KR20180008551A - An ironing appliance (1) comprising an iron (1) including a cantilever mounted handle - Google Patents

Abstract

1. An ironing appliance comprising an iron (1), the iron comprising a bottom (10) comprising a flat ironing surface on which the body (11) is in the upper part, and a cantilevered grip And an electric cord 3 drawn out of the iron through an opening 15 provided on the handle 12. The handle 12 has a front end attached to the main body 11, Characterized in that the opening is provided on the upper surface of the handle (12).

Description

An ironing appliance (1) comprising an iron (1) including a cantilever mounted handle

The present invention relates to an appliance for ironing comprising a bottom portion including a flat ironing surface on which the main body is located and a handle for a grip arranged in a cantilever manner with respect to the bottom portion, And a device drawn out of the iron through the provided opening portion.

From the patent application FR 2 929 298 is known an ironing appliance comprising an iron with a heated floor and a base connected to the iron by means of an electric cord, the iron comprising a handle for grips arranged cantilevered against the bottom do. In that document, the cord is pulled out of the iron through an opening provided near the rear end of the handle at the lower portion of the handle so as to extend downwardly when pulled out of the handle. As a result, the cord rubs against the edges of the ironing board due to the influence of gravity when the iron moves, and the ironing feeling is increased. In addition, when the iron is also placed directly on the ironing plate, a downward tensile force is applied due to the weight of the cord, which tilts the iron about the rear edge of the bottom and tends to lead the iron toward the edge of the ironing plate, There is a risk of falling and being damaged in the ironing board and there is a disadvantage that it is unstable.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an ergonomically improved ironing machine in which an iron having a cantilevered handle can be used less reliably by the cord and stably placed on the ironing plate to solve the disadvantages thereof .

To this end, the present invention comprises a bottom including a flat ironing surface in which the body is located, a handle for grip comprising a front end attached to the body, and an electrical cord drawn from the iron through an opening provided on the handle The handle being disposed in a cantilever manner with respect to the bottom portion and including a free rear end, the opening portion being provided on the upper surface of the handle .

The upper surface means the entire surface of the handle on the upper half of the handle.

Such an appliance has the advantage that it provides very good ergonomics for use, as it allows the cord to be pulled upwards to prevent the cord from rubbing the ironing feel near the iron. Furthermore, the upward withdrawal of the cord also allows the cord to be prevented from being inserted under the handle, so that the rear end of the handle can be placed directly on the ironing plate, thus providing a stable support when the iron is placed on the ironing plate And it is also possible to prevent the iron from tilting around the rear edge of the bottom due to the tensile force applied by the weight of the cord.

According to another characteristic of the invention, at least three-quarters of the handle length protrudes out of the bottom when the handle is vertically projected in the plane of the bottom.

According to another characteristic of the appliance according to the invention, the iron is automatically tilted about the rear edge of the bottom due to the tensile force exerted by the weight of the cord when the bottom of the iron lies horizontally on a horizontal plane.

According to another characteristic of the appliance according to the invention, the opening is arranged in the vicinity of the rear end of the handle, preferably less than 3 cm from its rear end.

Such a feature allows to maximize the effective surface of the handle that can be grasped throughout the user's hand.

According to another characteristic of the invention, as viewed on the cross section of the handle, the opening is provided at the apex of the handle.

The opening at such a handgrip allows the exit of the cord to be positioned on the longitudinal axis of the iron and to provide the same ergonomics for left-handed or right-handed use.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the iron comprises a cord guide device which, at the open position, holds the cord along the preferred direction of the cord at the cord outlet of the handle.

According to a further feature of the invention, the direction imparted by the cord guide is a direction which causes the cord to extend from the opening while extending along a direction having a positive inclination when the iron lies horizontally on the ironing surface.

Such a technical feature allows the cord to maintain its upward direction at the cord exit of the handle, which allows the cord to be spaced as far back as possible from the iron as a result of the weight of the cord, And to prevent it from being caused.

According to another characteristic of the invention, when the iron is laid horizontally on the ironing surface, the cord has an inclination of 20 ° to 70 °, preferably about 45 ° with respect to the horizontal plane, at the position of the cord guide.

The inclination of such a cord makes it possible to optimize the distance between the downed cord and the iron.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the cord guide device comprises a reinforcing sheath made of an elastic body.

Such code guidance devices offer the advantage of being simple and economical to implement.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the cord is inclined towards the rear of the iron.

Such a characteristic makes it possible to push the cord back down due to the weight of the cord as far back as possible to the iron.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the rear end of the handle forms a slope, and the handle comprises a sloping flat rear surface which forms an obtuse angle, alpha, with the plane of the bottom ironing surface.

Such a characteristic provides the advantage that the rear end of the bottom portion is pressed against the ironing plate to optimize the stability of the iron when the iron is placed on the ironing plate.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the cord comprises an electrical cable and / or a tube for transporting fluids.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the cord connects the iron to the base.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the base comprises a receptacle for placing the iron in a resting state, in which the bottom of the iron lies on the receptacle and the rear end of the handle abuts the base, And a space is formed in the lower portion of the handle so as to allow the fingers to pass through the handle to catch the iron.

Such characteristics provide the advantage of further improving ergonomics in use by proposing a device with a base having a dedicated receptacle for safely placing the iron.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the receptacle has a concave shape.

Such a receptacle has the advantage of having a hollow shape that contributes to guiding the iron onto the receptacle to automatically assure proper positioning of the iron.

According to another feature of the invention, the base comprises iron fixing means on the base, comprising a stationary blocking element to be engaged with the rear end of the handle and a removable blocking element which is pressed against a part of the body located opposite the handle, The element rotates between a folded position where the iron can be detached from the base and a fixed position where the iron is held on the receptacle.

Such blocking means allow the iron to be secured on the receptacle so that it can carry the entire device assembly by grasping the iron's handle.

According to a further feature of the invention, the stationary blocking element is configured transversely so that the rear end of the handle is inserted in its lower part.

Such a technical solution offers the advantage of being simple and economical to manufacture while providing good ergonomics for use when mounting or removing the iron on the receptacle.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the bottom part comprises a pointed front end.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the bottom is less than 15 cm in length and less than 10 cm in width.

Such characteristics make it possible to guarantee a very good simplicity of the iron in the ironing operation due to the reduced size of the bottom part.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objects, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following detailed description of a particular embodiment of the invention, given by way of non-limiting example,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing machine according to a particular embodiment of the present invention in which the blocking hoop is shown in a fixed position.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the appliance of Figure 1 with the iron lifted from the base and the blocking hoop in the folded position.
3 is a perspective view showing only an iron.
Figures 4 and 5 are side views of the iron of Figure 4, respectively, showing a bottom lying horizontally on a horizontal surface and a bottom tilted about the back edge of the bottom.
Figure 6 is a side view of the device of Figure 1;
Only elements necessary for understanding the present invention are shown. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a better understanding of the figures, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the drawings.

Figures 1, 2 and 6 illustrate an ironing machine which typically includes an iron 1 and a portable base 2 connected to the iron 1 by means of a cord 3, Is connected to the household electrical network by a cable not shown in the drawings.

The base 2 comprises a lower plane 22 which is intended to lie horizontally on a horizontal surface such as an ironing plate, a detachable water tub 20 and water directed towards the iron 1 through tubes integrated in the cord 3 And a pump 21 schematically shown by a dotted line in Fig. 6, which draws water in the water tank 20 for transfer.

3, the iron 1 includes a flat bottom portion 10 with the body 11 located thereon, the iron 1 having a front end attached to the body 11 and a front end attached to the body 11 And a free rear end protruding sideways from the handle (12). The handle 12 is cantilevered with respect to its bottom 10 and the handle 12 preferably has a length of about 12 cm and the body 11 and the handle 12 are preferably made of plastic And is realized as a single body manufactured by molding with a material.

The body 11 is adjusted in a manner known per se using an uncontrollable thermostat which makes thermal contact with the bottom 10 and allows the temperature of the bottom 10 to be maintained at about the nominal temperature of about 135 占Includes a foundry not shown in the figures, including a heating resistor.

The casting is advantageously made of aluminum and includes a vaporization chamber at the moment water drawn out of the water tank 20 is pumped into it by the pump 21 and the operation of the pump 21 is controlled by the front of the handle 12 And is controlled by a trigger 13 disposed at the bottom of the end portion. The pump 21 and the gasification chamber are advantageously scaled to produce steam at a flow rate of about 25 gr / mn continuously during operation of the trigger 13.

The vapor produced by the vaporization chamber is diffused through the vapor outlet openings 14 which are arranged in a V-shape and open to two grooves provided on the flat ironing surface of the bottom portion 10. The bottom portion 10 includes a pointed front end 10A and a rounded rear end 10B which are advantageously made of stainless steel and disposed opposite the handle 12 and at their rear end position the bottom portion 10 And has its maximum width.

Advantageously, the bottom 10 has a width of less than 15 cm, preferably of about 14 cm and a width of less than 10 cm, preferably of about 8 cm, for very easy handling of the iron 1.

According to figure 4 the cord 3 is drawn out of the iron 1 through an opening 15 provided on the upper surface of the handle 12 and the opening 15 is preferably connected to the handle 12, Slightly rearward at the rear end, for example, at a distance of about 1 cm to 2 cm.

The opening 15 advantageously comprises a cord guide device 4 which encloses the cord 3 and holds the cord 3 along a preferred direction D when the cord 3 is pulled out of the opening 15. [ Lt; / RTI >

In the particular embodiment shown, the code guide is oriented in the direction of forming an angle [beta] of about 45 [deg.] With respect to the horizontal plane H when the iron 1 is laid horizontally on the ironing surface of the bottom 10 (4) made of an elastic material that holds the cord (3) inclined toward the rear of the handle (12) along the first side (D).

The rear end of the handle 12 advantageously has a V-shape with an obtuse angle a of about 145 degrees shown in Figure 5 in the form of a slope comprising a rear surface 12A forming the plane of the bottom 10 .

According to Fig. 2, the base 2 is provided at its upper end with a recessed receptacle (not shown) in which the iron 1 can rest on its top in a resting state when the ironing is not carried out, (24).

The receptacle 24 includes a base portion consisting of a front plane 24A and a rear plane 24B arranged in a V-shape and the front plane 24A thereof receives the bottom portion 10 of the iron 1 And its rear surface 24B is adapted to receive the flat rear surface 12A of the handle 12 and its rear surface 12A has a bottom surface 10 which is in the forward plane 24A of the rear surface 24B, as shown in Fig.

The receptacle 24 also includes a circumferential wall 24C extending in height along the sides of the rear plane 24B and the front plane 24A at the rear end edge of the rear plane 24B. The circumferential wall 24C guides the bottom 10 of the iron 1 laterally on the receptacle 24 so that when the iron 1 is placed in a rest state on the receptacle 24, It constitutes an obstacle that the end is caught.

Preferably, the peripheral wall 24C includes a blocking bar 27 extending at the top of the rear plane 24B at the rear end position of the base 2, and the rear end of the handle 12 comprises an iron (1) is inserted into the lower portion of the blocking arm (27) when it is placed in a rest state on the receptacle (24).

According to Figures 1 and 2, the front end of the base 2 is advantageously mounted on the edge of the front plane 24A in a pivotal manner and has a triangular blocking hoop 28 (see Fig. 1) disposed near the front end of the receptacle 24 .

The FOUP 28 includes a folded position shown in Figure 2 in which the FOUP 28 is disposed parallel to the front plane 24A at the edge of the receptacle 24 and the FOUP 28 shown in Figures 1 and 6, Can be pivoted between the upper position of the front tip portion of the bottom portion 10 and the fixed position of pushing the main body 11.

In a manner known per se, the base 2 applies a restoring torque to the hoop 28 which reverses its direction as it passes an intermediate position located between the folded and fixed positions, Wherein the restoring torque causes the hoop 28 to be in the collapsed position when the hoop 28 is in the vicinity of the collapsed position and the hoop 28 in the retracted position when the hoop 28 is in the vicinity of the retracted position Lt; / RTI > Such restoration means is described in more detail in the patent application FR 14 52469 filed by the present applicant.

The ironing apparatus thus constructed has an advantage that it provides very good ergonomics in use.

In fact, the cord can be pulled out onto the upper surface of the handle and directed upwards, so that the cord can be held high near the iron, which prevents the cord from rubbing against the edge of the ironing plate, Let's do it.

Furthermore, the iron so embodied can be cantilever mounted on the side of the body to manipulate it by virtue of the presence of a handle that allows amplification of the movement of the floor, and the light weight of the iron obtained due to the reduced size of the floor Is very easy.

Such a device also provides the advantage of having the iron 1 with improved stability by reducing the risk of falling when the user wishes to place the iron 1 directly on the ironing plate in the ironing standstill.

Indeed, the cord 3 is pulled onto the upper surface of the handle 12 so that the rear end of the handle 12 is not constrained, so that the iris 1 is pulled by the force of the tensile force exerted by the weight of the cord 3 When tilted about the rear edge of the bottom portion 10, its rear end can be placed directly on the horizontal plane H of the ironing plate, as shown in Fig. However, the rear surface 12A of the handle 12 can be tilted so that its rear surface can be laid almost horizontally on the horizontal plane H, a slight difference in the degree of inclination typically being compensated by the flannel covering the ironing plate being pressed .

The user may also choose to put the iron 1 in a resting state on the receptacle 24 of the base 2 in the state of stopping the ironing operation such that the handle 12 is inserted into the lower portion of the blocking arm 27 By sliding the rear end of the knob 12 against the rear plane 24B toward the rear of the base 2 until the rear end of the knob 12 is engaged with the peripheral wall 24C. The user therefore has to either lower the iron 1 or move it by hand so that the iron is pushed forward by the influence of its weight and the bottom 10 lies on the supporting blades of the front plane 24A .

When the iron 1 is in a rest state on the base 2 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the iron 1 is tilted backward due to the pressure point obtained at the rear end position of the handle 12 It can be placed safely, without risk. Further, as a result, a void is created in the lower part of the handle 12, thereby allowing the user to push the fingers into the space to easily grip the handle 12 with the whole hand.

Finally, the device thus implemented offers the advantage of allowing the iron 1 to be fixed on the base 2 and consequently to carry the entire appliance by means of the handle 12 of the iron 1 do.

In fact, by turning the blocking hoop 28 from the folded position shown in Fig. 2 to the fixed position shown in Fig. 1 in which the hoop 28 presses the main body 11 of the iron 1, Can be easily fixed on the base 2 in a rest state. The restoring means of the hoop 28 applies a repulsive force to the iron 1 toward the rear of the base 2 so that the rear end of the iron 1 is pulled by the handle 12 against the blocking arm 27 , And the front end of the iron 1 is fixed by the hoop 28. [

Of course, the present invention is by no means limited to the above-described embodiments, which have been described and illustrated in detail, provided by way of example only. It is possible to make variations without departing from the scope of the present invention, particularly in view of the constitution of various elements or the substitution of the same technology.

Thus, in a variation not shown, the base may include a water tank to create pressurized steam, and the cord may include a tube for transferring steam to the iron.

Thus, in a variation not shown, the appliance may not have a base for placing the iron. In the variant, the surface behind the rear end of the handle is advantageously made so that when the iron is tilted about the rear edge of the bottom due to the tensile force of the cord, its rear surface is perfectly horizontal, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI >

Claims (14)

1. An ironing appliance comprising an iron (1), the iron (1) comprising a bottom (10) comprising a flat ironing surface on which the body (11) is located and a cantilevered And an electric cord (3) drawn from the iron (1) through an opening (15) provided on the handle (12), wherein the handle (12) 1. A household appliance for ironing comprising a front end portion attached to a main body (11) and a free rear end portion,
Characterized in that the opening is provided on the upper surface of the handle (12)
Appliances for ironing. The appliance for ironing according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening (15) is arranged in the vicinity of the rear end of the handle (12), preferably less than 3 cm from the rear end. The iron (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the iron (1) is provided at the position of the opening (15) with a cord guiding device for holding the cord (3) along a preferred direction at the cord outlet of the handle 4) for heating and pressing the electronic appliance (1). 4. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the direction imparted by the code guide (4) is such that when the iron (1) lies horizontally on the ironing surface the cord (3) Is set to be pulled out from the opening (15). ≪ IMAGE > The cord (3) according to claim 4, characterized in that the cord (3) is arranged at an angle of 20 ° to 70 ° with respect to the horizontal line at the position of the cord guide when the iron (1) lies horizontally on the ironing surface, And has an inclination at an angle of about 45 [deg.]. The appliance for ironing and ironing according to claim 5, wherein the cord (3) is inclined toward the rear of the iron (1). The handle (12) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rear end of the handle (12) forms a slope and the handle (12) forms an obtuse angle (?) With the plane of the ironing surface of the bottom Wherein the rear surface includes a sloping and flat rear surface. 8. An appliance for the purpose of ironing or ironing according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the cord (3) comprises an electric cable and / or a tube for transporting fluids. 9. An appliance for ironing, ironing according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the cord (3) connects the iron to the base (2). The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the base (2) includes a receptacle (24) for placing the iron (1) in a dormant state wherein the bottom (10) of the iron (1) And the rear end of the handle 12 is placed against the base 2 and the base 2 is placed on the base of the fingers 1 for holding the iron 1 by the handle 12 of the iron. Wherein a space is formed in the lower portion of the handle (12) so as to allow the handle (12) to pass therethrough. 11. The appliance for ironing and ironing according to claim 10, wherein the receptacle (24) has a concave shape. 12. The apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the base (2) comprises means for fixing the iron (1) on the base (2), the fixing means being interlocked with the rear end of the handle And a blocking element (28) for pressing a part of the body (11) located opposite the handle (12), the blocking element (28) Is rotated between a folded position at which the iron (1) can be detached from the base (2) and a fixed position at which the iron (1) is fixed on the receptacle (24). 13. The appliance for ironing and ironing according to claim 12, characterized in that the fixed blocking element comprises a cross bar (27) into which the rear end of the handle (12) is inserted. 14. The appliance for ironing and ironing according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the bottom (10) is less than 15 cm in length and less than 10 cm in width.

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