JP2000024398A - Finishing machine for clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable full automation and high-speed finishing by providing a heating part for catching and heating a clothing hung in a finishing chamber, in the case that the clothing is hung in a finishing chamber capable of sealing, wherein wrinkles are smoothed by filling a heated vapor. SOLUTION: A front door of a finishing machine body 1 is opened and a clothing 3 hung on a hanger is hung and supported by a hanging pipe 7, and then the front door is closed and finishing operation is started. Namely, a heated vapor is supplied in a steam heater 4 and in a metal pipe of each heating part 8 so that the heated vapor is ready to be supplied in a finishing chamber R. A cylinder 15 moving vertically operates, a rocking arm 12 rocks around a support 15, and the left and right heating parts 8 vertically move in opposite direction with the clothing 8 catching therebetween. At the same time, an electromagnetic valve opens and the heated vapor spurts from a spurting pipe 16 in a specified period of time. Thereby the heated vapor fills the finishing room R to smooth wrinkles of the clothing to be finished.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garment finishing machine for hanging clothes in a hermetically closable finishing room and filling it with heated steam to extend wrinkles and finish.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, clothing such as business suits, pants, blouses, jumpers, skirts, dresses, and the like has been cleaned and then ironed by hand, but ironing requires skill and the tip of a brush is pressed by a press. Clothes are crushed to form irregularities, and the work efficiency of manual work is poor. Therefore, a finishing machine for clothes that performs finishing by an automatic machine is used.

[0003] In this clothing finishing machine, about two or three pieces of clothing are hung on a hanger in a hermetically closable finishing room and hermetically sealed, and heated steam is blown out from a steam heater provided at the bottom of the room to finish the room. Is filled with heated steam, the wrinkles are stretched in a natural state and finishing is performed, and the finished clothes are taken out after degassing hot air from the finishing room.

[0004]

However, in the conventional garment finishing machine, the rough wrinkles of the garment can be extended, but the folds and sleeves of the collar and the like have insufficient press effects. It is necessary to iron out details by hand each time, and the work efficiency is poor. Also,
The time required for finishing also takes about a few minutes, so that it takes too much cycle time to finish a large amount of clothing, and there is a limit to rapid processing. Therefore, there has been a demand for a clothing finishing machine capable of high-speed finishing by full automation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes finishing machine capable of performing high-speed finishing by complete automation.

[0006]

The present invention has the following arrangement to achieve the above object. That is, in a clothing finishing machine that finishes by stretching wrinkles by suspending clothing in a sealable finishing room and filling it with heating steam, a heating unit that heats the clothing suspended in the finishing room is provided. It is characterized by having. As a result, since the clothing housed in the finishing room is sandwiched and heated by the heating unit, the clothing can be softly press-finished, so that ironing for rework is not necessary later, and complete automation of the finishing operation is achieved, and it is excellent. The finished state is obtained.

[0007] In particular, when the heating section is provided so as to be movable up and down with the clothes suspended in the finishing room, a sufficient pressing effect can be obtained over the entire clothes.
Further, a steam jetting section for jetting heating steam toward the clothing from behind the heating section is provided, and the heating section ejects heating steam from the steam jetting section for a predetermined time while moving up and down across the clothing, and When the garment passes through the heating unit and is sprayed on the garment, in addition to the natural wrinkling state caused by hanging the garment, a pressing effect equivalent to ironing can be sufficiently obtained. As described above, since the heating is performed while the heating steam is blown from the most recent position with the garment interposed therebetween, the steam is cooled and water droplets are not generated, and a good finished state can be maintained. In addition, after the heating steam is spouted from the steam spouting unit for a predetermined period of time, when the heating unit is moved up and down on both sides of the clothing while circulating the hot air in the room for a predetermined period of time to perform the finishing operation, the finishing is required Cycle time can be greatly reduced, high-speed processing can be performed, and a large amount of clothing can be efficiently finished.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is an explanatory front view showing the internal structure of the finishing machine for clothes, FIG. 2 is a top view showing the internal structure, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the piping of a copper pipe, and FIG. 4 is a description showing the flow of hot air in the finishing chamber. FIGS. 5 and 5 are enlarged explanatory views of a portion to which heated steam is blown, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system, FIG. 7 is a timing chart of a finishing operation for one cycle, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a configuration incorporated in the device.

First, the overall structure of a clothes finishing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a finishing machine main body, which hangs a garment 3 in a hermetically closable finishing room R and fills it with heated steam to stretch wrinkles to perform press finishing. The finishing machine main body 1 is provided with a proximity switch SW (see FIG. 6) so that the front door 2 is opened and closed, the clothes 3 are taken in and out, and when the front door 2 is closed, the finishing operation starts. Reference numeral 4 denotes a steam heater, which is provided at the bottom of the apparatus. The steam heater 4 is supplied with heated steam into a metal pipe (not shown), and is formed between the fins through which the metal pipe is inserted, and ejects the heated steam upward from the ejection holes into the finishing chamber R. For this reason, a filter net 5 is provided at the bottom of the finishing room R to ensure air permeability. In addition, a filter network 6 that can take in outside air from outside the finishing room R is also provided on the front surface of the bottom of the finishing machine body 1.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes a hanging pipe, which is erected so as to cross the upper part of the finishing room R, and suspends and supports the clothes 3 hung on a hanger in the vertical direction. Reference numeral 8 denotes a heating unit, which is disposed close to both sides of the garment 3 suspended by the suspension pipe 7 in the finishing room R (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The heating unit 8 can be moved in the vertical direction with the clothing 3 suspended in the finishing room R therebetween. Reference numeral 9 denotes a steam ejection unit, which ejects heated steam toward the clothing 3 from behind the heating unit 8. The heating unit 8 ejects heating steam from the steam ejection unit 9 for a predetermined time while moving up and down across the clothes 3, and the heating steam passes through the heating unit 8 and is sprayed on the clothes 3.

In FIG. 3, the heating unit 8 includes a metal pipe 10 such as a copper pipe which is folded in a zigzag shape and folded as a whole in a flat or curved shape. Heated steam is supplied into the metal pipe 10 from a boiler device (not shown). Also, in FIG.
Is covered with a protective cover 11. The protective cover 11 is provided so that the clothing 3 and the heated metal pipe 10 do not come into direct contact with each other, and that the heating section 8 is not caught on a button or the like of the clothing 3. The protective cover 11 is, for example, a mesh made of polyethylene. Is preferably used.

In FIG. 1, a heating section 8 is suspended and supported by a swing arm 12 mounted on an upper portion of the finishing machine main body 1 by a wire 13, and the swing arm 12 swings about a fulcrum 14. Supported as possible. A cylinder rod of, for example, a vertically movable cylinder (air cylinder) 15 is connected to a part of the swing arm 12. When the vertically movable cylinder 15 is operated, the swing arm 12
Swing around the center. Swing arm 12
Swings, the left and right heating units 8 move in opposite directions.

In FIG. 2, the steam jetting section 9 has a jet pipe (for example, a metal pipe such as an aluminum pipe) 16 provided in the vertical direction behind the heating section 8. Between the plurality of fins 17 through which the ejection pipe 16 passes, the ejection hole 1 is provided.
8 is formed, and heated steam is ejected from the ejection hole 18 toward the metal pipe 10 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The jetted heated steam hits the metal pipe 10 and the fins 17 and diffuses, and is reheated by these to pass through the protective cover 11 and is sprayed on the clothes 3.
The heating steam ejected from the ejection pipe 16 and the steam heater 4 is supplied from a boiler device (not shown), and is ejected by opening a solenoid valve 24 (see FIG. 6) for a predetermined time as described later. . In this way, the heated steam is ejected in the vicinity of the clothing 3 and the metal pipe 10
Since the heating steam is cooled again by the fins 17, the heating steam is not cooled and water droplets are not generated, and the humidity in the finishing room R does not increase, and water droplets do not adhere to the clothes 3 and become stains.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 19 denotes a circulation duct,
The finishing machine 1 is provided vertically from the upper part to the rear side. A blower 20 is provided in a part of the circulation duct 19, and circulates hot air in the finishing room R of the finishing machine main body 1 and degass hot air out of the finishing room R. In addition, a damper D1 is provided to be openable and closable inside the filter net 6 provided on the bottom front surface of the finishing machine body 1. In the middle of the circulation duct 19, dampers D2 and D3 for switching between a hot air circulation operation and a degassing operation outside the finishing chamber R are provided to be openable and closable. At the upper end of the circulation duct 19, an exhaust damper D4 is provided so as to be openable and closable. The dampers D1, D2, and D3 are opened and closed by switching cylinders (air cylinders) K1, K2, and K3 (see FIG. 6), and the damper D4 is closed by its own weight and is opened only at the time of exhaust.

Next, the configuration of a control system of the clothing finishing machine will be described with reference to FIG. A control unit 21 performs arithmetic processing based on an input signal from the operation panel 22 (see FIG. 1) and controls the operation of the entire apparatus.
Specifically, an output signal indicating whether or not the apparatus is in the operable state is input to the control unit 21 from an operation switch 23 provided on an operation panel 22 provided on the upper front surface of the finishing machine main body 1. Also, a timer T for controlling the vertical movement of the heating unit 8 in a timed manner
1. Output signals are input from a timer T2 for time-limiting the opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve 24 for ejecting heated steam, a timer T3 for time-limiting the operation of the blower 19, and a timer T4 for time-limiting the steam heater 4 in the drying mode. . Further, an output signal is input from a proximity switch SW provided on the front door 2. Further, the control unit 21 operates the vertical movement cylinder 15 for moving the heating unit 8 up and down for a predetermined time, or opens the electromagnetic valve 24 to eject heated steam from the steam heater 4 or the ejection pipe 16 for a predetermined time. And dampers D1, D2, D3 by switching cylinders K1, K2, K3.
Is switched or the buzzer 25 is sounded to notify that the finishing operation has been completed.

Next, the finishing operation for one cycle of the clothes finishing machine will be described with reference to a timing chart shown in FIG. When the front door 2 of the finishing machine body 1 is opened and the clothes 3 hung on the hanger are hung and supported by the hanging pipes 1 and 2 and the front door 2 is closed, the proximity switch SW is turned on, and the finishing is performed. Start operation. If the operation switch 23 is not turned on in advance, the safety device is not set to the operation state for safety.
, The operation is in the operation standby state with the front door 2 opened. Further, when the operation switch 23 is turned on, the heating steam is supplied into the metal pipe of the steam heater 4 and the heating unit 8, so that the heating steam can be supplied from the steam heater 4 into the finishing room R. Thus, the clothes 3 can be heated, and when the operation switch 23 is turned off, the heating operation of the steam heater 4 and the heating unit 8 is stopped.

First, the vertical cylinder 15 is operated,
The swing arm 12 is swung about the fulcrum 14, and the left and right heating units 8 are moved in opposite directions up and down with the clothes 3 therebetween. The heating unit 8 keeps moving up and down through one cycle (20S in this embodiment) of finishing operation. At the same time solenoid valve 24
And the heating steam (approximately 160 ° C.) is ejected from the steam heater 4 and the ejection pipe 16 for a predetermined time (4S in this embodiment), and the heating steam is filled in the finishing chamber R of the finishing machine body 1. Let it. At this time, the room temperature of the finishing room R is maintained at about 130 ° C. At this time, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the heating steam ejected from the ejection holes 18 of the ejection pipe 16 is reheated by the metal pipes 10 and the fins 17, passes through the protective cover 11, and is sprayed on the clothing 3 from both sides. Is moved up and down with the garment 3 interposed therebetween, so that the natural wrinkles caused by the hanging can be extended and a sufficient pressing effect equivalent to ironing can be obtained.

Next, the blower 20 is operated while the dampers D2 and D3 are at the position A in FIG. 4 while the dampers D1 and D4 are closed (the position at the position E in FIG. 4).
At this time, the hot air in the finishing chamber R circulates through the circulation duct 19 in the direction of the solid arrow P in FIG. At this time, since the left and right heating units 8 are dried while moving up and down with the clothes 3 interposed therebetween, a good finish with little unevenness can be obtained while maintaining the pressing effect.

Next, the switching cylinder K1 is operated to open the damper D1 (moves to the position F in FIG. 4), and the outside air is taken in from the filter network 6. Also, the switching cylinder K
2, K3 is operated to switch the dampers D2 and D3 from the A position to the B position. Then, as shown by the dashed-dotted arrow Q in FIG. 4, the outside air that has entered the finishing chamber R from the filter net 6 passes through the circulation duct 19 to open the damper D4 against its own weight to open to the F position. The hot air in the room R is degassed outside the room for a predetermined time (8S in this embodiment). Thereby, the inside of the finishing room R of the finishing machine main body 1 is lowered to a temperature slightly higher than the room temperature (about 40 ° C.). When the damper D1 is opened, the flow of air in the direction of the circulation duct 19 can be cut off or weakened, so that the switching of the dampers D2 and D3 from the position A to the position B shown in FIG. 4 is performed relatively smoothly. .

Since the operation time expires by the timers T1 and T3, the operation of the vertical cylinder 15 is stopped, the operation of the blower 20 is stopped, and the finishing operation of one cycle is completed. Sounds to notify the end of finishing operation. When the front door 2 is opened, the proximity switch SW is turned off, and the next operation standby state is set. The finished clothes 3 are taken out from the finishing room R, and a series of operations is completed. As described above, the heating operation by the heating unit 8 disposed close to the clothing 3, the ejection of the heated steam by the steam ejection unit 9, and the circulation and deaeration of the hot air by the blower 20 are performed in parallel by the timed control, respectively. In addition, the cycle time can be shortened, and a large amount of clothes 3 can be finished at high speed.

The clothes finishing machine has a drying-only mode, in which a heating means such as a heater (electric heating wire) or a metal pipe 10 is used without ejecting heating steam from the steam heater 4 or the ejection pipe 16. Operate while controlling the temperature,
In addition, by heating the inside of the finishing room R in a time-controlled manner by the timer T4, it can be used for drying the wet clothes 3.

Further, the clothing finishing machine shown in this embodiment
Although it may be used as a single unit, it may be used by incorporating it into a part of an automatic line. For example, in FIG. 8, the screw conveyor 2 before and after the clothes finishing machine 26 is used.
A conveying means such as 7 is provided, and the clothes 3 hung on the hanger are conveyed to the clothes finishing machine 26 while being rotated and fed in the direction of the arrow while being suspended. The garment finishing machine 26 includes a front door 28 and a rear door 29 that are open on the upstream and downstream sides in the transport direction of the garment 3. The front door 28 opens and closes when the garment 3 enters, and the rear door when the garment 3 is discharged. 29 opens and closes. In addition, the circulation duct 19 is the clothing 3
Is arranged on one side with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle. When the drying and finishing by the clothing finishing machine 26 is completed, the clothing 3 may be conveyed to the automatic packaging machine 30 by the screw conveyor 27 and packaged to complete a series of steps.
The clothing finishing machine can be used not only for cleaning but also for various purposes such as finishing at a clothing sewing factory or the like.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the vertical movement of the heating unit 8 is limited to the vertical cylinder 15. Other means such as a crank mechanism may be used. The number of the vertically moving cylinders 15 is not limited to one, and the left and right heating units 8 are not limited to one.
Each may be equipped according to. Also, damper D
The switching of 1, D2 and D3 is not limited to the cylinder, and other means such as a solenoid may be adopted. Also,
The operation time of one cycle, the heating steam ejection time, the heating temperature in the finishing room R, and the like can be arbitrarily changed. For example, many more modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. That is.

[0024]

As described above, the present invention is provided with a heating section for heating the clothes suspended in the finishing room as described above, so that the clothes can be softly press-finished and ironing for reworking is not required later. Yes, complete automation of the finishing operation is achieved, and a good finished state is obtained. In particular, when the heating unit is provided so as to be vertically movable with the clothing suspended in the finishing room, a sufficient pressing effect can be obtained over the entire clothing. Further, a steam jetting section for jetting heating steam toward the clothing from behind the heating section is provided, and the heating section ejects heating steam from the steam jetting section for a predetermined time while moving up and down across the clothing, and Is passed through the heating section and is sprayed on the clothes, in addition to the natural wrinkling state caused by hanging the clothes, a sufficient pressing effect equivalent to ironing can be obtained. As described above, since the heating is performed while the heating steam is blown from the most recent position with the garment interposed therebetween, the steam is cooled and water droplets are not generated, and a good finished state can be maintained. In addition, after the heating steam is ejected from the steam ejection portion for a predetermined time,
In the case where the heating unit is moved up and down on both sides of the garment and the finishing air is circulated for a predetermined time to perform the finishing operation in parallel with the finishing operation, the cycle time required for the finishing can be greatly reduced and high-speed processing can be performed. A large amount of clothing can be finished efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view showing the internal structure of a clothing finishing machine.

FIG. 2 is a top view showing the internal structure of the clothing finishing machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of piping of a copper pipe.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of hot air in a finishing chamber.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged explanatory view of a sprayed portion of heated steam.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system.

FIG. 7 is a timing chart of a finishing operation for one cycle.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration in which a clothing finishing machine is incorporated in an automatic line.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Finisher main body 2, 28 Front door 3 Clothing 4 Steam heater 5, 6 Filter net 7 Hanging pipe 8 Heating part 9 Steam ejection part 10 Metal pipe 11 Protective cover 12 Swing arm 13 Wire 14 Support point 15 Vertical movement cylinder 16 Ejection Pipe 17 Fin 18 Outlet 19 Circulation duct 20 Blower 21 Control unit 22 Operation panel 23 Operation switch 24 Solenoid valve 25 Buzzer 26 Clothes finishing machine 27 Screw conveyor 29 Rear door 30 Automatic packaging machine

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A garment finishing machine that hangs clothes in a hermetically closable finishing room and fills it with heating steam to extend wrinkles and finish the work, wherein the garments suspended in the finishing room are heated. A clothing finishing machine comprising a heating unit. 2. The finishing machine for clothes according to claim 1, wherein the heating section is provided so as to be vertically movable with respect to the clothes suspended in the finishing room. 3. A steam ejection section for ejecting heating steam toward the clothing from behind the heating section, wherein the heating section moves up and down on both sides of the clothing while heating steam is predetermined from the steam ejection section. The garment finishing machine according to claim 2, wherein the heated steam is blown to the garment through the heating unit by being ejected for a time. 4. After the heating steam is ejected from the steam ejection section for a predetermined time, finishing is performed by circulating hot air in the room for a predetermined time while the heating section is moved up and down on both sides of the clothing. The finishing machine for clothing according to claim 3, wherein