Smoothing Appliance

Abstract

A smoothing appliance has a portable housing including a handle and a smoothing head connected to the handle. The portable housing further includes: a steam circuit including a steam generator; andan air intake circuit extending between at least one intake port and at least one air intake vent. The portable housing includes a fan configured to be rotated by a motor, both disposed in the smoothing head. Tthe smoothing head includes a treatment side which includes at least one steam vent connected to the steam circuit and at least one intake port forming the intake air inlet of the air intake circuit. Tthe smoothing head includes an air cooling circuit for the motor extending between at least one cooling air inlet port and at least one cooling air vent disposed in the smoothing head, the cooling circuit being separate and distinct from the air intake circuit.

1 . A smoothing appliance comprising:
 a portable housing having a handle and a smoothing head connected to the handle, the portable housing further comprising:   a steam circuit comprising a steam generator;   an air intake circuit extending between at least one intake port and at least one air intake vent and comprising a fan configured to be rotated by a motor, the fan and the motor being disposed in the smoothing head;   wherein the smoothing head comprises a treatment side configured to be placed opposite a fabric item to be smoothed, the treatment side comprising at least one steam vent connected to the steam circuit and the at least one intake port forming an intake air inlet of the air intake circuit,   wherein the smoothing head comprises an air cooling circuit for the motor extending between at least one cooling air inlet port and at least one cooling air vent disposed in the smoothing head, the cooling circuit being separate and distinct from the air intake circuit.   
     
     
         2 . The appliance according to  claim 1 , in which the cooling circuit comprises a rotatably mounted propeller for circulating air entering through the cooling air inlet port towards the cooling air vent. 
     
     
         3 . The appliance according to  claim 2 , in which the propeller is axial, helical-centrifugal or centrifugal. 
     
     
         4 . The appliance according to  claim 2 , in which the motor extends longitudinally along an axis from a first end to a second end, the first end being closer to the treatment side than the second end, and in which the propeller is disposed at the second end of the motor. 
     
     
         5 . The appliance according to  claim 1 , in which the smoothing head comprises a rear side opposite the treatment side and a lateral side extending between the treatment side and the rear side, and in which the cooling air inlet port is disposed on the lateral side and the cooling air vent is disposed on the rear side. 
     
     
         6 . The appliance according to  claim 5 , in which the air intake circuit comprises at least one air intake vent disposed on the rear side. 
     
     
         7 . The appliance according to  claim 6 , in which the at least one cooling air vent in the cooling circuit opens into the air intake circuit at the air intake vent in the air intake circuit. 
     
     
         8 . The appliance according to  claim 1 , in which the cooling circuit comprises a plurality of cooling air inlet ports and/or a plurality of cooling air vents. 
     
     
         9 . The appliance according to  claim 1 , in which the portable housing comprises a receiving chamber comprising an inner wall defining an enclosure in which the motor is disposed, the receiving chamber further comprising blades extending from the inner wall to form at least one air intake flow channel between the at least one air intake port and the air intake vent and to form at least one cooling pipe to enable cooling air entering through the at least one cooling air inlet port to flow into the enclosure. 
     
     
         10 . The appliance according to  claim 9 , in which each blade is hollow so as to define the at least one cooling pipe. 
     
     
         11 . The appliance according to  claim 9 , in which the at least one air intake flow channel is defined between two blades. 
     
     
         12 . The appliance according to  claim 9 , in which each blade is curved to direct intake air flowing between the at least one intake port and the air intake vent. 
     
     
         13 . The appliance according to  claim 9 , in which the air intake circuit and the cooling circuit are configured so that intake air flows in a direction orthogonal to a cooling air flow direction in the receiving chamber.