System iron

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11530510-B2
Application number	US-202117399235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2021
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

A system iron includes a body. The body includes therein a steam generator for generating steam and an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body. The ironing plate 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 of the ironing plate;
a pair of side tensioners arranged to be movable in left and right directions from lateral side surfaces of the ironing plate along which the side tensioners are disposed;
the steam nozzles being disposed inside the ironing plate and configured to spray steam generated by the steam generator through openings in the lateral side surfaces of the ironing plate; and
a first fan disposed behind the side tensioners in a longitudinal direction of the ironing plate and configured to flow air into the ironing plate.

2. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the first fan is disposed behind the openings in the lateral side surfaces of the ironing plate in the longitudinal direction of the ironing plate.

3. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the system iron comprises a guide plate disposed inside the ironing plate and configured to guide the air flowing from the first fan to a front end of the ironing plate along which the openings in the lateral side surfaces of the ironing plate are formed.

4. The system iron according to claim 3 , wherein the first fan sucks air through an opening hole formed at the lower side of the ironing plate and flows the air toward the guide plate.

5. 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 disposed behind the clothing-ironing board in the longitudinal direction of the ironing plate, the iron rest comprising an iron-resting plate having a suction hole formed therein.

6. The system iron according to claim 5 , wherein the system iron comprises a second fan disposed inside the iron rest and configured to suck air through the suction hole formed in the iron-resting plate.

7. The system iron according to claim 6 , wherein the second fan is configured so that a direction of air suction by the second fan is perpendicular to a direction of discharge of the air by the second fan, and the second fan is configured to discharge air into the clothing-ironing board.

8. The system iron according to claim 6 , wherein the first fan includes a pair of first fans spaced apart in the left and right directions, and
wherein the second fan is configured to discharge air into a space between the pair of first fans.

9. The system iron according to claim 1 , wherein the steam nozzles are disposed inside the ironing plate and configured to spray steam toward the outside of the ironing plate through grooves formed in the lateral side surfaces of the ironing plate.

10. The system iron according to claim 5 , wherein the system iron comprises an iron protector rotatably disposed at two side surfaces of the ironing plate and extending upwards relative to the iron rest.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ye Sungmin
• Park Jiyeon

Classifications

• 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

• D06F81/08 Primary

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

• D06F81/04

  with means for adjusting height · CPC title

• D06F81/003

  with flat iron support · CPC title