KR20110086958A - Stand type steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A stand steam iron is provided to remarkably improve the efficiency of ironing by blocking a scale occurred through a reaction with a heater. CONSTITUTION: A water box unit(250) is attachable. A base assembly(200) includes steam by receiving the water of the water box unit and includes a heater. A nozzle assembly(300) sprays steam. A hose guides the steam to a nozzle assembly. A hang assembly hangs a nozzle mounted to the base assembly. In the water box unit, an exchangeable filter unit is mounted.

Description

Stand type steam iron

The present invention relates to a stand-type steam iron to prevent the scale and the like by mounting a replaceable filter in the bucket portion of the base assembly.

As a conventional stand type steam iron, for example, a publication disclosed in a patent document is disclosed.

The steam iron 1 of this publication, as shown in Figs. 15 and 16, the body case assembly 10, which houses the parts and forms the exterior, the water tank assembly 20 accommodated in the body case assembly 10 The one end is fastened to the body box assembly 10 and the body box assembly 10, the body box assembly 10 accommodated in the body case assembly 10 and generates steam by heating water supplied from the water tank assembly 20. 30 is a steam hose assembly 40 for injecting the steam supplied from the outside, the height adjustment pipe assembly 50 is installed on the body case assembly 10, the control pipe assembly 50 is fastened to the steam iron A hanger assembly 60 for hanging clothes.

The body case assembly 10 includes an upper body 13 on which stand holes 13a and a hose housing hole 13b are formed, a lower body 14 fastening to the upper body 13, and an upper body 13. It is fastened to the stand hole (13a) of the control pipe assembly 50 includes a stand housing (11) for fixing upright.

The water tank assembly 20 is fastened to the water tank 21 having a discharge hole for water outflow is provided in the lower portion, a handle that is fastened to the upper portion of the water tank, a water tank cap to fasten to the outflow hole, and the water tank cap It includes a cap stopper.

The heater box assembly 30 includes a water holder connected to the water tank cap, a water supply pipe coupled to the water holder, a heater housing connected to the water supply tube, and a heater assembly accommodated in the heater housing.

The steam hose assembly 40 includes a hose, an upper injection hole and a lower injection hole connected to the hose, and a steam plate fitted to the lower injection hole.

By the way, since the steam generated in the main body 2 injects steam as it is through the hose as it is in the conventional stand type steam iron, the steam in the main body 2 is not 100% achieved, even if it is achieved even while passing through the hose. Liquid and steam are mixed.

This liquid water is very likely to fall without being attached to clothes when ironing, so that not only the steam efficiency is lowered, but also the hot liquid water is burned when the user splashes.

On the other hand, since the water in the water tank is supplied to the heater assembly in a gravity manner, it does not have much effect when ironing along the vertical direction, but when placed on an ironing board without hanging on a hanger and ironed in the horizontal direction, Press and iron. At this time, the nozzle hole is clogged by the pressing force, and it is impossible to iron it.

On the other hand, tap water is supplied to the water tank, and the tap water contains impurities and a scale is formed by the reaction with the heater assembly, which causes corrosion of the heater, and when the scale falls, a phenomenon of blocking the steam exit hole occurs. .

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0434617

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, by providing a replaceable filter portion in the water tank to provide a stand-type steam iron that significantly improves the efficiency of ironing by blocking the scale generated by the reaction with the heater. There is a purpose.

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

A base assembly including a detachable bucket part and a heater configured to generate steam by receiving water from the bucket part; A nozzle assembly for injecting steam; A hose for guiding steam from the heater to the nozzle assembly; A mounting assembly mounted to the base assembly to mount the nozzle assembly,

The bucket part is equipped with a replaceable filter part.

According to this configuration, the scale generated through the reaction between the tap water and the heater is blocked at the source, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of ironing.

The stand type steam iron according to claim 2 of the present invention,

The filter unit and the filter hollow body consisting of a bottom connecting the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the bottom of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the hollow fastening piece is formed on the lower end of the filter hollow body and fastened to the outflow control cap blocking the inlet of the water bottle; And, including a filter cover for opening and closing the top of the filter hollow body,

The outer cylinder is formed with an inlet for the first filter is installed, the second filter is installed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the outlet is formed with a third filter is installed, the outlet is located behind the inlet It is.

According to this structure, a large number of filter processes can be arranged, which can double the filtering effect.

Stand-type steam iron according to claim 3 of the present invention,

The first filter is a screen, the second filter is an ion exchange resin, the third filter is a nonwoven fabric, the outlet and the outer cylinder is formed with a receiving support groove for receiving the nonwoven fabric, the filter cover is an air vent hole Is formed.

According to this configuration, it is easy to install and remove the nonwoven fabric and gradually filter according to the size of the impurity, thereby greatly increasing the filtering efficiency.

The stand-type steam iron according to claim 4 of the present invention,

The base assembly includes a base and a main body detachably installed on the base, wherein the main body is detachably supported on the base, and the bucket part is detachably mounted on the outside and mounts the heater therein. Wow; A cover covering the case; It is interposed between the case and the cover and includes a deco rim formed with a handle.

According to this configuration, when the power is increased, the LED light is illuminated on the deco rim and the power is turned on, and at the same time, the main body can be moved.

As is apparent from the above description, the embodiment of the present invention has the following effects.

The replaceable filter part is disposed in the detachable bucket part, so that the scale generated by the reaction between the tap water and the heater is blocked at the source, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of ironing.

In addition, an inlet through which the first filter is installed is formed in the outer cylinder, a second filter is installed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, and an outlet in which the third filter is installed in the inner cylinder is formed, and the outlet is located behind the inlet. In addition, it is possible to arrange a plurality of filter processes to double the filtering effect.

In addition, it is easy to install and remove the nonwoven fabric and gradually filtered according to the size of the impurity can be very high filtering efficiency.

The handle is formed on the deco rim between the case and the cover, so when the power is increased, the LED light illuminates the deco rim, and the power is turned on. Sterilizable.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the stand-type steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front perspective view showing the appearance of the base assembly of FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is an exploded front perspective view of an exterior of the base assembly of FIG. 2;
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the separation of the bucket portion and the filter portion of FIG.
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the separation of the outflow control cap and filter of Figure 4;
6 is a cross-sectional view of the filter part of FIG. 4.
7 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 2.
8 is a rear perspective view of the cover of Figure 7 removed.
FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of the deco-rim of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a front view of the case back of FIG. 9; FIG.
FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of a portion of the housing of the nozzle assembly of FIG. 1. FIG.
12 is a perspective view of the second heater and the housing separated from the nozzle assembly of FIG. 1.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a block cover separated from the second heater of FIG. 12; FIG.
FIG. 14 is a block back front view of FIG. 13; FIG.
15 is a front elevational view of FIG. 14.
Figure 16 is an external perspective view of a conventional stand steam iron.
FIG. 17 is a perspective view illustrating the main body of FIG. 16 separated;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, where like reference numerals refer to like parts, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a stand-type steam iron according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the stand type steam iron 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention connects the base assembly 200, the nozzle assembly 300, the base assembly 200, and the nozzle assembly 300. A hose 400. In addition, it is convenient for storage or use that the stand-type steam iron 100 further includes a mounting assembly 500 for mounting the nozzle assembly 300. Of course, if there is no mounting assembly 500, it may be mounted in a place that can be stored walking around.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the base assembly 200 includes a base 210 and a main body 230.

The base 210 is a support plate 211 placed on the floor, the width is narrow compared to the length and contributes to the slimming of the device, while having a foot 213 that can be folded on both sides to enable stable use without tilting.

The upper surface of the base 210 is formed with a rod mounting portion 215 to which the lower end of the rod 510 described later is fitted and supported, and a fitting protrusion 217 to which the case 231 of the main body 230 is inserted and supported.

The rod mounting portion 215 is provided with a locking knob 216 for locking the rod 510.

The fitting protrusion 217 is preferably formed of the depression 218 and the ridge 219. The fitting protrusion 271 composed of the depression 218 and the ridge 219 has a minimum contact area with the fitting groove 234 of the main body 230 (that is, does not come into contact with the depth of depression) and thus the main body 230. Helps to escape easily from the base 210 when pulling out.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the main body 230 includes a case 231, a cover 233, and a steam generator 240 mounted on the case 231.

The steam generator 240 includes a water tank 250 and a heater 270.

In addition, the steam generator 240 preferably further includes a pump 290 for pumping the water of the bucket part 250 to be forcibly supplied to the heater 270.

The water bottle part 250 includes a water tank 251 in which an injection hole 252 is formed, an outflow control cap 253 fastened to the injection hole 252 to serve as a membrane, and a filter part 260 disposed in the water bottle 251. Include. An air inlet (not shown) provided with a check valve (not shown) is formed at an upper side (handling groove formed with a groove) of the water tank 251 so that only outside air flows in.

An outlet (not shown) is formed at the center of the outlet control cap 253, and an open / close valve 255 is provided at the outlet (not shown).

Therefore, when the bucket part 250 is mounted in the bucket receiving groove 232 formed on the outside of the case 231, the opening / closing valve 255 is raised to keep the outlet (not shown) always open. Of course, when the bucket part 250 is separated from the bucket receiving groove 232, the on-off valve 255 is restored by a spring (not shown) to block the outlet (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the filter unit 260 includes a filter hollow body 261, a hollow fastening piece 268 formed at a lower end of the filter hollow body 261, and a filter hollow body 261. It consists of a filter cover (269) for opening and closing the top of the.

The filter hollow body 261 includes an outer cylinder 262 and an inner cylinder 264, and a bottom 267 connecting lower ends of the outer cylinder 262 and the inner cylinder 264.

In addition, an inlet 263 through which the water of the bucket 251 enters is formed in the outer cylinder 262, and an outlet 265 that leads to an outlet (not shown) is formed in the inner cylinder 264.

In this case, it is preferable that the first filter 266a having a screen form is installed at the inlet 263.

A second filter 266b such as an ion exchange resin is filled between the outer cylinder 262 and the inner cylinder 264 to substantially filter impurities in the tap water.

Finally, the outlet 265 may be provided with a third filter 266c such as a sponge or a nonwoven fabric for filtering fine foreign matter.

In addition, as shown in Figure 6, the outlet 265 is preferably located in a form facing each other behind the inlet 263.

Due to this arrangement, tap water entering the inlet 263 flows left and right across the screen 266a to remove impurities from the ion exchange resin 266b, and finally filtered through the nonwoven fabric 266c, followed by purified water through the outlet 265. Is discharged through an outlet (not shown).

Accordingly, it is possible to easily arrange a plurality of filters and to secure a flow layout for sufficiently removing impurities.

The third filter 266c is preferably accommodated in the receiving support groove 266c 'formed between the outer cylinder 262 and the outlet 265 because the third filter 266c restricts the movement of the third filter 266c in accordance with the flow of water.

The receiving support groove 266c 'is formed by the first projection 262a formed on the inner circumferential surface of the outer cylinder 262 and the second projection 265a formed on the outer circumferential surface of the outlet 265, and thus the projections 262a and 265a. ) Guides up and down and restrains in the circumferential direction.

In addition, the space between the projections 262a and the projections 265a is a space through which water enters and can hold the nonwoven fabric 266c.

On the other hand, since the ion exchange resin 266b and the nonwoven fabric 266c need to be exchanged to some extent, the filter cover 269 is required. In addition, the air vent hole 269a is formed in the filter cover 269.

The male screw of the hollow fastening piece 268 is fastened to the female screw formed around the opening / closing valve 255, and is easily removed from the water tank 251 with the outflow control cap 253, and it is also convenient to replace the entire filter part 260. .

The heater 270 is a instantaneous heating type heater and consists of a water inlet 271 and a steam outlet 273 in a block in which a U-shaped electric heater is embedded. It is mounted inside the electrical case 231. The block is usually mounted on the inner bracket of the body case 231 while being wrapped in a heat resistant plastic case.

In addition, it is preferable that the pump 290 is installed between the bucket part 250 and the heater 270.

The pump 290 not only functions to pump water from the water tank 251 through the pump inlet 291 to forcibly supply the heater 270 through the pump outlet 293, but also to iron in the horizontal direction as well as in the vertical direction. When the nozzle is clogged to prevent steam from coming out.

In general, it is easy to think of the stand type iron as being ironed only in the vertical direction, unlike the general iron in the horizontal direction. When adopting the pump 290, it is possible to use the stand type iron to move it in the horizontal direction (ie Ironing in a fishing boat posture allows the iron to be pressed in the direction in which the nozzle is pressed on the clothes), and one steam iron can be ironed in various postures.

The heater 270 and the pump 290 are preferably controlled by the PCB 280.

The outer circumferential surface of the case 231 is formed with a rod receiving groove 236 for accommodating a part of the rod 510, and an elastic locking piece 238 is installed at one side of the rod receiving groove 236.

The elastic locking piece 238 is locked by the concave groove 511 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the rod 510, so that it can be constrained in all directions in the front, rear, left, and right directions of the long rod 510 together with the rod accommodation groove 236. .

A rib 237 is preferably formed in the rod receiving groove 236 so as to be in line contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rod 510 (which tends to be easily attached and detached from the surface contact).

The elastic locking piece 238 is installed so that one side is connected by a hinge and the other side always applies elasticity toward the rod accommodation groove 236. Accordingly, when the rod 510 is pushed back and forth and the elastic locking piece 238 is pushed to the left and right, and the recessed groove 511 is positioned, the elastic locking piece 238 is elastically restored and locked to the recessed groove 511 to be rocked at random. Eliminates the risk of falling or falling off.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 8 and 9 it is preferable that the deco rim 235 is interposed between the case 231 and the cover 233.

Deco rim 235 is a handle 235a is formed on the upper side, when the power is increased, the light of the LED 282 is spread to check that the power is turned on, as well as give a beautiful light around the interior side is good.

As shown in Figs. 11 to 14, the nozzle assembly 300 is composed of a nozzle portion 310 and a housing 350 in which the nozzle portion 310 is installed.

The nozzle unit 310 may be configured as a case type having a conventional nozzle, but the nozzle unit 310 in the present embodiment is implemented in the form of a reheat heater.

That is, the steam coming out of the heater 270 which is the first heater is hardly steamed 100%. This is because it cools during flow and is injected through the nozzle into the vapor and liquid phase. In particular, since the steam moves through the long hose 400 in the stand-type steam iron is almost impossible to steam 100%.

In order to inject 100% of the steam of the stand type steam iron, in this embodiment, the steam from the first heater 270 is again heated to the nozzle unit 310.

That is, the nozzle unit 310 is configured as a reheating heater or a second heater 310 for heating the first steam supplied through the hose 400 and injecting the second steam.

The reheating heater or the second heater 310 may include an electric heater 311, a block 313 embedded with the terminals 312 of the electric heater 311 exposed, and a hot plate formed on the front surface of the block 313. 315, a flow passage 320 formed on the rear surface of the convex 313, and a block cover 318 covering the rear surface of the block 317.

The hot plate 315 has a spray nozzle 316 to which the reheated second steam is sprayed.

In addition, the hot plate 315 is placed on the floor or ironing board and serves as a pressing plate when ironing clothes to enable ironing in the horizontal direction.

This configuration of the hot plate 315 prevents the liquid from falling off and burned when ironed in the vertical direction at 100% steam. In addition, the hot plate 315 has the same effect as a general iron when ironing in the horizontal direction, and prevents the nozzles injected by the pump 290 from clogging, so that ironing in either the vertical or horizontal direction with one iron is possible. It is possible.

On the rear surface of the convex 313, a flow passage 317 communicating with the injection nozzle 316 is formed, and the inlet 319 through which the first steam flows is formed in the block cover 318.

The flow passage 320 includes a first flow passage 321 communicating with the inlet 319 and a second flow passage 325 for passing the first flow passage 321 and the injection nozzle 316 to each other.

The first flow passage 321 flows downwardly from the first eviction flow passages 322a and 322b and the first eviction flow passages 322a and 322b that flow left and right at the inlet 319. Flow passages 323a and 323b are included.

The second flow passage 325 includes second upper flow passages 326a and 326b that flow upward from left and right of the first lower flow passages 323a and 323b, and second upper flow passages 326a and 326b. It includes a second approach flow passage (327a) (327b) flowing in the direction toward each other on both the left and right of the.

As shown in FIG. 14, the first eviction flow passages 322a and 322b and the second approach flow passages 327a and 327b are straight paths, and the first downward flow passages 323a and 323b and the second flow passages 322a and 327b are respectively straight lines. The upward flow passages 326a and 326b consist of semicircular paths.

The injection nozzle 316 is disposed in the second approach flow passages 327a and 327b.

As such, the first steam entering the upper center inlet 319 flows left and right, flows down along a semi-circle, and flows up along a semi-circle again, and then flows toward the center from left and right through the injection nozzle 316. Since it is injected, it is possible to keep the flow time long for the same flow distance.

In addition, the flow passage 320 is preferably provided with projections or partitions to further increase the flow time.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, the first flow passage 321 is disposed to be positioned above the embedded electric heater 311, and the second flow passage 325 is disposed to be positioned at the side of the electric heater 311. The second flow passage 325 may be formed deeper than the first flow passage 321.

This depth difference is due to the second upper flow passages 326a and 326b that the liquid remaining in the nozzle 310 is not sufficiently heated and does not go out to the injection nozzle 316 when the steam iron is first used or stopped in use and then used again. It is for a while to stay. Therefore, steam is injected into the injection nozzle 316, but the heavy liquid stays until it becomes steam.

The housing 350 includes a head housing 360 on which the nozzle unit 310 is mounted, and a handle housing 370 extending from one side of the head housing 360.

The handle housing 370 is divided into an upper handle housing 371 and a lower handle housing 373 and assembled.

The hose 400 includes a heat resistant tube (not shown) connecting the steam outlet 273 and the steam inlet 319 of the first heater 370, and a protective tube 410 surrounding the heat resistant tube (not shown). do.

An electric wire (not shown) of the second heater 310 electrically connected to the PCB 280 is disposed between the protection tube 410 and the heat resistant tube (not shown).

Heat-resistant tube (not shown) is a silicon material, the protection tube 410 can be implemented in a PVC material is more convenient than the conventional case of using as a single tube is more convenient to use.

One end of the protective tube 410 is connected to the handle 370, the other end is connected to the connection pipe 239 of the case 231.

Mounting assembly 500 is a cradle 530 is mounted on the head housing 360 of the nozzle assembly 300, the top is a rod 510 is supported on the cradle 530 and the bottom is mounted to the rod mounting portion 215 Consists of.

The rod 510 may be height-adjustable, as well as a trouser hanger or a hanger. Of course, the clothes rack to hang clothes on the cradle 530 may be further integrated.

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 any type of steam iron that connects the stand-type steam iron or the base assembly and the nozzle assembly with a hose.

100: stand type steam iron 200: base assembly
210: base 211: base plate
213 foot 215 rod mounting portion
216: locking knob 217: fitting protrusion
218: depression 219: ridge
230: body 231: case
232: mall housing groove 233: cover
234: fitting groove 235: deco border
235a: deco handle 236: rod receiving groove
237 rib 238 elastic locking piece
240: steam generator 250: water tank
251: bucket 252: inlet
253: outflow control cap 255: on-off valve
260: filter portion 261: filter hollow body
262: outer cylinder 262a, 265a: protrusion
263: entrance 264: inner tube
265: outlet 266a: first filter (screen)
266b: second filter (ion exchange resin) 266c: third filter (nonwoven fabric)
266c ': Receiving support groove 267: Floor
268: hollow fastening pieces 269: filter cover
269a: air vent hole 270: heater (first heater)
271: water inlet 273: steam outlet
280: PCB 282: LED
290: pump 291: pump inlet
293: pump outlet 300: nozzle assembly
310: nozzle part (second heater) (reheat heater) 311: electric heater
312 terminal 313 block
315: hot plate 316: spray nozzle
317: flow passage 318: block cover
319: (first) steam inlet 350: housing
360: head housing 370: handle housing
400: Hose 500: Mounting Assembly
510: rod 511: concave groove
530: holder

Claims (4)

A base assembly including a detachable bucket part and a heater configured to generate steam by receiving water from the bucket part;
A nozzle assembly for injecting steam;
A hose for guiding steam from the heater to the nozzle assembly;
A mounting assembly mounted to the base assembly to mount the nozzle assembly,
Stand-type steam iron equipped with a replaceable filter in the water tank.
The method of claim 1,
The filter unit and the filter hollow body consisting of a bottom connecting the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the bottom of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the hollow fastening piece is formed on the lower end of the filter hollow body and fastened to the outflow control cap blocking the inlet of the water bottle; And, including a filter cover for opening and closing the top of the filter hollow body,
The outer cylinder is formed with an inlet in which the first filter is installed,
A second filter is installed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder,
The inner cylinder is formed with an outlet, the third filter is installed,
The outlet is a stand-type steam iron located behind the inlet.
The method of claim 2,
The first filter is a screen, the second filter is an ion exchange resin, the third filter is a nonwoven fabric,
The outlet and the outer cylinder is provided with a receiving support groove for receiving and supporting the nonwoven fabric,
Stand type steam iron that the air vent hole is formed in the filter cover.
4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The base assembly includes a base and a main body detachably installed on the base,
The body is detachably supported on the base, the case is mounted to the outside detachably the water tank portion and the case there is mounted the heater; A cover covering the case; A stand-type steam iron interposed between the case and the cover and including a deco rim having a handle.

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