US20060225315A1 - Filling orifice provided with a push button closure - Google Patents

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US20060225315A1
US20060225315A1 US10/541,839 US54183904A US2006225315A1 US 20060225315 A1 US20060225315 A1 US 20060225315A1 US 54183904 A US54183904 A US 54183904A US 2006225315 A1 US2006225315 A1 US 2006225315A1
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Wolfgang Keller
Ralf Kremer
Klaus Maier
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F75/00—Hand irons
    • D06F75/08—Hand irons internally heated by electricity
    • D06F75/10—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed
    • D06F75/14—Hand irons internally heated by electricity with means for supplying steam to the article being ironed the steam being produced from water in a reservoir carried by the iron

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  • the present invention relates to steam irons.
  • Irons equipped with a water reservoir having an orifice allowing the user to fill it are known. This orifice is usually disposed at the front of the iron so that the liquid does not run out when iron is placed on its heel.
  • baffles are supplemented by baffles as explained in the patent FR2677674, or are closed by a large articulated or sliding movable shutter as described in the patent DE10015078.
  • a filling drawer can serve as a funnel and at the same time ensure closing.
  • baffles limit the water flow, movable shutters and drawers require for their opening a minimum of attention and care due to their fragility, owing to the fact that they must be pulled by hand and occupy a position outside the body of the iron during opening.
  • the invention which follows has for its object a steam iron having a water reservoir, the closing of the filling orifice of said water reservoir not having the cited disadvantages, and being easy and simple to open and close.
  • a pressing iron comprising a water reservoir having a filling orifice, the orifice being provided with a rigid cover having a closing face visible in the orifice, by the fact that the cover has retaining means such that a first push substantially perpendicular to the visible face of the cover can open the orifice, said means retaining the cover depressed in the orifice while allowing the filling of the reservoir with water, the retaining means being released and the orifice being again closed under the action of a second push on said visible face of the cover.
  • the cover is thus like a pushbutton that one depresses to open the orifice and to fill the reservoir, and that one releases by a new pressure to close the orifice.
  • the operation is very simple and does not require particular attention nor precautions.
  • the cover is retracted in the orifice during filling.
  • the orifice being in open position, a path intended for the filling water is provided around the cover.
  • the cover in closed position bears on a peripheral internal face of the orifice, under the action of a spring.
  • the cover then acts like a one-way valve thus preventing water from the reservoir from flowing towards the outside under the influence of movements of the iron.
  • the cover carries along in translation a part movable in rotation provided with teeth intended to come in correspondence with complementary teeth of the body when the orifice is opened, the teeth of the movable part sliding on complementary parts of the cover when said cover is pushed.
  • the body of the orifice can be a part added to the iron or be integrated into the body of the iron or of the water reservoir.
  • the part movable in rotation turns by a notch and is positioned to successively occupy a depressed position where it retains the cover, and a released position where the cover is closed against the interior edge of the orifice.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal pictorial view of an iron having a filling orifice according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a filling orifice according to the invention, the orifice being closed.
  • FIG. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the filling orifice of FIG. 2 , the orifice being open.
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal view of the body of the orifice of FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 5 is a view of the cover closing the orifice of FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 6 is an exploded view showing the part movable in rotation, the spring and a support part of the spring.
  • iron 1 has a soleplate 2 and a casing body 3 in which a water reservoir 4 is housed.
  • the reservoir is capable of being filled with water through an orifice 5 .
  • Orifice 5 has a body 6 in which a passage 61 for filling water, better seen in FIG. 3 , opens towards the outside of iron 1 .
  • Orifice body 6 is integrated at the front of the iron and is fixed on water reservoir 4 in a watertight manner due to a joint 62 represented in FIG. 2 .
  • Body 6 visible in cross section in FIGS. 2 and 3 carries internally a crown of long teeth 64 directed downwards, providing between them passages 65 having parallel edges. Teeth 64 have at their end a form of sawtooth notch 641 visible in FIG. 2 .
  • a cover 7 disposed in orifice 5 has a face 71 visible and accessible from the outside of iron via passage 61 .
  • the cover is able to close passage 61 as represented in FIG. 2 .
  • Extension 711 of face 71 easy to distinguish in FIG. 3 , then bears against internal wall 63 peripheral to passage 61 of body 6 .
  • Cover 7 internally carries a crown of teeth 72 directed toward the bottom of FIGS. 2, 3 and 5 . It is immobilized in rotation by plugs 73 guided in translation by passages 65 located between teeth 64 of body 6 .
  • a part 8 of circular cross section, is capable of turning around an axis carried by the cover. It is firmly attached to this cover 7 with a play in translation and carries at its periphery a crown of radial teeth 81 whose point is directed to the top in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6 . Teeth 81 are long enough to be guided by passages 65 of body 6 over the entire length of teeth 64 of body 6 , and escape this guidance in rotation when movable part 8 is pushed downwards at the same time as cover 7 and when they are beyond the end of teeth 64 .
  • a spring 9 bearing on a fixed part 10 firmly attached to body 6 returns in translation movable part 8 upwards in the figures.
  • spring 9 raises movable part 8 , which by its teeth 81 raises cover 7 whose wall 711 is in contact with the internal peripheral wall 63 of body 6 and closes the orifice by blocking passage 61 .
  • Teeth 81 of movable part 8 are in relation with teeth 72 of cover 7 .
  • cover 7 and the movable part 8 are immobilized in rotation respectively by plugs 73 and teeth 81 sliding in passages 65 of body 6 .
  • Teeth 81 and teeth 72 have an offset so that they rest only on an inclined side in a preferential direction.
  • cover 7 To reclose the filling orifice, the user presses on cover 7 through passage 61 .
  • the cover descends in the orifice and teeth 81 escape notches 641 .
  • Part 8 pivots around its axis and teeth 81 are put in complete correspondence with teeth 72 of the cover.
  • extension 711 of face 71 of the cover, or internal peripheral face 63 of body 6 coming in contact with one another, can be provided with a complementary seal.
  • the user can open or close the filling orifice in a very simple way by the same easy to perform gesture, and the device presents a large passage for water for filling the reservoir.

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FR0300299A FR2849871B1 (fr) 2003-01-13 2003-01-13 Orifice de remplissage avec fermeture a bouton poussoir
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PCT/IB2004/000050 WO2004063453A1 (fr) 2003-01-13 2004-01-07 Orifice de remplissage avec fermeture a bouton poussoir

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US2499185A (en) * 1946-09-11 1950-02-28 Gen Electric Steam iron reservoir water supply and water discharge means
US2817912A (en) * 1954-05-17 1957-12-31 Gen Mills Inc Steam iron with a filling valve arrangement
US3182411A (en) * 1962-03-13 1965-05-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp Steam iron
US3220695A (en) * 1965-04-30 1965-11-30 Sterling Faucet Company Push-button drain valve
US3333815A (en) * 1964-04-21 1967-08-01 Sterling Faucet Company Push button drain valve
US3718997A (en) * 1971-01-11 1973-03-06 Mc Graw Edison Co Steam-dry travel iron
US4656763A (en) * 1985-01-11 1987-04-14 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Steam iron with steam surge generation capability
US6243976B1 (en) * 1999-09-01 2001-06-12 Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex, Inc. Fill port assembly for a steam iron
US20010042327A1 (en) * 2000-03-28 2001-11-22 Klaus Maier Water filling orifice for steam pressing iron
US6942195B2 (en) * 2003-11-25 2005-09-13 Chih-Hung Kao Valve for a water faucet

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US2499185A (en) * 1946-09-11 1950-02-28 Gen Electric Steam iron reservoir water supply and water discharge means
US2817912A (en) * 1954-05-17 1957-12-31 Gen Mills Inc Steam iron with a filling valve arrangement
US3182411A (en) * 1962-03-13 1965-05-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp Steam iron
US3333815A (en) * 1964-04-21 1967-08-01 Sterling Faucet Company Push button drain valve
US3220695A (en) * 1965-04-30 1965-11-30 Sterling Faucet Company Push-button drain valve
US3718997A (en) * 1971-01-11 1973-03-06 Mc Graw Edison Co Steam-dry travel iron
US4656763A (en) * 1985-01-11 1987-04-14 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Steam iron with steam surge generation capability
US6243976B1 (en) * 1999-09-01 2001-06-12 Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex, Inc. Fill port assembly for a steam iron
US20010042327A1 (en) * 2000-03-28 2001-11-22 Klaus Maier Water filling orifice for steam pressing iron
US6942195B2 (en) * 2003-11-25 2005-09-13 Chih-Hung Kao Valve for a water faucet

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