CN108950966A - A kind of cloth ironing apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of cloth ironing apparatus, including board and ironer, it is provided with ironer at the top of the board, the ironer includes dedusting brush roll, front end slicking-in roller, iron board, rear end variator rollers.The present invention can make cloth carry out smooth, dedusting pretreatment during ironing, promote ironing quality, while can also automatically adjust, continuous and automatic ironing, and ironing efficiency is high, and ironing effect is good, be conducive to promote and apply.
Description
[technical field]
The present invention relates to the technical field of duds processing equipment, especially a kind of technical field of cloth ironing apparatus.
[background technique]
It needs to carry out ironing to cloth during garment production.Especially some process operations early period are improper and cause
Cloth it is not whole, will affect without ironing the processing in later period in processing, quality caused not can guarantee.Existing tradition
Ironing equipment it is inconvenient for operation, it is inconvenient to adjust, and ironing efficiency is low, and ironing effect is poor.Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a kind of behaviour
Facilitate, easy to adjust, ironing efficiency is high, the good clothes ironing equipment of ironing effect.
[summary of the invention]
The object of the invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, proposes a kind of cloth ironing apparatus, cloth can be made
Smooth, dedusting pretreatment is carried out during ironing, promotes ironing quality, while can also automatically adjust, continuous and automatic
Ironing, ironing efficiency is high, and ironing effect is good, is conducive to promote and apply.
To achieve the above object, the invention proposes a kind of cloth ironing apparatus, including board and ironer, the boards
Top is provided with ironer, and the ironer includes dedusting brush roll, front end slicking-in roller, iron board, rear end variator rollers, the board
Top be smooth horizontal plane operation panel, several hole for water sprayings of setting in the operation panel, the dedusting brush roll is arranged in ironing
The right end of device is provided with absorbent brush on the dedusting brush roll, and the bottom of the absorbent brush is connected with dust catcher, the preceding side pressure
The left side of dedusting brush roll is arranged in plain-barreled roll, and the front end slicking-in roller is drive roll, is provided with velometer on the front end slicking-in roller,
The left side of front end press is arranged in the iron board, and the rightmost side of the iron board is provided with introducing inclined-plane, the iron board
Bottom be smooth horizontal plane, the bottom of the iron board is disposed with the successively raised ironing of multiple temperature from right to left
Area is provided with thermal insulation layer between adjacent ironing area, and the left side of iron board, the rear end speed change is arranged in the rear end variator rollers
Variable speed electric motors, particularly is connected on roller, the variable speed electric motors, particularly is connected with velometer.
Preferably, the quantity of the hole for water spraying has multiple, the hole for water spraying uniformly in operation, is set in the hole for water spraying
It is equipped with water atomizing nozzle straight up, the water atomizing nozzle passes through solenoid valve respectively and is connected with water supply pump, the hole for water spraying
Side be provided with temperature inductor, the temperature inductor and the solenoid valve on corresponding water atomizing nozzle are connected.
Preferably, the quantity of the absorbent brush has multiple, the absorbent brush is uniformly circumferentially positioned on dedusting brush roll, institute
It states and is provided with electrostatic generator on absorbent brush.
Preferably, being provided with dust storage groove in the dedusting brush roll, the dust storage groove is connected with dust catcher, the storage dirt
Slot is dismountable cylinder-shaped.
Preferably, the dedusting brush roll is connected with front end slicking-in roller by coaxial belt, the rear end variator rollers turn
Speed is consistently greater than the revolving speed of front end slicking-in roller.
It is set preferably, the dedusting brush roll, front end slicking-in roller, rear end variator rollers are parallel to each other in same level
It sets, vertical lifting device is connected at the top of the iron board.
Beneficial effects of the present invention: the present invention by by board, ironer, dedusting brush roll, front end slicking-in roller, hole for water spraying,
Iron board and rear end variator rollers are combined together, and by assay optimization, dedusting brush roll can remove cloth by electrostatic adsorption
Dust on material, and by dust catcher collect, front end slicking-in roller can will cloth carry out ironing before it is pre- smooth, cooperation can become
The rear end variator rollers of speed can keep cloth to maintain certain tension always, prevent the excessively loose shrinkage of cloth, influence ironing effect, more
The iron board of warm area setting can make ironing transition more evenly, prevent from scorching cloth caused by unexpected high temperature, the spray on operation panel
Water hole can detect local cloth spray cooling when the temperature is excessively high in temperature inductor, guarantee that ironing is uniform and stable.The present invention
Cloth can be made to carry out smooth, dedusting pretreatment during ironing, promote ironing quality, while can also automatically adjust,
Continuous and automatic ironing, ironing efficiency is high, and ironing effect is good, is conducive to promote and apply.
Feature and advantage of the invention will be described in detail by embodiment combination attached drawing.
[Detailed description of the invention]
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of cloth ironing apparatus of the present invention.
In figure: 1- board, 2- ironer, 3- dedusting brush roll, the front end 4- slicking-in roller, 5- iron board, the rear end 6- variator rollers, 7-
Operation panel, 8- hole for water spraying, 9- absorbent brush, 10- dust catcher, 11- dust storage groove, 12- velometer, 13- introduce inclined-plane, 14- ironing area,
15- thermal insulation layer, 16- variable speed electric motors, particularly, 17- water atomizing nozzle, 18- solenoid valve, 19- water supply pump, 20- temperature inductor, 21- electrostatic
Generator, 22- vertical lifting device.
[specific embodiment]
Refering to fig. 1, a kind of cloth ironing apparatus of the present invention, including board 1 and ironer 2 are provided at the top of the board 1
Ironer 2, the ironer 2 include dedusting brush roll 3, front end slicking-in roller 4, iron board 5, rear end variator rollers 6, the board 1
Top is the operation panel 7 of smooth horizontal plane, and several hole for water sprayings 8 of setting in the operation panel 7, the setting of dedusting brush roll 3 is being pressed
The right end of device 2 is scalded, is provided with absorbent brush 9 on the dedusting brush roll 3, the bottom of the absorbent brush 9 is connected with dust catcher 10, institute
State the left side that dedusting brush roll 3 is arranged in front end slicking-in roller 4, front end slicking-in roller 4 is drive roll, on the front end slicking-in roller 4
It is provided with velometer 12, the left side of front end press is arranged in the iron board 5, and the rightmost side of the iron board 5, which is provided with, draws
Enter inclined-plane 13, the bottom of the iron board 5 is smooth horizontal plane, and the bottom of the iron board 5 is disposed with more from right to left
A temperature successively raised ironing area 14 is provided with thermal insulation layer 15 between adjacent ironing area 14, and the rear end variator rollers 6 are arranged
Variable speed electric motors, particularly 16, the variable speed electric motors, particularly 16 and 12 phase of velometer are connected on the left side of iron board 5, the rear end variator rollers 6
Even, the quantity of the hole for water spraying 8 has multiple, the hole for water spraying 8 uniformly in operation, be provided in the hole for water spraying 8 vertically to
On water atomizing nozzle 17, the water atomizing nozzle 17 is connected with water supply pump 19 by solenoid valve 18 respectively, the hole for water spraying 8
Side is provided with temperature inductor 20, and the temperature inductor 20 is connected with the solenoid valve 18 on corresponding water atomizing nozzle 17, institute
The quantity for stating absorbent brush 9 has multiple, and the absorbent brush 9 is uniformly circumferentially positioned on dedusting brush roll 3, is arranged on the absorbent brush 9
There is electrostatic generator 21, dust storage groove 11 is provided in the cleaning roller, the dust storage groove 11 is connected with dust catcher 10, the storage
Dirt slot 11 is dismountable cylindrical shape, and the cleaning roller is connected with front end slicking-in roller 4 by coaxial belt, the rear end variator rollers
6 revolving speed is consistently greater than the revolving speed of front end slicking-in roller 4, and the dedusting brush roll 3, front end slicking-in roller 4, rear end variator rollers 6 are same
It is disposed in parallel relation to one another on horizontal plane, the top of the iron board 5 is connected with vertical lifting device 22.
The present invention is by by board 1, ironer 2, dedusting brush roll 3, front end slicking-in roller 4, hole for water spraying 8, iron board 5 and rear end
Variator rollers 6 are combined together, and by assay optimization, dedusting brush roll 3 can remove the dust on cloth by electrostatic adsorption,
And collected by dust catcher 10, cloth can be carried out pre- smooth before ironing by front end slicking-in roller 4, and the rear end of speed change is capable of in cooperation
Variator rollers 6 can keep cloth to maintain certain tension always, prevent the excessively loose shrinkage of cloth, influence ironing effect, multi-temperature zone is set
The iron board 5 set can make ironing transition more evenly, prevent from scorching cloth caused by unexpected high temperature, the hole for water spraying 8 on operation panel 7
Local cloth spray cooling when the temperature is excessively high can be detected in temperature inductor 20, guarantee that ironing is uniform and stable.Energy of the present invention
So that cloth is carried out smooth, dedusting pretreatment during ironing, promotes ironing quality, while can also automatically adjust, even
Continuous automation ironing, ironing efficiency is high, and ironing effect is good, is conducive to promote and apply.
Above-described embodiment is the description of the invention, is not limitation of the invention, after any pair of simple transformation of the present invention
Scheme all belong to the scope of protection of the present invention.
Claims (6)
1. a kind of cloth ironing apparatus, it is characterised in that: including board (1) and ironer (2), setting at the top of the board (1)
Have ironer (2), the ironer (2) includes dedusting brush roll (3), front end slicking-in roller (4), iron board (5), rear end variator rollers
(6), the top of the board (1) is the operation panel (7) of smooth horizontal plane, several hole for water sprayings of setting in the operation panel (7)
(8), the right end in ironer (2) is arranged in the dedusting brush roll (3), is provided with absorbent brush (9) on the dedusting brush roll (3),
The bottom of the absorbent brush (9) is connected with dust catcher (10), and the front end slicking-in roller (4) is arranged in the left side of dedusting brush roll (3),
The front end slicking-in roller (4) is drive roll, is provided with velometer (12) on the front end slicking-in roller (4), the iron board (5) sets
It sets in the left side of front end press, the rightmost side of the iron board (5), which is provided with, introduces inclined-plane (13), the iron board (5)
Bottom is smooth horizontal plane, and the bottom of the iron board (5) is disposed with the successively raised ironing of multiple temperature from right to left
Area (14) is provided with thermal insulation layer (15) between adjacent ironing area (14), and the rear end variator rollers (6) are arranged in iron board (5)
Left side, be connected with variable speed electric motors, particularly (16) on the rear end variator rollers (6), the variable speed electric motors, particularly (16) and velometer (12) phase
Even.
2. a kind of cloth ironing apparatus as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the quantity of the hole for water spraying (8) have it is multiple,
The hole for water spraying (8) uniformly in operation, is provided with water atomizing nozzle (17) straight up in the hole for water spraying (8), described
Water atomizing nozzle (17) is connected by solenoid valve (18) with water supply pump (19) respectively, and the side of the hole for water spraying (8) is provided with temperature
It spends inductor (20), the temperature inductor (20) is connected with the solenoid valve (18) on corresponding water atomizing nozzle (17).
3. a kind of cloth ironing apparatus as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the quantity of the absorbent brush (9) have it is multiple,
The absorbent brush (9) is uniformly circumferentially positioned on dedusting brush roll (3), is provided with electrostatic generator (21) on the absorbent brush (9).
4. a kind of cloth ironing apparatus as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: be provided with storage in the dedusting brush roll (3)
Dirt slot (11), the dust storage groove (11) are connected with dust catcher (10), and the dust storage groove (11) is dismountable cylinder-shaped.
5. a kind of cloth ironing apparatus as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the dedusting brush roll (3) and front end flatten
Roller (4) is connected by coaxial belt, and the revolving speed of the rear end variator rollers (6) is consistently greater than the revolving speed of front end slicking-in roller (4).
6. a kind of cloth ironing apparatus as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the dedusting brush roll (3), front end slicking-in roller
(4), rear end variator rollers (6) are disposed in parallel relation to one another in same level, are connected with vertical lifting at the top of the iron board (5)
Device (22).
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