JPS5946997A - Steam iron - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a steam iron with a removable tank, which is very easy to drain, and relates to a device for fixing the tank to the iron body.

The structure of a conventional example and its problems The structure of a conventional steam iron with a detachable tank will be explained with reference to the drawings. In Figures 1 and 2, 1Q
1 is the base in which the heater 102 is embedded, 103 is the base 1
01, and a handle 104 and a removable tank 105 in front of the handle are provided on the top of the base cover.

Reference numeral 106 denotes a mating grip part formed on the upper part of the handle 104, and a tank holding body 107 is provided at the front of the upper surface of the handle grip part 106.
is inserted and is biased forward by the spring 108.

Reference numeral 109 denotes a convex portion provided at the rear of the tank 105, which engages with the tank holding rest 107 to hold the tank 105 fixedly. 1
Reference numeral 10 denotes a convex finger stop portion integrally formed on the tank presser body 107 for sliding operation of the tank presser body 107.

According to such a conventional configuration, the attachment and detachment of the tank 105 is generally performed by sliding the finger stop part 110 of the presser body 107. There was a drawback that ironing was difficult because the stopper part 110 was touched by the hand. Furthermore, when adding another ironing function, installing other operating objects, such as switches, in front of the handle (roof 106) increases the risk of malfunction due to contact with hands, etc. ,
It was virtually impossible. In addition, there is a protrusion 1 on the tank 106.
09, the lower surface of the convex portion 109 ((concave portion 10
9a, it had to be formed using a slide mold.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a steam iron having a tank fixing device that does not impair the function of the handle grip.

Inventive Structure The present invention has a tank with a single digit removably attached to the front part of the handle, a convex part is provided on the rear surface of the tank, and a tank fixing device metal plate is attached to the front leg of the handle opposite to this convex part. The steam iron is tilted and the operating lever of the tank fixing device is provided so as to protrude downward and in front of the handle grip, so that the handle grip part is easy to grip and easy to use.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 3 and 4, 1 is a base in which a heater 2 is embedded, 3 is a base cover that covers the base 1,
Above this, a handle 4 and a removable tank 6'f are installed in front of the handle 4.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a convex portion formed on the rear surface of the tank 5, and since the convex portion does not have a concave portion or the like in its lower portion, it can be easily formed when forming the tank 5 by simply cutting the upper and lower molds. The front leg part of the handle 4 is provided with a through hole 7a at the position of the front leg part 7 where the convex part 6 faces when the tank 6 is attached. It is equipped with a tank fixing device consisting of an elastic portion to be described later which urges the suspension 8 toward the tank 5 side. Since this tank identification device is located below the handle grip portion 10 on the side of the handle 4-, ironing is easy to use without touching the iron with hands, and the tank fixing device is easy to operate. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 6, the presser body 8 has a hole 11 into which the operating lever 9 fits, a spring body 11a which is an elastic member, and a through hole 7a provided in the front leg of the handle. The finger rest 12 and the contact surface 14 with the wall surface 13 provided almost perpendicularly to the back surface V of the front leg portion 7
An abbreviated operating lever 9 having an abbreviated character is engaged. Here, the operation 17 bar 9 rotates using the contact part 15 of the contact part 14 of the row 9 of the tank 5 as a fulcrum, and the presser body 8 slides, so that the convex part 6 of the tank 6 presses the tank presser at the lower part of the presser body 80. It deviates from plane 16. When locking the tank 5, the rear surface 17 of the convex part of the tank 5 is brought into contact with the presser rest 8, the presser rest 8 is slid, and the convex part 6 of the tank 5 is brought into contact with the tank retainer surface 1.
6, the presser body 8 urged toward the tank side by the spring body 11a engages with the convex portion 6 and is locked.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show another embodiment in which the operating angle θ of the operating lever is made smaller than that of the above-mentioned embodiment to attach and detach the tank 5. Rotate the upper part of the contact part 14 of the operating lever 9
l]ll, the position of the contact part 15 approaches the tank 5 side, and a smaller operating angle θ allows the contact part 15 to move closer to the tank 5 side.
can be attached and detached. Furthermore, Figures 9 to 11
The figure shows another embodiment in which a presser body 8 and a spring body 11a are integrally formed, and a part of the presser body 8 has an elastic piece 18, which is an elastic piece, and is made of elastic resin. , for example, is made of polyacetal, etc., and has a shape that can be biased toward the tank 5 side, and the spring body 11a can be eliminated, improving assembly efficiency and reducing costs.

Effect of the invention As described above, according to the present invention, the mouth of the tank.

By placing the fixing device under the handle grip and on the front leg (i'L), the steam iron FFJ is equipped with an extremely rational and easy-to-use tank fixing device that does not impair the function of the handle grip. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional steam iron, FIG. 2 is an external view of the steam iron with the tank removed, and FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a steam iron according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is an external view of the steam iron with the tank removed.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the same tank fixing device, Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the same tank fixing device, Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a tank fixing device of another embodiment, and Fig. 8 is the same tank fixing device. FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the holding body 8 of another embodiment, FIG. 10 is a wide-scale cross-sectional view of the same tank fixing device, and FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view of the same tank fixing device. be. 1...Base, 2...Heater, 3...
...Base cover, 4...Handle, 5...
... Tank, 6 ... Convex part, End ... Front leg part, 7a ... Through hole, 8 ... Presser body, 9
......Operation lever, 1o...Handle grip part, 11a...Spring body (elastic part), 13...
...Wall surface, 18...Elastic piece (elastic member).

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) It has a base with a heater embedded therein, a base cover, a handle provided above the base cover, and a tank with several removable openings in front of the handle, with a convex portion provided on the rear surface of the tank, This steam iron is equipped with a tank fixing device with several holes in the front part of the handle opposite to this convex part, and the operating lever of this tank fixing device is provided so as to protrude toward the handle grip part F. (2) The tank fixing device is attached to the front leg of the handle.
A presser body that fits into the through hole, an abbreviated operation lever that engages with this presser body, and a valve body that is inserted into the tank full.
The operating lever is connected to a wall (C) provided almost perpendicularly to the back surface of the front leg (the upper end of which is in contact with the upper end of the upper end of the wall (~), and by rotating this operating lever, the The steam iron according to claim 1, wherein the steam iron is made to be able to appear and retract freely. (3) The steam iron according to claim 2, wherein the wall surface provided on the front leg of the handle has two portions inclined toward the tank side. (4) The steam iron according to claim 2, wherein the presser body is formed of an elastic piece, and an elastic piece for biasing the presser body toward the tank is formed integrally with the valve body.