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EP1338694B1
EP1338694B1 EP03001093A EP03001093A EP1338694B1 EP 1338694 B1 EP1338694 B1 EP 1338694B1 EP 03001093 A EP03001093 A EP 03001093A EP 03001093 A EP03001093 A EP 03001093A EP 1338694 B1 EP1338694 B1 EP 1338694B1
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    • 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
    • D06F81/00—Ironing boards 
    • D06F81/08—Ironing boards  incorporating heating, steaming, or forced ventilation means

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  • the present patent application refers to a steam ironing apparatus for steam-assisted ironing of garments and clothing items, which comprises an ironing board provided with blowing/ sucking fluid-dynamic means and centralized control means for said fluid-dynamic means.
  • the steam-assisted clothing ironing method is generally known to require the generation of steam by means of a separate boiler that is independent of the iron itself; in view of improving the garment ironing process in general and also making it quicker to carry out, apparatuses have been implemented, the ironing top of which is provided with a plurality of perforations and comprises a chamber located therebelow, inside which it is possible to obtain either a pressure value that is higher than the atmospheric pressure value, hereinafter referred to as positive pressure, or a pressure value that is lower than the atmospheric value one, hereinafter referred to as negative pressure.
  • Such pressure variations can be obtained by means of two fans, i.e. a blowing and a sucking one, arranged below the ironing top and in communication with the above mentioned chamber.
  • the variation in the value of the pressure prevailing inside the chamber brings about a flow of forced air, which may possibly be mixed with steam and causes the garment lying on the ironing top to correspondingly adhere thereto or separate, i.e. move away therefrom.
  • the operation of the fans is usually controlled by means of a foot pedal control unit placed on the floor and provided with two pedals, which are adapted to control the blowing fan and the sucking fan, respectively.
  • the disclosure in the European patent application no. 0 750 066 refers to a household garment ironing apparatus comprising a perforated ironing board featuring, underneath the worktop, a chamber communicating with a single axial-flow fan that is adapted to generate a positive pressure or a negative pressure depending on the direction of rotation; the apparatus further comprises a steam-assisted smoothing iron equipped with a single control push-button to activate both the emission of steam and, through an electronic circuit, the rotation of the fan: a pressure exerted manually by the user on such a push-button for pre-determined periods of time causes the fan to start rotating and the direction of rotation of the fan to be selected as desired.
  • a major drawback of the above described apparatus lies in that such a way of operating the fan by means of a single multipurpose control may prove rather awkward for a user to readily get familiar with it for a proper use thereof: in fact, each time that the push-button is depressed by the user for starting fan rotation, also the emission of steam is at the same time activated, even if this is not required, and vice-versa, i.e. when the emission of steam is desired, it is possible for the fan to be started even if this is not necessary, and possibly even with a direction of rotation that may not be appropriate in that particular circumstance.
  • the electronic fan control circuit based on time pulses is rather complex and delicate, so that it practically implies a lower extent of reliability of the apparatus due to an increased likeliness of malfunction or failure events.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a steam ironing apparatus which is fully reliable in its operation.
  • a further and not less important purpose of the present invention is to provide a steam ironing apparatus which is low in cost and capable of being manufactured using readily available, generally known tools, machinery and techniques.
  • the reference numeral 1 is used to generally indicate a steam ironing apparatus.
  • Such an apparatus comprises an ironing board 2 provided with a chamber 3 located therebelow and communicating with a plurality of through-perforations distributed over the surface of the worktop 4.
  • fluid-dynamic means that are generally indicated at 5, which are adapted to generate a positive pressure or a negative pressure within said chamber 3.
  • These fluid-dynamic means 5 are constituted by a first motor 6, a second motor 7, which is separate and distinct from said first motor 7, and rotates in an opposite direction with respect to the latter, and at least a fan 8 that is coupled to said first and/or said second motor 6, 7 and adapted to be driven selectively by said first motor 6 or said second motor 7.
  • control means for the fluid-dynamic means 5 comprise at least a push-button 9 adapted to be operated manually by the user, and the control means for the steam comprise a push-button 12 which is capable to be operated by the user as well.
  • control means 9 comprise a first push-button 9a and a second push-button 9b that are advantageously arranged on the handgrip 11 of the steam iron 10 on opposite sides with respect to the steam control push-button 12; the first and the second push-button 9a, 9b are electrically connected to the first motor 6 and the second motor 7, respectively, via the electric circuits 13a, 13b.
  • a pressure exerted with the hand on the push-button 9b will send an actuation command to the motor 7, via a second microswitch 14b, which then causes the fan 8 to start rotating in the opposite direction of rotation and, therefore, in the blowing mode in the exemplified case.
  • the push-button 12 is connected to the steam reservoir 15 via the circuit 16, which is separate and distinct from the afore cited electric circuits 13a, 13b.
  • the steam ironing apparatus is actually capable of reaching the afore indicated aims and ensuring all of the advantages deriving therefrom.
  • the centralized arrangement on the steam iron 10 of both the steam control 12 and the blowing/sucking mode controls 9 enables the apparatus as a whole to be used in a more convenient and ergonomically appropriate manner; in addition, the separation of such controls for the separate and independent actuation of the blowing/sucking mode and the emission of steam, respectively, enables the user to readily and intuitively understand how the whole system works, and makes it most easy and convenient for the apparatus itself to be properly used.
  • Figures 3 and 4 can be noticed to illustrate a second embodiment of the apparatus 101, in which the control means for the fluid-dynamic means 105 comprise a single push-button 109 arranged on the handgrip 111 of the steam iron 110, advantageously juxtaposed to and distinct from the steam control push-button 112.
  • the electric circuit 113 which connects the push-button 109 to the fluid-dynamic means 105 and is provided separately from and independently of the circuit 116 connecting the push-button 112 to the steam reservoir 115, comprises an electronic control module or board 117 that is connected to the first and the second motor 106 and 107, which are in turn mechanically coupled with the fan 108.
  • the electronic board 117 through electronic components that substantially perform as sensors and actuators, converts the pulse generated by the pressure exerted manually on the push-button 109, and detected by the board 117 itself, into a command to energize, i.e. start the first motor 106 or the second motor 107, thereby determining the direction of rotation of the fan 108 and, as a result, the blowing or sucking function thereof.
  • the senor is constituted by a small microprocessor device that detects the pulse generated by the push-button 109 and drives corresponding actuators, which may for instance be constituted by servo-controlled switches, such as for instance Triac or relay devices, which selectively start the operation of either the first or the second motor 106, 107, in which the selective activation of a motor or the other one depends on the number of pulses transmitted by the push-button 109, as detected by the electronic board 117.
  • servo-controlled switches such as for instance Triac or relay devices
  • the operation of the apparatus is as follows: upon a first pressure being exerted manually on the push-button 109, a first pulse is generated, which determines, through the electronic board 117, the operation of the first motor 106, thereby causing the fan 108 to start operating in, say, the sucking mode; a subsequent pressure exerted on the push-button 109 will cause a second pulse to be brought about, which, again through said electronic board 117, causes the first motor 106 to gradually stop rotating and, after a pre-determined short period of time, starts the operation of the second motor 107 which rotates in the opposite direction, thereby allowing the fan 108 to operate in the blowing mode this time.
  • the other motor is driven idly jointly with the fan.
  • a further actuation of the push-button 109 will then cause the second motor 107 to gradually stop rotating and causes in turn the first motor 106 to start rotating, thereby switching the fan 108 back to its sucking mode of operation.
  • a pressure exerted on the push-button 109 for a prolonged period of time of a pre-determined duration will stop both the sucking and the blowing mode of operation of the fan.

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  1. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur comprenant une table à repasser (2, 102) dotée d'une chambre (3, 103) située au-dessous et communiquant avec une pluralité de perforations traversantes agencées dans la partie supérieure de travail (4, 104), des moyens à fluide dynamique (5, 105) adaptés pour générer une pression positive et une pression négative à l'intérieur de ladite chambre (3, 103) associés à la ladite chambre (3, 103), lesdits moyens à fluide dynamique (5, 105) étant constitués par un premier moteur (6, 106) et par un second moteur (7, 107), ce dernier étant séparé' et indépendant dudit premier moteur (6, 106), et par au moins un ventilateur (8, 108) qui est couplé avec au moins un dudit premier et dudit second moteur (6, 7, 106, 107), ledit appareil comprenant également un fer à repasser (10, 110) auquel sont associés des moyens de commande (9, 109) pour lesdits moyens à fluide dynamique (5, 105) et des moyens de commande (12, 112) pour 1`émission de vapeur, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande (9, 109) pour lesdits moyens à fluide dynamique (5, 105) sont séparés et indépendants desdits moyens de commande (12, 112) pour l'émission de vapeur, et électriquement raccordés audit premier moteur (6, 106) pour actionner de manière sélective ledit au moins un ventilateur (8, 108) afin qu'il tourne de manière à générer ladite pression positive et électriquement raccordés audit second moteur (7, 107) pour actionner de manière sélective ledit au moins un ventilateur (8, 108) pour qu'il tourne de manière à générer ladite pression négative.
  2. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande pour lesdits moyens à fluide dynamique comprennent au moins un bouton poussoir (9, 109) capable d'être actionné manuellement et agencé sur la poignée (11, 111) dudit fer à repasser (10, 110), et lesdits moyens de commande pour l'émission de vapeur comprennent un bouton poussoir (12, 112) qui est séparé et indépendant dudit au moins un bouton poussoir (9, 109).
  3. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande comprennent un premier bouton poussoir (9a) et un second bouton poussoir (9b) qui sont électriquement raccordés audit premier moteur (6) et audit second moteur (7), respectivement.
  4. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de commande comprennent un seul bouton poussoir (109) qui est électriquement raccordé audit premier moteur (106) et audit second moteur (107) via un tableau de commande électronique (117) inséré entre les deux.
  5. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit tableau de commande électronique (117) comprend des moyens de détection adaptés pour détecter une impulsion générée par une pression exercée manuellement sur ledit bouton poussoir (109), ainsi que des moyens d'actionnement adaptés pour convertir ladite impulsion en une commande d'actionnement devant être envoyée à l'un dudit premier et dudit second moteur (106, 107), déterminant ainsi de manière sélective la rotation dudit au moins un ventilateur (108) dans la direction correspondante.
  6. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le nombre d'impulsions transmises par ledit bouton poussoir (109), et détectées par ledit tableau de commande électronique (117), détermine le fonctionnement sélectif dudit premier et dudit second moteur (106, 107) selon une séquence de manière à générer en alternance ladite pression positive et ladite pression négative par l'intermédiaire dudit au moins un ventilateur (108).
  7. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'une pression exercée sur ledit bouton poussoir (109) pendant une période de temps prolongée d'une durée prédéterminée amène lesdits moyens à fluide dynamique (105) à arrêter le fonctionnement.
  8. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes soit individuellement, soit en combinaison, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier moteur (6, 106) et ledit second moteur (7, 107) ont une direction de rotation opposée l'un par rapport à l'autre.
  9. Appareil de repassage à la vapeur selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un ventilateur (8, 108) est entraíné en rotation de manière sélective et alternée par ledit premier moteur (6, 106) et ledit second moteur (7, 107).
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