Iron comprising a pump for water/textile additive mixture

#The present invention concerns an iron, notably a steam iron, having a water reservoir, a reservoir containing a textile additive, and a pump comprising a mixing chamber and capable, on the one hand, of aspirating into the mixing chamber a dose of water from the water reservoir as well as of additive from the additive reservoir via a tap permitting dosing of the additive, in a manner to produce in the mixing chamber a diluted solution of the additive, and on the other hand, of conveying this solution toward a spraying device situated in the forward part of the iron.

#It is known that with such an iron, the spraying onto fabric of a diluted active product serves to facilitate ironing while improving sliding and removing creases.

#In a known iron of this type, the water reservoir is connected to the aspiration pump by a capillary tube, while the tap permitting dosing of the additive is equally connected to the pump by another capillary tube. Such an arrangement of these various organs is particularly disparate and bulky and is difficult to produce during manufacture of the iron,

#The characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly from the description that will follow, by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the attached drawings in which:

#FIG. 1 is a schematic view in partial cross section with parts broken away of an iron according to the invention;

#FIG. 2 is a partial view, to a larger scale and in cross section, of a water reservoir and a body formed by a dosing pump, an additive reservoir and a spraying device, before filling of the additive reservoir;

#The iron 1 shown schematically in FIG. 1 comprises essentially an ironing sole plate 2, a cover 3 and a handle 4 atop the cover. At the interior of cover 3 are housed all of the conventional organs of an iron. Under cover 3 is housed in particular a reservoir 5 containing water without additive.

#As is shown in FIG. 1, the iron is equipped in addition with a unitary body, designated by the general reference numeral 10, which is formed by a reservoir 12 containing a textile additive 13, a single manual aspiration pump 15 and a spraying device 16, of a structure that is known per se, situated in the forward region of the iron.

#The textile additive 13 contained in reservoir 12 is, preferably, a concentrated active product of the type known as an ironing aid, composed notably of starch, water and a preservation product, and capable of being mixed with all types of water.