EP1069231B1 - Device for smoothing shirts - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a device for straightening shirts with devices for Smooth the ends of the shirt sleeves or to smooth the cuffs.

According to a known method, shirts are smoothed by attaching to different ones Fixed areas and inflated with particular heated air and stretched, whereby the shirt can be additionally pulled apart at the fixed points. For the necessary in this process fixation of the cuffs is by the US 2,740,566 and EP 0 587 173 known, the cuffs between flat clamping surfaces to pinch. However, the cuffs can not be clamped open in these cases so that they will be kinked in any case. Furthermore, from DE 36 17 585 inflatable tensioners known that are inserted in the closed cuffs, be inflated there and so press from the inside against the cuffs that but must be closed. These aforementioned fixing can be in a to a certain extent also be used for smoothing the cuffs.

GB 2 225 592 furthermore discloses a device for smoothing the cuffs, when the cuffs in the closed state between two heatable, slightly arched ironing surfaces are placed on their surface with negative pressure have beaufschlagbare openings. To smooth the cuffs these are pulled by negative pressure against the heated ironing surfaces. The ironing surfaces for the Cuffs are spaced so far that blown out of the shirt air through the cuffs that pass through the cuff fabric the ironing surfaces is partially sucked off. However, disadvantageous way to one because of the air flow through the cuffs a strong blower for generating a sufficient pressure in the shirt and on the other hand additionally a vacuum pump required.

Another method of straightening shirts involves an inflatable inflatable bag used around which the shirt is placed. In this case, the shirt must can not be fixed because it is held by the inflatable bag. The cuffs are in smoothed these cases of sleeve sections of the inflatable bag. When using a Inflatable bags it is only known to fix the button strips of the shirt to be smoothed, so as not to have to button it, as it is known by US 3,165,244.

Furthermore, EP 0 679 758 A2 and US 2 626 733 each show a cuff pressing device for garments where a cuff between two V-shaped trained pressing shells is pressed. The cuff pressing device according to EP 0 679 758 A2 may be provided with perforations, hot air or steam to be supplied or discharged.

The invention has for its object to provide a device of the type mentioned above create, where the cuffs can be easily created and smoothed kink-free.

This object is solved by the features of patent claim 1.

The devices for smoothing the sleeves has two nested ones Clamping on, the clamping surfaces are permeable to air and the shape of a section have a U-shaped channel with slightly open thighs. That way you can The cuffs are particularly easy to put on, putting on the inner Clamping be placed and then the outer clamping body on the inner Clamping body is inserted to press the cuff in between smooth. By the Air permeability of the clamping surfaces of the clamping body is achieved that the cuff better with air can be brought to the smoothing result too improve. The section between the two legs of the clamping surfaces is advantageously semicircular.

The opening angle of the legs is chosen smaller than 10 °. This way is through the wedging action between the two clamping bodies supports the compression of the sleeves, due to the friction between clamping surfaces and sleeves additionally a Fixation of the two clamping bodies against each other can be achieved.

The free edges of the legs of the outer clamping surfaces can be a stronger after Having externally curved portion to the nesting of the two clamping body to simplify and at the risk of damage to the cuffs in this Reduce the process. Furthermore, it can be provided that the legs of the clamping surfaces the outer clamping body can spring against each other. If in such a case the Opening angle of the outer clamping surfaces less than that of the inner clamping surfaces is selected, can by this spring action a better compression of the sleeves and achieve a fixation of the two clamping body against each other.

In a specific embodiment, the clamping body can be flowed through by air Have support body and attached perforated plates, which form the clamping surfaces. The Support bodies can be advantageously plastic moldings, whereas for the direct the cuffs touching clamping surfaces a higher quality material and in particular Metal can be used. The clamping bodies including the clamping surfaces can but also be made in one piece from plastic.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the inner and the outer clamping body parallel To the clamping surface of air can be flowed through and means for conducting have air flowing through the clamping bodies to the respective clamping surfaces, and in that the devices for smoothing the sleeves have devices for deflecting from at one end of the inner clamping body exiting air in the outer Have clamping body inside, if associated inner and outer clamping body in the assembled state.

As a rule, a stream of especially heated air is used for straightening shirts used, which is passed into the shirt and sleeves. From the sleeves can the airflow get to the inner Spannkörpem and there from the inside on the cuffs Act. By the means for redirecting the air this can afterwards, when it flows out at the cuff end, diverted and from the outside of the cuff be directed by the outer clamping body or to the outer Clamping surface is guided. The smoothing of the usually multi-layered cuff is greatly improved in this way.

For the connection of the two clamping bodies to each other can be provided that the Device for smoothing the ends of the shirt sleeve a guide for the two clamping body which, from the clamping state to a certain distance of the clamping body each other only their displacement against each other without a pivoting movement permits and from this distance the clamping body to each other in addition or substitute one Pivoting the clamping body against each other allows. To hang up the cuff In this case, the clamping bodies can be pulled apart, whereupon they from a certain distance can be additionally folded apart. This way will a very good accessibility in particular to the inner clamping body achieved on the cuff can be put on. Subsequently, the outer clamping body folded over and pushed onto the inner clamping body to clamp the cuff. Preferably, in each case the inner clamping body on the device for Straightening shirts attached and the outer clamping body movable. The inner ones Clamping elements can be arranged in particular with the legs down, so that the cuff to create just placed over the downwardly open U can be.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the device for smoothing of Shirts an inflatable bag to tighten the shirt. With the simple and inexpensive Inflatable bags can in such a case the areas of the trunk as well as the sleeves smoothed out, which are usually easier to smooth, whereas those usually difficult to smooth cuffs by another method by pressing be smoothed between two clamping surfaces. In this way, a good smoothing result be achieved for the entire shirt with a little effort.

The devices for smoothing the cuffs can be attached to arms which pivotally mounted on a base of the device for straightening shirts. With these arms, the devices for smoothing the cuffs and thus the Cuffs are placed in the right place and held. The devices for straightening the cuffs can be attached to the arms with a magnet, a velcro closure or a snap closure releasably secured.

In general, the devices for smoothing the cuffs in which the cuffs pressed and thus fixed, can also be used to a tensile stress to exercise on the sleeves to better smooth these.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Vorderansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung zum Glätten von Hemden mit Vorrichtungen zum Glätten der Manschetten,

Fig. 2

eine Schnittansicht durch einen inneren Spannkörper,

Fig. 3

eine Seitenansicht eines inneren Spannkörpers,

Fig. 4

eine Ansicht einer Stirnseite eines äußeren Spannkörpers,

Fig. 5

eine Schnittansicht des äußeren Spannkörpers aus Fig. 4 gemäß der Linie A - A und

Fig. 6

eine Schnittansicht durch eine Vorrichtung zum Glätten von Manschetten mit einer angelegten Manschette.

Further details, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of an embodiment of a device according to the invention for straightening shirts with reference to the drawings. Show:

Fig. 1

a schematic front view of a device according to the invention for smoothing shirts with devices for smoothing the cuffs,

Fig. 2

a sectional view through an inner clamping body,

Fig. 3

a side view of an inner clamping body,

Fig. 4

a view of an end face of an outer clamping body,

Fig. 5

a sectional view of the outer clamping body of FIG. 4 along the line A - A and

Fig. 6

a sectional view through a device for smoothing cuffs with an applied cuff.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a device 1 for straightening shirts with an overlay Shirt 3 shown. The device 1 has an inflatable bag 4 for tensioning the Shirt 3 and a base 5, which serves as a device foot and in particular the device control and a heater and a blower for inflating the inflatable bag 4 with heated Air has. Externally on the base 5, two arms 6 are pivotally mounted, at their upper ends in each case a device 2 for smoothing the cuffs of the Shirt 4 wear. The cuffs are additional from these devices 2 for smoothing fixed and can be pulled by pivoting the arms 6 to the outside, to stretch the sleeves of the shirt 3 and straighten it better. The arms 6 can to be pulled by weights or spring elements to the outside.

The devices 2 for smoothing the sleeves each have an inner clamping body 7 with an outer clamping surface 8 and an outer clamping body 12 with a inner clamping surface 14 on. The two clamping bodies 7, 12 can be pushed into one another be so that the clamping surfaces 8, 14 are directed towards each other.

The illustrated in Figure 2 inner clamping body 7 has a support body 9 made of plastic on, the ribs 10 carries, with their ends the desired for the clamping surface 8 outline pretend. The ribs 10 extend substantially parallel to the sleeve portion of the Inflatable bag 4. Around the support body 9 around the clamping surface 8 extends in the form of a Perforated plate which is fixed to the support body 9 and the clamping body 7 its outer shape gives.

In Figure 3, the clamping body 7 is shown from the side, wherein the clamping surface 8 only is shown in part and the underlying ribs 10 and the support body 9 partially releases. The clamping surface 8 is formed by a metal sheet, at least in the on The ribs 10 resting areas openings 11, through which air to an applied cuff can get. In the area of the clamping surface 8, in the from behind the lower base of the support body 9 rests and in the no air from behind can get to the clamping surface 8, the perforated plate can run continuously and be attached to the support body 9.

The inner clamping body 7 are respectively connected to the ends of the sleeve sections of the inflatable bag 4 so that they connect to the sleeve sections of the inflatable bag 2 and air escaping at the ends of the sleeve portions of the inflatable bag 4, to the inner Clamping bodies 7 can be passed. There, the air, the clamping body 7 in parallel to flow through the clamping surface 8, since the spaces between the ribs 10 together form 8 air channels with the overlying clamping surface.

In Figure 4, an outer clamping body 12 is shown from the side on which the end of Shirt sleeve or the cuff is arranged. The outer clamping body 12 has a housing 13 in which a clamping surface 14 shown in dashed lines in Form of a perforated plate is attached. The clamping surface 14 of the outer clamping body 12th has as well as the clamping surface 8 of the inner clamping body 7 openings. The free Edges of the U-shaped clamping surface 14, which lie in the drawing below, are after bent outside so that they form an insertion bevel 15 for the inner clamping body 7.

Furthermore, it is also conceivable to perform the clamping surface 14 as an elastic band, the the ends at the Einführschrägen 15 is attached to the housing 13, so that when compressed the inner 7 and the outer clamping body 12, the sleeve 16 at the inner clamping surface 8 presses. It can be provided that as the clamping surface 14 used in the direction transverse to the sleeve another and in particular one has higher elasticity than in the direction parallel to the sleeve. In this way can be achieved be that the cuff 16 with a more even force between the two Clamping surfaces 8, 14 is pressed. This band can also be made permeable to air when, for example, a fabric interspersed with elastomeric threads is used

FIG. 5 shows the outer clamping body 12 from FIG. 4 in accordance with the horizontal section A - A. In this view it can be seen that the clamping surface 14 is at a distance from the wall of the housing 13 and in this way an air passage within the housing 13th forms. When inner clamping body 7 and outer clamping body 12 are plugged together and air for smoothing the shirt passed through the sleeve portions of the inflatable bag 4 is, this can flow through between the ribs 10 through the inner clamping body 7. The air flows inside the clamping surface 8 along. At the end of the inner Clamping body 7 can flow out of the air and get into the outer clamping body 12. There, the air flow can be deflected and in the opposite direction between the Clamping surface 14 and the wall of the housing 13 are guided, as indicated by the arrows is shown. For this purpose, the end face of the housing 13, on the side of the sleeve end is arranged, closed.

In FIG. 6, the device 2 for smoothing the sleeves 16 is applied in section Cuff 16 shown. The respectively associated clamping body 7 and 12 are through a guide connected to each other, up to a certain distance of the clamping body 7, 12 to each other only one movement against each other. This way will just before clamping the sleeve 16 only a lifting movement as a relative movement allowed between the clamping bodies 7 and 12, so that the sleeve 16 is not can be moved accidentally. Clamping becomes so essential to the operator simplified. From a certain distance, however, the leadership also allows one Pivoting the two clamping bodies 7 and 12 against each other, so that they unfold to let.

To clamp the sleeve 16, the outer clamping body 12 is pulled up until he can be unfolded. The inner clamping body 7 is very good in this state accessible, so that the operator easily the cuff 16 on the inner clamping surface 8 can lay. Subsequently, the outer clamping body 12 is closed again and after pushed down against the inner clamping body 7 until the sleeve 16 sufficient is firmly pressed. In this position, the two clamping bodies 7 and 12 by means of a Locking device not shown are fixed against each other. This can For example, be provided a latch.

Furthermore, it is also conceivable to attach to a clamping body 7, 12 a wedge, with a counterpart cooperates with the other clamping body 7, 12 connected is and can pick up and clamp the wedge. To solve this counterpart be equipped with a device for spreading, so that it releases the wedge again.

For straightening the shirt 3, it is preferably in the wet state on the inflatable bag 4, which is inflated with heated air to tension the shirt 3, wherein previously the cuffs 16 as described above between the clamping body 7, 12 pressed become. The heated air flows through the inner clamping body 7 and passes through the openings 11 in the clamping surface 8 inside the sleeve 16. The not through The air passing through the openings 11 flows between the ribs 10 into the inflatable bag 4 opposite ends of the outer clamping body 12 and is there at the closed End face in the cavity between the housing 13 and clamping surface 14 of the outer Chuck body 12 passed. There, the air flows in the opposite direction outside to the Cuffs 16 over, and they also through openings in the clamping surfaces 14 in Contact with the cuffs 16 comes.

The shirt-3 and the cuffs 16 are in this way by the heated air flow and the tension through the inflatable bag 4 or the pressure through the Clamping elements 7, 12 smoothed. In a further development of the device according to the invention 1 can be provided, the air flow from the sleeve sections of the inflatable bag 3 in the To control cuff smoothing and at the beginning of the smoothing process only one allow low airflow from the sleeve sections to a higher pressure inside the inflatable bag 4 and thus a higher voltage of the shirt 3 and a to achieve better smoothing. After a certain period of time, this air flow be increased to direct more air to the cuffs 16 to better smooth these and to be able to dry.

Claims (9)

1. Device (1) for smoothing shirts (3), with devices (2) for smoothing the cuffs (16) of the shirt sleeves, wherein the devices (2) for smoothing the cuffs (16) comprise two tensioning bodies (7, 12) which can be plugged into one another and the tensioning surfaces (8, 14) of which are air permeable and have the form of a section of a U-shaped channel with limbs arranged with an opening angle, characterised in that the opening angle is smaller than 10 degrees.
2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the free edges of the limbs of the outer tensioning surfaces (14) have a section strongly bent outwardly.
3. Device according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the limbs of the tensioning surfaces (14) of the outer tensioning bodies (12) can spring relative to one another.
4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the tensioning bodies (7, 12) comprise support bodies (9, 13), which can be flowed through by air, and apertured plates, which are fastened thereto and which form the tensioning surfaces (8, 14).
5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the inner tensioning bodies (7) and outer tensioning bodies (12) can be flowed through by air parallel to the tensioning surface (8, 14) and comprise devices for conducting air, which flows through the tensioning bodies (7, 12), to the respective tensioning surfaces (8, 14), and that the devices (2) for smoothing the cuffs comprise devices (13) for deflecting air, which exits at one end of the inner tensioning bodies (7), into the outer tensioning bodies (12) when mutually associated inner tensioning bodies (7) and outer tensioning bodies (12) are disposed in the plugged-together state.
6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the devices (2) for smoothing the cuffs comprise a guide for the two tensioning bodies (7, 12), which from the tensioning state up to a specific spacing of the tensioning bodies (7, 12) from one another allow only sliding thereof relative to one another without a pivot movement and from this spacing of the tensioning bodies (7, 12) relative to one another additionally or alternatively enable pivotation of the tensioning bodies (7, 12) with respect to one another.
7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that it comprises an inflation bag (4) for tensioning the shirt (3).
8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the devices (2) for smoothing the cuffs (6) are fastened to arms (6) which are pivotably fastened to a base (5) of the device (1) for smoothing shirts.
9. Device according to claim 8, characterised in that the devices (2) for smoothing the cuffs (16) are detachably fastened to the arms (6) by a magnet, a hook-and-burr fastener or a snap connection.

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