Classifications

• • 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
  • D06F75/28—Arrangements for attaching, protecting or supporting the electric supply cable

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• the present invention relates to an iron having a body surmounting a heating soleplate supplied with electricity or steam by a cord, the upper part of the body having a handling handle connected by its rear end with two arms extending so substantially symmetrical, apart, to form a heel on which the iron can rest and relates more particularly to an iron having a cord guide device for deporting the cord outlet.
• an object of the present invention is to overcome these disadvantages by providing an iron with a cord guide device having a small footprint including allowing not to obstruct the central portion of the iron.
• the subject of the invention is an iron comprising a body connected to a cord, such as an electric power cord, provided with a cord guide device giving a preferential orientation to the cord at the exit of the body, characterized in that the cord guide device comprises an arch-shaped piece supporting the cord, the arch being hinged at its ends to the body of the iron.
• a cord guide device comprises an arch-shaped piece supporting the cord, the arch being hinged at its ends to the body of the iron.
• the arch is pivotally mounted between a folded position in which the arch is substantially integrated into the body of the iron and an extended position in which the arch departs from the body of the iron.
• the cord enters the arch at the top of the latter.
• the cord enters the arch at an opening receiving a flexible cord guide element wrapping the cord at the exit of the arch.
• the flexible cord guide element is articulated by means of a ball joint on the arch. Such a characteristic makes it possible to modify the orientation of the cord at the exit of the arch.
• the body of the iron has a heel on which it can rest during the inactive ironing phases and the arch has a shape matching the contour of the upper part of the heel.
• the arch has a shape matching the contour of the upper part of the heel.
• the iron comprises a handle connected by its rear end to the heel of the iron, the latter comprising two arms extending substantially symmetrically with respect to the median plane of the iron, in s' away from the handle, the arch being articulated on the heel arms.
• the arch is pivotally mounted on hinges disposed substantially at mid-height of the heel arms.
• the two arms provide a space between them in which is disposed a filling orifice of a tank integrated in the body of the iron.
• the arch in the deployed position, forms an angle with respect to the plane of the heel between 30 ° and 60 °.
• FIG. 1 is a side view of an iron comprising a cord guide device according to a particular embodiment of the invention, the cord guide device being in its folded position;
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the iron of FIG. 1;
• FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the iron of Figure 1 when the cord guide device is in the deployed position;
• FIG. 5 is a side view of the iron of Figures 3 and 4; - Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of the iron of Figure 1.
• Figures 1 and 2 show an iron comprising a body 1 of plastic typically containing a water tank and surmounting a sole 2 heated by an electrical resistance, the latter being electrically powered by means of a cord 3, the end is provided with a plug, not shown in the figures, allowing connection to the electrical network.
• the body 1 comprises a handle 10 which is connected to a heel on which the iron can rest during the inactive ironing phases, the heel being constituted by two arms 11 extending away from the handle 10 to a cross member 12 substantially parallel to the plane of the sole so that the resulting structure is substantially triangulated.
• the arms 11 delimit between them an open space in which is disposed a rotary shutter 4 masking a filling orifice 40 of the water tank, shown in phantom in Figure 2.
• the iron comprises a device guide cord 5 for orienting the cord 3 in a preferred direction.
• this cord guide device 5 comprises an arch 50, supporting the cord 3, which is articulated at each of its ends to the arms 11 of the heel.
• the arch 50 is articulated on hinges consisting of a bearing 60 carried by each end of the arch 50 into which an axis 61 penetrates. carried by the arms 11 of the heel.
• the shafts 61 of the hinge are disposed substantially at mid-height of the arms 11 and the arch 50 matches the shape of the upper part of the arms 11 so that the arch 50 can tilt from a folded position in which it is integrated in a housing 12 constituted by a recess formed in the upper part of the arms 11, as is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, to an extended position in which the arch 50 is tilted towards the rear of the iron, as shown in Figures 3 to 5.
• the rear surface of the arch 50, on which the iron rests when it is placed on its heel, is flat and advantageously has a non-slip coating 53, which is an extension of a non-slip coating 70 of similar texture worn. by a U-shaped cover 7 closing the lower part of the arms 11 and the cross member 12 forming the lower part of the heel of the iron.
• the non-slip coating 53 has at each of its ends a bevelled surface 53A which abuts against a corresponding beveled surface 70A, formed at the adjacent end of the coating 70 carried by the cover 7, when the arch 50 is in position deployed so that the latter is immobilized in a position in which the arch is at an angle ⁇ relative to the arm 11, visible in Figure 5, close to 45 °.
• the housing 12 receiving the arch 50 is open at its upper end and the cord 3 enters an orifice made at the top of the arch 50, the latter coming substantially in line with the upper surface of the handle 10 .
• the cord 3 is preferably provided with a flexible cord reinforcement 8 wrapping the cord 3 at the outlet of the arch 50 so as to limit its flexion, the lower end of the cord reinforcement 8 being advantageously provided with a ball 80 allowing for rotation of the latter relative to the arch 50.
• the arch 50 of the cord guide device is made of a hard plastic, such as polycarbonate, and the cord reinforcement 8 is molded in a flexible material, such as an elastomeric material.
• the cord 3 contains threads 30 that travel through the arch 50 and then enter the body of the iron through the lower end of the arch 50, as can be seen in FIG. 6, so as to supply electricity the heating sole 2 of the iron.
• Such a cord guide device has the advantage of completely releasing the rear central portion of the iron which can then receive a filling orifice of the reservoir. In the deployed position, the cord guide device allows to deport the cord outlet to the rear of the iron, which allows in particular to prevent the cord comes into contact with the user's arm when the latter grasps the iron by the handle, but also to prevent the cord from rubbing on the edge of the ironing board or on the laundry during ironing. Finally, such a cord guide device has the advantage of allowing a cord outlet in the longitudinal axis of the iron so that the iron can be used with the same ergonomics by a right-handed or left-handed person.
• the arch In the folded position, the arch has the advantage of integrating perfectly into the body of the iron, which allows to keep a small footprint facilitating the storage of the iron. In addition, in this folded position the arch forms, with the lower part of the heel, a flat surface on which the iron can rest stably.
• the arch supporting the cord may be made of a flexible material.
• it may be provided a brake or a latch to keep the arch in the folded position when storing the iron or when the user does not wish to benefit from the offset of the cord.

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