JP2002011297A - Shaping method and device for collar and cuffs - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the shrink of the collar or cuffs of a shirt by stretching and restoring the collar or cuffs shrunk by washing to original dimensions in the press finishing thereof, and performing the press finishing after restoration. SOLUTION: In a former stage of pressing cloths put on lower irons 2, 3 and 3 with an upper iron 4 to press them, cloths X and Y are heated with steam to loosen the adhesive core cloths in the cloths, and the cloths X and Y in the shrunk state are pulled by extending means 23, stretched, and restored to the original dimensions, and then press-finished with the upper iron 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of finishing collars and cuffs of shirts, for example.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a technique that enables a cloth that has shrunk by washing to be restored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A collar or cuff portion of a shirt, and a buttonhole portion at a foresight are formed by inserting a thin adhesive interlining between two front and back fabrics and pressing them by a high-pressure press.

[0003] However, the above-mentioned adhesive interlining shrinks due to washing, although the ratio varies depending on the material. Usually shrinks about 10-15%.

In mechanical finishing, press finishing is performed on a washed and dehydrated shirt in a semi-dry state, that is, in the above-described contracted state. The surrounding size is reduced. In machine finishing, since the work efficiency is given priority, it is performed at a stretch at high temperature, so the shrinkage does not return even more.

Heretofore, the fact that the adhesive interlining shrinks as described above has not been generally known and has been acquiesced. However, shrinking, especially with custom-made shirts, can lead to accidental conditions, which may be unacceptable and a good solution has been sought in the industry.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is a main object of the present invention to easily expand the shrinkage of an interlining even when finishing with a machine, and to enable press finishing in this state.

[0007] A means for that is a color cuff shaping method in which the cloth placed on the lower iron is pressed by the upper iron and pressed.
A color cuff shaping method comprising a heating step of applying steam to the dough and heating the dough, and a stretching step of stretching the dough heated in the heating step, at a stage preceding the press.

[0008] That is, at the time of press finishing of the collar and the cuff, the collar and the cuff are spread and placed on the lower iron, and then the process proceeds to a heating step. In this heating step, high-temperature steam is applied to the dough (color and cuffs, the same applies hereinafter) to give moisture and heat. Next, the process proceeds to the stretching step. In the stretching step, the dough loosened in the heating step is pulled and stretched using, for example, a hand or a machine. Thereafter, the process shifts to a pressing process in which the upper iron is lowered and strongly pressed. The fabric is shaped in a stretched state.

When the steam is injected in the heating step from the inside of the lower iron, the work is easy and
This simplifies the device, which is good.

[0010] After the heating step by steam, the upper iron containing the heating means may be lowered to lightly touch the dough to perform further heating (second heating step) to further increase the elongation.

In order to automatically perform the stretching in the stretching step, a stretching means is provided between the lower iron and the upper iron, for example, for grasping the end of the cloth and pulling in the direction of separation. It is good to do it.

Another means is a color cuff shaping device having a lower iron on which the cloth to be pressed is placed, and an upper iron which presses the cloth by being separated from the lower iron. A color cuff shaping device is provided in the vicinity of which is provided a steam supply means for supplying steam to be sprayed on the dough, and a stretching means for pulling and stretching the dough.

That is, in the press finishing of the collar and the cuff, the collar and the cuff are spread and placed on the lower iron, and the steam supply means is driven to apply steam to the cloth so as to contain moisture and heat. Then descend the upper trowel and press strongly against the dough and press. If necessary, before the press, lower the upper iron and lightly press the dough to heat again. Since the interlining of the dough is loosened by the heating, the dough is pulled and stretched by the stretching means. Subsequently, the upper iron is lowered to perform press finishing.

In order to simplify the work and simplify the apparatus, it is preferable to incorporate the steam supply means in the lower iron. This is because the steam can be easily applied while the dough is placed, and the steam supply means is not exposed around the lower iron.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a color cuff shaping device 1
FIG. 2 is a front view of the apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as an apparatus), and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 1 shows the lower irons 2, 3 and 3 and the upper iron 4 for pressing
Are opposed to each other, and as shown in this figure, three lower irons 2, 3, 3 and upper surfaces 2a, 2a,
Upper iron 4 having three press surfaces 4a of a shape corresponding to 3a
have.

The lower trowels 2, 3, and 3 are a lower trowel 2 for color at a middle portion in the left-right direction and lower trowels 3 and 3 for cuffs on both left and right sides thereof. It is supported at a predetermined height by support columns 6. Each of the lower trowels 2, 3, and 3 has a predetermined length in the front-rear direction and has a shape in which the upper surfaces 2a and 3a are curved so as to protrude upward. The lower iron 3 is formed in a mountain shape close to a substantially equilateral triangle in a front view.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the lower iron 2 for a collar, and FIG.
Is a sectional view of the lower iron 3 for cuffs, and the inside is divided into upper and lower layers (an upper space 8 and a lower space) by a separating wall 7. A large number of small-diameter round holes 10 are formed on the upper surface, and a cover 11 having air permeability is attached to the upper surface.

The column 6 has a hollow cylindrical shape and is provided with steam supply means inside. That is, an upper isolation wall in the support column 6 is connected to a tip of an air supply nozzle 12 connected to an air supply blower (not shown) provided inside the apparatus 1 so as to communicate with the upper space 8. 6a. A diffusion plate 13 for diffusing air into the upper space 8 is provided on the ejection side of the air supply nozzle 12 with a slight gap therebetween, and a steam supply device (FIG. Not shown)
Is provided with a steam pipe 14 connected through a steam supply port (not shown).

A steam supply nozzle 15 is connected to the steam supply port, and communicates with the lower space 9 of the upper and lower two-layer space to bring the lower irons 2, 3, and 3 into a predetermined state by steam. It is configured so that it can be heated to the temperature.

At both ends of each of the lower trowels 2, 3 and 3, pivotable press plates 16 for retracting so as not to come into contact with the upper trowel 4 which descends on the cloth by pivoting means described later are pivotally mounted. I'm wearing The press plate 16 is provided on the upper surface 2 of the lower irons 2, 3, 3.
The distal end portion 17a of the swinging air cylinder 17 is fixed at an appropriate position on the opposite side of the pivot portion 16a from the lower position than the positions a and 3a. The swinging air cylinder 17 is configured to swing by driving.

The upper iron 4, like the lower irons 2, 3, 3, is configured to be able to be heated to a predetermined temperature by steam, and has a press surface 4a corresponding to the upper surface of the lower iron 2, 3, 3. Is equipped with a hot plate.

The upper trowel 4 is fixed to the tips of two left and right swing arms 18 and 18 pivotally attached to the back side of the base 5, and moves from the inclined position shown by the solid line in FIG. The upper iron 4 can be swung up to a position where the upper iron 4 is straightened as shown in FIG. This swing is performed by a first air cylinder 19 in which the tip of a piston rod 19 a is connected to the lower end of a swing arm 18.

The two swing arms 18 and the upper iron 4 are fixed via a piston rod 21a of a second air cylinder 21 erected on a connecting plate 20 connecting the swing arms 18 to each other. 22 are guide rods on both left and right sides of the connecting plate 20.

Further, in this apparatus 1, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, the color X and cuffs Y (cloth) of the shirt shrunk by washing are stretched as shown by the imaginary line to restore them to their original dimensions. An extension means 23 is provided near both ends of each of the lower trowels 2, 3, and 3.

The extension means 23 may be configured as shown in FIG. That is, the stretching means 23 is composed of a sandwiching means 24 for sandwiching the end of the fabric (color X, cuffs Y) and a pulling means 25 for moving the sandwiching means 24 obliquely downward where the fabric is stretched.

A sandwiching means 24 is provided at the upper end of a rectangular frame-like supporting frame 26 supported in an inclined state, with a thin plate-like fixing plate 27 extending obliquely upward, and instigated by the fixing plate 27. And a thin plate-like pressing plate 28 for holding the cloth at a predetermined pressure. The holding plate 28 is formed on a holding member 29 pivotally attached to the inner upper end of the support frame 26, and the pinching air cylinder 31 with the tip end of the piston rod 31 a pivotally attached to the arm 30 of the holding member 29. To rotate.

The pulling means 25 is constituted by a pulling air cylinder 32, and the pulling air cylinder 32 is supported on the support base 33 at a predetermined angle corresponding to the pulling angle.
The piston rod 32a is supported upward, and the tip of the piston rod 32a is fixed to the upper end of the support frame 26 of the sandwiching means 24 from inside. This pulling air cylinder 32
When the upper iron 4 is pressed down as shown in FIG. 9, the pressing piece 28a of the pressing member 29 is pressed.
Is retracted to a position where it does not contact the press plate 16 of the upper iron 4 and the lower irons 2, 3, and 3.

The color X and the cuff Y of the shirt are shaped and finished by the apparatus 1 configured as described above as follows. First, the press plates 16 of the lower trowels 2, 3, and 3 are retracted, and the pinching means 24 is opened, so that the fixing plate 27 of the pinch means 24 overlaps the press plates 16 of the lower trowels 2, 3, and 3. State. Then, the collar X and the cuffs Y are spread and placed on each of the lower trowels 2, 3, and 3 (see FIG. 7), and the sandwiching air cylinder 21 is driven, and the fixing plate 27 and the pressing plate 28 are used to hold both ends of the fabric. Sandwich. Protrusions 27a, 28a are formed at the distal ends of the fixing plate 27 and the holding plate 28, and the fabric is firmly sandwiched by the pressing force of the protrusions 27a, 28a and the holding plate 28. It can be pulled.

Subsequently, the first air cylinder 19 is driven so that the upper iron 4 faces the lower irons 2, 3, and 3 (see FIG. 8), and steam is injected from the lower irons 2, 3, and 3 to the dough. Hit it. The dough is fixed by the pinching means 24, does not move unexpectedly, and can be kept in a state of being initially spread and placed. The temperature of the steam may be about 150 ° C. or higher, and the injection may be from one second to several seconds. The dough is heated while containing moisture, and is easily stretched (heating step).

Next, the second air cylinder 21 is turned off (open), and the heated upper iron 4 is dropped by its own weight. at the same time,
Alternatively, a suitable time difference is provided, the pulling means 25 is driven, and the pinching means 24 is moved in the separating direction to stretch the dough (see FIG. 9). Due to the weight of the upper trowel 4 falling, the upper trowel 4 comes into light contact with the dough, and the dough is heated and becomes more easily stretched (second heating step). At this time, the upper iron 4 descends, but the lower irons 2, 3 and 3 do not contact the upper iron and the extension means 23 because the press plates 16 at both ends are in the retracted positions.

After driving the pulling means 25 for a predetermined time,
The pinching air cylinder 31 is turned off (open). Then, the pinching means 24 slips out of the cloth which has reached the limit of extension, and thereafter, the second air cylinder 21 is driven to strongly press the upper iron 4 against the lower irons 2, 3, and 3 to perform press finishing. At the same time, the swinging air cylinder 17 is driven to push up the press plates 16 of the lower irons 2, 3, and 3 (pressing process, see FIG. 10). After pressing for a predetermined time in this state,
Each air cylinder 17, 19, 21, 31, 32 is driven to return to the original state.

The second heating step may be omitted. In this case, after the heating step using steam (see FIG. 8), the pulling means 25 is driven for a predetermined time to stretch the dough, and then the pressing step shown in FIG. Move to

As described above, the fabric can be stretched before the finishing press, so that the fabric shrunk by washing can be restored to the original size and the press finish can be performed in that state. For this reason, there is no inconvenience that the color X and the cuff Y shrink unexpectedly as in the related art, and a good finished state can be obtained.

In the above heating step, steam is applied to the dough, so that the temperature can be raised instantaneously and the working efficiency is good. In addition, since the fabric is heated by applying steam, the fabric can be moistened, so it can be shaped and finished even for laundry that has dried after a long time after washing with water, and has good workability. .

Moreover, since the steam is sprayed from the inside of the lower trowels 2, 3 and 3, the steam can be evenly applied to the dough and the above-mentioned spraying means is separately provided. Since there is no need, the work is easy, and the lower irons 2, 3, and 3 can be made simpler, which contributes to ensuring work safety.

Further, since the stretching of the dough to the original size is mechanically performed by the stretching means 23, the work is simple, the stretching can be performed uniformly, and a uniform finished state can be obtained. Further, if the stretching means 23 is configured as described above,
There are advantages that the structure of the device 1 can be relatively simplified and the cost can be reduced.

[0037]

In other words, according to the above-described structure, the dough can be stretched due to the presence of the heating step and the stretching step at the preceding stage of the press. Press finishing can be performed in that state. For this reason, there is no inconvenience that the color and cuffs are unexpectedly shrunk unlike the related art, and a good finished state can be obtained.

Moreover, in the heating step, steam is applied to the dough, so that the temperature can be raised instantaneously and the working efficiency is high.

Further, in order to heat the dough by applying the above,
Since the cloth can be made to contain moisture, it is possible to form and finish the laundry which has just dried after a lapse of time after washing with water, thereby improving workability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a color cuff shaping device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the color cuff shaping device.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a lower iron for a collar.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a lower iron for a cuff.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the operation state.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the stretching means.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a part of the working process.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a part of a work process.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a part of a work process.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a part of a work process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Color cuff shaping device 2,3 ... Lower iron 4 ... Upper iron 12 ... Air supply nozzle 13 ... Diffusion plate 14 ... Steam pipe 23 ... Extension means X ... Color Y ... Cuffs

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method for shaping a color cuff in which a dough placed on a lower iron is pressed by an upper iron and pressed, wherein a heating step of applying steam to the dough and heating is performed before the pressing, and a heating step in the heating step. A color cuff shaping method having a stretching step of stretching a stretched fabric. 2. The color cuff shaping method according to claim 1, wherein the steam is injected from inside the lower iron. 3. The color cuff shaping method according to claim 1, further comprising, after the heating step, a second heating step of heating the dough by slightly lowering an upper iron. 4. A color cuff shaping device comprising: a lower iron on which a cloth to be pressed is placed; and an upper iron which presses the cloth by being separated from and attached to the lower iron. A color cuff shaping device, comprising: steam supply means for supplying steam to be sprayed on a dough; and stretching means for pulling and stretching the dough. 5. The color cuff shaping device according to claim 4, wherein said steam supply means is incorporated in a lower iron.