JP2003340200A - Cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the working efficiency up to about three times or more greater than conventional efficiency by eliminating a time loss by performing consistent cleaning work via a carrying passage arranged between a dry cleaning room and a steam dry room. <P>SOLUTION: This cleaning system has a hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 for lowering and carrying a plurality of clothes P washed in the upper floor dry cleaning room 2 to the lower floor steam dry room 3 while suspending and hanging the clothes. A hanger rail mechanism 4 is composed of an upper floor side rail body 4A extendedly arranged with a little slope toward an upper floor side inlet of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5, a lower floor side rail body 4B extendedly arranged with a little slope toward the steam dry room 3 from a lower floor side outlet of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5, and a hanger body 11 having a pulley 12 for rolling by being suspended by and hooked on both rail bodies 4A and 4B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning system which is mainly divided into a dry cleaning chamber, a steam chamber and a dry chamber and automatically performs a series of cleaning operations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in most arrangements of a cleaning system, a dry cleaning room having a heavy-duty rotary washing tub equipped with a cleaning liquid injection mechanism and a drying heat exchange mechanism is provided on the lower floor. , A relatively light steam dry room is provided on the upper floor.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional cleaning system, the clothes after being washed in the dry cleaning room on the lower floor are once transported to the steam drying room on the upper floor, and after steam drying. After ironing and packaging, it was necessary to transport it to the lower floor and store it again. For this reason, there is a problem that the loss of time is remarkable and the efficiency is very poor.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of various existing conditions as described above.
By constructing a system that allows consistent cleaning work from the upper floor to the lower floor via the transfer path provided between the steam dry rooms, time loss is eliminated and it is about 3 times as much as before. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cleaning system capable of improving work efficiency up to the above.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a dry cleaning chamber 2 in which a rotary washing tub 2A having a cleaning liquid injection mechanism and a drying heat exchange mechanism is installed is provided. And a steam drying chamber 3 having a tandem structure in which each of the steam chamber 3A and the dry chamber 3B is formed, and a plurality of clothes P washed by the dry cleaning chamber 2 are transferred to the steam drying chamber 3 while being hung. The hanger rail mechanism 4 is provided. Further, in the hanger rail mechanism 4, while the clothes P washed in the dry cleaning room 2 installed on the upper floor are hung by the hanger rail mechanism 4, the steam dry room 3 side installed on the lower floor. It can be configured as having a hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 for lowering and transporting the same. Further, the hanger rail mechanism 4 includes an upper-floor rail body 4A extending and arranged with a slight slope toward the upper-floor entrance of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 in the dry cleaning chamber 2, and a lower floor of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5. A hanger provided with a lower rail body 4B extending from the side exit toward the steam dry chamber 3 with a slight slope, and a pulley 12 hung on both rail bodies 4A and 4B and rolling along the slope. It can be configured as including the body 11. on the other hand,
The hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 is a steam dry from the dry cleaning chamber 2 with a part of the upper-floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is hung at the upper-floor entrance while being sloped in the traveling direction of the hanger body 11. It is transported down to the room 3 side, and a part of the upper-floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is hung at the lower-floor side exit is changed to a slope state opposite to the slope state of the hanger body 11 and then moved downward. It can be configured to include a chain drive mechanism 50 linked to the floor-side rail body 4B. In addition, the hanger rail mechanism 4 includes the lower-floor-side rail body 4A before the entrance of the hanger-rail elevating mechanism 5 of the upper-floor-side rail body 4A.
An air piston cylinder mechanism 42 for a hanger body stopper, which is arranged near each of the inlets of the steam dry chamber 3 of B, and a piston 12 of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 are driven to project to lock the pulley 12 and the hanger at the same time. It can be configured as including a relay micro switch 41 for operating the rail elevating mechanism 5. Then, the spray mechanism 3 for spraying the wrinkle-stretching agent on the steam chamber 3A side of the steam dry chamber 3
3 can be configured. Further, in the vicinity of the lower floor rail body 4B inside the steam chamber 3A side of the steam dry chamber 3, there is provided a pulley pushing operation mechanism 43 for swinging the pulley 12 back and forth along the lower floor rail body 4B. Can be configured as one.

In the cleaning system according to the present invention configured as described above, the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5
In the state where the clothes P washed in the dry cleaning room 2 installed on the upper floor are still hung by the hanger rail mechanism 4, the clothes P are lowered and transported to the steam dry room 3 side installed on the lower floor. At this time, a part of the upper-floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is hung at the upper-floor side entrance of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 is attached to the hanger body 1.
1 while being slanted in the traveling direction of the chain drive mechanism 50, the chain drive mechanism 50 descends and conveys it from the dry cleaning chamber 2 to the steam dry 3 chamber side, and the hanger body 11 is hung at the lower floor side exit. 4A
Is partially changed to a slope state opposite to the slope state of the hanger body 11 and is connected to the lower floor side rail body 4B to slide and convey into the steam dry chamber 3. Further, in the hanger rail mechanism 4, the air pistons for the hanger body stoppers are arranged in front of the entrance of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 of the upper floor rail body 4A and in front of the entrance of the steam dry chamber 3 of the lower floor rail body 4B. The cylinder mechanism 42 drives the piston tip portion of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 to project by an input signal from the relay micro switch 41 that detects passage of the hanger body 11 to lock the pulley 12 of the next hanger body 11, and The hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 is operated to lower the first hanger body 11. In the steam dry chamber 3 of the tandem structure, the wrinkle-stretching agent is sprayed from the spraying mechanism 33 while reciprocally swinging the pulley 12 back and forth along the lower floor rail body 4B by the pulley pressing operation mechanism 43 inside the steam chamber 3A side. By doing so, the clothes P are evenly attached to the clothes P, and the steam ejected from the lower side allows the clothes P to be efficiently wrinkled. After that, the high-temperature drying is performed by sending the hanger body 11 that suspends the clothes P along the lower floor rail body 4B into the adjacent dry chamber 3B.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, and reference numeral 1 shown in FIG.
Shows a schematic configuration of a cleaning system, which includes a dry cleaning chamber 2 on the upper floor where a rotary washing tub 2A equipped with a cleaning liquid jetting mechanism and a heat exchange mechanism for drying is installed, and, for example, the vertical and horizontal heights are each approximately The steam room 3A and the dry room 3B each having a length of 1 meter are formed into compartments to form a tandem type steam dry room 3 on the lower floor and a dry cleaning room 2 on the second floor. A hanger rail mechanism 4 is provided for transporting a plurality of clothes P such as pieces to the steam dry chamber 3 side on the first floor while hanging them.

In addition, the clothes dry P that is washed in the dry cleaning room 2 installed on the upper floor is hung on the hanger rail mechanism 4 by the hanger rail mechanism 4, and the steam dry installed on the lower floor. A hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 is provided so as to descend and convey it to the chamber 3 side along the angle guide 6.

The hanger rail mechanism 4 is arranged so as to extend toward the upper floor entrance of the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 in the dry cleaning chamber 2 with a slight slope in a range of a slope angle of about 5 to 10 degrees. From the upper floor side rail body 4A and the lower floor side exit of the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 toward the steam dry chamber 3, for example, a slope angle of about 5 degrees to 10 degrees is extended and arranged with a slight slope. A pair of front and rear pulleys 12 hung on the floor-side rail body 4B and both rail bodies 4A and 4B and rolling along a slope.
And a hanger body 11 provided with. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the hanger body 11 is provided with, for example, twelve partition pin bodies 14 for suspending, for example, twelve pieces of hanger material on which clothes P are hung while being evenly arranged. A rotatable substantially inverted L-shaped support frame body 15 is provided at both ends of the rod body 13 provided, and a pulley 12 is rotatably pivoted to the support frame body 12. The hanger body 11 can be moved along the upper floor rail body 4A by suspending the pulley 12 on the upper floor rail body 4A.

On the other hand, the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 is a lifting rail body 40 obtained by cutting a part of the upper floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is suspended at the upper floor side entrance. A chain drive mechanism 50 by a high output torque motor for connecting both ends of the rail body 40 to two endless chain members 51 and moving the rail body 40 up and down is provided above the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5. In this way, the hanger body 11 is lowered and conveyed from the dry cleaning chamber 2 to the steam dry chamber 3 side in a state where the hanger body 11 is sloping in the traveling direction, and one of the upper floor rail bodies 4A on which the hanger body 11 is suspended at the lower floor exit. The ascending / descending rail body 40 is changed to a slope state opposite to the slope state of the hanger body 11 and is connected to the lower floor side rail body 4B. In addition, the hanger body 11 is the lower floor side rail body 4
When it moves to the B side, the lifting rail body 40 drives the chain drive mechanism 50 by the operation of the relay micro switch 41 provided on the lifting rail body 40 and moves up again to be connected to the upper floor side rail body 4A. Is done.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in front of the entrance of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 of the upper floor rail body 4A of the hanger rail mechanism 4 and in front of the entrance of the steam dry chamber 3 of the lower floor rail body 4B, respectively. An air piston cylinder mechanism 42 for a hanger body stopper is arranged in proximity to the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 so that the piston tip portion of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 is driven to project to lock the pulley 12 of the hanger body 11 and at the same time a hanger rail 41 is made by a relay micro switch 41. The chain drive mechanism 50 of the lifting mechanism 5 is operated.

As shown in FIG. 4, the steam dry chamber 3 has a front entrance side to the steam room 3A, a front exit side to the dry room 3B, and a partition surface side between the steam room 3A and the dry room 3B in a double-door shape. A door body 31 is provided, which is folded in two on the left and right sides, and is provided.
B has the above-mentioned slope and is arranged to pass above the steam dry chamber 3. Further, a steam generating mechanism 32 for generating steam having a temperature of about 80 degrees is disposed on the floor side inside the steam chamber 3A.
At the four corners of the left and right side faces of A, an injection mechanism 33 for injecting a wrinkle-stretching agent made of, for example, a silicon resin through an electromagnetic valve (not shown) is provided. A dry air generating mechanism 34 for sending hot dry air into the dry chamber 3B is provided on the floor side of the dry chamber 3B.

In the vicinity of the lower rail member 4B inside the steam chamber 3A side of the steam dry chamber 3, high temperature steam ejected from the steam generating mechanism 32 on the lower side of the room and ejected from the injection mechanism 33 via a solenoid valve. A pulley pushing operation mechanism for reciprocally swinging the pulley 12 of the hanger body 11 back and forth along the lower floor rail body 4B in order to evenly spray and attach the wrinkle-stretching agent to the clothes P for about 1 minute 30 seconds. It is equipped with 43. Further, air pistons for hanger body stoppers are provided in front of the steam room 3A entrance of the lower rail body 4B of the hanger rail mechanism 4, in front of the dry room 3B entrance of the steam room 3A, and near exit of the dry room 3B. The cylinder mechanism 42 is arranged closely,
The piston 12 of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 is driven to project and the pulley 12 of the hanger body 11 is locked.

Next, an example of the system operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the clothes P washed in the dry cleaning room 2 installed on the upper floor remain hung by the hanger body 11 hung on the upper floor rail body 4A of the hanger rail mechanism 4. In this state, after being sent to the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 side, it is lowered and conveyed to the steam dry chamber 3 side installed on the lower floor.

At this time, the lifting rail body 40, which is a part of the upper floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is suspended at the upper floor side entrance of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5, is sloped in the traveling direction of the hanger body 11. In this state, the chain drive mechanism 50 descends and conveys it from the dry cleaning chamber 2 to the steam dry chamber 3 side, and the elevating rail body 40 on which the hanger body 11 is hung at the lower floor side exit is connected to the hanger body 11. The hanger body 1 is moved into the steam dry chamber 3 by changing it to a slope state opposite to the slope state and connecting it to the lower floor side rail body 4B.
1 is slid and conveyed. After that, the chain drive mechanism 50 is driven by the operation signal of the relay micro switch 41, the lifting rail body 40 is again moved up to the upper floor side entrance and linked to the upper floor rail body 4A, and the lifting rail body 40 is moved. Wait until the next hanger body 11 arrives.

In the hanger rail mechanism 4, for the hanger body stoppers arranged near the entrance of the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 of the upper floor side rail body 4A and in front of the steam dry chamber 3 entrance of the lower floor rail body 4B. The air piston cylinder mechanism 42 drives the piston tip portion of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 to project by an input signal from the relay micro switch 41 that detects passage of the hanger body 11, and locks the pulley 12 of the hanger body 11 that comes next. I will let you.

In the steam dry chamber 3 having a tandem structure, the injection mechanism 33 is provided inside the steam chamber 3A side while the pulley pressing operation mechanism 43 reciprocally swings the pulley 12 of the hanger body 11 back and forth along the lower floor rail body 4B. The wrinkle-stretching agent is sprayed evenly onto the clothes P, and the high-temperature steam ejected from the lower side makes the clothes P more efficient.
Let the wrinkles of your skin grow. Then, the door body 31 is opened, the piston tip of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 is retracted at the same time, and the hanger body 11 that suspends the clothes P is placed inside the adjacent dry chamber 3B along the lower floor rail body 4B. The clothes P are sent in and the clothes P are dried there by dry hot air. At this time, at the same time, the next hanger body 11 is placed inside the steam chamber 3A side, and the same wrinkle stretching work of the clothes P is being performed. After the completion of drying, the clothes are taken out of the dry chamber 3B and transported to the ironing finishing room and the packaging finishing room, and at the same time, the hanger body 11 after wrinkle spreading work is placed in the dry room 3B from the steam room 3A side. The operation is repeated.

In this embodiment, the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 is used between the upper floor rail body 4A and the lower floor rail body 4B of the hanger rail mechanism 4, but the other construction is not shown. Although omitted, in place of the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5, the clothes P washed in the dry cleaning chamber 2 are hung by the hanger rail mechanism 4 and are kept in the steam dry chamber 3 installed in the adjacent room.
It is also possible to provide a hanger rail mechanism (not shown) so that the hanger body 11 is slid and conveyed substantially horizontally along the slope toward the side.

[0019]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is configured as described above, cleaning is performed consistently from the upper floor to the lower floor via the transfer path provided between the dry cleaning chamber 2 and the steam dry chamber 3. By constructing the system so that work can be performed, it is possible to eliminate time loss and improve work efficiency up to about 3 times that of the conventional method.

That is, according to the present invention, the dry cleaning chamber 2 and the steam chamber 3 each having a rotary washing tub 2A equipped with a cleaning liquid jetting mechanism and a drying heat exchange mechanism are installed.
A and dry chambers 3B are divided into tandem steam dry chambers 3 and dry cleaning chambers 2
This is because it is provided with the hanger rail mechanism 4 for transporting the plurality of clothes P washed by the above to the steam dry chamber 3 while being hung, which eliminates time loss and is about three times or more than the conventional one. Can improve work efficiency.

In addition, in the hanger rail mechanism 4, the clothes P washed in the dry cleaning room 2 installed on the upper floor are hung by the hanger rail mechanism 4 and the steam dry installed on the lower floor. Since the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 is provided for descending and conveying to the chamber 3 side, the hanger body 1 on which the clothes P are suspended during descending and conveying.
1 does not fall off the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5.

Further, the hanger rail mechanism 4 includes an upper-floor rail body 4A extending and arranged with a slight slope toward the upper-floor entrance of the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 in the dry cleaning chamber 2, and a hanger rail lifting mechanism 5. From the lower floor side exit to the steam dry chamber 3 with a slight slope extending and arranging the lower floor side rail body 4B, and the pulley 12 that hangs on both rail bodies 4A and 4B and rolls along the slope. Since the hanger body 11 is provided, the clothes P can be efficiently transported on the upper floor and the lower floor by sliding the hanger body 11 along the rail bodies 4A and 4B.

On the other hand, the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 is dry-cleaned with a part of the upper-floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is hung at the upper-floor entrance, in a state in which the hanger body 11 is sloped in the traveling direction. It is transported downward from the chamber 2 to the steam dry chamber 3 side, and a part of the upper floor rail body 4A on which the hanger body 11 is hung at the lower floor side exit is in a slope state opposite to the slope state of the hanger body 11. Since the chain drive mechanism 50 is connected to the lower-floor side rail body 4B, the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 can move the hanger body 11 up and down reliably and safely.

In addition, the hanger rail mechanism 4 is arranged near the hanger rail elevating mechanism 5 entrance of the upper floor rail body 4A and in front of the steam dry chamber 3 entrance of the lower floor rail body 4B. An air piston cylinder mechanism 42 for a body stopper and a relay micro switch 41 for driving the piston tip of the air piston cylinder mechanism 42 to project and drive the pulley 12 and at the same time actuate the hanger rail lifting mechanism 5 are provided. Therefore, the lifting and lowering work from the upper floor to the lower floor of the hanger body 11 can be efficiently performed without time loss.

Since the steam chamber 3A side of the steam dry chamber 3 is provided with the spraying mechanism 33 for spraying the wrinkle-smoothing agent, the wrinkle-smoothing work of the clothes P while spraying the high temperature steam can be efficiently performed. It

Further, a pulley pushing operation mechanism 43 for reciprocally swinging the pulley 12 back and forth along the lower floor rail body 4B is provided in the vicinity of the lower floor rail body 4B inside the steam chamber 3A of the steam dry chamber 3. Since it is provided, the steam ejected from the lower side of the room and the wrinkle-stretching agent ejected from the spraying mechanism 33 can be evenly sprayed and adhered to the clothes P, whereby the wrinkle-stretching work of the clothes P can be efficiently performed. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 also shows the structure of the hanger body, (a)
Is a side view and (b) is a sectional view taken along line XX in (a).

FIG. 3 is also an enlarged perspective view of the hanger rail lifting mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a steam drying chamber having the same tandem configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

P ... clothing 1 ... Cleaning system 2 ... Dry cleaning room 3 ... Steam dry room 4 ... Hanger rail mechanism 5 ... Hanger rail lifting mechanism 11 ... Hanger body 12 ... Pulley 33 ... Injection mechanism 40 ... Lifting rail body 41 ... Relay micro switch 42 ... Air piston cylinder mechanism 43 ... Pulley pushing mechanism 50 ... Chain drive mechanism

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A dry cleaning chamber in which a rotary washing tub having a cleaning liquid spraying mechanism and a heat exchange mechanism for drying is installed, and a tandem steam drying chamber in which a steam chamber and a dry chamber are divided and formed. A cleaning system, comprising: a hanger rail mechanism for transporting a plurality of clothes washed in a dry cleaning room to a steam drying room while hanging them. 2. The hanger rail mechanism, in a state where clothes washed in a dry cleaning room installed on an upper floor are hung by the hanger rail mechanism,
The cleaning system according to claim 1, further comprising a hanger rail elevating mechanism for descending and conveying to a steam dry chamber side installed on a lower floor. 3. The hanger rail mechanism includes an upper-floor rail body extending and arranged with a slight slope toward the upper-floor entrance of the hanger rail elevating mechanism in the dry cleaning chamber, and a lower-floor exit of the hanger rail elevating mechanism. From the above to the steam dry chamber, the lower-floor side rail body is provided with a slight slope extending and arranged, and a hanger body provided with a pulley that is hung on both rail bodies and rolls along the slope. The cleaning system according to 1 or 2. 4. The hanger rail elevating / lowering mechanism is arranged such that a part of the upper-floor rail body on which the hanger body is hung at the upper-floor side entrance is sloped in the traveling direction of the hanger body from the dry cleaning chamber. The lower floor rail body is changed to the room side, and a part of the upper floor rail body on which the hanger body is suspended at the lower floor side exit is changed to a slope state opposite to the slope state of the hanger body. 4. A chain drive mechanism connected to
Cleaning system according to any one of. 5. The hanger rail mechanism includes air for a hanger body stopper, which is arranged in front of the hanger rail elevating mechanism entrance of the upper floor side rail body and in front of the steam dry chamber entrance of the lower floor side rail body, respectively. 5. A piston cylinder mechanism, and a relay microswitch for actuating a hanger rail elevating mechanism at the same time as driving a piston tip of the air piston cylinder mechanism to project and drive the pulley to lock the pulley. Cleaning system. 6. The cleaning system according to claim 1, further comprising an injection mechanism for injecting a wrinkle-stretching agent on the steam chamber side of the steam dry chamber. 7. A pulley pushing operation mechanism for swinging a pulley back and forth along the lower rail body in the vicinity of the lower rail body inside the steam room of the steam dry chamber is provided. 7. The cleaning system according to any one of 6 to 6.