Ironing appliance, in particular for household use

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ironing appliance (1; Γ), in particular for household use, of the type comprising: an iron (10; 10') comprising a soleplate (11; 11 ') allowing to carry out traditional ironing operations, in particular on textile items; generator means (30; 30') for generating steam, said generator means (30; ' 30') comprising a tank (31; 3 Γ) adapted to contain a liquid and a filtering element (32; 32') associated with said tank (31; 31 ') for filtering said liquid. The invention is characterized in that said ironing appliance (1; 1 ') comprises a pump (33; 33') positioned between the tank (31; 31 ') and the filtering element (32; 32') to take the liquid from the tank (31; 3 Γ) and supply it to said filtering element (32; 32').

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to an ironing appliance according to the preamble of claim 1 , in particular for domestic use. [0002] The invention applies to conventional ironing of textile items in a domestic environment in particular. Background technique [0003] As is known in the art, an ironing appliance, especially for domestic use, may consist of the iron alone, or of a kit comprising a support structure, usually including a base, which acts as the iron, and the iron. supports. [0004] When the ironing appliance is an iron, it is usually so realized as to comprise generator means for generating steam, the generator means notably comprising a tank adapted to contain a liquid, usually water, which tank is associated with a filter element , used to filter the liquid. Typically, the filter element filters minerals (especially limestone) present in the liquid that would otherwise block the steam outlet holes in the soleplate of the iron; an example of ...

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[0014] However, these technical solutions also have a lot of disadvantages, because the amount of filter material can be increased only by increasing the size of the filter element; it is obvious that this improvement inevitably means that the whole ironing appliance needs to be redesigned, so that lead to higher production costs

[0015] Obviously, the increased size of the filter element as well as that of the whole ironing appliance may also cause problems regarding the positioning of the ironing appliance itself, especially if the user does not arrange enough space for his / her ironing

[0016] Additionally, filter elements that include ion exchange resins may release potentially harmful substances into the environment

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