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CN103459707A - A steam iron - Google Patents
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CN103459707A
CN103459707A CN2012800161854A CN201280016185A CN103459707A CN 103459707 A CN103459707 A CN 103459707A CN 2012800161854 A CN2012800161854 A CN 2012800161854A CN 201280016185 A CN201280016185 A CN 201280016185A CN 103459707 A CN103459707 A CN 103459707A
CN2012800161854A
CN103459707B (en
B·劳达恩
陈文建
H·K·蔡
2011-04-04 Priority to EP11160948.3 priority Critical
2011-04-04 Priority to EP11160948 priority
2012-03-26 Application filed by 皇家飞利浦有限公司 filed Critical 皇家飞利浦有限公司
2012-03-26 Priority to PCT/IB2012/051419 priority patent/WO2012137095A1/en
2013-12-18 Publication of CN103459707A publication Critical patent/CN103459707A/en
2016-12-14 Publication of CN103459707B publication Critical patent/CN103459707B/en
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D06F75/20—Arrangements for discharging the steam to the article being ironed
D06F75/38—Sole plates
Steam irons are known which provide steam to a fabric of a garment to be pressed through holes in a sole plate. The present invention relates to a steam iron comprising a main body (2), a steam generating unit (6) and a sole portion (4). The sole portion (4) comprises a steam cavity (20) and an outer rim (19) extending around the steam cavity (20), the outer rim (19) having a fabric contact surface (22) and the steam cavity (20) having a permeable element (42) disposed therein. Therefore, steam supplied into the steam cavity (20) from the steam generating unit (6) is supplied to a fabric to be pressed when the fabric contact surface (22) is located against said fabric.
The present invention relates to a kind of steam iron.In addition, the present invention also relates to a kind of vapour system flatiron and chilled water system flatiron.
For the steam iron of removing folding line from the fabric of clothing or other material widely known to.The conventional steam flatiron comprises the main body had by the shank of user's handling, and has as lower shoe, and this base plate has the flat surfaces that the fabric with clothing offsets and presses.Water receiving chamber and boiling device or steam chamber are arranged in main body, thus feed-water and convert steam to from the water receiving chamber to boiling device or steam chamber.Then the steam vent from boiling device process base plate is towards the fabric discharged steam of clothing.Steam is used for heating and the fabric of instantaneous moistening clothing is effectively removed folding line to attempt obtaining from fabric.
Yet, in conventional steam flatiron as described above, heatable soleplate is to following high temperature, this high-temperature heating clothing and reduce the effectively moistening of fabric.
In addition, hot base plate also may the superheated clothing and cause undesirable result, such as shinny or distortion.
In addition, in the conventional steam flatiron, only be formed with the limited number steam vent through base plate, so the moistening of clothes fabric mainly comes across in the steam vent zone.Other zone in the zone that is not arranged at steam vent of fabric is directly heated by hot base plate, thus and the drier folding line that causes still less effectively removing that becomes.
Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of steam iron of basically alleviating or overcoming above-mentioned problem.
According to the present invention, a kind of steam iron is provided, this steam iron comprises main body, steam generation unit and base section, base section comprises vapor chamber and the external margin extended around vapor chamber, external margin has the clothing in contact surface, and vapor chamber has the porous member be arranged at wherein, thus the steam of supplying from the steam generation unit to vapor chamber through porous member and on clothing in contact surface when offseting location wait the fabric of pressing to described fabric supply.
Advantageously, external margin forms the edge, periphery of base section.
Easily, the clothing in contact surface is the first clothing in contact surface, and the Free Surface of porous member forms the second clothing in contact surface.
In one embodiment, porous member is deformable and/or resilient.
Advantageously, the second clothing in contact surface is outstanding and base section flexibly is deformable to vapor chamber when offseting location wait the fabric of pressing from vapor chamber.
Porous member can comprise inner elastomeric ground deformable segment and outer surface part.
Porous member can be assembled to the base portion of vapor chamber regularly, and base portion is from the clothing in contact spaced surface, thereby porous member is arranged between base portion and clothing in contact surface.
Advantageously, porous member is grid panel.
In one embodiment, porous member forms the base portion of vapor chamber and limits the outer surface of base section, wherein the base portion of vapor chamber and clothing in contact spaced surface, do not contact described fabric thereby base portion is surperficial at clothing in contact and fabric wait pressing offsets while locating.
Easily, steam iron also is included in the distribution of steam chamber on the side contrary with vapor chamber of porous member, wherein from the vapor stream of steam generation unit to the distribution of steam chamber and flow through porous member and enter vapor chamber.
Porous member can comprise first and second portion.
Advantageously, the first of porous member by the second portion from porous member, different materials forms and/or has a structure different with the second portion of porous member.
In one embodiment, the second portion of the first of porous member and porous member is spaced apart.
The sept sections can extend between the first of porous member and second portion.
In one embodiment, vapor chamber comprises the first sections and the second sections, the first of porous member is arranged in the first sections of vapor chamber, and the second portion of porous member is arranged in the second sections of vapor chamber, thereby can supply separately steam and/or different fluid to each part of porous member.
Porous member can removably be assemblied in vapor chamber.
Advantageously, base section also comprises the top end member of being heated that contacts described fabric when being arranged to fabric surperficial at clothing in contact and wait pressing offsets location.
Easily, be heated top end member through the surperficial extension of the clothing in contact of external margin.
The top end member of being heated can form with hot generation unit, thereby heat is from hot generation unit to the top end member conduction of being heated.
Preferably, the steam generation unit is arranged in main body.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of steam iron, this steam iron also comprises base unit, and wherein water receiving chamber and/or steam generation unit are arranged in base unit and supply water and/or steam through piping from base unit to main body.
Only by example, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described now with reference to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 illustrates the sectional view according to the steam iron of an embodiment;
Fig. 2 illustrate steam iron shown in Fig. 1 from following plane;
Fig. 3 illustrates the sectional view according to the steam iron of another embodiment;
Fig. 4 illustrate steam iron shown in Fig. 3 from following plane;
Fig. 5 illustrates the perspective view of the grid of steam iron shown in Fig. 3;
Fig. 6 illustrate according to the steam iron of another embodiment from following plane;
Fig. 7 illustrate according to the steam iron of another embodiment from following plane;
Fig. 8 illustrate according to the steam iron of another embodiment from following plane;
Fig. 9 illustrates the side cross-sectional view of steam iron shown in Fig. 8;
Figure 10 illustrate according to the steam iron of another embodiment from following plane;
Figure 11 illustrates the side cross-sectional view of steam iron shown in Figure 10;
Figure 12 illustrate according to the steam iron of another embodiment from following plane; And
Figure 13 illustrates the side cross-sectional view of steam iron shown in Figure 12.
Referring now to Fig. 1 and 2, steam iron 1 is shown.Such steam iron is used for applying steam from fabric, to remove folding line to the fabric of clothing.Apply steam although embodiment described below will relate to the fabric of clothing, will understand such steam iron and can be used for removing folding line from other fabric and material.
Steam iron 1 comprises main body 2, shank 3 and base section 4.Shank 3 forms with main body 2, and by the user, grasps to allow the user be controlled and to locate steam iron 1 between the operating period of flatiron 1.
Water receiving chamber 5 is arranged in main body 2.Water is stored in water receiving chamber 5 and is sent to steam generation unit 6, and this steam generation unit 6 converts water to steam.Steam generation unit 6 comprises steam generating chamber 7, heated sheet 8 and heater 9.Heated sheet 8 is formed by the heat conducting material such as cast aluminium, and the surface of heated sheet 8 limits the generating surface 10 of steam generating chamber 7.
Receive heater 9 in the depression formed in heated sheet 8, thereby heater 9 is in abutting connection with heated sheet 8 and to its heat by conduction.Alternatively, can be to heater cast in heated sheet 8.The generating surface 10 of steam generating chamber 7 comprises diapire 12 and sidewall 13, and sidewall 13 is erect and extends around diapire 12 from diapire 12.Therefore, steam generating chamber 7 being recessed to form and being defined between water receiving chamber 5 and heated sheet 8 in heated sheet 8.
The fluid passage (not shown) is communicated with between water receiving chamber 5 and steam generating chamber 7, thereby the water in water receiving chamber 5 can flow into steam generating chamber 7.Such as being arranged in fluid passage, the valve (not shown) of needle valve flows into steam generating chamber 7 to control water from water receiving chamber 5.
Form steam passages 14 fluidly to be communicated with steam generating chamber 7 and distribution of steam chamber 15 through heated sheet 8 between the diapire 12 of the generating surface 10 of steam generating chamber 6 and distribution of steam chamber 15 on the opposition side that is arranged at heated sheet 8.
The insulating barrier 16 that form is the insulating materials panel is arranged on the downside 17 of heated sheet 8 and forms the upper face 18 of distribution of steam chamber 15.Insulating barrier 16 prevents that the excessive heat from heater 9 and heated sheet 8 to clothing from transmitting.
Base section 4 comprises external margin 19 and vapor chamber 20.With reference to Fig. 2, the external margin 19 of base section 4 has the face of following bottom, the face of this bottom extends and forms clothing in contact surface 22 around the periphery of vapor chamber 20, as hereinafter will become clearly between the operating period of steam iron the fabric of clothing in contact surface 22 and the clothing location that offsets.Clothing in contact surface 22 is generally plane, and external margin 19 is formed by the solid material such as aluminium.External margin 19 and heated sheet 8 thermal communications.Yet, in an alternative, by understanding, between heated sheet 8 and external margin 19, provide at least part of thermal insulation layer, for example Mica or high temperature polymerization material layer to transmit to reduce to the heat of external margin 19.Alternatively, external margin 19 isolates and has its heater and temperature control with heated sheet 8 heat.Low-friction coating to clothing in contact surface 22 application such as teflons is free to slide on the fabric of clothing with the permission steam iron.
Vapor chamber 20 is limited by the external margin 19 extended around vapor chamber 20 in bottom parts 4.Such as the porous member 23 of grid panel be assemblied in vapor chamber 20 and parallel with clothing in contact surface 22, but extend to form chamber base portion 24 with 22 compartment of terrains, clothing in contact surface.Porous member 23 has the outer surface of the exposure at base section 4 and opening vapor chamber and 22 intervals, clothing in contact surface.Do not contact the fabric of clothing when therefore, porous member 23 is brought to clothing in contact on clothing in contact surface 22.Porous member 23 also parallel with insulating barrier 16, but extend to form the lower surface 25 of distribution of steam chamber 15 with insulating barrier 16 intervals.Porous member 23 comprises following woven wire, this woven wire has a plurality of closely formation between its apparent surface, evenly spaced, unified little opening, but will understand, can use other panel with a plurality of openings that form through these panels.For example porous member 23 can be that the perforated sheet that applies as teflon of Stainless steel mesh, perforated sheet, stainless steel metal silk screen, coated fabric are as polyester, nylon or aromatic polyamides, fibrous glass cloth, ceramic cloth or sintered plate.
Vapor chamber 20 has the peripheral chamber sidewall 26 formed by external margin 19, and external margin 19 is erect and extends around chamber base portion 24 from chamber base portion 24.
External margin 19 interior circular between clothing in contact surface 22 and chamber sidewall 26 along 27.Similarly, the outer 28 on clothing in contact surface 22 is circular.The interior edge of external margin 19 and outer 27,28 are circular to prevent from hooking the fabric of clothing on interior edge and outer, and their extensions that is parallel to each other substantially.
Plate segment 29 is formed at the front end 30 of base section 4.Plate segment 29 comprises the extension on clothing in contact surface 22, and the extension on clothing in contact surface 22 has the outer segments 32 formed by external margin 19, and by the interior section formed by the top end member 34 of being heated.
The top end member of being heated 34 is to extending in the hole 35 formed in plate segment 29 and having a lower flat face 36 as one man extended with the clothing in contact surface 22 of external margin 19.In this embodiment, top end member 34 is extended and forms with heated sheet 8 from heated sheet 8.Therefore, when operate heater 9 and heating heated sheet 8, heat is to top end member 34 conduction of being heated.
The operation of embodiment described above is described now with reference to Fig. 1 and 2.
User's water is filled water receiving chamber 5, and operate heater 9 in a usual manner.Heater 9 heating heated sheets 8 are to predetermined temperature, and operating valve, thereby send water from water receiving chamber 5 to steam generating chamber 7.Send into the water contact generating surface 10 of steam generating chamber 7 and boil to produce steam.The steam produced in steam generating chamber 7 is in high pressure, and therefore promoting steam flows to distribution of steam chamber 15 along steam passage 14.
In distribution of steam chamber 15, cross over lower surface 25 dispersion steam of the distribution of steam chamber 15 formed by porous member 23.Then steam flow through a plurality of holes that form in porous member 23 and enter vapor chamber 20.The whole surf zone uniform-flow that distribution of steam chamber 15 allows steam to cross over porous member 23 is crossed porous member 23.Form insulating barrier 16 heated sheet 8 and heater 9 insulation from steam generation unit 6 by porous member 23 of the upper face 18 of distribution of steam chamber 15, and guarantee that the temperature in distribution of steam chamber 15 is low, this maintains in distribution of steam chamber 15 has the more steam of high humidity content.
For the fabric from clothing is removed folding line, the base section 4 that the user grips steam irons by shank 3 and controls steam iron 1 is to the position on clothing.Clothing generally is placed on the flat surfaces such as iron board, and base section 4 and the clothing location that offsets, thereby the clothing in contact surface 22 of external margin 19 is brought to the clothing in contact with clothing.
At this ironing position, vapor chamber 20 is arranged on the part of fabric and external margin 19 forms the outer wall of vapor chamber 20.The steam that flows through porous member 23 in even mode flows and the fabric of the clothing that contact is adjacent with vapor chamber in vapor chamber 20.Therefore, the steam in vapor chamber 20 on the whole part of the fabric towards vapor chamber 20, be uniformly distributed and with the promotion that offsets of this whole part.There is the porous member 23 that wherein is formed with the high density hole and prevent that steam from directly flowing to fabric and steam can be evenly distributed from steam generation unit 6.
The user is slip steam iron 1 on the fabric of clothing then.The external margin 19 of base section 4 acts on fabric and stretching fabric.This contributes to the fabric of clothing is placed under tension force, therefore when to fabric, applying steam, assists from fabric and remove folding line.
There is porous member 23 and the vapor chamber 20 that vapor stream crosses it and allow to cross over the even distribution of steam of whole base sections 4 basically.As above layout, because the steam exposure than the known steam iron increase realizes the moistening of homogeneous heating and fabric, steam iron is more effectively removed folding line and fold from fabric.In addition, there is long contact time between the fabric of the steam in flowing in vapor chamber 20 and clothing.Therefore, steam can be condensed into moisture on clothing, and this can be lowered transition temperature, and fold can be removed from fabric on lower temperature.
When moving steam flatiron on fabric, the steam contact fabric in vapor chamber 20 and heating contact with the direct of fabric with moist fabric simultaneous minimization clothing in contact surface 22.The top end member 34 of being heated in the plate segment 29 of base section 4 forms with heated sheet 8, therefore when heater 9 heating heated sheet 8, is heated.Therefore, the be heated lower flat face 36 of top end member 34 provides the localized heat zone of dry fabric in the time of can working as on the fabric of material mobile base section 4.
Therefore, fabric can be dry and directly heated base part 4 whole by the top end member 34 of being heated, and therefore minimizes the thermal stress applied to fabric.
Referring now to Fig. 3 to 5, another embodiment of steam iron 40 will be described now.Identical substantially with steam iron described above according to the steam iron 40 of this current embodiment, therefore here by omit specific descriptions.In addition, parts and the feature corresponding with the feature of describing in the aforementioned embodiment and parts will keep same reference numerals.Yet, in this embodiment, porous member 42 is arranged in vapor chamber 20, thus on clothing in contact surface the face of 22 porous member 42 during with the clothing in contact of clothing and the clothing in contact of clothing.
Base section 4 comprises external margin 19 and vapor chamber 20.With reference to Fig. 4, the external margin 19 of base section 4 has the face of bottom, the face of this bottom extends and forms the first clothing in contact surface 22 around the periphery of vapor chamber 20, the fabric of the first clothing in contact surface 22 and the clothing location that offsets between the operating period of steam iron.The first clothing in contact surface 22 flat, and external margin 19 is formed by the hard solid material such as aluminium.Low-friction coating to the first clothing in contact surface 22 coating such as teflons is free to slide on the fabric of clothing with the permission steam iron.
Vapor chamber 20 is limited by the external margin 19 extended around vapor chamber 20 in base section 4.Porous member 42 comprises upper support panel 41 and bottom clothing in contact part 43.Upper support panel 41 is permeable and be assemblied in vapor chamber 20 to form chamber base portion 24, this chamber base portion 24 is parallel with the first clothing in contact surface 22, but with the first clothing in contact surface 22 intervals extensions.Upper support panel 41 also parallel with insulating barrier 16, but extend to limit distribution of steam chamber 15 with insulating barrier 16 intervals.Upper support panel 41 comprises following woven wire, this woven wire has a plurality of little openings near formation, evenly spaced unification between its apparent surface, but will understand, can use other panel with a plurality of openings that form through these panels.Vapor chamber 20 has the peripheral chamber sidewall 26 formed by external margin 19.
The bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42 is arranged in vapor chamber 20, and has the inner elastomeric deformable part in ground and the external table surface layer formed by permeable material.The bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42 is externally crossed over the opening 20a that leads to vapor chamber 20 and is extended between edge 19.As shown in Figure 5, the bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42 has the face 44 that offsets and locate and be assembled to regularly the top of upper support panel 41 by assembling element 45 with upper support panel 41.Therefore, the bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42 and upper support panel 41 are at chamber base portion 24 and in leading between the opening 20a of vapor chamber 20 and being arranged at vapor chamber 20.The external table surface layer surrounds the deformable part in inner elastomeric ground of bottom clothing in contact part 43, and to top support panel 41, extends around this part.46Yu chamber, the outer sidewall 26 of bottom clothing in contact part 43 location that offsets, and the face freely exposed of the lower end of the clothing in contact part of the bottom in porous member 42 43 of external table surface layer forms the second clothing in contact surface 47 with the first clothing in contact surface 22 laid in parallel.
The lower end of the bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42 is slightly outstanding from vapor chamber 20 through opening 20a, thereby the second clothing in contact surface 47 stretches out from the first clothing in contact surface 22 of external margin 19 during not with the fabric of clothing or another Surface Contact at base section 4.The inner elastomeric ground deformable segment of bottom clothing in contact part 43 is formed by porose sponge material, and the extexine of bottom clothing in contact part 43 is for example formed as polyester, nylon or aromatic polyamides by perforation teflon sheet, stainless steel metal silk screen, fibrous glass cloth, ceramic cloth, sintered plate or coated fabric.Flexibly deformable of porous member 42, thereby its distortion and slightly be compressed to vapor chamber 20 when the fabric of base section 4 and clothing or another Surface Contact.
The bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42 is for example, by heat proof material, non-molded plastics or non-metallic fabrics form, thus heat without this material conduction, and therefore the second clothing in contact surface 47 and the routine base plate that is heated is compared and is kept nice and cool.Different materials can not damaged in this surface that guarantees that clothing in contact base section 4 and clothing is placed.
The base section 4 of steam iron be brought to iron board for example on the clothing in contact of clothing the time, the second clothing in contact surface 47 of porous member 42 is contact fabric initially.When on porous member 42, applying the weight of steam iron, the bottom clothing in contact part 43 of compression porous member 42, so porous member flexibly is deformed in vapor chamber 20 until the fabric of the first clothing in contact surface 22 contact clothings.In this position, the second clothing in contact surface 47 is positioned on the plane identical with the first clothing in contact surface 22.The fabric that the first clothing in contact surface 22 of external margin 19 makes base section 4 can during folding line is removed, stretch clothing to be to assist folding line to remove, and the resistance of the movement provided by porous member 42 is provided during use.
During the normal operating of steam iron 40, steam is crossed upper support panel 41 and is entered the bottom clothing in contact part 43 of the porous member 42 vapor chamber 20 from distribution of steam chamber 15 uniform-flow.Then steam flow through the pore in bottom clothing in contact part 43 and discharge from apertured member 42 through the second clothing in contact surface 47.Porous member 42 basically provides even distribution of steam on all and minimizes the heating of fabric base section 4.This wettability effect that increases the concentration of steam and strengthen it is removed folding line and fold to strengthen from the fabric of clothing.In addition, porous member 42 prevents from transmitting heat to reduce the thermal stress of fabric to the fabric of clothing.
In above embodiment, porous member 42 is brought to the fabric of material or another surface and offsets while contacting and partly extend from vapor chamber 20 at base section 4, and compressed when to it, applying power.Yet will understand in another embodiment, the second clothing in contact surface 47 of porous member 42 and the first clothing in contact surface 22 concordant laies of external margin 19, therefore at base section 4, be brought to not compressed or be out of shape but the described fabric of adjacency with the fabric of material or another surface second clothing in contact surface 47 that offsets while contact.Alternatively, porous member 42 can be from the first clothing in contact surface 22 depressions.
Although, in above embodiment, porous member 42 is fixedly fitted in vapor chamber 20, will understand in an alternative, porous member 42 is dismountable from main body 2, thereby can remove porous member.In this embodiment, can use without the steam iron of porous member 42 or can replace with alternative porous member 42.Similarly, in an alternative, can remove from upper support panel 41 the bottom clothing in contact part 43 of porous member 42.
Although, in embodiment described above, only single steam passage forms through heated sheet, will understand a plurality of steam passages in alternative can form through heated sheet.Alternatively, can form the steam channel of walking around heated sheet and extending around its outside.
Each embodiment understood in above embodiment is had to the top end member of being heated of as one man extending with the clothing in contact surface of external margin.Yet imagine more embodiment and do not there is the top end member of being heated.Steam iron shown in Figure 6 alternative for example.According to the steam iron 50 of this present embodiment with shown in Fig. 1 and 2 and steam iron described above identical substantially, therefore here by omit specific descriptions.Therefore yet, in this alternative, base section 4 does not comprise the top end member of being heated, the size and the external margin 19 that are minimized in the plate segment 29 that the front end 30 of base section 4 forms have substantially width uniformly around the periphery of vapor chamber 20.Alternatively, will understand base section and can not there is plate segment at the front end place.
Similarly, steam iron shown in Figure 7 alternative.According to the steam iron 52 of this current embodiment with Fig. 3 to 5 illustrate and steam iron described above identical substantially, therefore here by omit specific descriptions.Therefore yet, in this alternative, base section 4 does not comprise the top end member of being heated, be minimized in the size of the plate segment 29 that front end 30 places of base section 4 form, and external margin 19 has substantially width uniformly around the periphery of vapor chamber 20.Alternatively, will understand base section and can not there is plate segment at the front end place.
Referring now to Fig. 8 and 9, another embodiment of steam iron will be described now.According to the layout that steam iron 54 has substantially with Fig. 3 to 5 and 7 illustrates and steam iron described above is identical of this present embodiment, therefore here by omit specific descriptions.In addition, will keep identical Reference numeral with the feature of describing in the aforementioned embodiment and parts characteristic of correspondence and parts.Yet, in this embodiment, porous member 42 comprises the 42a of first and the second portion 42b be arranged in vapor chamber 20.
In this embodiment, the first and second part 42a, the 42b of porous member 42 is by sewing up or bondingly being assembled to each other with fixing.The face freely exposed 55,56 of each part in the first and second part 42a, 42b forms the second clothing in contact surface 47 with the first clothing in contact surface 22 laid in parallel.The 42a of first of porous member 42 is formed with the porosity different from the second portion 42b of porous member 42 and/or is formed by different materials.Alternatively, the 42a of first can have the thickness different from second portion 42b, thermal capacitance, distribution of steam or pressure loss effect.For example the first and second part 42a, 42b can have the inner elastomeric ground deformable segment of identical bottom clothing in contact part, and the outer surface of the 42a of first of porous member 42 is formed by the different material of external table surface layer from second portion 42b simultaneously.
Referring now to Figure 10 and 11, another embodiment of steam iron will be described now.According to the steam iron 60 of this current embodiment, have with shown in Fig. 8 and 9 and steam iron described above identical layout substantially, therefore here by omit specific descriptions.In addition, parts and the feature corresponding with the feature of describing in the aforementioned embodiment and parts will keep same reference numerals.Yet in this embodiment, the sept sections 61 of base section 4 is crossed over vapor chamber 20 and is extended vapor chamber 20 is divided into to the first and second sections 20a, 20b, and the first and second part 42a, the 42b of porous member 42 are arranged at respectively in the first and second sections 20a, the 20b of vapor chamber 20.Therefore will understand steam mobile in distribution of steam chamber 15 will flow through vapor chamber 20 the first and second sections 20a, 20b the two.
Referring now to Figure 12 and 13, another embodiment of steam iron will be described now.According to the steam iron 62 of this current embodiment, have with shown in Figure 10 and 11 and steam iron described above identical layout substantially, therefore here by omit specific descriptions.In addition, will keep identical Reference numeral with the feature of describing in the aforementioned embodiment and parts corresponding to parts and feature.
In this embodiment, sept sections 61 is divided into the first and second sections 20a, 20b by vapor chamber 20, and the first and second part 42a, the 42b of porous member 42 are arranged at respectively in the first and second sections 20a, the 20b of vapor chamber 20.In addition, sept sections 61 is divided into corresponding with the first and second vapor chamber sections 20a, 20b respectively the first and second distribution of steam chamber sections 15a, 15b by distribution of steam chamber 15.Independent the first and second steam passage 14a, 14b are communicated with the first and second distribution of steam chamber sections 15a, 15b respectively.Therefore, separately vapor chamber sections 20a, 20b allow to lead to two independent fluid flow path of the fabric of clothing to be pressed, therefore can be to described fabric distribution different fluid, for example hot-air, steam, mist or its combination.
For example, although two porous member sections of above description, will understand imagination alternative arrangement, three or more porous member sections.
In embodiment described above, the interior edge at externally edge 19 of imagination external margin 19 and the width between outer 27,28 be equal to or less than base section 4 itself overall width 1/3rd and preferably be equal to or less than the sixth of the overall width of base section 4.
In embodiment described above, water receiving chamber and steam generation unit are arranged in the main body of steam iron.Yet will understand layout described above also can use with vapour system flatiron or chilled water system flatiron.
The vapour system flatiron comprises base unit and independent steam iron head, and the steam generation unit is arranged in this base unit, and the steam iron head is connected by flexible hose separately.The steam iron head is by user's handling and have the base section that the fabric with clothing offsets and presses.The layout of steam iron head is similar to the layout of the steam iron main body of describing in the aforementioned embodiment and base section, therefore will omit its specific descriptions here.Yet the steam generation unit that comprises in the present embodiment, steam generation chamber is arranged in independent base unit.The steam generated in base unit is sent to the main body of steam iron head through flexible hose, and the steam that the steam generation unit in base unit generates flows to main body along flexible pipe.Then from the vapor chamber of base section from the main body discharged steam.
Similarly, in chilled water system flatiron (not shown), the water receiving chamber is arranged in base unit, and the steam iron head is connected to base unit by flexible hose separately.The steam iron head is by user's handling and have the base section that the fabric with clothing offsets and presses.The layout of steam iron head is similar with the layout of flatiron part to the steam iron main body of describing in the aforementioned embodiment, therefore will omit its specific descriptions here.Yet in the present embodiment, water through flexible hose from the water receiving chamber base unit be sent to the steam iron head, then the steam generation unit in the steam iron head converts steam to and discharges from main body through the vapor chamber of base section.
Although in this application claim has been illustrated as to the special characteristic combination; but be to be understood that scope of the disclosure of the present invention also comprises here clearly or impliedly disclosed any new feature or the combination of any new feature or its any summary, no matter whether it relates to the identical invention of current claimed invention in any claim and no matter whether it alleviates with mother and invent some or all technical problems in the technical problem that the technical problem of alleviation is identical.The applicant states accordingly and can, between any more application suit times of implementing the application or deriving from from the application, new claim be illustrated as to such feature and/or Feature Combination.
1. a steam iron, comprise main body (2), steam generation unit (6) and base section (4), the external margin (19) that described base section (4) comprises vapor chamber (20) and extends on every side in described vapor chamber (20), described external margin (19) has clothing in contact surface (22), and described vapor chamber (20) has the porous member (42) be arranged at wherein, thereby from described steam generation unit (6) to described vapor chamber (20), the steam of supply is through described porous member (42), and described steam is provided to described fabric when offseting location wait the fabric of pressing on described clothing in contact surface (22).
2. steam iron according to claim 1, wherein said external margin (19) forms the edge, periphery of described base section (4).
3. steam iron according to claim 1 and 2, wherein said clothing in contact surface (22) is the first clothing in contact surface, and the Free Surface of described porous member (42) forms the second clothing in contact surface (47).
4. steam iron according to claim 3, wherein said porous member (42) is deformable and/or resilient.
5. steam iron according to claim 4, wherein said porous member (42) comprises inner elastomeric ground deformable segment and outer surface part.
6. according to the described steam iron of arbitrary claim in claim 3 to 5, wherein said porous member (42) is assembled to the base portion (24) of described vapor chamber (20) regularly, described base portion (24) is spaced apart with described clothing in contact surface (22), thereby described porous member (42) is arranged between described base portion (24) and described clothing in contact surface (22).
7. steam iron according to claim 3, wherein said porous member is grid panel.
8. according to claim 1 or 2 described steam irons, wherein said porous member (23) forms the base portion (24) of described vapor chamber (20) and limits the outer surface of described base section (4), the described base portion (24) of wherein said vapor chamber (20) and (22) interval, described clothing in contact surface, thus described base portion (24) offsets while locating and does not contact described fabric with fabric wait pressing on described clothing in contact surface (22).
9. steam iron according to claim 8, also be included in the distribution of steam chamber (15) on the side contrary with described vapor chamber (20) of described porous member (23), wherein from the vapor stream of described steam generation unit (6) to described distribution of steam chamber (15) and flow through described porous member (23) and enter described vapor chamber (20).
10. according to the described steam iron of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said porous member comprises first and second portion.
11. steam iron according to claim 10, the described first of wherein said porous member is formed by the material different from the described second portion of described porous member and/or has a structure different with the described second portion of described porous member.
12. according to claim 10 or 11 described steam irons, wherein said vapor chamber comprises the first sections and the second sections, the described first of described porous member is arranged in described first sections of described vapor chamber, and the described second portion of described porous member is arranged in described second sections of described vapor chamber, thereby each part of described porous member can be used steam and/or different fluid supply individually.
13., according to the described steam iron of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said base section (4) also comprises being arranged on described clothing in contact surface (22) with fabric wait pressing and offsets while locating and contact the top end member of being heated (34) of described fabric.
14. steam iron according to claim 13, the wherein said top end member of being heated (34) forms with described hot generation unit (6), thereby heat is conducted from described hot generation unit (6) to the described top end member of being heated (34).
15. according to the described steam iron of arbitrary claim in claim 1 to 14, also comprise base unit, wherein said water receiving chamber and/or steam generation unit are arranged in described base unit, and supply water and/or steam from described base unit to described main body through piping.
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