Steam iron

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10309053-B2
Application number	US-201515500386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2015
Priority date	Sep 11, 2014
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A steam iron includes: a heating body having a heater; a vaporizing chamber on an upper surface side of the heating body; and a lid covering the upper surface side of the heating body. The steam iron further includes: a base on a lower surface side of the heating body; a steam jet hole provided in the base; and a steam passage for guiding the steam generated by the vaporizing chamber to the steam jet hole. The steam passage has a first heating passage and a second heating passage on the upper surface side of the heating body, and a heating chamber and a base passage on the lower surface side of the heating body. The steam passage guides the steam after passing through the heating chamber to the base passage via the second heating passage so that the steam is jetted from the steam jet hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steam iron comprising:
a heating body having a heater;
a vaporizing chamber provided on an upper surface side of the heating body for generating steam;
a lid for covering the upper surface side of the heating body;
a base provided on a lower surface side of the heating body;
a steam jet hole provided in the base; and
a steam passage for guiding the steam generated by the vaporizing chamber to the steam jet hole,
wherein the steam passage has a heating passage provided on the upper surface side of the heating body, and a heating chamber and a base passage which are provided on the lower surface side of the heating body, and the steam passage is configured to guide the steam after passing through the heating chamber, to the base passage via the heating passage so that the steam is jetted from the steam jet hole,
the heating chamber is provided between the heating body and the base, and is provided below the vaporizing chamber,
the heating chamber has an elongated shape in a longitudinal direction of the base, and
the base passage is provided along an outer periphery of the heating chamber.

2. The steam iron according to claim 1 , further comprising a partitioning plate provided between the heating body and the lid, wherein
the heating passage has a partitioned passage provided along the partitioning plate, and a communicating part that vertically penetrates the heating body.

3. The steam iron according to claim 2 , further comprising a first partitioning plate and a second partitioning plate provided between the heating body and the lid, wherein
the partitioned passage has a first partitioned passage provided along the first partitioning plate, and a second partitioned passage provided along the second partitioning plate, and
the communicating part has a first communicating part that communicates the first partitioned passage with the heating chamber, a second communicating part that communicates the heating chamber with the second partitioned passage, and a third communicating part that communicates the second partitioned passage with the base passage.

4. The steam iron according to claim 1 , wherein the base and the heating body are seal-bonded with at least a first sealing part provided along an outer periphery of the base passage, and a second sealing part provided along an inner periphery of the base passage.

5. The steam iron according to claim 1 , wherein
the heater has a substantially U-shaped curved part, and
the vaporizing chamber is provided on an inside and an outside of the curved part.

6. The steam iron according to claim 1 , wherein the lid is formed of a thin plate.

7. The steam iron according to claim 3 , further comprising an auxiliary heating plate provided in the base passage and below the third communicating part, the auxiliary heating plate thermally connected to the heating body.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yagi Toyohiko

Classifications

• D06F75/18 Primary

  the water being fed slowly, e.g. drop by drop, from the reservoir to a steam generator · CPC title

• D06F75/38

  Sole plates (D06F75/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F75/24 Primary

  Arrangements of the heating means within the iron; Arrangements for distributing, conducting or storing the heat · CPC title