JP3250294B2 - Trouser press - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a trouser press method for deodorizing odors attached to trousers, skirts, etc. without taking them out of a room, and to a trouser press device provided with a deodorizing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various odors are attached to clothes while they are being worn. Above all, pants easily smell of sweat or tobacco and are difficult to remove. In particular, it often smells of sweat. It is thought that the smell of sweat is caused by lower fatty acids such as isovaleric acid and ammonia, which are generated by oxidizing dirt and grime produced by sweat with bacteria. It is said that the smell of tobacco is composed of many components such as ammonia, acetaldehyde, acetic acid and nicotine.

In a conventional trouser press, trousers are firmly sandwiched between two press plates, a plate with a built-in heater and a plate with an inner cushion without a heater, and heat-pressed. , Wrinkles were automatically removed and creases were neatly formed.

[0004]

However, according to this conventional method, the odor and moisture of the trousers evaporate by being heated, but there is no escape place because the trousers are firmly pressed, and when the trousers are cooled, the trousers reappear. There has been a problem that it adheres or adheres to the inside of the press plate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a method of efficiently deodorizing and pressing odors of pants, and efficiently deodorizing odors of trousers and smelling of trousers going indoors. It is an object of the present invention to provide a trouser press device that reduces the problem.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the pants are indirectly heated to disperse the bad smell attached to the pants, and then pressed by a hot plate to form a fold. is intended to trouser press method, providing a hot plate creasing are pressed together indirectly heated's Bonn, provided the exhaust path in communication with this ventilation passage pants and thermal plates, that A trouser press equipped with a deodorizing agent or a deodorizing catalyst layer made of an adsorbent or a reactant in the middle of the exhaust path.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the odorous trousers or skirts are indirectly heated by radiation or convection heat to evaporate and release the odors and water vapors containing odors, and then pressed by a hot plate to form folds. By attaching the trousers, the pants and skirt can be efficiently deodorized and creased.

[0008] Then, the water vapor containing the evaporated odor or smell in an indirect heating, sucked from the exhaust passage formed in a portion of the trouser press unit, and provided in the middle of the exhaust path adsorbent,
Alternatively, by treating with a deodorizing agent or a deodorizing catalyst layer, deodorizing and pressing can be performed without diffusing the odor to the surroundings.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1) In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote hot plates, 3 denotes a hanger, and 4 denotes trousers hung on a hanger-3. Reference numeral 5 denotes an air passage provided between the hot plates 1 and 2 and the pants 4.

In FIG. 1A, the pants 4 suspended on the hanger 3 are indirectly heated by radiant heat and convection by the hot plates 1 and 2 provided on both sides at intervals. Here, heating is performed for about 10 minutes so that the surface temperature of the pants 4 becomes higher than 100 ° C. Then, the vapor containing the odor and the odor component evaporates from the pants 4 and escapes through the ventilation path 5 as shown by the arrow. When the trousers 4 are almost dry, the trousers 4 are sandwiched between the hot plates 1 and 2 and pressed to form folds as shown in FIG.

(Embodiment 2) In FIG. 2, 6 is a lower heating plate, 7 is an upper heating plate, and 8 is a lower heating plate 6.
, 9 and 10 are deodorizing sheets detachably mounted inside the permeable cushioning material 8 and the upper heating plate 7, and 11 is a deodorizing sheet of the lower heating plate 6. 9
Trousers on the top. Reference numeral 12 denotes an air passage provided between the deodorizing sheet 10 of the upper heating plate 7 and the pants 11.

Here, the deodorizing sheets 9 and 10 have been subjected to a process of reproducing the deodorizing function by washing. In this example, a cotton cloth is immersed in a solution containing butanetetracarboxylic acid and basic zinc carbonate, a dispersant, and a binder, and then dried to make about 2% by weight of butanetetracarboxylic acid and basic zinc carbonate in total. Deodorized sheets 9 and 10 were attached. In addition, trivalent iron monooctacarboxyphthalocyanine and divalent iron-phthalocyanine tetrasulfonic acid may be used as long as they are regenerated by washing.

In FIG. 2A, the pants 11 are placed on the deodorizing sheet 9 of the lower heating plate 6 with the folds thereof aligned. Also, the upper heating plate 7 is installed at an interval from the pants 11, and the upper heating plate 7
A ventilation path is formed between the deodorizing sheet 10 and the pants 11.
Next, when electricity is supplied to the hot plates 6 and 7, the heat is indirectly heated by the radiant heat and convection from the upper heat plate 7, and the surface temperature of the pants 11 is lower than 100 ° C. due to the conduction heat and convection heat from the lower heat plate 6. Heat to high for about 10 minutes. Then, the vapor containing the odor and the odor component evaporates from the pants 11 and escapes through the ventilation path 12. In addition, it passes through the breathable cushion material 8 and escapes outside. However, in this embodiment, since the deodorizing sheets 9 and 10 are mounted on the upper and lower sides, most of the odor components that escape are reacted with the deodorizing agent treated on the deodorizing sheets 9 and 10, and the odor is smelled. Is reduced. When the trousers 11 are almost dry, the trousers 11 are sandwiched between the hot plates 6 and 7 and pressed to form folds as shown in FIG. 2B.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a trouser press according to the present invention. In the figure, 15 and 16 are hot plates, 17 is a hanger, and 18 is pants hung on the hanger 17. In addition, hot plates 15, 1
There is an air passage 19 between the trousers 6 and the pants 18,
Above 16 is a flexible shielding sheet 20.
Further, an exhaust path 21 is provided from a part above the hot plate 16, a condenser 22 is provided downstream thereof, a detachable condensed water receiving container 23 is provided below the condenser 22, and a deodorant 24, a fan 25, and an exhaust port 26 are provided further downstream. These are provided in order, and constitute an exhaust path connected to the ventilation path 19. 27 is fan 2
4 is a motor. Here, as the deodorizer 24, 150 g of a mixture of coconut shell activated carbon having a specific surface area of about 1000 m @ 2 / g and coconut shell activated carbon treated with phosphoric acid at a ratio of about 2: 1 was used.
Was used as a filter. In addition, the particle size of activated carbon is 10
20 mesh.

The trousers 18 are indirectly heated by radiant heat and convection by hot plates 15 and 16 provided on both sides with an interval. Here, the surface temperature of the pants 18 is 100
Heat to about 10 ° C. for about 10 minutes. At the same time, suction is performed by the fan 25 at about 2 liter / minute. Then, the vapor containing the odor and the odor component evaporates from the pants 18 and escapes from the ventilation path 19 through the exhaust path 21 to the outside. At this time,
The water becomes condensed water in the condenser 22, and is condensed water receiving container 23
Accumulate in Thereafter, the dried odor is purified by the deodorant 24 and diffused out of the exhaust port 26 as clean air.
When the pants 18 are almost dry, the fan 25 is stopped, and the pants are sandwiched between the hot plates on both sides and pressed to form folds as in FIG. 1B of the first embodiment. The condensed water is discarded at the end of the press, and the deodorant 24 is replaced when the effect becomes weak. Although the humid air comes out of the pants 18, the moisture is removed by the condenser 22 so that the deodorant 2
No adverse effects on the performance and life of No. 4. Note that an adsorbent may be used instead of or in combination with the deodorant 24.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the trouser press according to the present invention. In the figure, 31 and 32 are hot plates, 33 is a hanger, and 34 is trousers hung on the hanger 33. The hot plate 31,
There is an air passage 35 between the trousers 32 and the pants 34,
Above 1 and 32 is a flexible shielding sheet 36. Further, an exhaust passage 37 is provided from a part above the hot plate 32, a condenser 38 is provided downstream thereof, and a removable condensed water receiving container 39 is provided below the exhaust passage 37. Further, a deodorization catalyst layer 40 and a heater 40 for heating the same are provided further downstream. Heater 41, fan 42, exhaust port 43
, And these constitute an exhaust path connected to the ventilation path 35. Reference numeral 44 denotes a fan 42
It is. Here, as the deodorizing catalyst layer 40, a platinum-palladium-based honeycomb catalyst (100 cc) was used.

First, the deodorizing catalyst layer 40 is heated by the heater 41, and then the pants 34 are indirectly heated by radiant heat and convection by the hot plates 31, 32 provided on both sides at intervals. Here, heating is performed for about 10 minutes so that the surface temperature of the pants 34 becomes higher than 100 ° C. At the same time, suction is performed by the fan 42 at about 2 liters / minute. Then, the vapor containing the odor and the odor component evaporates from the pants 34, and escapes from the ventilation path 35 to the outside through the exhaust path 37. At this time, the water becomes condensed water in the condenser 38 and accumulates in the condensed water receiving container 39. Thereafter, the dried odor is purified by the deodorizing catalyst layer 40 and diffused out from the exhaust port 43 as clean air.
When the pants are almost dry, the pants 34 are sandwiched between the hot plates on both sides and pressed to form folds in the same manner as in FIG. 1B of the first embodiment. The condensed water is discarded at the end of the press. Although humid air flows out of the pants 34, the moisture is removed by the condenser 38, so that the ability and life of the deodorizing catalyst layer 40 are not adversely affected.

Table 1 shows the effects of each of the above-described embodiments 1-4. To determine the effect, six panelists judged the maximum value of the odor of the trousers after pressing and the maximum odor around the trouser press device or the ironing board at a distance of 50 cm from the ironing board, using six levels of odor intensity. . In Table 1, the remaining values obtained by cutting the maximum value and the minimum value are averaged and displayed.

As a comparative example, a case where a conventional trouser press having only a fold without using an exhaust process or a deodorizing sheet was used was evaluated. The pants used in the experiment were worn in a hot summer, and had a sweat odor of odor intensity 3.

[0021]

[Table 1]

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to suppress the emission of odor to the periphery during pressing and to reduce the odor of pants.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, heating is performed while first forming a gap between the heat source, and the moisture containing the odorous substance is released to the outside. Promotes deodorization of odors from pants and accelerates deodorization effect
Because, odor adsorption materials of that, or deodorant, or deodorizing catalyst layer by passing, without diffusing odors around, can provide a trouser press device capable of deodorizing the odor of more effectively trousers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an embodiment of a trouser press method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view for explaining another embodiment of the trouser press method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the trouser press according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the trouser press according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5, 12, 19, 35 Air passage 8 Air permeable cushioning material 9, 10 Deodorizing sheet 25, 42 Fan 24 Deodorant 40 Deodorizing catalyst layer 41 Heater

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A heating plate for indirectly heating and pressing the trousers to press and fold the trousers, an exhaust passage is provided in the ventilation passage between the trousers and the heating plate in communication therewith, and in the middle of the exhaust passage. Trouser press equipped with a deodorizer made of an adsorbent or a reactant, or a deodorizing catalyst layer.