlet is formed.

Electric steam iron according to claim 4 of the present invention,

The tank module includes a tank containing water, a tank body into which the tank is fitted, a locking hook installed in the tank and the tank body and locked to the housing, and installed at the front of the tank, and having a water inlet and a water outlet. A formed tank cover, one end of which is mounted to the water outlet and the other end of the cover to open and close the water inlet, a water outlet that is placed on the bottom of the tank and the water in the tank flows out, the water outlet and the water outlet It is preferable to include a tube for connecting the, and the opening and closing valve is mounted to the water outlet, and opened and closed by the water suction port of the electronic pump.

As apparent from the above description, the electric steam iron according to the present embodiment has the following effects.

Since the housing is assembled when the handle and the electronic pump are fitted, it is possible to obtain stable steam ejection by the electronic pump while increasing the assembly efficiency of the parts.

In addition, by arranging the tank module and the electronic pump side by side in the front-rear direction, while reducing the overall height of the electric steam iron, it can also contribute to slipping by reducing the width of the left and right.

In addition, the flow path is formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the heating body, the surface is divided into the upper and lower surfaces when generating the same amount of steam, so that the overall height can be reduced and high-temperature steam can be ejected.

By inserting the removable tank module back and forth, it is possible to minimize the overall height.

In addition, the cover is attached to the water outlet, and the appearance is neat while preventing the cover from being lost.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an electric steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the combination of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a perspective view of a state in which the right housing of Figure 2 is removed, Figure 4 3 is a perspective view of the instantaneous heating heater module separated, Figure 6 is a plan view of the heating body, Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of the tank module, Figure 8 is a combined perspective view of Figure 7, Figure 9 8 is a side view of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of FIG. 7.

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the electric steam iron according to the present embodiment is a housing 100, the instantaneous heating heater module 300 mounted on the housing 100, the instantaneous heating heater It consists of a tank module 500 for supplying water to the module 300.

The housing 100 is divided into a left housing 110a, a right housing 110b, and a base frame 110c.

The rear side of the left and right housing (110a) (110b) is formed with a tank mounting groove 120 is inserted into the tank module 500.

That is, the tank mounting groove 120 is composed of a front plate 125 connecting the upper plate 121, the lower plate 123, the upper plate 121 and the lower plate 123.

In addition, the locking jaw 127 is formed on the left and right sides of the tank mounting groove 120 to lock the locking groove of the tank module.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, semicircular water suction opening and exit grooves 162 are formed in the left and right front plates 125.

The upper surface of the upper plate 121 is formed with a handle mounting hole 130 for mounting the handle 200 described below, the lower portion of the lower plate 123 is a heater receiving chamber 140 accommodated in the instantaneous heating heater module 300 Formed.

In addition, the front and rear of the left and right housing (110a) (110b), the pump mounting bracket 150 is mounted in the direction facing the tank mounting groove 120 in more detail in front and rear, the electronic pump 700 described later. .

In addition, the upper portion of the handle mounting hole 130 is formed with a control unit mounting bracket 160 on which the control unit 900 described later is mounted.

The base frame 110c has an iron plate exposure hole 111 through which the iron plate 370 described below is exposed.

The left and right housings 110a and 110b and the base frame 110c are preferably assembled by screwing.

As shown in FIG. 5, the instantaneous heating heater module 300 includes an electric heater 310 and a heating body unit 330 in which heat of the electric heater 310 is conducted to generate steam.

The electric heater 310 is U-shaped, and is inserted into the heating body 340 with only both terminals exposed to the outside.

The heating body unit 330 is composed of a heating body 340, the upper cover 350 to cover the upper and lower surfaces of the heating body 340, the lower cover 360, and the ironing plate 370.

The heating body 340 is made of an aluminum injection molding the electric heater 310, the upper surface and the lower surface is formed with an upper surface flow path 341, which is a primary heating channel and a lower surface flow path 343, which is a secondary heating channel.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the heating body 340 has a communication hole 345 through which water passing through the upper surface flow path 341 flows into the lower surface flow path 343.

In addition, the upper surface channel 341 and the lower surface channel 343 is configured by the diaphragm 342 arranged in a zigzag form, it can contribute to the steaming of 100% of the water by the delay of the flow time.

In addition, as shown in Figure 6, it is preferable that the guide converging plate 342a is formed around the communication hole 345.

The guide converging plate 342a is shaped to surround only a portion of the circumference of the communication hole 345 (a shape close to the letter C), thereby absorbing more heat due to a delay in flow to the communication hole 345 and narrowing down the flow path. The guidance can be satisfied.

The top cover 350 is a top cover that covers the top surface of the top passage 341, and a water inlet 351 is formed.

The lower cover 360 is a lower cover that covers the lower surface of the lower surface passage 343, and a steam outlet hole 361 is formed.

The upper cover 350 and the lower cover 360 have grooves 352 formed at positions corresponding to the diaphragms 342, thereby further increasing the sealing and solid effect.

In addition, a steam jet port 381 is formed in the ironing plate 370. When a plurality of steam outlets 381 are formed, the steam distribution passage 380 for distributing steam from the steam outlet holes 361 may be integrally formed on the bottom surface of the bottom cover 360.

In addition, the left and right sides of the bottom cover 360, the steam distribution passage 380, the ironing plate 370 is formed with a space 'S' shape, allowing the flow of air through the space (S) To weaken the transfer of heat to the housing 100 of the plastic material.

Between the upper cover 350 and the heating body 340, between the heating body 340 and the lower cover 360, between the steam distribution passage 380 and the ironing plate 370 is fastened and assembled with a gasket (G) interposed therebetween. It is preferable in terms of sealing.

When the instantaneous heating heater module 300 is assembled in this way, by fastening and assembling the fastening bracket 373 of the ironing plate 370 to the fastening rib 113 of the base frame 110c, the heater receiving chamber of the housing 100 is assembled. It is mounted on 150.

On the other hand, the terminal of the electric heater 310 is disposed on the front side of the heating body 340, the temperature sensor fastening rib 321 is formed on the rear side, the temperature sensor bracket 323 is fastened to the temperature sensor 320 To support the heating body 340 in contact. The temperature sensor bracket 323 includes a fastening plate 324 fastened to the temperature sensor fastening rib 321, a 'c' shaped channel bracket 325 holding the temperature sensor 320, and a fastening plate 324. Consists of a 'reverse' letter 'connecting bracket 326 connecting the channel bracket 325. Therefore, when the temperature sensor 320 is fitted to the channel bracket 325, the temperature sensor 320 is pressed to the left and right by elastic deformation of the connection bracket 326.

In addition, the left side or the right side of the heating body 340 is preferably a 'g' shaped wire hook 347 is formed.

Wire hook 347, the temperature sensor 320, the fuse, the electric heater 310 is connected to the control unit 900 by the wire, if the wire is long, it is convenient to wrap and clean.

The upper cover 350 is formed with a fuse bracket 353 for mounting a fuse for preventing overheating according to the temperature sensor 200.

The fuse bracket 353 is composed of both side walls 354 which block both sides of the fuse and an upper bracket 355 which is fastened to both side wall brackets 354 to block the upper surface.

As illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 9, the tank module 500 includes a tank member and a locking member 530 for locking the tank member to the tank mounting groove 120.

The tank member includes a tank 510 for holding water, a tank body 520 into which the tank 510 is fitted, a tank cover 540 installed at the front surface 511 of the tank 510, and a water inlet 541. The cover 550 is configured to open and close the door. Reference numeral 513 denotes a latching flange caught by the tank body 520.

The tank 510 has a wider surface than the thickness thereof and is streamlined.

The tank body 520 allows the tank 510 to be inserted and supported.

The tank cover 540 is provided with a water inlet 541 and a water outlet 543.

The water inlet 541 is opened and closed by a cover 550.

The cover 550 is connected to the hook 551 on the water outlet 543 by a string 553. Therefore, since the cover 550 is mounted on the water outlet 543, the appearance is neat while preventing the cover 550 from being lost.

The water outlet 543 is preferably equipped with an on-off valve 580 that is opened and closed by the water suction port 710 of the electronic pump 700.

The on-off valve 580 is a valve chamber 581 in which a water outlet 543 is formed, a cap 583 attached to the valve chamber 581, and a return interposed between the cap 583 and the valve chamber 581. The spring 586 is comprised.

As shown in FIG. 10, a valve seat 584 that opens and closes the valve chamber 581 is formed in the cap 583, and a protruding spacer 585 is formed on the front surface thereof.

The spacer 585 forms a gap between the cap 583 and the water suction port 710 so that the valve seat 584 is pushed backward to smoothly flow to the water suction port 710 when the valve chamber 581 is opened.

In the valve chamber 581 in front of the cap 583, an O-ring 587 is preferably provided in terms of leakage prevention.

The locking member 530 is installed in the tank 510 and the tank body 520 and consists of a locking hook 530 that is locked to the housing 110.

The locking hook 530 is composed of a locking hook 531 that is caught by the locking jaw 127, a push protrusion 533, and an elastic restoring piece 535.

The elastic restoring piece 535 is disposed between the tank 510 and the tank body 520 in a U shape, and the push protrusion 533 is drawn out through the outlet hole 521 of the tank body 520.

Therefore, when the pressing protrusion 533 is pressed down, the elastic restoring piece 535 is retracted and the locking hook 531 is released to the locking jaw 127. Pulling back the tank module 500 while maintaining this release state.

On the contrary, when the tank module 500 is mounted in the tank mounting groove 120, when it is pushed in as it is, the elastic restoring piece 535 is retracted and the locking hook 531 is caught by the locking jaw 127 and then the elastic restoring piece ( 535) is unlocked as it unfolds.

Since the tank module 500 slides back and forth, and is disposed side by side with the water inlet 710 and the water outlet 543 of the electronic pump 700, the water outlet penetrates so that the water at the bottom of the tank 510 flows out well. 560 is preferably connected to the water outlet 543 by a tube 570.

The water outlet weight 560 is composed of a weight that is weighted, it is preferable that the water outflow pores are formed.

Therefore, since the water outlet weight 560 touches the bottom of the tank 510, the water pump may function as if the water pump is in the water, so that even water accumulated on the bottom may flow out.

In addition, the tank module 500 and the electronic pump 700 are arranged side by side in front and rear to reduce the overall height of the housing, and in particular, by allowing the removable detachable front and rear of the tank module 500, embedded in the housing to look good appearance and thickness Compared to this, the surface area can be relatively large, and the overall height can be reduced. Therefore, it can contribute greatly to slipping of the electric steam iron (a shape where the width of the right and left is narrow compared with the length before and after).

The electronic pump 700 includes a water suction port 710 and a water discharge port 730 connected to the water inlet 551, and is driven and controlled by the controller 700.

Since the electronic pump 700 forcibly supplies water from the tank 510 to the instantaneous heating heater module 300 according to a user's signal, the electronic pump 700 may stably eject the steam from the steam outlet 371.

The control unit 900 includes a controller 910 having a switch 935 and a push button 930 for controlling the switch 935. Restoration of the push button 930 is performed by the return spring 931. The controller 910 is mounted to the bracket 920 of the right housing 110b, and when the push button 930 is pressed, the button LED 933 that emits light is electrically connected.

The controller 910 controls the electric heater 310, the temperature sensor 320, the electronic pump 700.

As described above, although described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention can be variously modified or modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims Those skilled in the art will appreciate.

The present invention is applicable to all products using steam.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an electric steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view of the combination of FIG.

3 is a perspective view of a state in which the right housing of FIG. 2 is removed;

4 is a front view of FIG. 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the separation of the instantaneous heating heater module.

6 is a plan view of the heating body.

7 is an exploded perspective view of the tank module.

8 is a perspective view of the combination of FIG.

9 is a side view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of FIG. 7; FIG.

11 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional electric steam iron.

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

100: housing 110a: left housing

110b: right housing 110c: base frame

111: ironing board exposure 113: base fastening rib

120: tank mounting groove 121: top plate

123: lower plate 125: the full version

126: water suction entrance and exit groove 127: locking jaw

130: handle mounting hole 140: heater chamber

150: pump mounting bracket 160: controller mounting bracket

200: handle 300: instantaneous heating heater module

310: electric heater 311: terminal

320: temperature sensor 321: temperature sensor fastening rib

323: temperature sensor bracket 324: fastening plate

325: channel bracket 326: connection bracket

330: heating body unit 340: heating body

341: upper flow path 342: diaphragm

343: Euro 345: Communication hole

347 wire hook 350: top cover

351: water inlet 353: fuse bracket

354: wall bracket 355: top bracket

360: bottom cover 361: steam outlet

370: ironing board 371: steam jet hole

373: ironing plate fastening bracket 380: steam distribution passage

500: tank module 510: tank

513: hanging flange 520: tank body

521: withdrawal ball 530: locking hook

531: hook hook 533: push projection

535: elastic restoration 540: tank cover

541: water inlet 543: water outlet

550: cover 551: loop

553 string 560 water spill pendulum

570: tube 580: closing valve

581: valve chamber 583: cap

584: valve seat 585: spacer

586: return spring 587: O-ring

700: electronic pump 710: water intake

730: water discharge outlet 900: control unit

910: Controller 920: Controller Bracket

930: push button 931: restoring spring

933: Button LED 935: Switch

G: Gasket S: Space

Claims (4)

Tank module containing water; Instantaneous heating heater module for ejecting steam; An electronic pump for pumping water from the tank module into the instantaneous heating heater module; handle; A housing to which the tank module, the electronic pump, the instantaneous heating heater module and the handle are mounted; An electric steam iron including a control unit for controlling the instantaneous heating module and the electronic pump. The method of claim 1, The housing is provided with a tank mounting groove which is inserted into the tank module detachably inserted back and forth, The handle and the instantaneous heating heater module is disposed on the upper and lower portions of the housing, and the tank module and the electronic pump are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction between the upper portion and the lower portion of the electric steam iron. The method of claim 2, The instantaneous heating heater module includes an electric heater, a heating body unit formed with a water inlet and a steam outlet, The heating body unit, A heating body having the electric heater inserted therein and having a communication hole through which an upper surface passage, a lower surface passage, and the upper surface passage and the lower surface passage communicate with each other; An upper cover covering the upper flow path and having the water inlet formed therein; A bottom cover covering the bottom flow path and having a steam outlet; Is formed on the bottom of the bottom cover, the electric steam iron including an ironing plate is formed steam outlet. The method according to claim 2 or 3, The tank module A tank to hold water, A tank body into which the tank is fitted; A locking hook installed in the tank and the tank body and locked to the housing; A tank cover installed at the front of the tank and having a water inlet and a water outlet; One end is mounted to the water outlet and the other end is a cover for opening and closing the water inlet, A water outlet that lies on the bottom of the tank and outflows water in the tank; A tube connecting the water outlet and the water outlet; And an on / off valve mounted to the water outlet and open / closed by the water suction port of the electronic pump.

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