System iron

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11111625-B2
Application number	US-201716474645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system iron. The system iron according to the embodiment includes a body including therein a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which includes therein steam nozzles for spraying the steam generated by the steam generator to an outside; a first fan for discharging air to the outside of the ironing plate or sucking air into the ironing plate; and a second fan for cooling an iron placed on the ironing plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system iron comprising:
a body including therein a steam generator for generating steam;
an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which includes therein steam nozzles for spraying the steam generated by the steam generator to an outside;
a first fan for discharging air to the outside of the ironing plate or sucking air into the ironing plate; and
a second fan for cooling an iron placed on the ironing plate.

2. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the ironing plate includes:
a clothing-ironing board including therein the first fan and the steam nozzles; and
an iron rest including therein the second fan, which discharges air to the clothing-ironing board in order to cool an iron placed on the iron rest.

3. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the ironing plate includes a pair of side tensioners for tensioning two lateral sides of a garment, and the first fan is positioned behind the pair of side tensioners in a longitudinal direction of the ironing plate.

4. The system iron according to claim 2 , wherein the clothing-ironing board includes:
a clothing-ironing-board case, which is open at an upper surface thereof; and
a clothing-ironing plate, which is disposed on the clothing-ironing-board case and has formed therein a through hole through which air flows,
the clothing-ironing-board case including an opening hole through which air under the first fan flows by virtue of activation of the first fan.

5. The system iron according to claim 4 , wherein the clothing-ironing board further includes a guide plate for guiding flow of air caused by the first fan or the second fan toward the through hole.

6. The system iron according to claim 2 , wherein the iron rest includes an iron-resting plate, which is disposed on an upper surface of the iron rest and has a plurality of suction holes through which air flow, the iron-resting plate being provided thereon with a silicone insulation material.

7. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the ironing plate includes a clothing-ironing board including therein the first fan and the steam nozzles,
wherein the first fan rotates in a forward direction in order to discharge air through an upper side of the ironing plate or rotates in a reverse direction in order to suck air through the upper side of the ironing plate, and
wherein the first fan rotates in the reverse direction in order to bring a garment into close contact with the clothing-ironing board in a suction mode, and rotates in the forward direction in order to cause the garment to be spaced apart from the clothing-ironing board by a predetermined distance in a blowing mode.

8. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the ironing plate includes:
a clothing-ironing board including therein the first fan and the steam nozzles, and
an iron rest including the second fan disposed therein, which discharges air to the clothing-ironing board in order to cool an iron placed thereon, the second fan being activated so as to cool the iron in an iron-cooling mode.

9. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the ironing plate includes:
a clothing-ironing board including therein the first fan and the steam nozzles, and
an iron rest including the second fan disposed therein, which discharges air to the clothing-ironing board in order to cool an iron placed thereon, the first fan and the second fan being activated so as to discharge air to an outside of the clothing-ironing board in a steam-spraying mode.

10. A system iron comprising:
a body including therein a steam generator for generating steam;
an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which is changed in position depending on whether the system iron is operated in an ironing mode or in a steam-spraying mode in which steam is sprayed to a garment, the ironing plate including a spreading unit for tensioning the garment hung on an outer side thereof in the steam-spraying mode and a holding unit for holding a front surface of the garment hung on the outer side thereof;
a first fan for discharging air to the outside of the ironing plate or sucking air into the ironing plate; and
a second fan for cooling an iron placed on the ironing plate.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ye Sungmin
• Park Jiyeon

Classifications

• D06F81/003

  with flat iron support · CPC title

• 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  (combined with external pressure means D06F71/00) · CPC title

• D06F81/04

  with means for adjusting height · CPC title

• D06F81/08 Primary

  incorporating heating, steaming, or forced ventilation means · CPC title