System iron

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11280045-B2
Application number	US-201716474641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system iron. The system iron according to the present invention includes a body including a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body; a hinge shaft, which has therein a cavity and which is open at at least one of two ends thereof so as to allow the ironing plate to be rotated, the hinge shaft being provided in a zone on a peripheral surface thereof with a flow through hole; and a steam flow channel, which extends through the open end and the flow through hole in the hinge shaft so as to allow the steam, generated by the steam generator, to be sprayed to the outside of the ironing plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system iron comprising:
a body including a steam generator for generating steam;
an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which includes steam nozzles for spraying the steam generated by the steam generator;
a hinge shaft, which has a hollow cylindrical shape with a cavity formed therein and which is open at at least one of two ends of the hinge shaft positioned on a rotational axis so as to allow the ironing plate to be rotated, the hinge shaft being provided on a peripheral surface of the hinge shaft with a flow through hole; and
a steam flow channel, which is disposed inside the body and the ironing plate and which extends through the open end and the flow through hole in the hinge shaft so as to allow the steam, generated by the steam generator, to be supplied to the steam nozzles, and
wherein the flow through hole opens in an upward direction toward the ironing plate, and when the hinge shaft is rotated, the flow through hole is also rotated therewith.

2. The system iron according to claim 1 , further comprising connecting bars connecting the hinge shaft to the ironing plate,
wherein the flow through hole opens in a direction in which the connecting bars extend.

3. The system iron according to claim 1 , further comprising a height adjustment box for adjusting a height of the ironing plate,
wherein the steam flow channel extends through an inside of the height adjustment box and is secured to an upper portion of the height adjustment box.

4. The system iron according to claim 3 , wherein the steam flow channel is disposed so as to form a curved portion in the height adjustment box.

5. The system iron according to claim 3 , wherein a section of the steam flow channel that is disposed inside the height adjustment box includes a curved portion at which a direction in which the steam flow channel extends is changed in the height adjustment box, and
wherein the curved portion is provided with an elastic member for maintaining the curved portion in a ‘U’ shape.

6. The system iron according to claim 3 , further comprising a locking unit disposed in the height adjustment box so as to limit movement of the height adjustment box,
wherein the height adjustment box is partitioned into a space in which the locking unit is disposed and a space in which the steam flow channel is disposed.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Youngjoo

Classifications

• D06F81/02

  with collapsible underframe · CPC title

• D06F81/08 Primary

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

• D06F81/04

  with means for adjusting height · 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