JPH0217200B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention is a device for smoothing out wrinkles in sleeved clothing by means of steam and heated air, the device comprising at least one seat; The stand is adapted to be hung with clothing and furthermore has at least one sleeve-tensioning member arranged on an adjustable support device for retaining the cuffs.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned devices serve, inter alia, in the clothing industry for smoothing out wrinkles in clothing, such as jackets or sashes, blouses, coats, and jackets. After the clothes are hung on the manstand (steam body), treatment media (steam and air) are blown into the clothes to smooth out wrinkles in the clothes.

The apparatus for smoothing out wrinkles (finishing) of clothing described in US Pat. Connected to this base are two sleeve-tensioning elements consisting of tensioning elements, ie tensioning clamps, arranged on an adjustable support device. However, such a configuration does not involve closing the cuff to prevent treatment medium from flowing out of the sleeve.

In this known device, therefore, the treatment medium can flow through the sleeve, but it is not possible to inflate the sleeve as desired for a perfect finish.

British Patent No. 583,498 discloses a drying device for clothes using sleeve-tensioning elements. The tensioning members in this device each have a cylinder serving to receive a fixedly gripped cuff. In this case as well, the sleeve is held to the cylinder via a clamp, an annular clamp arranged around the outer circumference of the cylinder.

In a device proposed in DE 21 37 986 A1 to avoid tightening the cuff, a cuff-tensioning member varying in cross-section is introduced in the cuff to tighten this cuff. A tensioning member is adapted to broadly close the cuff. In this known device, the individual cuff-tensioning elements are introduced into the cuff while being pressed by hand.
By releasing the hand, the sleeve-tensioning member is inflated approximately to the cross-section of the sleeve. Such known sleeve-tensioning members generally consist of two tensioning member parts which are moved relative to each other while manually compressing the spring arrangement. Individual tensioning members are introduced into the cuff in a position of reduced cross-section. By liberation,
The compressed spring member becomes effective and the tension member portion compresses against the sleeve.

According to the design of the device known from DE 21 37 986 A1, FIGS. 7 and 8, the sleeve tensioning element consists of an elastically compressible foam ball. The ball is compressed into the cuff either manually or with a wooden stick. This also makes such a configuration unsatisfactory in operation. Furthermore, there are limitations in adapting to different sizes or diameters of sleeves. Such drawbacks also apply to known devices of other configurations.

Furthermore, a device for smoothing sleeve wrinkles by means of an inflatable bellows is described in U.S. Pat. It's becoming like that. Steam and air are then introduced into the bellows in order to expand it and treat the sleeves attached to it. However, such devices cannot remove wrinkles from the entire garment, and in order to bring the steam into contact with the sleeve being removed, the bellows that close the entire sleeve allow the treatment medium to flow through. It must have a wall that allows

Problem to be Solved by the Invention The problem to be solved by the present invention is to
It is an object of the invention to improve a device of the above-mentioned type in such a way that the tensioning element can be easily introduced into the sleeve and a perfect adaptation to different cross-sections of the garment or the sleeve is automatically possible.

Means for Solving the Problems The means taken to solve the above-mentioned problems is that the sleeve-tensioning member is formed as a deformable hollow body or bellows, and the cross section of the hollow body or bellows is compressed by compressed air. The hollow body, which is expandable and deformable by the introduction of compressed air, simultaneously closes the cross section of the sleeve and holds the cuff against the load of the compression spring. It is possible to deform it into a predetermined tension position in order to slightly stretch it in the longitudinal direction.

Effects of the Invention The sleeve-tensioning element is designed as a deformable hollow body or bellows and is deformed by means of a fluid medium, in particular compressed air, against the load of a compression spring, i.e. the respective actually present cross section of the sleeve is It can be expanded or expanded to. After the cuff has been inserted into the sleeve-tensioning member, the deformable hollow body or bellows as a component of the sleeve-tensioning member is inflated with air such that their walls abut against the inside of the sleeve under a predetermined sufficient pressure. will be filled. This makes it possible to completely and accurately close the cross section of the sleeve.

Furthermore, the sleeve-tensioning member is compressed by a compression spring.
The deformable hollow body is preferably configured to be elongated by elongation so that it is deflated while the deformable hollow body is being evacuated. This makes it possible to simply introduce the sleeve-tensioning element into the cuff or to simply insert the sleeve into the correspondingly oriented sleeve-tensioning element.

According to a further embodiment, the sleeve-tensioning element is advantageously arranged in a device constructed as described in German Patent Application No. P3531954.2.

EXAMPLE The illustrated device is used to smooth out wrinkles in a garment 10 with sleeves 11,12. Clothes include suit jackets, blouses, jackets, etc. clothes 10
is placed on the human stand (human body model) 13. The human stand is
In the exemplary embodiment, it is designed primarily as a shoulder support, which means that the shoulder portion of the garment 10 is usually hung on it. The seat 13 is connected to a base 15 via a support 14. The base 15 is provided with a specially constructed garment edge retaining device 16 which secures or tensions the lower edge 17 of the garment 10.

The seat 13 is height-adjustable, inter alia, by means of the telescopic configuration of the support column 14. Thereby, the garment 10 is stretched in the longitudinal direction after it has been hung on the stand 13 and the edges have been secured to the garment edge retaining device 16, and thus the wrinkles are smoothed out. The further device constructed, for example, according to German Patent Application No. P 35 31 954.2 is housed in a processing chamber 18, which can be constructed in a generally known manner.

In the case of such a device, processing of the sleeves 11 and 12 is the main focus. Assigned to each sleeve 11, 12 is a sleeve-tensioning element 19 which fixes the sleeve 11 or 12 in a shaped position and also extends the cross-section of the sleeve at the lower cuff 20. Processing media (air, steam) introduced into the closure and thus into the garment cannot escape in the area of the cuff 20.

For this purpose, the sleeve tensioning element 19 is equipped with a deformable bellows-like hollow body 21. This hollow body is made of relatively thin material that is easily deformed.
For example, they consist of a highly airtight textile fabric lined with a sheet of rubber or rigid resin. The hollow body 21 formed in this way can have a variable cross section, that is, it can be changed in size and shape to cover the cross section of the sleeve 11 or 12 in the area of the cuff 20. For this purpose, it has been chosen in the exemplary embodiment that by introducing a pressure medium, for example compressed air, into the hollow body 21, the cross section of the hollow body is deformed in an expanding manner. In order to fit the cuff 20 over the sleeve-tensioning member 19 or the hollow body 21, or to pull the cuff away from it, the hollow body 21 is
is reduced in cross-sectional shape while allowing compressed air to escape. Then, the hollow body becomes elongated and elongated vertically.

In the embodiment shown, the hollow body 21 consists of a cylindrical central part 22 and conical end parts 23,24. The two parts 21; 23, 24 are connected to each other in the circular cross section of the hollow body 21 by a seam 25.

The hollow body 21 is supported on a support member, namely a rod, which in the exemplary embodiment is designed as a support tube 26 . One end of the long hollow body 21 is connected to the support tube 26.
The other end is movable. For this purpose, the bottom 27 is fixedly attached to the support tube 26, while the head 28 is connected to the third
It is slidably movable along the support tube 26 from an overfitting position, shown in solid lines, to a tensioning position, shown in broken lines. The bottom 27 consists of a retaining plate 29 connected to the support tube 26 and a spring receiver 30 fixed to this retaining plate inside the hollow body 21 . The head 28 is designed in a conventional manner and has a clamping plate 31 for the hollow body 21.
and a slider 32 that slides along the support tube 26 by means of the clamping plate 31.

The support tube 26 is surrounded by a compression spring 33 designed as a helical spring, which extends inside the hollow body 21 over the entire length of the hollow body and connects the bottom 27 and the head 28. is placed between. By the compression spring 33, the head 28
is pressed against the end stop 34 on the support tube 26. As a result, the hollow body 21 maintains an elongated shape with a very small and narrow cross section.

Compressed air is introduced into the hollow body 21 in order to transform the hollow body 21 into a shape that fills the respective considered cross-section of the cuff 20 (indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 3). As a result, the hollow body 21 or the walls of the hollow body are loaded outwardly. Against the spring pressure of the compression spring 33, the head 28 is tensioned by the hollow body 21 in the direction towards the bottom 27 until the hollow body or the central part 22 of the hollow body abuts the inside of the sleeve 11 or 12. be exercised. When deflating, the head 28 automatically returns to its starting position according to FIG. 3 by means of a compression spring.

The compressed air required for deforming and expanding the hollow body 21 is supplied in the above-described embodiment from a central compressed air source 35 to a pressure reducing device 48 having a 3-port 2-position directional control valve 36 and a pressure gauge 49. (Figure 3). 3 port 2 position directional control valve 3
The control of 6 can be carried out manually in each case via a switch, lever or the like. In the exemplary embodiment, however, the 3-port, 2-position valve is connected to a memory-programmed control unit 37 which operates independently of the manually controlled operation of the cuff-tensioning member 19 and which controls the entire device. , which corresponds, for example, to the possibly controlled operation of the seat 13 as well as the garment edge holding device 16.

Compressed air is introduced into the hollow body 21 via the support tube 26. A tube end 38 guided through the bottom 27 is provided with a connection 39 for a compressed air conduit 40 . The support tube 26 is provided with radial holes 41 for allowing air to enter or exit the hollow body 21 (FIG. 4). The hole 41 is formed in the hollow body 21 of the support tube 26 when viewed in the lateral direction.
It is also provided in a range extending inside the hollow body 21.

The supporting tube 26 or the tube end 38 is attached to a clamping member holder, in the exemplary embodiment a clamping holder 42 . This allows the sleeve-tensioning member 19 to be advantageously mounted within the device. By means of the tightening screw 43, the relative position of the sleeve-tensioning member 19 within the device is changed and adapted.

The previously described sleeve-tensioning member 19, or another functionally similar member, is incorporated into the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The sleeve-tension member 1 is attached to the column 44.
A holding part for 9, ie a tightening guide 45, is adjustably mounted. By means of this tightening guide, the height position of the sleeve-tensioning element 19 can be changed. Attached to the tightening guide 45 is a diagonally downwardly directed support arm 46 which has a retaining rod 47 located at right angles thereto. The support arm 46 is pivotably fixed in order to change the angular position of the sleeve-tensioning member 19 (not shown). The sleeve-tensioning member 19 is fastened to a retaining rod 47 by a clamping holder 42. By loosening the clamping holder 42, the sleeve-tensioning member 19 is rotated or pivoted entirely on the holding rod 47;
A defined angular position of the sleeve-tightening element 19 is thus adjusted in accordance with the orientation of the sleeve. A support tube 26 with a hollow body 21 is arranged diagonally upwards (FIG. 2) in such a way that it is in an advantageous position for the treatment of the sleeves 11, 12.

The illustrated device advantageously firstly applies the clothing 10 to the person stand 1.
3 and fixedly installed in the area of the garment edge holding device 16. Next, sleeve 1
1, 12 are fitted over the associated contracted, essentially elongated, sleeve tensioning element 19. This sleeve-
The tensioning element 19 is then deformed so that under its tension it closes the cross section of the cuff 20 and in this case slightly stretches the sleeves 11, 12 in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve. Furthermore, since the tensioning of the garment 10 is only produced by the sleeves 11, 12, which are secured by sleeve-tensioning elements 19, the stand 13 is moved slightly upwards. Air and steam are then introduced into the garment 10 for treatment of the garment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a schematic front view of a device for removing wrinkles from clothes; Figure 2 is a schematic front view of the device for removing wrinkles from clothes;
3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the sleeve-tensioning element according to the invention; FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the sleeve-tensioning element shown in FIG. 3; be. 10... Clothes, 11, 12... Sleeves, 13... Stand, 14... Support, 15... Base, 16... Clothes edge holding device, 17... Edge, 18... Processing room, 19
... Sleeve-tension member, 20 ... Sleeve, 21 ... Hollow body, 22 ... Center part, 23, 24 ... Both parts,
25... seam, 26... support tube, 27... bottom,
28... Head, 29... Holding plate, 30...
...Spring receiver, 31...Tightening plate, 32...
Slider, 33... Compression spring, 34... End stopper, 35... Compressed air source, 36... 3 port 2
Position directional control valve, 37... Control unit, 38...
...Pipe end, 39... Connection, 40... Compressed air conduit, 41... Hole, 42... Tightening holder, 43...
...Tightening screw, 44...Strut, 45...Tightening guide, 46...Support arm, 47...Holding rod, 49...Pressure gauge.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A device for smoothing out wrinkles in sleeved clothing using steam and heated air, comprising at least 1
the seat, on which clothing is hung, and at least one sleeve-tensioning member disposed on the adjustable support device for retaining the cuff. In this type, the sleeve-tensioning element 19 is designed as a deformable hollow body 21 or a bellows,
The cross section of the hollow body or bellows is expandable by introducing compressed air, and the deformable hollow body 21 is caused by the introduction of compressed air to cause the sleeves 11, 12 to collapse against the load of the compression spring 33. A device for smoothing out wrinkles in clothing, characterized in that it is deformable to a predetermined tensioned position in order to hold the cuff while blocking the cross section of the sleeve, and at the same time to slightly stretch the sleeve in the longitudinal direction. 2. The hollow body 21 is supported on an elongated support device in the form of a support tube 26, and the hollow body 21
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom 27 of the head 1 is rigidly connected to the support tube 26 and the opposite head 28 is movably supported in the support tube 26. 3. A compression spring 33 is arranged in the hollow body 21 between the base 27 and the head 28 and can be compressed by introducing compressed air into the hollow body 21 and by the cross-sectional expansion of the hollow body. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the head 28 is movable along the support tube 26 while compressing the compression spring 33. 4. Compressed air can be introduced into the hollow body 21 via the bore 41 of the support tube 26 and is allowed to escape via said bore.
Apparatus described in section. 5. The sleeve tensioning element 19 is mounted on a holding rod 47 which is itself connected to the supporting arm 46 and oriented at right angles to the supporting arm. Device. 6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the sleeve tensioning element (19) is pivotably mounted on a holding rod (47) via a clamping holder (42).