JPH025114B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a tunnel finisher used for drying and finishing clothes.

[Conventional technology]

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

Such a tunnel finisher has a steam chamber and a hot air chamber connected in series, and has a structure in which a chain conveyor with hangers attached at predetermined intervals is installed above both chambers. Clothes hung via hangers are passed through a steam chamber and a hot air chamber, and are dried by blowing out steam and hot air.

The above-mentioned steam room and hot air room have a vertically long entrance/exit for letting hanging clothes in and out, and inside the steam room, there are a plurality of steam blowing nozzles corresponding to the entire vertical length of the vertically long entrance. is installed to spray steam onto clothes brought into the room to smooth out wrinkles on the surface.

In addition, tunnel finishers include those with a shielding chamber between the steam room and the hot air chamber, and those with a structure in which a cold air chamber is connected next to the hot air chamber, and the finished clothes are finished with cold air by blowing outside air onto them. There are things,
The tunnel finisher in this invention includes all of these structures.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, conventionally, this type of tunnel finisher has a door at the entrance of the steam room that opens and closes the entrance to isolate it from the outside. The structure is such that there is no adjustment of the amount of steam inside the room. In such a structure, when carrying in clothes, a door that blocks the entire entrance opens and closes regardless of the size of the clothes, and a large amount of steam leaks from the steam chamber to the outside. For this reason, a large amount of steam is required to finish drying the clothes, and there is a problem that even small clothes consume the same amount of steam as large clothes, resulting in a lot of wasted steam.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a tunnel finisher that saves steam energy.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above problem, this invention provides a chain conveyor above a steam room and a drying room that are connected in series, and hangs clothes on the chain conveyor at predetermined intervals via hangers. In a tunnel finisher where clothes are dried by passing them through both chambers by moving a chain conveyor, the entrance of the steam chamber is divided vertically into the required number of sections, and the openings are opened and closed in each divided section. A steam pipe is provided inside the steam chamber that extends over the entire length of the inlet in the vertical direction, and a steam blowing nozzle group consisting of a plurality of nozzles is provided in the steam pipe corresponding to the length of each of the doors. It is something to do.

[Effect]

In the tunnel finisher configured as described above, the operation of the steam blowing nozzle group of the steam pipe is set so that the opening and closing operations of the doors of each compartment are linked to the length of each door, so that the steam When it is brought into the room and the number of doors corresponding to its size are opened and closed,
Activate the steam blowing nozzle of the length corresponding to that door. As a result, a corresponding amount of steam is blown out depending on the size of the clothing, and the amount of steam is optimized.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a steam chamber 2, a shielding chamber 4, and a hot air chamber 3 are provided inside the processing box 1 with their entrances and exits connected in series. For 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.

The entrances of the steam chambers 2 are each formed in a vertically elongated shape so that clothing can be carried in with hanging clothes,
At the entrance of the steam chamber 2, an upper door 11a and a lower door 11b, which almost completely close the opening, are attached to the upper and lower parts, respectively.

The upper door 11a and the lower door 11b have a pair of door pieces swingably attached to the hinge 13 so that they can be opened and closed from the center inward. The attached coil spring 14 always applies a biasing force in the closing direction. Therefore, along with the movement of the chain conveyor 5, the clothes hung on the hanger 9 push open the upper door 11a or the lower door 11b and enter the steam chamber 2, and after being carried inside, the upper door 11a, Alternatively, the lower door 11b is adapted to return to the closed state by the elasticity of the coil spring 14.

Note that a groove 25 through which the chain conveyor 5 is inserted is provided in the upper part of the upper door 11a, so that the chain conveyor 5 can freely rotate regardless of whether the upper door 11a is opened or closed.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 6, and 7, the steam chamber 2 has a set of two steam pipes 16 and 17 formed on both sides of the interior at different levels in the vertical direction to carry clothes. A plurality of steam pipes 16 and 17 are arranged along the road direction, and a large number of steam blowing nozzles 18 are provided on the side surfaces of each steam pipe 16 and 17 toward the center of the steam chamber 2 along the entire length in the vertical direction.

The lengths from the upper ends of the steam pipes 16 and 17 are formed to correspond to the lengths from the lower part of the inlet to the lower ends of the upper door 11a and the lower door 11b, respectively. Nozzle group 18a
The lengths of the lower blowing nozzle group 18b provided on the side of the steam pipe 17 are the lengths of the upper door 11a and the lower door 1, respectively.
The length is almost the same as the total length of 1b.

Further, the upper door 11a and the lower door 11b are provided with proximity switches 19 and 20 that detect opening and closing, respectively.
is connected to a control circuit that controls the steam supply to the steam pipes 16 and 17, and the detection signal is transmitted to each steam pipe 1.
6 and 17. That is, when the clothes are brought in, the upper door 11a
When is opened, steam is blown out from the upper blow-off nozzle group 18a by the operation of the proximity switch 19. On the other hand, when the lower door 11b is opened together with the upper door 11a, the steam is blown out from both blow-off nozzle groups 18a and 18b by the operation of both the proximity switches 19 and 20. Steam blows out.

On the other hand, the entrance and exit of the hot air chamber 3 is also formed in a vertically elongated shape in the same way as the steam chamber 2, and a door 12 that is rotated by the drive of a cylinder 15 is attached to the exit of the hot air chamber 3. A groove 25 through which the chain conveyor 5 is inserted is formed in the upper part of the door 12, similar to the upper door 11a of the steam chamber 2. As shown in FIG. 8, the hot air chamber 3 described above is provided with a blower duct 22 equipped with a heating heater 21 on the side, and the hot air is circulated through the duct 22 and into the hot air chamber 3 at the upper part of the duct 22. A fan 24 is provided. The finishing work in this hot air chamber 3 is carried out by switching the proximity switch 19 of the upper door 11a as in the case of the steam chamber 2.
It is activated by the detection signal and blows out hot air to finish drying the clothes.

Note that the upper blowing nozzle group 18 of the steam chamber 2
The operation of blowing out hot air from the hot air chamber 3 and the hot air chamber 3 may be linked to the operation of the chain conveyor 5, which moves the clothes and opens and closes the upper door 11a.
For example, a limit switch is attached to the hanger 9, a sensor is provided at a predetermined stop position of the steam chamber 2 and the hot air chamber 3, and a detection signal from the sensor is used to control the chain conveyor 5.
At the same time as stopping the movement of the upper blowing nozzle group 18
The steam blowout of a and the circulation of hot air by the fan 24 are performed.

A pair of airbags 23 are provided in the shielding chamber 4 to partition the steam chamber 2 and the hot air chamber 3, and the clothes are moved by rotating the airbags 23 and passing between them.

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 hung automatically or manually via the hanger 10, and the chain conveyor 5 is rotated to convey the clothes with the outlet 12 of the hot air chamber 3 open. The size of the clothes is the lower door 11b of the steam room 2 entrance.
If the upper door 11a is not reached, the upper door 11a is opened and the proximity switch 19 is operated, so that in the steam room 2,
As shown in FIG. 6, steam is blown out from the upper blow-off nozzle group 18a to smooth out the wrinkles in the clothing fabric, and hot air is blown out in the hot air chamber 3 to dry the clothes.

On the other hand, if the clothing is a coat or the like, its size is 1.
1b, upper door 11a and lower door 11b
is opened, both proximity switches 19, 2
0 is activated, and in the steam chamber 2, as shown in FIG. 7, steam is blown out from the upper blow-off nozzle group 18a and the lower blow-off nozzle group 18b, evenly moistening the entire clothing.

In this way, the amount of steam blown out from the upper door 11a is adjusted according to the size of the clothes, less if the clothes are small and more if the clothes are large, allowing for efficient finishing of the clothes. When transporting clothes, if the size of the clothes is small, use the upper door 1.
Since only 1a is opened, less steam escapes to the outside.

The above working time is carried out according to the longer working process, whichever is steam blowing or hot air drying. On the other hand, while finishing is being carried out in the processing box 1, the next garment is hung on the hanger 9 outside the processing box 1.

When the above process is completed, the door 12 of the hot air chamber 3 is opened, the chain conveyor 5 is moved, the finished garment is carried out, the next garment is carried into the processing box 1, and the above finishing operation is repeated. .

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

In the above embodiment, the entrance of the steam chamber 2 is divided into two parts, upper and lower, and doors 11a and 11b and steam blowing nozzle groups 18a and 18b are provided corresponding to the upper and lower divided parts, respectively. The inlet may be divided into three or more parts, and opening/closing doors and nozzle groups may be provided for each divided part. can be adjusted.

Further, the tunnel finisher of the present invention can be applied not only to a tunnel finisher having a steam chamber and a hot air chamber as shown in the figure, but also to one having a cold air chamber behind the hot air chamber.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention divides the entrance of the steam chamber into upper and lower parts, provides an opening/closing door in each divided part, and provides a group of steam blowing nozzles with a length corresponding to each divided part inside the steam chamber. By linking the opening and closing of the doors of each compartment with the operation of the corresponding steam blowing nozzle group, it is possible to blow out an amount of steam corresponding to the size of the clothes brought in through the entrance. , the amount of steam can be adjusted to an appropriate amount. Therefore, wasteful blowing out of steam can be prevented and clothes can be dried and finished efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional plan view of a tunnel finisher according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially omitted side view of the same as the above,
Figure 3 is a front view showing the door of the steam room entrance, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of the steam room entrance, Figure 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the same as above, and Figures 6 and 7 are inside the steam room. FIG. 8 is a vertical side view of the hot air chamber. 2... Steam room, 3... Hot air room, 5... Chain conveyor, 12... Door, 11a... Upper door, 11b
...Lower door, 18...Steam blowing nozzle, 18a...
...upper blowing nozzle group, 18b...lower blowing nozzle group.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chain conveyor is installed above the steam room and drying room, which are connected in series. Clothes are hung from the chain conveyor at predetermined intervals via hangers, and the suspended clothes are moved between the two chambers by the movement of the chain conveyor. In the tunnel finisher where the steam chamber is passed through and finished with drying, the entrance of the steam chamber is divided vertically into the required number of sections, each section is provided with a door that opens and closes its opening, and the A tunnel finisher characterized in that a steam pipe is provided that extends over the entire length of the entrance in the vertical direction, and a steam blowing nozzle group consisting of a plurality of nozzles is provided in the steam pipe in correspondence with the length of each of the doors.