AU2014202648B2 - Steam clothes ironing device containing a clothes iron - Google Patents
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Abstract
STEAM CLOTHES IRONING DEVICE CONTAINING A CLOTHES IRON A steam clothes ironing device that includes a clothes iron (1) containing a sole plate (2; 202) that contains a front portion (21; 221) fitted with steam outlet holes (20; 220) and a back portion (22; 222) lacking steam outlet holes, the steam outlet holes (20; 220) being supplied by a diffusion chamber (30; 230) that covers the front portion (21; 221) of the sole plate, wherein the diffusion chamber (30; 230) is supplied by a steam distribution circuit that is located in a heating element (4; 204) at the thermal contact of the back portion (22; 222) of the sole plate and the diffusion chamber (30; 230) is located in a non-heating element (3; 203), located in the front portion (2; 202) of the sole plate, the non-heating element (3; 203) being distinct from the heating element (4; 204) located on the back portion (22; 222) of the sole plate. 21 ' ** -2 40 * .
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| (21) | Application No: 2014202648 (22) | Date of Filing: | |
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| (43) | Publication Date: | 2014.12.18 | |
| (43) | Publication Journal Date: | 2014.12.18 | |
| (44) | Accepted Journal Date: | 2018.08.09 |
2014.05.15 (71) Applicant(s)
SEB S.A.
(72) Inventor(s)
Lemaire, Stephanie;Leboeuf, Stephane;Gelus, Dominique (74) Agent / Attorney
Griffith Hack, GPO BOX 3125, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, AU (56) Related Art
DE 4238502 A1
2014202648 15 May 2014
STEAM CLOTHES IRONING DEVICE CONTAINING A CLOTHES IRON
ABSTRACT
A steam clothes ironing device that includes a clothes iron (1) containing a sole plate (2; 202) that contains a front portion (21; 221) fitted with steam outlet holes (20; 220) and a back portion (22; 222) lacking steam outlet holes, the steam outlet holes (20; 220) being supplied by a diffusion chamber (30; 230) that covers the front portion (21; 221) of the sole plate, wherein the diffusion chamber (30; 230) is supplied by a steam distribution circuit that is located in a heating element (4; 204) at the thermal contact of the back portion (22; 222) of the sole plate and the diffusion chamber (30; 230) is located in a non-heating element (3; 203), located in the front portion (2; 202) of the sole plate, the non-heating element (3; 203) being distinct from the heating element (4; 204) located on the back portion (22; 222) of the sole plate.
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STEAM CLOTHES IRONING DEVICE CONTAINING A CLOTHES IRON [0001] This disclosure relates to a steam clothes ironing device.
[0002] Patent application GB 2437283 discloses a steam clothes ironing device that contains a clothes iron that includes a sole plate fitted with a front portion supplied with steam outlet holes and a back portion lacking steam outlet holes, the steam outlet holes of the sole plate being supplied by a diffusion chamber that covers the front portion of the sole plate.
[0003] A clothes ironing device fitted with such a clothes iron presents the advantage of having a sole plate supplied with a steam emission area that is separate from a clothes drying area, consisting of the back portion of the sole plate, for greater ironing efficiency.
[0004] However, such a clothes ironing device presents the disadvantage of not providing sufficient moistening of the clothes to offer optimal ironing quality.
[0005] It may be desirable for at least an embodiment of this disclosure to remedy this disadvantage by offering an ironing device provided with a clothes iron that provides greater ironing efficiency. It may be desirable for at least one embodiment of this disclosure is to offer a device that is simple and economic to use.
[0006] In one embodiment, an appliance includes a clothes iron containing an ironing sole plate that comes into contact with the item to be ironed and that contains a front portion supplied with steam outlet holes and a back portion lacking steam outlet holes, the steam outlet holes being supplied by a diffusion chamber that covers the front portion of the sole plate. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a steam clothes ironing device that includes a clothes iron containing a sole plate that comes into contact with the item to be ironed and that contains a front portion fitted with steam outlet holes and a back portion lacking steam outlet holes, the steam outlet holes being supplied by a diffusion chamber that covers the front portion of the sole plate, wherein the diffusion chamber is supplied by a steam distribution circuit that is located in a heating element at the thermal contact of the back portion of the sole plate and the diffusion chamber is located in a non-heating element, located in the front portion of the sole plate, the non-heating element being distinct from the heating element located on the back portion of the sole plate.
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2014202648 03 Jul 2018 [0007] The disclosure provides a steam ironing appliance comprising an iron with a soleplate for ironing, for coming into contact with laundry, comprising a front part (e.g. front portion) equipped with steam outlets and a back part (e.g. back portion) without steam outlets, the steam outlets being supplied by a diffusion chamber covering the front part of the soleplate, the diffusion chamber being supplied by a steam distribution circuit housed in a heating body in thermal contact with the back part of the soleplate, the diffusion chamber being housed in an unheated body positioned on the front part of the soleplate, the unheated body being separate from the heating body positioned on the back part of the soleplate, wherein the soleplate is in one part and constructed in a stainless steel plate or in a sheet of aluminium with a thickness of less than 5 mm, the back part of the soleplate coming into contact with the heating body represents at least 30 % of the total surface area of the soleplate, such as at least 50 % of the total surface area of the soleplate.
[0008] The disclosure may provide an embodiment which may simultaneously ensure that the steam flow is cooled well and that the front portion of the sole plate has a low temperature such that the steam, high in humidity, being distributed at the front portion of the sole plate condenses rapidly in the item being ironed, while the back portion of the sole plate dries the laundry.
[0009] According to another feature, the heating element (e.g. heating body) may contain a heating component that presents power of 500 - 800W, inclusive.
[00010] According another feature, the distribution circuit may contain a device to eliminate condensate (e.g. a moisture removal system).
[0011] According to another feature, the heating element may be an alloy enclosing a sheathed electric element, and the steam distribution circuit may contain an overheat channel for moisture to be vaporized (e.g. generate steam).
[0012] In some embodiments, the heating element is made from aluminium.
[0013] According to yet another feature, the heating element may contain a flat screen-printed heating component, (e.g. serigraphic heating plate) above which a device for separating moisture, advantageously cyclonic in nature, is located.
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2014202648 03 Jul 2018 [0014] According to yet another feature , the moisture separation system may include a moisture collection vat (e.g. a container), and the moisture collection vat may be in thermal contact with the flat heating component and includes an outlet hole linked to a steam inlet hole of the moisture separation system.
[0015] According to yet another feature, the surface of the sole plate that may be covered by the diffusion chamber represents at least 30% of the entire surface of the sole plate.
[0016] According to another feature, the sole plate may be a single element and may advantageously be made out of a stainless steel sheet or an aluminium sheet no thicker than 5 mm.
[0017] According to another feature, the sole plate may be made of enamel-coated aluminium or out of stainless steel.
[0018] According to another feature, the heating element may contain an electric resister that is embedded in a cast element that covers the back part of the sole plate.
[0019] In some embodiments of the disclosure, the back portion of the sole plate that comes into contact with the heating element represents at least 30% of the total surface of the sole plate and preferentially at least 50% of the total surface of the sole plate.
[0020] Such a technical feature may provide good thermal exchange between the heating element and the back portion of the sole plate intended to dry the laundry.
[0021] According to another feature, the device may include a steam-generating base that includes a container for steam generation under pressure and is linked to the clothes iron via a line (e.g. cord).
[0022] The purposes, aspects, and advantages of the present disclosure will be made clear from the following description of a specific embodiment of the disclosure, given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
[0023] Figure 1 is a side view of a clothes ironing device according to an embodiment.
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2014202648 03 Jul 2018 [0024] Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bottom of a first embodiment of the subassembly comprising the sole plate, the steam diffusion chamber and the heating element that equips the clothes iron of the clothes ironing device of Figure 1, the sole plate being represented separated from the heating element and the steam diffusion chamber [0025] Figure 3 is a perspective view of the top of the subassembly shown in Figure 2 assembled.
[0026] Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the subassembly of Figure 2.
[0027] Figure 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the subassembly comprising the sole plate, the steam distribution chamber and the heating element that equips the clothes iron of Figure 1.
[0028] Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of the subassembly of Figure 5.
[0029] Figure 7 is a view of the top of the subassembly of Figure 5.
[0030] Figure 8 is a cross-section view according to line VIII-VIII of Figure 7.
[0031] Only the elements necessary for understanding the disclosure have been shown. To facilitate the reading of the drawings, like elements bear the same reference numbers from one figure to another.
[0032] Figure 1 represents a clothes ironing device containing a steam-generating base 100 and a clothes iron 1 linked together by a line 101, the clothes iron 1 containing in classic form an ironing sole plate 2 with a plastic box on top that include a grip handle.
[0033] The base 100 contains a ramp on which the clothes iron 1 can be placed during inactive ironing phases and encloses, in a known manner, a container 102 for the production of steam under pressure of the order of 4 to 6 bars, the container 102 being supplied with water coming from a reservoir 103 via a pump 104.
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2014202648 03 Jul 2018 [0034] The base 100 is linked to a domestic electricity network via an electric cord 105 which provides both electricity supply to the heating system of the container 102, which is not represented on the figures, and electricity supply to the clothes iron 1 via the line 101.
[0035] In accordance with Figure 2, the sole plate 2 of the clothes iron contains a front portion 21 fitted with steam exit holes 20 and a back portion 22 lacking steam exit holes, the front portion 21 of the sole plate 2 being covered by a non-heating element made up of a cover 3 that defines a steam diffusion chamber 30 above the steam exit holes 20 of the sole plate 2, while the back portion 22 of the sole plate 2, the back portion 22 of the sole plate 2 which is covered by a heating element 4 that has a flat lower surface that comes in contact with the upper surface of the sole plate 2 which is in contact with the heating element 4, which advantageously represents at least 50% of the total surface of the sole plate 2.
[0036] Preferentially, the sole plate 2 is made out of stainless steel or an aluminium sheet covered by enamel on its interior face, while the cover 3 is made by moulding in a cast aluminium component or in a plastic.
[0037] In accordance with figures 3 and 4, the heating element 4 contains a U-shaped electric resister 40 that is embedded in a cast aluminium element and contains a steam distribution circuit leading into the vicinity of the electrical resistor 40, the steam distribution circuit being limited by a back wall 41 and side walls 42 in the heating element 4 and which is sealed in its upper portion by a cover plate 5 inserted into the heating element 4.
[0038] The cover plate 5 includes a steam inlet hole 50 to which a steam tube, not shown in the figures, is attached, which is included in the line 101 that connects the steam-generating base 100 to the clothes iron 1, this steam tube being able to supply the distribution circuit with steam under pressure produced by the container 102.
[0039] Preferentially, the steam distribution circuit includes a settling chamber 43 into which the inlet hole 50 ends, and an overheat channel 44 arranged as an extension of the settling chamber 43, the overheat channel 44 twisting in the heating element 4 by going around a raised pad 45 intended to take a heating resistor control thermostat 40 and which presents a reduced diameter, which is constant.
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2014202648 03 Jul 2018 [0040] The heating resistor 40 presents advantageously a current of between 500 and 800 W, which controls the temperature of the lower surface of the heating element 4 around a set-point temperature of the thermostat between 100°C and 210°C during an ironing session. Such a power is also suited to ensure that all the moisture that may be in the steam flow coming from the line 101 is vaporised in the overheat channel 44.
[0041] The overheat channel 44 ends in the front wall of the heating element 4 at the place of an outlet hole 46, visible in figure 4, with regard to a rear lateral wall of the cover 3. The cover contains an inlet hole 31 in regard to the outlet hole 46 of the heating element 4, a gasket 6, shown only on figure 3, being interposed between the heating element 4 and the cover 3 to provide a watertight connection between the outlet hole 46 and the inlet hole 31.
[0042] As can be seen on figure 2, the steam diffusion chamber 30 is made of a cavity whose lower wall is limited by the front portion 21 of the sole plate 2 and whose upper and side walls are limited by the cover 3. The cover 3 contains projecting walls inside the diffusion chamber 30 which form a circular distribution channel 32 equipped with side slits 32A providing even distribution of the steam above the front portion 21 of the sole plate 2.
[0043] We will now describe the operation of such an ironing device.
[0044] When the device is started, the container 102 is heated and the water that it contains is brought to the boil, the steam under pressure produced by the container 102 being sent via the line 101 to the clothes iron 1. When the steam is sent through the line 101, the steam’s temperature falls so that moisture may form in the steam flows that arrive in the clothes iron 1, particularly when the line 101 is cold when the device is started.
[0045] Any such moisture is eliminated when the steam flows go into the distribution circuit of the heating element 4 by being vaporised in the overheat channel 44, then the overheated steam is sent into the steam settling chamber 30 provided in the cover 3 that covers the front portion 21 of the sole plate 2.
[0046] The passage of the flow of steam in the diffusion chamber 30 is accompanied by a lowering of the steam temperature because of the low temperature prevailing in the diffusion chamber 30 since there is no heating component on the cover 3. The temperature of the steam then falls to arrive at a temperature that is preferentially between 100°C and 120°C, when it (8598061_1):djm
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2014202648 03 Jul2018 reaches the steam outlet holes 20 of the sole plate. The result of such a drop in temperature of the steam is to increase the rate of humidity of the steam by raising the number of small droplets of water, with diameters of less than 10 mm, contained in the steam flow.
[0047] The distribution of this humid steam flow guarantees an excellent moistening of the item being ironed, without having any visible drops of water forming on the item. The front portion 21 of the sole plate 2 covered by the diffusion chamber 30 also presents the advantage of being at a low temperature, advantageously lower than 110°C, which does not overheat the fabric around the steam outlet holes 20 and contributes to a better condensation of the steam in the item to be ironed.
[0048] The ironing device produced in this way therefore presents a sole plate 2 fitted with a front portion 21, not heated, supplied with steam outlet holes 20 which provides excellent moistening of the fabric, which is guaranteed to provide good ironing results, whereas the back portion 22 of the sole plate, which is heated and lacking steam outlet holes, rapidly evaporates any moistness contained in the fabric when the clothes iron 1 is moved forward.
[0049] In this way, we have an ironing device that presents optimal ironing performance.
[0050] Figures 5 to 8 represent a sole plate subassembly 202, a heating element 204 and a steam diffusion chamber 230 according to a second embodiment, this sub-assembly being intended to equip the clothes iron 1 shown in figure 1.
[0051] In accordance with these figures, the sole plate 202 contains a front portion 221 fitted with steam outlet holes 220 and a back portion 222 lacking steam outlet holes, the front portion 221 of the sole plate 202 being covered by a non-heating element consisting of a cover 203 that defines a steam diffusion chamber above the steam outlet holes 220, the back portion 222 of the sole plate 202 being covered by a heating element 204 that presents a flat lower surface that comes into contact with the upper surface of the sole plate 202.
[0052] In accordance with figure 6, the heating element 204 contains a flat screen-printed heating component 240, that comes into contact with the back portion of the sole plate 202, this flat screen-printed heating component 240 presenting advantageously a power of between 500 and 800 W.
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2014202648 03 Jul 2018 [0053] In accordance with figures 7 and 8, the flat heating component 240 has on top of it a cyclone device 206 to eliminate moisture that contains a frustoconical cavity 260 supplied with a steam inlet hole 261 that arrives tangentially at the wall of the frustoconical cavity 260 and includes a steam outlet hole 262 located in the centre, in the upper part of the frustoconical cavity 260.
[0054] The steam inlet hole 262 is connected to a steam arrival tube, not shown in the figures, which is included in the connecting line 101 that connects the clothes iron to the base 100, and the outlet hole 262 is connected by a conduit 263 to an inlet hole 231 in the upper side of cover 203.
[0055] The cyclonic device also contains a moisture collection vat 264 located in the frustoconical cavity 260. This collection vat 264 connects with the frustoconical cavity 260 via an opening 265 located in the bottom of the frustoconical cavity 260 and which comes directly into contact with the flat screen-printed heating component 240. The collection vat 264 is advantageously fitted with an outlet hole 266 that is connected to the inlet hole 261 of the frustoconical cavity 260 by a tube 267.
[0056] The cover 203 according to this second embodiment is similar to the cover 3 described previously in figures 2-4, its difference from the cover 3 being the location of the inlet hole.
[0057] In this embodiment, the cyclonic device 206 separates from the steam any moisture that is in the steam flow by the effect of centrifugal force. This moisture then flows along the wall of the frustoconical cavity 260, then falls into the collection vat 264 before being vaporised under the effect of the heat generated by the flat heating component 240. The steam produced from this process is reinjected by the tube 267 into the entrance of the frustoconical cavity 260.
[0058] The flow of steam that has been relieved of its moisture goes through the conduit 263, then is sent into the diffusion chamber 230 in which the temperature of the steam falls to arrive at a temperature that is advantageously between 100°C and 120°C, inclusive, when it reaches the steam outlet holes 220 of the sole plate.
[0059] The sub-assembly made up in this way of sole plate, heating element and steam diffusion chamber thus provides ironing performance similar to that obtained with the first embodiment, with the advantage, however, or greater responsiveness of the back portion of the sole plate to (8598061_1):djm
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[0060] Of course, the disclosure is not limited to the embodiment described and illustrated which has been given only as an example. Modifications remain possible, particularly in terms of the constitution of the various elements or by substitution of technical equivalents, without however departing from the scope of protection of the disclosure.
[0061] Thus, in an embodiment version that is not represented, the vat for the production of steam could be located directly inside the clothes iron and/or be formed by an instant vaporisation chamber.
[0062] It is to be understood that, if any prior art publication is referred to herein, such reference does not constitute an admission that the publication forms a part of the common general knowledge in the art, in Australia or any other country.
[0063] In the claims which follow and in the preceding description, except where the context requires otherwise due to express language or necessary implication, the word “comprise” or variations such as “comprises” or “comprising” is used in an inclusive sense, i.e. to specify the presence of the stated features but not to preclude the presence or addition of further features in various embodiments of the appliance.
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Claims (9)
1. Steam ironing appliance comprising an iron with a soleplate for ironing, for coming into contact with laundry, comprising a front part equipped with steam outlets and a back part without steam outlets, the steam outlets being supplied by a diffusion chamber covering the front part of the soleplate, the diffusion chamber being supplied by a steam distribution circuit housed in a heating body in thermal contact with the back part of the soleplate, the diffusion chamber being housed in an unheated body positioned on the front part of the soleplate, the unheated body being separate from the heating body positioned on the back part of the soleplate, wherein the soleplate is in one part and constructed in a stainless steel plate or in a sheet of aluminium with a thickness of less than 5 mm, the back part of the soleplate coming into contact with the heating body represents at least 30 % of the total surface area of the soleplate.
2. Ironing appliance according to claim 1, wherein the back part of the soleplate coming into contact with the heating body represents at least 50 % of the total surface area of the soleplate.
3. Ironing appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the heating body comprises a heating element with a power of 500 - 800W.
4. Ironing appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the distribution circuit comprises a device to eliminate condensate.
5. Ironing appliance according to claim 4, wherein the heating body is an alloy enclosing a sheathed electrical element, and the steam distribution circuit comprising an overheating channel to generate steam.
6. Ironing appliance according to claim 3, wherein the heating body comprises a serigraphic heating plate which is surmounted by a device for separating condensate.
7. Ironing appliance according to claim 6, wherein the device for separating condensate is cyclonic in nature.
8. Ironing appliance according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the device for separating condensate comprises a container for collecting condensate, the container being in thermal contact with the flat plate and also comprises an outlet hole which is linked to a steam inlet hole of the device for (8598061_1):djm
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9. Ironing appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the surface area of the soleplate covered by the diffusion chamber represents at least 30% of the total surface area of the soleplate.
Ironing appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the appliance comprises a base which generates steam, the base having a container to generate steam under pressure and is connected by a cord to the iron.
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