Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F73/00—Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam 
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F87/00—Apparatus for moistening or otherwise conditioning the article to be ironed or pressed

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a steam ironing apparatus comprising a base enclosing a device for producing a steam flow connected by a conduit to a steaming accessory comprising at least one hole for vapor emission and relates more particularly to an apparatus in which the base comprises a hanger on which the garment to be straightened can be disposed during use of the steaming accessory, the hanger being pivotally mounted on the base and being able to be immobilized in rotation by means of a blocking device.
• a steam ironing apparatus comprising a steam generating base having a mast equipped with a hanger at its upper end, the hanger being rotatably mounted about the longitudinal axis of the mast and comprising a locking device for immobilizing the hanger in different predetermined angular positions.
• Such an ironing apparatus provided with a rotary hanger has the advantage of making the operation of unraveling the garment more ergonomic by allowing the user to rotate the garment around the mast and then to immobilize it in different angular positions.
• the hanger locking device disclosed in this document has the disadvantage of only allowing the hanger to be immobilized in a limited number of predetermined positions.
• the locking device disclosed in this document has the disadvantage of ensuring insufficient immobilization of the rotating hanger when the spring used in the locking device is weakly rigid, and to be difficult to assemble when the spring used is rigid enough to ensure a good immobilization of the hanger.
• the locking device described in this document uses a spring-mounted ratchet system which has the disadvantage of being relatively noisy when the position of the hanger is manually modified by the user.
• an object of the present invention is to provide an ironing apparatus which overcomes these disadvantages and which is simple and economical to produce.
• the subject of the invention is a steam ironing apparatus comprising a base enclosing a device for producing a steam flow connected by a conduit to a steaming accessory comprising at least one hole for the emission of the steam, the base comprising a hanger on which the garment to be straightened can be disposed during the use of the steaming accessory, the hanger being pivotally mounted on the base about an axis by means of a pivot connection and can be immobilized in rotation by means of a locking device, characterized in that the locking device comprises a control member that can be moved manually by the user from an unlocked position, allowing the free rotation of the hanger, to a locked position in which the hanger is immobilized in rotation, and in that the movement of the control member from the unlocked position to the locked position causes movement and / or deformation of a braking element from an initial position, allowing free rotation of the pivot connection,
• Such an apparatus provided with a locking device provided with a friction braking element has the advantage of being simple and economical to implement and ensure the immobilization of the hanger by the only friction forces generated by the pressure exerted by the braking element thus allowing a locking of the hanger in any angular position.
• such a device has the advantage of being robust and quiet.
• the braking element is integral in translation with a rod and the control member is constituted by a control lever pivotally mounted at one end of the rod, the control lever comprising a part forming a cam causing the displacement in translation of the rod during pivoting of the control lever.
• a control device has the advantage of being simple and economical to achieve, to ensure good compression of the braking element and to offer a very good ergonomics of use.
• the control lever pivots at an angle of between 45 ° and 90 °, and advantageously of the order of 90 °, to move from the unlocked position to the locked position and the lever of control is advantageously disposed substantially perpendicular to the rod when it occupies one of the locked or unlocked positions and is arranged in alignment with the rod when it occupies the other position.
• the braking element is an elastically deformable element passing from an initial shape, advantageously having a restricted diameter, to a modified shape, advantageously having an increased diameter, when the control lever moves from the unlocked position in the locked position, the braking element passing from the initial shape to the modified form being deformed by the force exerted by a part integral with the rod.
• Such a deformable braking element has the advantage of offering greater flexibility when operating the control lever and to allow possible rotation of the hanger without damaging the locking device when the user forces on the hanger to do so. turn without first placing the control lever in the unlocked position.
• the pivot connection allowing rotation of the hanger on the base comprises a shaft rotatably mounted in a bearing, the braking element being compressed between a disk and an end of the shaft when the lever of command occupies the locked position.
• the braking element consists of an elastomer ring.
• the braking element is constituted by a rigid flange, advantageously of frustoconical shape.
• Rigid flange means a flange whose deformation remains substantially invisible when the flange is brought from the initial position to the braked position.
• the flange may be made of polycarbonate.
• Such a feature has the advantage of allowing a locking of the hanger in rotation more powerful.
• the pivot connection allowing the rotation of the hanger on the base comprises a hollow shaft rotatably mounted in a bearing, the flange being arranged in a jacket attached to one end of the shaft.
• Such a feature provides a compact locking device and easy to assemble.
• the liner has an upper end provided with a frustoconical wall against which the flange comes to rest when the control lever is in the locked position.
• the control member is disposed in a cavity of the hanger, the cavity advantageously opening on two opposite sides of the hanger.
• the base comprises a vertical mast, advantageously telescopic, which carries the hanger.
• the hanger is disposed near the top of the mast.
• the accessory is a steam brush or an iron.
• the hanger comprises a recess for receiving the steaming head, the notch ensuring the maintenance position of the steaming head on the hanger when the user does not wish to use it.
• the cavity receiving the organ control is provided at the base of the notch.
• the axis of rotation of the hanger is disposed substantially vertically when the base rests on the ground.
• the axis of rotation of the hanger is disposed coaxially with the mast.
• FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of a hanger coupling system on the mast for fitting the apparatus of Figure 1;
• - Figure 3 is a top view of the hanger of Figure 2;
• FIGS. 4A and 4B are sectional views along the line IV-IV of Figure 3 with the control lever respectively disposed in an unlocked position and in a locked position;
• FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of a coupling system of the hanger on the mast intended to equip the apparatus of FIG. 1;
• Figures 6A and 6B are sectional views of the hanger of Figure 5, in a sectional plane similar to that of Figures 4A and 4B, with the control lever respectively disposed in an unlocked position and in a locked position;
• FIG. 1 represents a steam ironing apparatus comprising a base 1 for the steam generation connected by a flexible conduit 2 to a stripping brush 3 having holes for the emission of steam, the base 1 comprising, in a manner known per se, a water reservoir 10 connected to a boiling chamber, not shown in the figures, allowing the continuous production a steam flow saturated with water, the boiling chamber being connected directly to the flexible conduit 2 so that the vapor produced by the boiling chamber can escape freely to the steaming brush 3.
• Such a base 1 for the steam generation is well known to those skilled in the art and is for example technically similar to the base for the steam generation described in detail in the patent application WO 2004/023957.
• the base 1 comprises a mast 1 1 comprising three telescopic sections extending substantially vertically when the base 1 rests flat on the ground, the mast 1 1 comprising an upper end supporting a hanger 4 on which clothes to unwind can be arranged.
• the hanger 4 is advantageously made of plastic material and has a notch 40 at its top, better visible in Figure 2, which forms a receiving housing for the steaming brush 3.
• the hanger 4 is pivotally mounted on the mast 1 1 about an axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the mast 1 1, the rotation of the hanger 4 being obtained by means of a pivot connection having a shaft 5, integral with the hanger 4, which rotates in a bearing 6 carried by a sleeve 60 disposed at the upper end of the mast 1 January.
• the apparatus comprises a locking device which makes it possible to immobilize the hanger 4 in position, the locking device comprising a control lever 7 which can occupy an unlocked position in which the hanger 4 can rotate freely. on the mast 1 1 and a locked position in which the hanger 4 is immobilized in position.
• the locking device comprises an elastically deformable braking element 8 disposed at a lower end of the shaft 5, inside the bearing 6, the element 8 being sandwiched between the end bottom of the shaft 5 and a disk 80 fixed to a lower end of a rod 81 slidably mounted in the shaft 5 and whose upper end is connected to the control lever 7.
• the braking element is advantageously constituted by an elastic spacer 8, made of elastomeric material, of a thickness of about 1 cm which is traversed by the rod 81, the elastic spacer 8 having an annular shape which, when it is not compressed, has an outer diameter of the order of 2 cm, corresponding to the diameter of the shaft 5.
• the rod 81 has a cross-shaped cross section which slides in an opening 50 of complementary shape formed in the center of the shaft 5 to prevent the rotation of the rod 81 on itself.
• the rod 81 has an upper end that opens, outside the hanger 4, into a cavity 41 formed at the base of the notch 40 intended to receive the steaming head 3, the upper end of the rod 81 being connected to the control lever 7 by an axis pivot connection 82 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rod 81.
• the control lever 7 comprises an upper portion 70 forming a gripping zone and a lower portion forming a cam 71 which comes into contact with a wall 42 formed in the bottom of the cavity 41, the cam 71 having a shape adapted to cause the displacement in translation of the rod 81 in the direction of the approach of the disc 80 towards the lower end of the shaft 5 when the control lever 7 switches from the unlocked position, illustrated in FIG. 4A, to the locked position, illustrated in Figure 4B.
• the portion of the wall 42 on which the cam 71 bears is provided with a metal washer 43 which locally reinforces the bearing zone to prevent excessive wear of the wall 42 in contact with the cam 71 when the the manipulation of the control lever 7.
• Such a locking device thus has the advantage of being simple and economical to achieve and allows the immobilization of the hanger in any angular position.
• such a locking device has the advantage of not breaking when the user forces on the hanger to turn it without having previously positioned the control lever in the position unlocked. Indeed, when such a case occurs, the elastic spacer begins to slide inside the bearing when the torque exerted becomes greater than the friction forces, avoiding any breakage of the locking device.
• FIGS. 5, 6A and 6B illustrate a second embodiment of the device for locking in rotation of the hanger 4 that can equip the apparatus of FIG. 1, the hanger 4 being pivotally mounted on the mast 1 1 by means of a pivot connection having a shaft 106, hollow, disposed at the upper end of the mast 1 1, the shaft 106 rotating in a bearing 105 formed in a sleeve 151 integral with the hanger 4 and being coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the mast 1 January.
• the locking device comprises a braking element constituted by a flange 108 made of a rigid plastic material of polycarbonate type and has a generally frustoconical shape.
• the flange 108 is disposed in a liner 160 attached to the inside of the shaft 106 and made integral in rotation with the latter by the insertion of fingers 161 carried by the inner surface of the shaft 106 in slots 162 formed on the shirt 160.
• the liner 160 is inserted into the hollow shaft 106 through the top of the latter and has an upper end closed by a frustoconical wall 163 comprising a lower surface having a shape complementary to the frustoconical flange 108.
• the flange 108 is fixed to the lower end of a rod 181 passing through an opening 163A formed at the top of the frustoconical wall 163 and is slidably mounted in translation in an opening 152 formed at the upper end of the sleeve 151, the rod 181 having a non-circular cross section cooperating with the shape of the opening 152 to prevent the rotation of the rod 181 in the opening 152 so that the hanger 4 is integral in rotation with the rod 181.
• the rod 181 and the opening 152 have a rectangular cross section. As can be seen in FIGS.
• the rod 181 has an upper end which opens into the cavity 41 formed at the base of the notch 40 of the hanger, the upper end of the rod 181 being connected to a control lever 107 by a pivot connection axis 182 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rod 181.
• the control lever 107 comprises an upper part forming a gripping zone and a lower part forming a cam 171 which comes into contact with a wall 142 formed in the bottom of the cavity 41, the cam 171 having a shape adapted to cause the translational movement of the rod 181 in the direction of pressurization of the flange 108 against the frustoconical wall 163 of the liner 160 when the control lever 107 switches from the unlocked position shown in FIG. 6A to the locked position illustrated in Figure 6B.
• the sleeve 151 can rotate freely on the shaft 106 and the hanger 4 can be manually oriented by the user in the desired position.
• the user wishes to immobilize the hanger 4 in a given position, it suffices to grasp the control lever 107 and to tilt it by 90 ° to the locked position illustrated in FIG. 6B.
• the tilting of the control lever 107 towards this locked position causes the rod 181 to move upwards, because of the profile of the cam 171 which rests on the wall 142, so that the flange 108 is pressed against the wall frustoconical 163 of the liner 160.
• the upper surface of the flange 108 then rubs against the lower surface of the frustoconical wall 163 and block the rotation of the rod 181 with respect to the liner 160.
• the liner 160 being made integral in rotation with the shaft 106 by the insertion of the fingers 161 in the slots 162, the locking in rotation of the rod 181 relative to the shaft 106 prevents rotation of the hanger 4 on the mast 1 1 which is then immobilized in position. The user can then perform ironing operations without risk of rotation of the hanger 4.
• the blocking device according to this second embodiment has the advantage of being simple and economical to produce and to ensure a more powerful locking in rotation than that described in the first embodiment by virtue of the friction of the rigid material flange. against the frustoconical wall of the shirt.
• the apparatus may comprise, in addition to the hanger, an upper bar provided with clamps, extending between the two longitudinal ends of the hanger, to maintain the garment ironing.
• the hanger may also include an ironing surface, such as a curtain, which can be tensioned vertically between the hanger and a lower bar attached to the mast.
• control member of the locking device may be constituted by a lever rotatably mounted about the longitudinal axis of the rod, the lever being supported on a wall provided with reliefs forming cams so that the rotation of the lever around the longitudinal axis of the rod causes the displacement in translation of the lever along said longitudinal axis.

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