JPH01201300A - Steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use the title iron a steamer as well as an ordinary iron by providing a steamer body, which is freely attachably/detachably provided with respect on the underside of a base, and has an ejecting nozzle to spray steamer from the ejecting nozzle of the base and a brush planted around the nozzle. CONSTITUTION:When the iron is used as the steamer to spray the steam to clothes, etc., hung on a hanger, etc., and to iron out, a steamer body 21 is mounted in a base 2 of an iron main body 1. That is, an engaging edge pieces 23 on both sides of a cover 22 are inserted from the front of the base 2 to a gap 17 between the base 2 and a heat isolating plate 6, the cover 22 is fixed to the base 22, the front surface of the base 2 is covered with the cover 22, and the segmenting wall 28 of the cover 22 is abutted with the underside of the base 2. The iron main body 1 is made approximately vertical, an operating button 13 of a pump body 12 is operated, the steam is sprayed from the ejecting nozzle 25 of the base 2, the steam is sprayed through a base part 2 of the cover 22 from the ejecting nozzle 25, a cloth is brushed by the brush 27, and the wrinkles of the cloth is ironed out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a steam iron that allows ironing while emitting steam.

(Prior Art) Usually, a steam iron supplies water in a water tank to a vaporization chamber of a base to generate steam, and the steam is ejected from an ejection hole in the base. When generating the steam, a method is often used in which water is dripped into a vaporization chamber from a water tank and vaporized.

On the other hand, a steamer is used to remove wrinkles by applying steam to clothes while the clothes are hung on a hanger or placed on an ironing board or the like.

In this case, it is possible to use a steam iron as a steamer, but as mentioned above, steam irons generally generate steam by dripping water from a water tank into a vaporization chamber, so the iron can stand on its own. However, it is difficult to generate steam and cannot be used as a steamer, and the base of the steam iron does not have a brush that has a wrinkle smoothing effect, so wrinkles cannot be smoothed out by brushing.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the conventional steam iron cannot be used as a steamer even if it has the steam generation function 1.

An object of the present invention is to provide a steam iron that can be used not only for normal ironing but also as a steamer.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention includes a base having a heater, a vaporization chamber, and an ejection hole that communicates with the vaporization chamber and opens at the bottom surface, a handle and a water tank provided on the upper part of the base, In a steam iron equipped with a manual pump device provided in the water tank and supplying water in the water tank to the vaporization chamber of the base, the steam iron is provided removably from the lower surface of the base, and The steamer is equipped with an integrated steamer having an ejection hole for ejecting steam from the hole to the outside and a brush installed around the ejection hole.

(Function) In the present invention, when used as a steam iron,
Remove the steamer from the base and iron it
Now.

If steam is required for this ironing, operate the pump device to supply water in the water tank to the vaporization chamber.
It is vaporized and steam is ejected from the nozzle onto the first side of the base.

In addition, when using it as a steamer to remove wrinkles by applying steam to clothes hung on hangers, etc., attach the steamer to the base and operate the pump device to blow out steam from the spout hole in the base. At the same time, this steam is ejected from a nozzle integrated into the steamer, and
Brush the fabric with a brush to smooth out the wrinkles in the fabric.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an iron main body, which has a base 2, in which a heater 3 is embedded, a vaporizing chamber 4 is formed on the upper surface of the base 2, and the lower surface of the base 2 communicates with the vaporizing chamber V4. A plurality of ejection holes 5 are formed which are open on the lower surface.

A handle 7 is attached to the upper part of the base 2 via a heat shield plate 6, and a water tank 9 having a water supply port 8 is provided at the front of the handle 7.

A manual pump device 11 is provided above the water tank 9 to supply water in the water tank 9 to the vaporization chamber 4. This pump device 111 has a pump main body 12 provided in the upper part of the water tank 9, and the pump main body 12 is provided with an automatic return type operation button 13 that projects above the water tank 9.

Further, a suction pipe 14 is vertically installed in the lower part of the pump main body 12 at a rear position near the handle 7 and has a lower end opening facing near the inner bottom surface of the water tank 9. A pipe 15 is installed vertically, and a water injection pipe 16 communicating with the vaporization chamber 4 of the base 2 is connected to the lower end of the discharge pipe 15 .

Reference numeral 21 is an integrated steamer that is detachably attached to the lower surface of the base 2, and has a cover 22 made of a heat-resistant material such as polyethylene terephthalate and has a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the lower surface of the base 2. An engaging edge piece 23 that engages with the upper surface of the edge of the base 2 is provided over the front part.

Further, a pedestal part 24 is formed on the front part of the cover 22 and projects outwardly in an inclined manner, and an ejection hole body 26 having a plurality of ejection holes 25 is attached to this pedestal part 24. A brush 27 made of nylon bristles or the like is implanted at the lower edge of the portion 24 surrounding the ejection hole body 26 . It should be noted that a partition piece 28 is provided protruding inside the cover 22 at a rear position of the base portion 24.

In the above configuration, when used as a steam iron, from the base 2 of the iron main body 1 to the steamer integrated 21
, and ironing is performed with the iron main body 1 in a horizontal position.

If steam is required for this ironing, repeat the push operation of the operation button 13 of the pump body 12 to draw in water in the water tank 9 with the suction@14, and discharge it from the discharge pipe 15. Steam is supplied into the vaporization chamber 4 through the vaporization chamber 4, vaporized, and ejected from the ejection hole 5h1 onto the lower surface of the base 2.

Further, when the steamer is used as a steamer for removing wrinkles by applying steam to clothing hung on a hanger or the like, a steamer rest 21 is attached to the base 2 of the iron main body 1. That is, the engaging edge pieces 23 on both sides of the cover 22 are inserted into the gap 17 between the base 2 and the heat shield plate 6 from the front of the base 2, and the cover 22 is fixed to the base 2. The front surface of the base 2 is covered, and the partition wall 28 of the cover 22 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the base 2. Then, with the iron body 1 in an almost vertical position, pump body 1
2, the steam is ejected from the ejection hole 5 of the base 2, the steam is ejected from the ejection hole 25 through the base 24 of the cover 22, and the brush 27 is operated. Brush the fabric to smooth out wrinkles. At this time, since the ejection hole 25 is surrounded by the brush 27, the steam is well absorbed into the fabric without escaping, and wrinkles can be smoothed out by pulling and brushing the lower end of the fabric by hand.

In addition, when stretching the fabric, the entire base 2 is covered with a 210h bar 22 integrated with the steamer, so there is no risk of damaging the fabric even when stretching the 814 at a low temperature. There is no risk of burns even if

Further, after using the iron body 1 as a steamer, there is no danger of accidentally touching it when the iron body 1 is standing.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, by attaching and detaching the steamer body to the base, it can be ironed as a steam iron and used as a steamer. Because it is covered with
Even when smoothing out wrinkles from low-temperature In, there is no risk of damaging the fabric, and there is no risk of burns if you accidentally touch it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of the steam iron 0 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a rear view of a portion thereof. 2... Base, 3... Heater, 4... Vaporization chamber, 5... Outlet, 7... Handle, 9... Water tank, 11... Pump stomach, 21... Steamer integrated, 25... Outlet. Hole, 27
··brush.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A base having a heater, a vaporization chamber, and an ejection hole that communicates with the vaporization chamber and opens at the bottom, a handle and a water tank provided on the top of the base, and a handle and a water tank provided in the water tank. A steam iron equipped with a manual pump device for supplying water to the vaporizing chamber of the base, wherein a spout hole is detachably provided on the lower surface of the base and spouts steam from the spout hole of the base to the outside. and a steam iron having an integrated steamer having a brush installed surrounding the spouting hole.