JPH0327593Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention relates to a shirt finishing machine that finishes shirts using steam and hot air.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for finishing washed shirts, an ironing machine is known that presses a shirt into a flat surface using a hot plate equipped with an electric heater. However, this type of finishing machine has the disadvantage that it is not possible to finish dress shirts, casual shirts, etc. that are formed with loose shapes in a three-dimensional manner to match the shape, and wrinkles remain on the finished product. Another disadvantage is that the fiber materials that can be pressed are limited to cotton, linen, blended fabrics, etc., and cannot be used for materials that are weak against heat and pressure, such as wool and silk.

To address these drawbacks, a shirt finishing machine has been proposed that uses steam and hot air to finish a shirt three-dimensionally. This finishing machine has a torso shaped like the human body, and blows out steam and hot air from the torso to finish the shirt that is placed on the torso. The surface wrinkles are removed and then hot air is passed through the fabric of the shirt for a dry finish.

[The problem that the idea attempts to solve]

By the way, in recent casual shirts and dress shirts, as shown in Fig. 11a, there are those in which a long thin piece of cloth is sewn to the front opening to form the placket part a, and as shown in Fig. 11b, the back part of the shirt is It is often seen that the center pleat c and side pleats d and d are provided to form pleats. In addition, there are many items in which the pocket part (b) is formed to be large and the sewing is done with ample room.

However, in areas where two or more layers of fabric are overlapped, such as the placket part a, pleats c and d, or pocket part b, a large amount of steam remains in the fabric and cannot be dried sufficiently with hot air. Also, there is a drawback that a lot of heat from the hot air remains, causing wrinkles to return after finishing.

In addition, in the method of simply setting the shirt in the shape of a bodice and finishing it, pleats c and d and pocket part b
There is also the disadvantage that it is not possible to finish a part with a three-dimensional space as shown in the figure according to the shape, and it is easy to cause misalignment.

This device was devised to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and is a finishing machine that finishes shirts using steam and hot air.It is a shirt finishing machine that can finish overlapping areas of fabric and areas sewn three-dimensionally without wrinkles. The purpose is to provide an opportunity.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, this invention provides a pad presser that presses the overlapped portion of the fabric of the shirt against the bodice, provides an air suction passage in the pad press, and also provides the suction passage on the pressing surface of the pad press. A control means is provided for connecting an air suction device to the suction passage and operating the air suction device for a predetermined period of time during or after blowing out the steam and hot air from the barrel stand. A new structure was adopted.

[Effect]

In the above structure, a shirt is placed over the bodice, the overlapping parts of the shirt's fabric are pressed down with a pad presser, and steam and hot air are blown out from the bodice to finish the shirt. In this case, while blowing out steam or hot air,
Alternatively, after blowing out air, operate the air suction device to suction the inside of the suction passage of the pad presser.

As a result, steam is sucked from the cloth crimped by the pad presser, residual excess steam is removed, and the heat of the hot air is sucked and the cloth is cooled. As a result, wrinkles and sagging phenomena are prevented, and the shape is maintained to match the shape.

Note that the part where the fabric overlaps is
This refers to the placket, pleats, pockets, etc.
Pad holders should be provided corresponding to those parts.

〔Example〕

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

1 and 2 show the overall structure of the embodiment, in which a torso stand 1 is erected on top of a base 2. FIG.

This torso stand 1 is provided with expandable tension plates 4, 4 and shoulder rest plates 5, 5 on both sides of a torso stand main body 3, and is formed to imitate the shape of the upper body of a human body as a whole.

A guide plate 7 that engages with guide rails 6 provided on both sides of the base 2 is attached to the lower ends of the tension plates 4, 4, and an air cylinder 8 is connected to the tip of the guide plate 7. When activated, the tension plate 4 approaches and separates from the torso main body 3 together with the shoulder rest plate 5 connected via the leaf spring 9.

At the bottom of the torso stand 1 are tension plates 4, 4 and the torso stand main body 3.
A cloth 10 is attached between them to prevent air leakage, and a steam supply pipe 11 and a steam drain pipe 12 are connected to both tension plates 4,4. This supply pipe 11 is connected to a steam supply source (not shown) built in the base 2.

A pad presser 13 for placket and a pad presser 14 for pleats are provided on the front and rear sides of the torso stand 1, respectively.
is provided. These pad pressers 13 and 14
are fixed to rocking levers 15 and 16 that are respectively attached to the base 2 and can swing back and forth, and actuate pad presser air cylinders 17 and 18 that are connected to the lower ends of the rocking levers 15 and 16. As a result, they move toward and away from the bodice 1, and come into contact with the placket part a and the pleats c and d of the back body of the shirt, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the pad pressers 13 and 14 are made by attaching a pad material 20 such as sponge or urethane to a suction body 19 having a large number of holes formed on its surface. The surface is covered with a heat-resistant cloth cover 21. Furthermore, air suction pipes 22 and 23 are connected to the back surfaces of the pad pressers 13 and 14, respectively, and air suction passages 24 and 25 are provided inside the suction body 19 and communicate with the suction pipes 22 and 23.
is formed.

The suction pipes 22 and 23 are elastic pipes, and when the pad pressers 13 and 14 swing, they expand and contract to follow the movement, and the ends of each suction pipe 22 and 23 is connected to an intake pipe connected to an air suction device 26. The above-mentioned placket pad presser 13 is formed in a length that covers almost the entire length of the shirt's placket part a, and the pleat pad presser 14 covers the center pleat c and side pleats d and d provided on the back of the shirt. It is formed into a T-shape so as to cover it.

On the other hand, a pair of pocket pad pressers 27, 27 are attached to both sides of the body stand 1. These pocket pad holders 27, 27 are fixed to an intake pipe 29 rotatably attached to an air box 28 in the base 2, and an air cylinder 30 for rotational driving is attached to the lower end of the intake pipe 29. are connected. Further, the air box 28 is connected to an air suction device 26 via a pipe.

The pocket pad presser 27, like the other pad pressers 13 and 14, is made of pad material 20 laminated on the surface of the suction body 19 as shown in FIG.
The suction main body 19 has an air suction passage 31 that communicates with the intake pipe 29 inside the suction main body 19.

The air suction device 26 is operated for a predetermined time each time the steam, hot air, and hot air from the torso stand 1 are finished blowing out.
A control means (not shown) for sucking the inside of each air suction passage 24, 25, 31 is connected.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, the torso 1
A swing arm 33 is attached via a pin to the upper end of a support post 32 erected at the rear so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. Drive cylinder 34
is provided.

A clip device 35 is attached to the tip of the swing arm 33 via a support rod. This clip device 35 includes a clip 36 and a clip 36
It consists of an air cylinder 37 that opens and closes the
As shown in FIG.
The tip of the jacket 6 is positioned at the upper end of the placket part a of the shirt A that is placed over the bodice 1.

Further, a hanger guide rod 39 is attached to the lower side of the swing arm 33 via an angle bracket 38. The free end of the guide rod 39 is adapted to engage with a hook 40a of a hanger 40 attached to the shirt when the swing arm 33 is in the lowered position.
A locking portion 41 is provided to prevent Oa from slipping out.

Further, an extension rail 42 is attached to the support column 32 in proximity to the guide rod 39, so that when the swing arm 33 rotates upward, the guide rod 39 and the extension rail 42 are continuous.

This embodiment has the structure described above.
Next, its effect will be explained.

Before starting work, place the swing arm 33 in the upward position, and use the clip device 3 to attach the shirt to the torso stand 1.
Make sure that 5 does not interfere.

To set the shirt on the torso stand 1, as shown in FIG. This is done by attaching it to the presser feet 43, 43.

Once the shirt is set on the barrel stand 1, the drive cylinder 34 is then actuated to lower the swing arm 33, where it is balanced and held so that the operator can manually move the clip device 35 to the desired position.

In this state, the air cylinder 37 of the clip device 35 is operated to grip the upper end of the front part a of the shirt with the clip 36, and the hook part 40a of the hanger 40 is engaged with the tip of the guide rod 39.

The steam/hot air finishing cycle is then started. When the operation button to start the cycle is pressed, the air cylinders 17, 18, 30 for driving each pad presser are activated, and each pad presser 13, 14, 27 is moved to the body position 1.
, and comes into contact with the placket part a, center pleat c, side pleats d, d, and pocket part b of the shirt A and presses them against the torso stand 1. At the same time, compressed air is supplied to the drive cylinder 34. Then, the pivot arm 33 pivots upward, and the clip device 35 pulls up the upper end of the placket part a. As a result, the placket part a is tensioned between the pad presser 13 and the clip device 35. This clip device 35
The tension produced by the pad presser foot 13 acts on the front part a of the shirt throughout the finishing cycle to eliminate the puckering phenomenon.

When the placket part a is tensioned, the air cylinders 8, 8 in the base 1 are activated to tighten the tension plates 4, 4, and the base 2.
It moves along the top surface and expands left and right. At this time, the shoulder rest plates 5, 5 are also expanded to the left and right at the same time. As a result, the underarm portion of the shirt is tightened and wrinkles are stretched out, as shown in FIG.

When the shape of the shirt is maintained as described above, steam is supplied from the steam supply pipe 11 to the torso stand 1, and the steam is supplied to the torso stand body 3 and the gap between the expanded tension plates 4, 4 and shoulder plates 5, 5. Blow out water onto the shirt to create an uneven finish.

This finishing with steam is carried out for a predetermined period of time, and when it is finished, the air suction device 26 is activated, and the air suction passages 24, 25, 3 of each pad presser foot 13, 14, 27 are
1 and press each pad presser 13, 14, 27.
Steam is sucked from the placket part a, the pleat parts c and d, and the pocket part b which are in contact with each other. As a result, the steam remaining in the placket part a where the fabric overlaps, the pleats of the pleat parts c and d, and the pocket part b is removed, and excess moisture is removed. This steam suction may be performed simultaneously with steam blow-off.

When the steam suction is completed, hot air is then supplied from inside the base 2 between the torso stand 1 and the tension plate 4, blows out over the entire shirt, penetrates the fabric of the shirt, and finishes drying the shirt.

When this blowing of hot air is finished, the air suction device 21 is activated again, and the remaining hot air is sucked out from the placket portion a where each of the pad pressers 13, 14, and 27 is in contact.

As a result, the placket part a is cooled and finished immediately after being heated, thereby preventing the wrinkle return phenomenon after drying and providing a good finish.

In addition, by pressing and drying the shirt fabric with a padded presser foot that sucks air, it is possible to prevent the fibers from puckering in the warp direction in the pressed part of the fabric, and to prevent tension caused by the heat of the hot air in the weft direction. This prevents the fabric from sagging. Therefore, the wrinkles in the placket part a and pleat parts c and d are smoothed out, and the folds in the pleat parts c and d and the pocket part b, which is formed with ample space, do not become loose and can be maintained according to their shape. Shaped and finished.

When the finishing cycle is finished, each padded presser foot 1
3, 14, and 27 are separated from the shaft A, the air cylinder 37 of the clip device 35 is activated and the clip 36 is released. At the same time, the 10th
As shown by the broken line in the figure, the pivot arm 33 pivots upward, and the shell A is pulled upward from the barrel stand 1 together with the hanger 40 on the guide rod 39.
It is automatically removed from the torso stand 1.

When the angle of inclination of the swing arm 33 increases, the sheath A slides down on the guide rod 39, and then moves onto the extension rail 42 and is sent, for example, to a temporary storage area.

Meanwhile, the next shirt is set on the torso stand 1 while the swing arm 33 returns to the lowered position, and the above-mentioned operation is repeated again.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the shirt finishing machine of this invention, the areas where the fabric overlaps, such as the placket, pleats, and pocket areas, are pressed down with a pad presser having an air suction passage, and the steam remaining on the fabric and the heat of the hot air are removed. Since it is designed to suck out excess steam remaining on the fabric, it is possible to perform an effective cooling finish and remove excess steam remaining on the fabric. For this reason, the wrinkles of the shirt fabric are fully smoothed out and the fabric is finished.
The folds of the pleats and the pockets do not cause any misalignment, and the fabric can be finished to maintain its shape.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a side view of an embodiment of this invention;
The figure is a front view of the same, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the operating state of the same as above, FIG. Fig. 7 is a partially longitudinal side view showing the internal structure of the pocket pad holder, Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the body stand, and Fig. 9 shows the mounting structure of the guide rod. 10 is a side view showing the operation of the embodiment, FIG. 11a is a diagram showing the front shape of the shirt, and FIG. 11b is a diagram showing the front shape of the shirt. 1... Torso stand, 2... Base, 13... Pad presser for placket, 14... Pad presser for pleats, 1
5, 16... Swing lever, 22, 23... Suction pipe, 24, 25... Air suction passage, 26... Air suction device, 27... Pocket pad holder, 29
...Intake pipe, 31...Air suction passage, 35...Clip device, A...Shirt, a...Front part, b
...Pocket part, c...Center pleats, d...
Side pleats.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a shirt finishing machine that finishes the shirt by placing a shirt over the top and blowing out steam and hot air from the top, a pad presser is installed that presses the overlapping portion of the shirt against the top, and this pad press is used to suck air. In addition to providing a passage, a large number of holes are formed on the pressing surface of the pad presser to communicate with the suction passage, and an air suction device is connected to the suction passage, and the suction passage is connected to an air suction device, and the suction passage is connected to an air suction device to prevent steam and hot air from being blown out or blown out. A shirt finishing machine characterized in that it is provided with a control means for later operating each air suction device for a predetermined period of time.