JPH09182899A - Ironing board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain a body to be pressed by a pressing member and one hand by providing the pressing member for pressing the body to be pressed. SOLUTION: A column 3 in a square pole shape is erected near one side in a longitudinal direction on a base 4 in a rectangular planar shape, a press part 2 supported at the upper surface of the column 3 is made in the shape of a trowel when viewed horizontally and a pressing reception part protruded in the longitudinal direction is provided on an end face upper part on one side. For the press part 2, a round end part is positioned above the other side of the base 4 and it is supported by the column 3 on a bottom surface on one side. A pressing plate 1 is an integrally molded article made of synthetic resin and is attached to the surface provided with a bracket 10 of the column 3. The pressing plate 1 is a curved member in a rectangular shape when viewed horizontally for which one side face is made in a protruded shape and sides in a vertical direction are bent and the pressing part provided with a pressing surface on one side face is formed at the upper part. A lock insertion part is inserted to a lock reception part so as to apply force toward the side of the column 3 to the lower part of the pressing plate 1 and the state is maintained even when the hand is separated from the pressing plate 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an ironing board,
Particularly, the present invention relates to an ironing board configured for the purpose of improving the press efficiency when ironing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ironing press is carried out by placing an object to be pressed such as clothes on an ironing board and moving the iron while pressing the object to be pressed with the iron. By rubbing the iron while pressing it against the object to be pressed, the wrinkles of the object to be pressed can be extended, and garments such as slacks and pleated skirts can be scored.

[0003]

When performing an iron press, the body to be pressed may move as the iron moves. As a result, there has been a problem that new wrinkles are generated on the pressed body. In addition, for example, when making a crease on the body to be pressed, it is possible to easily and quickly make a desired crease by pressing both ends of the folded portion of the body to be pressed. However, at the time of iron pressing, since the iron is held by one hand, the body to be pressed can be pressed only by one hand, and it is not easy to make a desired crease. Even if the desired crease is formed, it is troublesome and takes an extra time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an ironing board which is provided with a pressing member for pressing an object to be pressed so that the object to be pressed can be restrained by the pressing member and one hand. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

An ironing board according to a first aspect of the present invention is an ironing board for supporting an object to be pressed by contacting it with a pressing part at the time of iron pressing, and pressing a part of the object to be pressed to restrain it. It is characterized by comprising a member. The pressing member restrains a part of the pressed object,
By pressing the other side with one hand, both sides of the pressed body are pressed, and the pressed body does not move in accordance with which direction the iron moves. Further, since both sides can be fixed, it is easy to form a fold line.

An ironing board according to a second aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect of the invention, the pressing member presses the body to be pressed by elastic force. Since the elastic force is used, there is no cost for restraining the pressed body at the time of use, and the operation of restraining the pressed body by the pressing member is easy.

An ironing board according to a third aspect of the present invention is an ironing board in which a press portion for contacting a pressed body at the time of ironing press is supported by a pillar portion, and a part of the pressed body is pressed against the pressed portion to be restrained. Pressing member is pivotally supported on the pillar portion, and the pressing member has a convex curved shape on the side facing the pillar portion, and has a pressing surface on the facing side that contacts the pressed body. A pressing plate; and an elastic member that is connected between the pressing plate and the column portion and that applies a pressing force to the pressing surface in a direction approaching a surface of the pressing portion that faces the pressing surface. To do. The pressing member restrains a part of the object to be pressed, and one hand presses the other side to press both sides of the object to be pressed. Further, since the column portion is provided with the pressing member, the operation of constraining the pressed body to the pressing member is easy.

An ironing board according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the ironing board according to the third aspect of the present invention, wherein the pressing plate is provided with a bracket rotatably supported to move the pressing surface in the direction of the pressing force on the facing side. The pillar may include a bracket coaxially supported by the bracket of the pressing plate.
Since the bracket of the pillar and the pressing plate is coaxially supported, and the pressing member can be attached only by connecting the elastic member to the pillar and the pressing plate, the configuration is simple.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the ironing board of the first embodiment, and FIG.
Is an elevational view. As shown in the figure, the ironing board has a rectangular columnar pillar 3 standing upright on one side in the longitudinal direction on a base 4 having a rectangular flat plate shape, and is pressed on the upper surface of the pillar 3 at a suitable height for press work. It is configured to support the portion 2. The press portion 2 has a plastering iron shape in plan view, that is, a flat plate shape in which one side in the longitudinal direction is angular and the other side is rounded and narrowed in width. The portion 8 is provided with a predetermined widthwise dimension. The press part 2 has a rounded end located above the other side of the base 4, and is supported by a column 3 on the bottom surface of the one side. Further, the upper surface of the press portion 2 is provided with a sheet having a cushioning property such as a urethane block covered with a cotton twill cloth.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of the ironing board without the pressing plate. The pillar 3 is made of, for example, ABS resin (Acry
made of a synthetic resin such as lonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene resin). It is opposite. Further, the pillar 3 is provided with lock receiving portions 18, 18 aligned in the width direction at the center of the base end portion of the surface on which the brackets 6, 6 are provided, and the tip end portions thereof are provided with latch claws facing outward. ing. Lock receiving part
18 and 18 form the lock mechanism described later. Further, a spring seat hole 12 which is long in the width direction for attaching the leaf spring 9 is formed between the bracket 6 and the lock receiving portion 18 in the pillar 3.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing the structure of the pressing plate 1. FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the structure of the lock mechanism, showing the lock receiving portion 18 of the column 3 and the lock inserting portion 19 of the pressing plate 1. The pressing plate 1 is an integrally molded product made of synthetic resin such as ABS resin,
It is attached to the surface of the pillar 3 on which the bracket 10 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pressing plate 1 is a rectangular member in a plan view in which one side surface is convex and curved so that the sides in the vertical direction are bent. A pressing portion 7 having a pressing surface 7a is formed. The pressing portion 7 is slightly curved in a direction opposite to the convex shape of the pressing plate 1, and the concave pressing surface 7a is provided with a groove cut to both end edges in the width direction orthogonal to the vertical direction in the vertical direction. A plurality of them are formed in the shape of a saw tooth. The widthwise dimension of the pressing portion 7 is substantially the same as that of the pressing receiving portion 8 of the pressing portion 2, and the pressed body is sandwiched between the pressing receiving portion 8 and pressed. Further, brackets 10 and 10 are provided at both ends in the width direction of the convex side surface of the pressing plate 1 at a height higher than the center in the vertical direction, and holes having substantially the same size as the bracket 6 of the pillar 3 are provided. Have Further, the length between the brackets 10 and 10 is formed longer than the length between the brackets 6 and 6.

A spring seat hole 11 is provided in the lower part of the pressing plate 1 at the center in the width direction. The spring seat hole 11 is long in the width direction and has substantially the same size as the spring seat hole 12 of the column 3, and the pressing plate 1
Is formed at a position facing the spring seat hole 12 when attached to the pillar 3. Locking portions 19, 19 arranged in the width direction are provided at the lowermost portion of the convex side surface of the pressing plate 1, and each tip portion has a latch claw facing inward. The lock insertion portions 19 and 19 constitute a lock mechanism together with the lock receiving portions 18 and 18 described above. As shown in FIG. 5, the protrusion intervals in the width direction of the lock insertion portions 19 and 19 are determined by the lock receiving portion 1.
The lock insertion portion 19 and the lock receiving portion 18 are formed to be wider than the interval of 8,18, and are provided at positions where the respective latch claws face each other when the pressing plate 1 is attached to the pillar 3. In addition, the vertical dimension of the pressing plate 1 is formed so as not to exceed the height from the upper surface of the base 4 to the upper surface of the press portion 2.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the shaft 5 which is the center of rotation of the pressing plate 1, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing the structure of a leaf spring 9 which applies a pressing force to the pressing plate 1. Is.
When attaching the pressing plate 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pressing surface 7a of the pressing plate 1 and the pressing receiving portion 8 of the pressing unit 2 are opposed to each other, and the brackets 10, 1 of the pressing plate 1 are attached.
0 is arranged on the outside of the brackets 6 and 6 of the pillar 3 so that the shaft 5 penetrates the respective holes. The shaft 5 has a dimension longer than that between the brackets 10,10, and as shown in FIG. 6, one end of the shaft 5 has a head having a diameter larger than the holes of the brackets 6,10,
The other end is pre-divided. The shaft 5 is penetrated and the tip split portion is bent to prevent the shaft 5 from coming off. As a result, the pressing plate 1 becomes rotatable around the shaft 5.

Next, the leaf spring 9 is attached. As shown in FIG. 7, the leaf spring 9 has a U-shaped cross section, and both end portions 13 and 14 are
Has a shape bent outward. As shown in FIG. 2, the tip portion 13 and the tip portion 14 are respectively inserted into the spring seat hole 11 of the pressing plate 1 and the spring seat hole 12 of the column 3 with the convex portion of the leaf spring 9 facing upward. Due to the elastic force of the leaf spring 9, a force in a direction below the bracket 10 in a direction away from the column 3 and a force in an upper side in a direction to press the pressing receiving portion 8 act on the pressing plate 1. When sandwiching the body to be pressed, a force toward the column 3 side is applied to the lower portion of the pressing plate 1 to press the pressing portion 7 and the receiving portion 8
After pushing the one end of the pressed body on the receiving portion 8 and removing the force toward the column 3 side. As a result, the pressing portion 7 presses the body to be pressed against the pressing receiving portion 8.

By inserting the lock insertion portion 19 into the lock receiving portion 18 when applying a force toward the column 3 side to the lower portion of the pressing plate 1, the same state is maintained even if the pressing plate 1 is released from the hand. can do. As shown in FIG. 5, when the lock inserting portion 19 is moved in the direction shown by the white arrow, the latch claws of the lock inserting portion 19 collide with the latch claws of the lock receiving portion 18. Pressing plate 1 while sliding the latch claws
When you move, the lock receiving part 18 and the lock insertion part
Due to the elastic force of the material of 19, the gap between the lock insertion portions 19 and 19 is enlarged, and the latch claws of the lock insertion portion 19 are inserted to the base end portion beyond the latch claws of the lock receiving portion 18. This state is a locked state. Next, when a reverse force, that is, a force in a direction away from the column 3, is applied to the lower portion of the pressing plate 1, the interval between the lock insertion portions 19 and 19 is expanded, and the lock insertion portion is expanded.
The lock 19 is inserted into and removed from the lock receiving portion 18 to release the lock. The size and shape of these latch claws are formed to such an extent that they cannot be unlocked only by the return force of the leaf spring 9 in the locked state, and that they can be unlocked with an appropriate force.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the body 15 to be pressed is iron-pressed using the ironing board of the first embodiment. The lower part of the pressing plate 1 is pushed toward the column 3 to bring the lock mechanism into the locked state, and one side of the pressed body 15 is placed on the pressing receiving portion 8. The lower part of the pressing plate 1 is pulled in a direction away from the column 3 to hold the pressed body 15 by the pressing portion 7 and the pressing receiving portion 8. The other side of the pressed body 15 is pressed with one hand 16 without an iron, and the hand 17 with an iron is moved to perform iron pressing.

As described above, in the ironing board of the first embodiment, since one side of the pressed body 15 can be pressed by the pressing plate 1 and the other side can be pressed by one hand, the pressed body 15 moves the iron. It is possible to make accurate creases without shifting due to. Further, since the pressing surface 7a of the pressing plate 1 is concave and has a saw-toothed shape in cross section, the pressed body 15 can be firmly clamped between the pressing receiving surface 8 and the pressed body 15 during pressing. It cannot be pulled out and slip out of the pressing plate 1. Further, by using the leaf spring 9, it is possible to apply a sufficient pressing force to the pressing portion 7,
The thick pressed body 15 can be sufficiently restrained. Furthermore,
Since the lock mechanism maintains the separated state between the pressing portion 7 and the pressing receiving portion 8, the pressed body 15 can be placed on the pressing receiving portion 8 with both hands, and wrinkles can be generated in the sandwiched portion. There is no.

Next, an ironing board according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing the ironing board. FIG. 9 is the second
Is a perspective view showing a configuration of an ironing board of the embodiment of,
FIG. 10 is an elevation view thereof. As shown in the figure, the pressing plate 20 is provided on the pillar 3 of the ironing board and the pressing receiving portion 8 of the pressing unit 2 is provided.
The pressing surface 27a is attached to the.
In the column 3, holes (not shown) for attaching the pressing plate 20 are formed at the same height above the surface on the same side of the press receiving portion 8 and both side surfaces continuous with the surface.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged perspective view showing the structure of the pressing plate according to the second embodiment. The pressing plate 20 is integrally molded of synthetic resin such as ABS resin. The pressing plate 20 has a predetermined width, a pressing portion 27 having a convex shape on one side surface and curved so that the vertical side is bent, and a pressing portion 27.
Mounting part that extends from the bottom of 27 with the same width and substantially horizontally
28. The mounting portion 28 further extends the mounting feet 21, 22, 23 from both ends and the center in the width direction. The mounting feet 21, 22 are longer than the mounting foot 23, and are bent with their tip ends inward. The length and the shape of the tip of each of the mounting feet 21, 22, and 23 are formed so as to fit into the positions corresponding to the holes of the pillar 3 described above. A pressing surface 27a is formed on an upper portion of the pressing portion 27 on the concave surface side. The pressing surface 27a is further slightly curved in the same direction as the concave shape of the pressing portion 27, and a plurality of grooves cut to both end edges in the width direction are formed in the vertical direction to have a sawtooth cross-sectional shape. The width dimension of the press receiving portion 8 which is brought into contact with the press plate 20 and the press surface 27a is substantially the same as the width dimension of the column 3, so that the press target body is clamped between the press receiving portion 8 and pressed. It has become. The structure other than the pressing plate 20 and the pillar 3 is the same as the ironing board shown in FIG.
Corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

When attaching the pressing plate 20, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the pressing surface 27a of the pressing plate 20 and the pressing receiving portion 8 of the press section 2 are brought into contact with each other to attach the pressing plate 20 to the mounting feet 21, Insert 22 and 23 into the holes of pillar 3, respectively. Since the pressing plate 20 is curved as described above, the pressing surface 27a presses the pressing receiving portion 8 due to the elastic force of the material, and when the force in the direction of separating from the column 3 is applied, the pressing surface 27a is When the force is removed from the pressure receiving portion 8 and this force is removed, the pressure receiving portion 8 is pressed again by the returning force.

When ironing the object to be pressed by using the ironing board of the second embodiment having the above-mentioned structure, the pressing surface 27a of the pressing plate 20 is manually separated from the pressing receiving portion 8 to press the object to be pressed. Place one side of the pressing plate on the pressing receiving portion 8 and let go of the pressing plate 20. As a result, the pressed body is sandwiched between the pressing surface 27a and the pressing receiving portion 8, the pressed body does not shift with the movement of the iron, and the creases and the like can be accurately formed.

The above-described embodiment is an example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this, and may include a pressing member that presses the pressed body against the pressing portion.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the pressing member provided on the ironing board can press and restrain one side of the pressed body and press the other side with one hand. It is possible to easily and quickly make a desired fold line without causing the wrinkles to move and to add new wrinkles. As a result, the present invention has excellent effects such that the press efficiency is increased and the power consumption can be saved accordingly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an ironing board according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an elevation view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration before attaching the pressing plate of the ironing board of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a pressing plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the configuration of the lock mechanism according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an axis serving as a rotation center of the pressing plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the leaf spring of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which an object to be pressed is iron-pressed using the ironing board of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an ironing board according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an elevational view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a pressing plate according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,20 Presser plate 2 Press part 3 Pillar 4 Base 7,27 Pressing part 7a, 27a Pressing surface 8 Pressing receiving part 9 Leaf spring 6,10 Bracket 11 Spring seat hole 12 Spring seating hole 15 Pressed body 18 Lock receiving part 19 Lock insertion part 21,22,23 Mounting foot

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An ironing board for supporting an object to be pressed by bringing it into contact with a pressing part during ironing, comprising a pressing member for pressing and restraining a part of the object to be pressed. 2. The ironing board according to claim 1, wherein the pressing member presses the body to be pressed by elastic force. 3. An ironing board, wherein a press portion for contacting a pressed body at the time of iron pressing is supported by a pillar portion, and a pressing member for pressing a part of the pressed body against the press portion to restrain the pillar. And a pressing plate having a pressing surface on the facing side that comes into contact with the pressed body, the pressing member having a pressing curved surface on the side facing the pillar. An ironing board, comprising: an elastic member connected between a plate and the pillar portion, and providing an elastic force to the pressing surface in a direction approaching a surface of the pressing portion facing the pressing surface. 4. The pressing plate includes a bracket, on the opposite side, on which the pressing surface is pivotally supported so as to move in the direction of the pressing force, and the pillar portion is coaxial with the bracket of the pressing plate. The ironing board according to claim 3, further comprising a supported bracket.