JP2004267239A - Ironing apparatus for business use - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ironing apparatus for business use capable of automatically ironing by putting a hat on an hat ironing board. <P>SOLUTION: The ironing apparatus 1 for the business use is constituted of a plurality of ironing boards 3 arranged on a base 2 side by side, and a press part 6 provided with a turnable arm 4 and press cap parts 5 formed at the tip of the arm 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a commercial ironing device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a commercial ironing device for automatically press-ironing a hat.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, there is an automatic press iron of this type for business use, for example, as shown in FIG. 9 (for example, see Patent Document 1). In this commercial iron, an ironing board 103 is laterally attached to a support 102 erected on a base 101, an arm 104 is attached to the support 102 above the ironing board 103 in a horizontal direction, and slidable up and down. The ironing board 103 is vertically slidable and presses the ironing board 103 by its own weight so that the ironing board 105 can be slid horizontally.
[0003]
Then, the arm 104 is lowered toward the ironing board 103, the iron 105 in contact with the ironing board 103 is raised, and when the load of the iron 105 is on the ironing board 103, the lowering of the arm 104 is stopped and the iron 105 is stopped. By sliding horizontally, ironing can be performed without exerting excessive pressure and heat on the clothing.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-6-269600 (see FIG. 1)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
With the automatic press iron having the above configuration, it is possible to obtain the effect of a press iron for flat clothes and the like, but it cannot be applied to a curved shape such as a hat. There is.
[0006]
However, business-use hats in food factories, hospitals, kitchens, and the like tend to increase year by year from the viewpoint of hygiene. As shown in FIG. 10, a worker puts a hat 107 on a semicircular spherical ironing board 106 as shown in FIG. At present, ironing is performed while lifting the iron 108 and pressing the hat 107 against the ironing board 106 by the iron 108.
[0007]
As described above, the automatic ironing of the hat is not performed, which is inefficient and has a problem of extremely heavy labor.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a commercial ironing apparatus that can automatically iron by putting a hat on an ironing board for a hat. .
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a commercial ironing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an ironing board to which a hat is put, steam jetting means for jetting steam from the upper surface of the ironing board, and a tip of an arm, and the turning of the arm is provided. A press crown for freely pressing the ironing board, and heating means for heating the press crown.
[0010]
Here, the press crown is always heated by steam, and the cap is put on the ironing board, and at the same time the steam is blown out from the upper surface of the ironing board, and at the same time, the cap is press-ironed by the heated press crown so that the cap is pressed and ironed. This makes it possible to automate steam ironing.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for understanding the present invention.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a front view for explaining an example of a commercial ironing apparatus to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. The commercial ironing apparatus 1 shown here comprises a plurality of ironing boards 3 juxtaposed on a base 2, and a press section 6 having a swivelable arm 4 and a press crown 5 formed at the end of the arm 4. Is what is done.
[0013]
Therefore, each press crown 5 of the press section 6 is formed in a bowl shape, and a steam pipe 7 for heating is provided in the press crown 5. A steam supply pipe 8 and a steam discharge pipe 9 are connected to the steam pipe 7, respectively, so that a high-temperature steam is always circulated by a steam generator (not shown).
[0014]
A connecting shaft 10 is attached to the base end of the arm 4 of the press unit 6, and the connecting shaft 10 is rotatably fitted to a fixed shaft 12 of an elevating unit 11 provided on the base 2 in a rotatable state. ing. Further, an interlocking plate 13 is fixed to the center of the fixed shaft 12, and an arm turning drive cylinder 14 is connected to an open end of the interlocking plate 13, and the arm turning drive cylinder 14 reciprocates the interlocking plate 13 in the vertical direction. By doing so, the press crown 5 at the tip of the arm 4 is turned from vertical to horizontal around the fixed shaft 12.
[0015]
Here, the elevating part 11 is vertically movable with respect to the base 2 and furthermore, the vertical direction of the press crown 5 which is made horizontal by a press crown vertical drive cylinder 15 provided on the base 2 side. It is possible to move to.
[0016]
Next, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the ironing board 3 is a hollow body whose upper part is formed in a shape that can be fitted to the press crown 5 shown in FIG. Therefore, an infinite number of steam ejection holes 16 are formed in the outer peripheral surface of the ironing board 3 into which the press crown 5 is fitted, and a pressure chamber 18 is formed by a partition plate 17.
[0017]
A steam supply / intake pipe 19 is provided at the center of the pressurizing chamber 18, and the steam supply / intake pipe 19 passes through the partition plate 17 and is connected to a lower portion of the partition plate 17. 20 is protruded.
[0018]
Further, the outer surface of the ironing board 3 is covered with a thick cloth 21.
[0019]
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, an intake pipe 22 is connected to a connection pipe 20 protruding below the partition plate 17 in the ironing board 3. The intake pipe 22 is connected to an intake pump (not shown). The intake pump inhales the steam in the pressurizing chamber 18 and the excess steam that is blown out from the steam blowing hole 16 into the cloth of the hat. It is configured to discharge.
[0020]
In addition, a steam ejection pipe 23 is piped into the pressurizing chamber 18 through the intake pipe 22. As shown in FIG. 6, the steam ejection tube 23 has an ejection hole 24 formed at an upper end and a distal end outer peripheral surface thereof, and is connected to a base end of the steam ejection tube 23 (not shown). ), The steam in the pressurized state is ejected and filled from the ejection hole 24 into the pressurizing chamber 18 through the steam ejection tube 23, so that the upper surface of the ironing board 3 is heated, and the steam is ejected from the ejection hole 16. It is configured to be ejected.
[0021]
Here, it is not always necessary to arrange a plurality of press crowns and ironing boards side by side, and when the number of hats to be cleaned is always small, the press crowns and ironing boards may be configured as a single body.
[0022]
Also, the arm turning drive cylinder for turning the arm or the press crown up / down drive cylinder for vertically moving the lifting / lowering part does not necessarily need to be constituted by a hydraulic cylinder or an air cylinder, for example, an electric motor and a gear. A mechanism that rotates the arm and moves the press crown up and down may be used in combination with the above.However, since an air compressor is permanently installed in the cleaning factory, it is most preferable to use an air cylinder that uses this air compressor. desirable.
[0023]
In the present invention having the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 7, a cap A is put on the ironing board 3 and an operation switch (not shown) is turned on. The gas is ejected from the ejection hole 24 into the pressurizing chamber 18 through 23 and is filled.
[0024]
Accordingly, when the upper surface of the ironing board 3 is heated by the high-temperature steam filled in the pressurizing chamber 18, the cap A is indirectly heated by the cloth portion 21 coated on the outer surface of the ironing board 3. When the pressure increases, steam is ejected from the steam ejection hole 16, and the hat A is humidified through the cloth portion 21.
[0025]
On the other hand, the press crown 5 is heated by high-temperature steam circulating in a steam pipe 7 for heating.
[0026]
Here, as shown in FIG. 8, the interlocking plate 13 is moved upward by the arm turning drive cylinder 14, whereby the press crown 5 at the tip of the arm 4 is turned from vertical to horizontal around the fixed shaft 12.
[0027]
Then, the press crown 5 which has been made horizontal by the press crown vertical drive cylinder 15 is moved downward. In this case, since the inner diameter of the press crown portion 5 is formed to be substantially larger than the outer diameter of the ironing board 3 and the cloth portion 21 and the outer thickness of the hat A due to the fabric thickness, the vicinity of the top of the hat A is pressed on the upper surface of the ironing board 3. By performing ironing and pressing in the vertical direction, a uniform force can be applied, and wrinkles during pressing can be prevented.
[0028]
Next, at the same time as the cap A is press-ironed on the upper surface of the ironing board 3 by the press crown 5, the supply of steam through the steam jetting pipe 23 is stopped, and the suction pump (not shown) connected to the suction pipe 22. As a result, the excess steam in the cap A is eliminated by forcibly inhaling and discharging the steam in the pressurizing chamber 18 and the excess steam that has been blown out from the steam blowing hole 16 and permeated into the cloth of the hat.
[0029]
Then, the press crown 5 which has been made horizontal by the press crown vertical drive cylinder 15 is moved upward, and the interlocking plate 13 is moved downward by the arm rotation drive cylinder 14 so that the fixed shaft 12 is centered. The press crown 5 at the tip of the arm 4 is turned from horizontal to vertical.
[0030]
In this case, water droplets generated in the steam pipe 7 in the press crown 5 are sucked and discharged by a suction pump (not shown) connected to the steam discharge pipe 9, and the temperature in the press crown 5 is reduced. The configuration is always kept constant.
[0031]
In this way, by pressing the cap on the ironing board by repeating the above steps, the press ironing of the cap can be automatically performed.
Further, since the shape of the hat can be held by press-ironing the vicinity of the top of the hat, the present invention can be applied to hats having different forms.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, press ironing can be automatically performed by putting a cap on the ironing board, thereby greatly improving work efficiency.
[0033]
Further, by providing a mechanism for moving the press crown in the vertical direction with respect to the ironing board, uniform pressing can be performed on the hat, and wrinkles can be prevented.
[0034]
Further, the hat can be easily dried by forcibly removing excess moisture contained in the hat due to humidification.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view for explaining an example of a commercial ironing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view of FIG.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory sectional view showing an internal structure of an ironing board to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view in FIG. 3 showing a state of a jet hole of an ironing board to which the present invention is applied;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory sectional view showing a state in which a steam supply pipe and an intake pipe are attached to an ironing board to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged explanatory view of an upper end portion of the steam supply pipe in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of the commercial ironing apparatus to which the present invention is applied in an initial stage.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a pressed state in the commercial ironing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional press ironing device.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional iron manually ironed.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commercial ironing apparatus 2 Base 3 Ironing board 4 Arm 5 Press crown 6 Press section 7 Steam pipe 8 Steam supply pipe 9 Steam discharge pipe 10 Connecting shaft 11 Elevating part 12 Fixed shaft 13 Interlocking plate 14 Arm drive cylinder 15 Driving cylinder 16 for press crown up and down 16 Steam ejection hole 17 Partition plate 18 Pressurizing chamber 19 Steam supply / intake pipe 20 Connecting pipe 21 Cloth section 22 Intake pipe 23 Steam ejection pipe 24 Injection hole

Claims (3)

An ironing board on which a hat can be placed,
Steam jetting means for jetting steam from the upper surface of the ironing board,
A press crown provided at the tip of the arm and pressing the ironing board freely by turning the arm;
And a heating means for heating the press crown. 2. The ironing device for business use according to claim 1, further comprising elevating means capable of sliding the press crown up and down from a horizontal state. 3. The ironing device for business use according to claim 1, wherein the ironing board is provided with suction means for sucking the steam spouted from the upper surface of the ironing board. 4.

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