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
  • D06F81/00—Ironing boards 
  • D06F81/06—Ironing boards  attachable to independent supports, e.g. walls
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
  • A47G1/02—Mirrors used as equipment
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
• • 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
  • D06F73/00—Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam 
• • 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
  • D06F79/00—Accessories for hand irons
  • D06F79/02—Stands or supports neither attached to, nor forming part of, the iron or ironing board

Definitions

• the present invention relates retractable utility objects installed in apartments or hotels and relates in particular to a retractable device ironing board and iron.
• iron and ironing board associated with it are among the utilitarian objects that are indispensable in a house and which a housewife uses frequently.
• improvements such as the use of steam, ironing occupancy is always a chore given the difficult implementation of the tool. Indeed it is always tedious to take the board out of a cupboard often cluttered, then, to install it. After that, you have to look for the iron, connect it to the sector and finally, when the work is done, you have to start again all these operations in the other direction.
• Some products that have been released recently include a closet and a board inside. They have the disadvantage of being bulky, unsightly and impractical. In addition the door of such closet remaining open during use hinders the user in his work.
• a retractable set for ironing clothes is described in GB-A-2389372.
• This set includes a frame attached to the wall in which there is an ironing board consisting of a rear portion having an ironing surface and a front portion secured to the rear portion constituting an ornamental surface or a mirror.
• the board can take a first position in which the front part is visible and the rear part is retracted and a second position in which the front part is retracted and the rear part made visible.
• the rear portion comprises pivoting means adapted to move the ironing board from the first position to the second position, and to move the ironing board in the second position from the vertical position to the position horizontal as a console for a user to use the surface to iron.
• GB 765105 discloses a retractable ironing device comprising a frame attached to the wall and forming a cavity in which there is an ironing board, the cavity being obstructed by a door hiding the ironing board when it is closed.
• the ironing board of this document does not have a front portion secured to the rear portion constituting an ornamental surface or a mirror, and can not take a first position in which the front portion is visible in the fixed frame on the wall and the rear part is retracted, and a second position in which the front part is retracted and the rear part is made visible in the frame attached to the wall.
• the improved retractable assembly which is described comprises an ironing board composed of a rear part comprising an ironing surface and a front part integral with the rear part constituting an ornamental surface or a mirror.
• the board can take a first position in which the front part is visible in the frame fixed to the wall and the rear part is retracted and a second position in which the front part is retracted and the rear part is made visible in the frame.
• a first pivoting means makes it possible to move the ironing board from the first position to the second position and vice versa
• a second pivoting means makes it possible to pass the ironing board through located in the second position from the vertical position inside the frame to the horizontal position as a console for a user to use the surface to be ironed.
• the first pivoting means is formed of a carriage supporting a frame surrounding the rear part and in particular the surface to be ironed, the carriage being moved laterally from one edge to the other of the frame by means of rolling wheels on the side and side of the frame. another of a guide rail so as to move the ironing board from the first position to the second position and vice versa.
• the assembly described above comprises mechanical parts in rotation such as the carriage which moves laterally to ensure opening and closing, and whose wheels are prestressed to ensure a rectilinear movement which makes it extremely fragile and subject to premature wear.
• the carriage takes an important place both in width and in height, which considerably limits the useful surface devoted to the ironing board inside its frame.
• Another disadvantage of this set is that it is bulky and heavy and the ratio of the useful width of the board relative to the total width does not allow a small footprint.
• the object of the invention is to provide a device consisting of an ironing board and an iron that can be retracted easily against a wall having the appearance of a mirror or a table and also unfolded quickly to be able to function immediately without using rotating mechanical parts decreasing the useful surface devoted to the ironing board.
• the object of the invention is therefore a retractable device for ironing laundry comprising a frame fixed to the wall in which is an ironing board surrounded by a movable frame and composed of a rear portion having an ironing surface and a front portion secured to the rear portion constituting an ornamental surface or a mirror.
• the ironing board can take a first position in which the front part is visible in the frame fixed to the wall and the rear part is retracted, and a second position in which the front part is retracted and the rear part is made visible in the frame. wall mounted.
• the device comprises first pivoting means adapted to move the ironing board from the first position to the second position and vice versa, and second pivot means for moving the ironing board in the second position of the vertical position.
• the first pivoting means comprises two upper and lower hinges located at the right end or at the left end of the frame fixed to the wall and forming a vertical axis allowing the mobile frame and the ironing board to pivot in anti-clockwise (or vice versa) around the vertical axis at an angle of about 90 ° so as to make visible the ironing board, and also include two hinges high and low located respectively in each of the horizontal parts of the movable frame and in their middle forming a vertical axis allowing the ironing board to pivot in the direction of clockwise (or vice versa) so as to make the ironing board visible in the frame attached to the wall.
• Figure 1 shows the device of ironing board and iron according to the invention retracted and leaving visible the ornamental part
• Figures 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D show the successive phases of pivoting to make visible the ironing board
• Figures 3A and 3B show the successive phases of pivoting to bring the surface to iron in the use position
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of the iron ready for use.
• Figure 5 shows a sectional view of the handle of the iron in the use position and in the rest position.
• the ironing board comprises, in a first position, a front portion 10 which is an ornamental surface such as a table or mirror inside a frame 12 fixed to the wall.
• a rear part is formed by the ironing board and the steam iron associated with modern ironing devices such as a brush incorporating a perforated tube for diffusing a jet of steam on a cloth placed on the board.
• the rear part is retracted into a cavity of the wall inside the frame 12.
• FIGs 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D illustrate the phases of introduction of the rear part.
• the ironing board device is first out of the cavity by pivoting.
• the left edge of a mobile frame 18 which surrounds the ironing board is disengaged and this frame is pivoted in the opposite direction to the needles.
• a watch around two hinges located at the top and bottom of the cavity 14, the two hinges constituting a vertical pivot axis.
• the board can be kept locked in the cavity by any suitable mechanism that is released when a slight pressure is exerted on the ironing board.
• the following action illustrated in Figure 2C is to rotate in a clockwise direction the ironing board about a vertical axis 20 formed by two high and low hinges respectively located in each of the horizontal parts of the movable frame 18 and in their middle.
• the rear portion 22 of the device containing the ironing board is on the front.
• the following action is a pivoting movement which consists of bringing the frame 18 into the cavity 14, the frame 18 driving the ironing board in its movement and forcing it to be placed in the cavity 14 while being surrounded by the frame 18.
• the rear portion 22 of the device showing the bottom 23 of the ironing board has thus taken the place of the front part, that is to say the ornamental surface or the mirror. Note that during the course of these actions, the ironing board has undergone a rotation of 180 °.
• the ironing board When the ironing board is made visible as explained above, it is set up as a console according to the phases illustrated in Figures 3A and 3B. This operation involves taking the ironing board out of its frame and folding it by rotating it 90 ° with two hinges (not shown) located at the bottom of the ironing board and on each side and which are integral with the frame 18.
• the console support adapted to hold the ironing board in a horizontal position, visible in FIG. 3A, comprises two branches 24 and 26 whose ends 28 and 30 bear in the lower part of the frame 18.
• the two arms of the bracket support which have their upper ends provided with lugs retained by sliding respectively in grooves 32 and 34 located under the ironing board, pivot about two lugs of lower ends 28 and 30 of the console bracket.
• the ironing board After a pivoting of 90 ° of the ironing board, it takes a horizontal position which is its final position, the ironing surface 31 being above. Arrived at this position, the ironing board stops because the ends of the two branches 24 and 26 of the bracket support have reached the ends of the grooves 32 and 34 respectively.
• the utensil used for ironing such as an iron 36 with its handle 40 in the folded position is in the retracted position in a cavity 37 at the end of the ironing surface close to the wall as shown in Figure 3B. Note that in this retracted position, the handle 40 is in the folded position adjacent to the sole 42.
• the iron 36 is a steam iron.
• the board is provided on its surface with a suitable grid for the circulation of steam through the laundry to iron.
• the system also incorporates the latest known improvements in ironing, namely:
• the board is provided with fans 38 and 39 whose rotation in one direction can propel steam to the outside of the board and from bottom to top so that said steam passes through the laundry placed on the board.
• the board is connected by a steam duct to a heating tank (not shown) that generates steam.
• the utensil for ironing consists of a brush incorporating a perforated tube that connects to the tip of the steam duct connected to the heating tank that produces steam.
• This brush is implemented by the user with a gripping handle for the purpose of sliding on the ironing cloth placed on the board. The emission of the steam flow emitted by the brush on the laundry allows a fast ironing.
• the heating tank can be connected and disconnected instantly by means of an appropriate device, either a steam iron or a brush incorporating a perforated tube.
• an appropriate device either a steam iron or a brush incorporating a perforated tube.
• the heating tank is integrated in the end of the board and the other end of the board (rounded portion) integrates the cavity 37 which allows to store the iron and the brush.
• an electric cable provides power to the iron and the transmission of commands for all functions useful for ironing.
• the handle 40 has at its base a locking hook 54 separated from the cam by a recess 56.
• the handle is rotated 90 ° about its axis 58.
• a fixed lug in the form of a circular arc 60 is introduced into the recess 56 as shown in FIG. 5.
• the push button 44 After releasing the push button 44, its end 46 engages in the locking catch 50. At this moment, the iron is completely immobilized by the pin 60 blocked. in the recess 56 and its handle is locked in horizontal position.
• the retractable ironing board device and its accessories which has just been described has many advantages.
• it has the advantage over the retractable assembly described in this document, the advantage of not having mechanical parts in rotation and to have a surface area ratio of the ironing board compared to the frame much more important.

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