JPH0157600B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a clothing press for pressing clothing such as pants.

In general, clothing presses have a base with a built-in heater and a press body pivoted via a hinge so that it can be opened and closed, and the article to be pressed, such as pants, is sandwiched between the base and the press body and heated. It's starting to press. Conventional clothing presses constructed in this way are designed to press the entire trousers in a stretched state, so the base and press body are quite large and heavy, making them difficult to carry and use.
The drawback was that it was inconvenient to store and handle.

Therefore, in order to solve this drawback, the applicant
A clothing press has been developed in which an intermediate plate is provided between the base and the press body, and the article to be pressed is folded and set from one side to the other at one side of the intermediate plate. In other words, this product has the advantage of being able to press pants or the like by folding them in half by sandwiching the middle plate, so that the base body and press body can be approximately half the size of conventional presses, allowing for miniaturization.

By the way, pants generally have a seam allowance B in the center of the pants A, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, this seam allowance B is formed by folding back and overlapping the end portion C of the clothing material, so it is nearly twice as thick as other portions. Therefore, when trousers are folded in half using one side of the middle plate as a border as in the above-mentioned clothes press, the overlapping portion of the seam allowance B protrudes extra by the thickness of this side. For this reason, in the vicinity of the seam allowance B on one side, the cushion material provided on the base body and press body may not be able to press uniformly onto the material of the pants, and a portion of the material may not touch the middle plate near this seam allowance. There was a risk that uniform adhesion would not occur, resulting in areas where the heat of the press would act unevenly, resulting in poor finish.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to be able to press evenly the surrounding area of the overlapping seam allowance on one side of the middle plate where pants, etc. are folded and set, resulting in a good finish. To provide a clothes press capable of pressing clothes.

That is, the present invention provides a garment characterized in that a relief part is provided in the middle part of one side of the middle plate on which the object to be pressed is folded and set, for absorbing the thickness of the overlapped seam of the object to be pressed during pressing. It is a press machine.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7. In the figure, 1 is a base. This base body 1 has, for example, a substantially square shape,
The upper surface of the lower base plate 2 is covered with a cushion material 3. Furthermore, hinges 4a and 4b are attached to one end of the base body 1 for attaching a press body 7, which will be described later. Furthermore, clamp receivers 5a and 5b are attached to the other end of the base body 1, and a recess 6 is provided between these clamp receivers 5a and 5b to avoid a switchbox 20 of an intermediate plate 15, which will be described later. It has been formed.

A press body 7 is pivotally connected via the hinges 4a and 4b so as to be openable and closable. This press body 7 is formed to have a size and shape that substantially matches the base body 1, and the lower surface of the upper base plate 9 is covered with a cushion material 10. Further, the above-mentioned clamp receivers 5a and 5b are provided at the end of the press body 7 on the opposite side from the hinge.
Clamp levers 11a and 11b that engage and disengage are attached. In addition, these clamp levers 11
A recess 12 and a handle 13 for carrying are provided between a and 11b.

And between the base body 1 and the press body 7, there is a middle plate 1.
5 is pivoted. In this embodiment, the intermediate plate 15 is pivoted together with the press body 7 using the hinges 4a and 4b.

The intermediate plate 15 is constructed by an electrically insulating intermediate plate base 1 between heating plates 16a and 16b made of a material with good thermal conductivity, such as an aluminum alloy plate.
7, and an electric heater 18 is arranged in a meandering manner, for example, and can be supplied with power from the outside via a power cord 19. 2
0 is a switch box, and this switch box 20 is provided with a power switch, a pilot lamp for indicating energization, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 6, the end surface 21a of at least one side 21 of the intermediate plate 15 has a curved shape, for example, a bulge having an arcuate cross section.
It is arranged to be located inside each end face 1a, 7a of.

A relief portion 22 is provided in the middle portion of the one side portion 21, for example, approximately at the center of the one side portion 21. This relief part 22 is a recessed part by recessing a part of the side part 21, and the seam allowance B of the pants A can be positioned in this relief part 22 when pressing. ing.

For example, when pressing pants A, the garment press configured as described above presses pants A from one side of the middle plate 15 at one side 21 of the middle plate 15, as shown by imaginary lines in FIG. The other side is folded back and set, and the pants A are sandwiched between the base body 1 and the press body 7 together with the middle plate 15. At this time, the trousers A are set with the overlapping portion of the seam B of the trousers A positioned in the relief portion 22 of the side portion 21.

Then, the press body 7 is fixed by engaging the clamp levers 11a, 11b with the clamp receivers 5a, 5b. At this time, as described above, since the overlapping part of the seam allowance B of the pants A is located in the relief part 22, the thickness of the seam allowance B can be absorbed by the relief part 22 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the folded part of the pants A, that is, the above-mentioned side part 21
Since the overlapping part of the seam allowance B can be prevented from protruding, the cushion materials 3 and 10 can be evenly pressed against the base material of the pants in the vicinity of the seam allowance B as well as other parts, and the press pressure can be reduced. There will be no shortage of parts. Then, the heater 18 is energized for a predetermined period of time, and the heat generated by the heater 18 and the pressing force of the press body 7 can press the pants A.

In this way, according to the above-mentioned clothes press, since it is possible to press the object to be pressed, such as pants A, by folding it in two and setting it, it is only about half the size of a conventional clothes press, and can be constructed in a small size. It is.

Further, one side portion 21 of the middle plate 15 is formed into a curved end surface 2.
1a, the pants can be folded into a curved shape along a curved surface without being sharply folded at the folded part, and thus it is possible to prevent unsightly creases from being formed at the folded part.

Since a release part 22 is provided on the side part 21 to absorb the thickness of the seam allowance B, the pants can be
Even when the fabric is folded and set, press pressure can be applied to the folded portion in the same way as other areas, and the area around the seam allowance can be pressed well. In particular, the folded part is located near the knee of the pants, and the knee is a part where wrinkles are likely to occur while wearing pants.
As mentioned above, the high pressing effect of the folded portion is a great advantage.

In the above embodiment, a concave portion is used as the relief portion 22, but by using an elastic member such as elastically deformable rubber, sponge, or spring instead of the concave portion, the thickness of the overlapping portion of the seam allowance can be absorbed during pressing. It may be configured as follows. Further, the intended object of the present invention can be achieved even if the end portion of the cushion material does not necessarily cover the end surface 21a.

As explained above, the present invention is provided with a relief part on one side of the intermediate plate on which the object to be pressed is folded and set, which absorbs the thickness of the overlapping seam allowance of the object to be pressed during pressing. Therefore, it is possible to provide a highly practical garment press that can uniformly press the seam margin surrounding part of the folded part of the object to be pressed as well as other parts, and can improve the pressing effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the pants, and FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 1. 3 to 7 show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the press body in an open state, FIG. 4 is a side view, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the relief portion of the middle plate. 6 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the state during pressing. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Base body, 4a, 4b... Hinge, 7... Press body, 15... Middle plate, 18... Heater, 21...
...One side part, 21a... End face, 22... Relief part,
A...Trousers (material to be pressed), B...Sewing.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A base body, a press body pivotally connected to the base body via a hinge so as to be openable and closable, and an object to be pressed interposed between the base body and the press body, which can be pressed from one side to the other. A middle plate that is folded over the surface and set, and a relief part is provided in the middle part of the one side of the middle plate to absorb the thickness of the overlapped seam allowance of the object to be pressed during pressing. Characteristic clothing press. 2. The clothing press according to claim 1, wherein the relief portion is a recess formed in the one side portion. 3. The clothing press according to claim 1, wherein the escape portion is made of an elastic member that is elastically deformable.