JPH0240953Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a tunnel finisher used for drying and finishing clothes.

[Conventional technology]

Clothes can be ironed to a very beautiful finish by thoroughly smoothing out wrinkles on the surface of the fabric before the ironing process. For this reason, in conventional cleaning operations, clothes are dried using a tunnel finisher to smooth out surface wrinkles.

Such a tunnel finisher has a steam chamber 2 and a hot air chamber 3 connected in series as shown in FIG.
It has a structure in which a chain conveyor 5 is installed at predetermined intervals, and clothes hung from hangers 9 via hangers 10 are passed through a steam chamber 2 and a hot air chamber 3, and steam and hot air are blown out. Finish by drying.

As shown in Fig. 6, the steam chamber 2 has a vertically elongated entrance/exit for letting hanging clothes in and out, and the entrance is opened/closed to prevent steam from blowing out to the outside. A door 20 is attached. As shown in the figure, this door 20 is divided into two parts from the center in the horizontal direction, and the side edges of each divided door piece 21, 21 are attached to both side edges of the entrance by hinges 22.
Some are mounted so that they can rotate. In the case of this structure, a coil spring or the like is attached to the hinge 22 to bias each door piece 21 in the closing direction, and after the clothes are conveyed by the chain conveyor 5 by pushing both door pieces apart and entering the steam room 2, A coil spring automatically closes the door piece.

[The problem that the idea attempts to solve]

By the way, in the conventional door 20 having the above structure, the side edges of the divided door pieces 21, 21 that abut each other are flat plate-shaped, so that clothes push the door pieces 21, 21 apart and enter the inside of the steam chamber. When entering the door, clothing (particularly thin clothing) comes into contact with the sharp side edges of the door pieces 21, 21, gets caught, and is damaged or damaged.

Further, when a hanger with a wide door is used, there is a problem that the hanger comes into contact with the door, making it impossible to carry out smooth conveyance.

This invention was made for the purpose of solving the above problem.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, this idea is to make the side edge of the split door piece attached to the steam room entrance divided into two parts from the center in the horizontal direction towards the inside of the steam room over its entire length. I made it bend.

[Effect]

As mentioned above, by curving the side edges inward, the clothes being carried in will not come in contact with the tip of the side edge of the door, but will come in contact with the curved surface and be carried in smoothly. , clothing damage accidents are prevented.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, inside the processing box 1, a steam chamber 2, a hot air chamber 3, and a cold air chamber 4 are provided with their inlets and outlets connected in series. In each room 2, 3, 4
An endless chain conveyor 5 passing through the upper part of the processing box 1 and going around the outside of the processing box 1 is provided.

This chain conveyor 5 is horizontally extended by a sprocket 6 and a pulley 7 arranged around the processing box 1.
It is designed to rotate by driving an electric motor 8 connected to.

Further, a plurality of hangers 9 are attached to the chain conveyor 5 at predetermined intervals in the length direction.
The intervals between the hangers 9 are set so that at least one hanger 9 is located in each of the steam chamber 2 and the hot air chamber 3.
The clothes hung via hangers 10 are moved through the center of each chamber 2, 3, and 4 by the movement of the chain conveyor 5.

As shown in FIG. 3, the entrance and exit of the steam chamber 2 is formed in a vertically elongated shape so that clothing can be carried in in a suspended state, and a door 11 is attached to the entrance to almost completely block the entrance. ing.

The door 11 is divided in the vertical direction, and both the upper door 11a and the lower door 11b are each formed by two divided door pieces 15, 15 from the center in the lateral direction.

Each of the door pieces 15, 15 has its side edges rotatably attached to both side edges of the entrance via a hinge 13, and is constantly biased in the closing direction by a coil spring 14 attached to each end. In the closed state, the side edges of the door pieces 15, 15 closer to the center abut each other inside the steam chamber 2, and the door pieces 15 are inclined toward the inside of the steam chamber. In addition, each door piece 15,
The side edges 15a, 15a on the abutting side of the steam chamber 15 are smoothly curved at a predetermined curvature toward the inside of the steam chamber 2 over their entire length, and their tips are roundly bent inward.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper part of the upper door 11a is provided with a groove 12 through which the chain conveyor 5 is inserted, so that the chain conveyor 5 can freely rotate regardless of whether the door 11 is opened or closed. It's summery.

As shown in FIG. 1, the steam chamber 2 is provided with a plurality of sets of two steam pipes 16 along the transport path direction on both sides of the interior, and a door 1 is installed on the side of each steam chamber 16.
A large number of steam blowing nozzles directed toward the clothing passing through the center of the steam chamber 2 are provided corresponding to the entire length of the steam chamber 2 in the vertical direction.

On the other hand, the hot air chamber 3 and the cold air chamber 4 are provided with a blower 17 on the side.
A heater 19 is provided in the duct 18 that communicates the hot air chamber 3 with the hot air chamber 3 . The finishing work in the hot-air chamber 3 and the cold-air chamber 4 is similar to that in the steam chamber 2, and when the hanger 9 is at a predetermined position in the room,
Finish clothing with hot or cold air.

The embodiment of this invention has the above configuration,
Next, the effect will be explained.

On the hanger 9 outside the processing box 1,
The clothes are automatically or manually suspended via the hanger 10, and the chain conveyor 5 is rotated to convey the clothes. When the clothes hung on the hanger 9 come to the entrance of the steam room with the movement of the chain conveyor 5, the upper door 11a, or the upper door 11a and the lower door 1
1b is expanded to enter the inside of the steam room 2, and after being carried in,
Each door 11a, 11b returns to the closed state due to the elasticity of the coil spring 14.

In this case, since the side edges of each door piece 15, 15 have a smooth bending structure, the clothes can be placed on the door piece 1.
It will be carried in contact with the smooth curved surface without contacting the side edge tips of Nos. 5 and 15,
This prevents clothing from being scratched or damaged. In addition, since each door piece 15 is slanted inward to the steam chamber 2, when clothes or hangers come into contact with the door, an acting force is always applied to the clothes, etc. toward the center, and the clothes, etc. are guided toward the center. This allows for stable and smooth transport.

In the finishing process, steam is blown onto the clothing fabric in a steam room 2, hot air is blown out in a hot air room 3 to dry the clothes, and cold air is blown out in a cold air room 4 to cool the dried clothes to finish the clothes.

When the finishing process is completed, the chain conveyor 5
The finished garment is carried out, and the next garment is carried into the processing box 1, and the drying process described above is repeated. While finishing is being carried out in the processing box 1 in this manner, the next garment is hung on the hanger 9 located outside the processing box 1.

The above finishing work can be performed automatically by starting each process in succession,
Alternatively, each step of each cycle may be manually operated.

〔effect〕

As described above, this invention has a smooth curved structure for the side edges of each split door piece, so that clothes can steam while coming into contact with the smooth curved surface without coming into contact with the tip of the side edge of the door. You will have to pass through the room entrance,
It is possible to prevent clothing from being damaged or damaged.

In addition, as in the example, if the split door piece is installed with an inclination toward the inside of the steam room, when clothes or hangers come into contact with the door, the acting force can always be applied toward the center, allowing for smoother conveyance. At the same time,
It has the advantage of being able to be transported without any problems even when using hangers with wide shoulders.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of the tunnel finisher according to this invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with a part omitted, Fig. 3 is a partially cutaway view of the steam chamber entrance, and Fig. 4 is a partially cutaway view of the tunnel finisher. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the conventional tunnel finisher, and FIG. 6 is a view showing the entrance of the steam chamber. 2...Steam room, 3...Hot air room, 4...Cold air room,
5...Chain conveyor, 11...Door, 15...
Split door piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A chain conveyor is installed above the steam room and drying room, which are connected in series, and a door is installed at the vertically long entrance of the steam room to open and close the entrance.This door is divided into two parts from the horizontal center, and each divided door piece are rotatably attached to both side edges of the entrance, and the tunnel finisher is configured to finish drying clothes hung from the chain conveyor via hangers at predetermined intervals by passing through both the chambers. A tunnel finisher characterized in that the central side edge of each divided door piece is curved toward the inside of the steam room over its entire length.