JPH025118B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a shirt press machine that press-finishes shirts such as dress shirts after washing them.

[Conventional technology and its issues]

The body of a shirt press machine is made up of a plate-shaped body with expandable air pads on both sides to stretch the shirt without wrinkles, and the body is made of a hollow steel cylinder. It has a vertical core and its surface is covered with breathable padded material. The above-mentioned padding materials are usually made of cotton cloth or elastic synthetic resin, but since they have the property of absorbing moisture internally, if press work is performed continuously, the moisture contained in the shirt will be absorbed. Moisture such as washing water enters the inside of the pad material, and if the pressing operation lasts a long time, it accumulates and the pad material becomes damp. For this reason, there is a problem that the time it takes to dry the shirt gradually increases, resulting in a decrease in work efficiency.

In addition, in conventional torso stands, normal air is introduced and discharged into the air pad to expand and contract it, but if the air pad becomes damp due to the moisture in the shirt, normal air is removed. There is a problem that it is difficult to dry the shirt by just blowing it in. Also, during the press operation, the amount of heat applied is different between the part of the shirt that is pressed against the hot plate and the part that is expanded only by the air pad, resulting in uneven drying of the shirt. There are some easy problems.

On the other hand, as a method for removing moisture from the pad material as described above, a method of suctioning the pad material from the inside can be considered. That is, it is considered that by sucking air into the inside of the pad material, the moisture contained therein can be sucked and removed. Conventionally, a torso stand equipped with such a suction type pad is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 48-55194.

However, with a body stand equipped with a suction type pad, the air suction absorbs moisture as well as the heat from the hot plate that is pressed, which lowers the temperature during pressing and conversely prolongs the drying of the shirt. There are drawbacks.

In addition, in order to accommodate changes in the size of the shirt, if air pads are installed on both sides of the suction type pad, air needs to be introduced into these air pads during pressing, so the air pads are attached to the torso stand. It is necessary to provide two circuits, one for introducing air from the suction pad and the other for suctioning air from the suction pad, which has the disadvantage of complicating the structure.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and provides a shirt press machine that has a simple structure, can prevent the pad material from getting wet, can dry the shirt in a short time, and eliminates uneven drying of the finished product. The purpose is to

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention covers a torso stand made of a plate-shaped fuselage body with expandable air pads on both sides, and presses the front and rear surfaces of the torso with a hot plate. The above-mentioned shirt press machine for press-finishing the shirt has a structure in which a cavity extending over the entire area of the main body is provided inside the body stand, and a hot air inlet communicating with the cavity and the air pad is formed in the body stand. .

[Effect]

In a shirt press machine configured as described above, when a shirt is placed over the body stand and hot air is introduced into the cavity and air pad, the hot air blown into the cavity evaporates the moisture absorbed inside the body stand. The torso is dried from the inside, and the hot air blown into the air pad expands the air pad and tensions the shirt.

Furthermore, during press finishing, the heat of the hot air speeds up the drying of the shirt, thereby shortening the press time.

〔Example〕

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the shirt press machine of this embodiment includes a rotating shaft 3 driven by an air cylinder 2 on one side of a machine frame 1, and a movable frame 4 fixed to the upper end of the rotating shaft 3. A pair of torsos 5 and 5' are attached to both ends of the upper part. The movable frame 4 is rotated 180 degrees by the drive of the air cylinder 2, and the torso stand 5,
5' are alternately moved to press position 15.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each of the torso stands 5 and 5' includes a plate-shaped torso body 6 and its torso body 6.
It consists of air pads 7 and 8 that can be expanded and contracted, and is fixed on an air duct 9 that is attached to the upper part of the moving frame 4.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the torso main body 6 includes a core plate 10 made of a hard material and a large number of coil springs 12 interposed between the core plate 10 and the coil springs 12 that elastically hold the space between the two. A cavity 13 is provided between the pad material 11 and the core plate 10, covering almost the entire area of the torso.

A hot air inlet 14 is provided at the bottom of the cavity 13 to communicate the interior of the cavity with the interior of the air duct 9.

The above-mentioned core plate 10 is made of a metal plate such as an iron plate, and has a structure in which the inside is heated with steam. On the other hand, the pad material 11 is provided with a wire mesh or a metal porous plate on the inner side where the coil spring 12 comes into contact, and the outer surface is covered with a mat made of breathable and contractible synthetic resin or cotton cloth, and The structure is covered with canvas fabric.

The air pads 7 and 8 attached to both sides and the top of the body stand 5 communicate with each other, and a hot air inlet 26 communicating with the inside of the air duct 9 is provided at the lower end of the air pads 7 on both sides. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper part of the machine frame 1, a pair of hot plates 16 are arranged to face the front and rear surfaces of the torso stand 5 that has reached the press position 15, and both of the hot plates 16
are pressed against the front and rear surfaces of the fuselage stand 5 by driving an opening/closing mechanism 17 provided on the machine frame 1.

In addition, at the bottom of the air duct 9, each body stand 5,
A wind outlet 18 is provided below each of the windshields 5'. At the mouth of this air outlet 18,
An annular packing material 19 surrounding the mouth is attached.

On the other hand, a vertical air cylinder 20 is provided at the bottom of the machine frame 1 so as to be located directly below the air intake port 18 of the torso stand 5 which is stopped at the press position 15. A blower pipe 21 is fixed.

The blow pipe 21 is raised by the operation of the air cylinder 20, and its upper end surface is pressed into contact with the air intake port 18, and the gas pipe 21 is airtightly connected by the action of the packing material 19. Further, the blower 24 is connected to the blower 24, and between the blower 24 and the automatic on-off valve 23, the blower 24 is connected to the blower 24.
A heater 25 is provided that heats the compressed air from 4 and converts it into hot air.

This embodiment has the above-mentioned configuration, and when the body stand 5 covered with the embodiment comes to the press position 15, the air cylinder 20 is activated and the blower pipe 21 is raised.
It is connected to the air intake port 18 . At this point, the automatic opening/closing valve 23 opens, and the hot air that has passed through the heater 25 is blown into the air duct 9.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hot air that has entered the air duct 9 is blown into the air pads 7 and 8 through the inlet 26 and expands them.
It enters the cavity 13 in the body stand 5 from the inlet 14 and enters the fourth
The pad material 11 is inserted as shown by the arrow in the figure and flows out to the outside. By passing this hot air through, the pad material 1
The moisture contained inside 1 is evaporated and the pad material 1
1 is dry.

When the air pads 7 and 8 expand and the wrinkles on the surface of the cylinder covered with the torso are smoothed out, the hot plate 1
6 is crimped onto the bodice 5 and press finished.
During this press finishing, the hot air that has passed through the pad material 11 continuously flows out through the gaps in the hot plate 16, which speeds up the drying of the shirt and prevents moisture from entering the pad material 11 from the erinder. Ru.

Moreover, the temperature of the surfaces of the air pads 7 and 8 increases due to the hot air introduced inside, and the drying of the shirt that comes into contact with the surfaces is accelerated. For this reason,
The drying unevenness that occurs between the part of the shirt that is crimped to the hot plate and the part that contacts only the air pad is suppressed to a small extent, and the shirt can be finished evenly. Further, the hot air blown into the air pads 7 and 8 has the function of evaporating moisture that enters the air pads from the shirt, and has the effect of evenly drying the entire torso.

When the press finish is completed, the hot plate 16 is opened, the air cylinder 20 is moved back and the blower pipe 21 is separated from the air outlet 18, and the movable frame 4 is rotated 180 degrees and the other body stand 5' is moved to the press position 15. Move to
Repeat the same pressing process as above.

The torso main body can also be formed by covering the outer surface of a porous synthetic resin plate with a pad material. In this case, the pores inside the resin plate function similarly to the cavity 13, and the hot air entering from the inlet dries the resin plate and pad material.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, in this invention, a cavity is provided inside the torso body into which hot air is introduced, and the hot air dries the torso body and air pads from the inside. It can be kept in a dry state at all times, and stable pressing operations can be performed over a long period of time.

Further, since the hot air is introduced into the cavity and the air pad, the hot air supply circuit can be integrated into one, and the structure of the torso can be simplified.

Furthermore, during pressing, the entire torso can be heated from the inside by hot air introduced into the cavity and air pad, which has the effect of speeding up the drying of the shirt and shortening the pressing time. In addition, by heating the air pad with hot air, it is possible to minimize drying unevenness that occurs between the part of the shirt that is pressed against the hot plate and the part that is expanded only by the air pad, resulting in a uniform press finish for the shirt. It has the effect of allowing you to

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shirt press according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially longitudinal front view showing the above-mentioned barrel stand and its rotational drive unit, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the torso. 5... Torso stand, 6... Torso stand body, 7, 8... Air pad, 10... Core plate, 11... Pad material, 12
...Coil spring, 13...Cavity, 14...
Hot air inlet, 16... Hot plate, 26... Hot air inlet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a shirt press machine that press-finishes the shirt by covering a torso with expandable air pads on both sides of a plate-shaped torso body and pressing the front and rear surfaces of the torso with a hot plate, the above-mentioned What is claimed is: 1. A shirt press machine, characterized in that a cavity extending over the entire area of the body is provided inside the body, and a hot air inlet communicating with the cavity and the air pad is formed in the body.