JP3696098B2 - Method for producing disposable garment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a disposable garment that can be easily worn by doctors, nurses, other workers, examinees in hospitals, inspectors of health examination samples in other facilities, various kinds of experimenters, and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 46-5123 forms two constant-width webs that form one front half body member that bisects the upper garment in the width direction and the other front half body member on the production line. While the two webs having a constant width are opposed to each other in parallel in the width direction and continuously moved in the length direction, the inner edges of the one and the other half body members facing each other are heat sealed. A technique for continuously producing a disposable upper garment by a machine by joining a pair of sleeve members formed in advance to the body member on the production line is disclosed.
[0003]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 47-9270 discloses that in a production line, two webs having the same width are overlapped with each other and continuously moved in the length direction, and the body and sleeves are sequentially formed on the two webs. The joint garment is continuously machined by cutting the two webs along the outer edge of the joint line by applying a joint line corresponding to the outer contour edge of the continuous upper garment without using a seam. The technology to produce automatically.
[0004]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-34337 discloses that a sleeve for a body of a wide body and a web for a sleeve member are overlapped on the upper surface of the web and continuously moved in the length direction on the production line. A pair of sleeve members are formed by the member web, and a body member is formed by the body member web, and the sleeve member and the body member are joined together to continuously produce a disposable upper garment by a machine. Disclose technology.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 46-5123, a total of four continuous webs are required to form the body member in order to form one of the two and the other front and rear body members, respectively. It is necessary to form a pair of sleeve members in advance separately from the body member.
[0006]
In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 47-9270, a pair of sleeves forms an upper garment extending obliquely outward from both shoulders of the body, and two continuous sheets for forming the upper garment are formed. As the web, a wide web corresponding to the dimension between the ends of the pair of sleeves is required, and the two webs in the outer region of the outer contour edge of the upper garment are cut out, which is economically wasteful.
[0007]
In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-34337, a pair of sleeve members must be formed in advance separately from the body member and attached to the body member.
[0008]
Therefore, it cannot be said that each of the known techniques is a suitable method for mechanically mass-producing the upper garment at low cost.
[0009]
According to the present invention, a pair of sleeves can be connected to the body without a seam, and a seal and a cutting pattern that can improve the fit and design of the wearer's body can be arbitrarily selected. An object of the present invention is to provide a method suitable for continuously mass-producing a disposable garment on a production line at a low cost.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The disposable garment according to the present invention has the first and second webs having parallel first and second side edges that are spaced apart from each other and overlapping each other and continuously moving in the longitudinal direction on the production line of the garment. The first machining from the first side edge in the first machining area that continues in the vertical direction via virtual first and second boundary dividing lines that extend in the lateral direction sequentially from the front to the rear of the production line. A first straight lateral joint line extending to the second side edge while being close to the first boundary dividing line located at the front end of the region, and located at the rear end of the first processing region from the second side edge A second straight transverse joint line extending to the first side edge along the vicinity of the second boundary line, and a lateral center line of the first processing region from the first and second straight transverse joint lines Extending in the longitudinal direction in the vicinity of the longitudinal center line of the first machining area A first vertical line, and a first horizontal line connected to one end of the first vertical line on the first straight horizontal joint line side and extending from the one end to the first side edge. A transverse line with respect to the first vertical line in the vicinity of the longitudinal center line of the machining area and spaced apart from the joining line and the first and second straight transverse joining lines to the lateral central line side of the first machining area A second vertical line extending in the vertical direction and spaced apart in a direction, and a second vertical line connected to one end of the second vertical line on the second straight horizontal joint line side and extending from the one end to the second side edge. Joining the first and second webs to each other by applying a second substantially L-shaped joining line comprising a horizontal line.
[0011]
Furthermore, the present invention provides a third vertical line interposed between the first and second vertical lines of the first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines, and the first substantially L-shaped form of the third vertical line. A third horizontal line connected to one end of the joining line on the first horizontal line side and extending from the one end along the first horizontal line to the first side edge, and the second substantially L-shaped joint of the third vertical line By applying a substantially Z-shaped cutting line comprising a fourth horizontal line connected to the other end of the line on the second horizontal line side and extending from the other end along the second horizontal line to the second side edge. Cutting the first and second webs to form first and second sleeved half bodies.
[0012]
Furthermore, the present invention provides the bonding lines, the cutting lines, and the cutting lines so as to be symmetric with respect to the second boundary dividing line with the first processing area in a second processing area adjacent to the first processing area. To form a third body with third and fourth sleeves.
[0013]
Furthermore, the present invention aligns two of the first, second, third and fourth half-body bodies with sleeves obtained from at least one of the first and second processing zones as a pair, and the sleeves. Joining the inner edges of each pair of sleeved half-body opposite to the sleeve side of the attached half-body.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments relating to the method for manufacturing a disposable garment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
1-4, the upper garment as an example of the disposable garment which concerns on this invention is shown. The upper garment 1 is made of a flexible sheet, and is composed of a so-called back-closed body 2 whose back is opened at the center in the longitudinal direction, and both sleeves 3 extending outward from both shoulders. It is configured. Specifically, the body 2 is composed of left and right half bodies 2A and 2B, the left and right half bodies 2A and 2B are composed of front side portions 3a and 4a and back side portions 3b and 4b, respectively. The left and right half bodies 2A and 2B are composed of front side portions 5a and 6a and back side portions 5b and 6b extending outward from the shoulder portions. The left and right half body parts 2A, 2B are joined at the inner edge 7 of the front side parts 3a, 4a and the outer side edges (side edges) 8 of the front side parts 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b. It joins in the up-and-down side edge 9 and 10 of back side part 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b. A collar 11 is formed at the center of the upper end of the body 2. In the upper garment 1 having such a configuration, in a worn state, the back side portions 3b and 4b are coupled to each other by a strip (not shown) connected in the vicinity of the inner edge 12. However, the inner edge 12 may be joined to each other and the upper garment 1 may be worn through the body from the hem.
[0016]
As can be easily understood from the description of the pattern of the joining line and the cutting line for forming the upper garment 1, the upper garment 1 can be adapted to the wearer's body and the desired design, for example, the upper and lower edges of the sleeve 3. The dimensions between 9 and 10, their angles, the dimensions between the side edges 8 and 8 of the body 2, their angles, the angle of the hem edge 13 of the body 2, the length of the body 2, etc. may be selected relatively arbitrarily. it can.
[0017]
5-8, the outline | summary of the manufacturing process of the said upper garment 1 is shown.
[0018]
First and second continuous webs 1A, 1B made of a flexible sheet and having the same width are wound around the supply rolls 15, 16, and the first web 1A includes a group of feed rolls 17 from the supply roll 15. While being supplied onto the transfer means L1 and transferred in the Y direction, the second web 1B is supplied from the supply roll 16 so as to be superimposed on the first web 1A and is transferred together with the first web 1A. The transfer means L1 is intermittently operated in a speed-synchronized relationship with the transfer means L2, L3, and L4 described later, and the first and second webs 1A that rotate at the same speed as the feed roll 17 are downstream of the transfer means L1. , 1B pulling rolls, which are omitted in the drawing.
[0019]
In the first and second webs 1A and 1B, in the first and second processing regions S1 and S2 having a vertical dimension slightly larger than the length of the upper garment 1, first and second straight horizontal joining lines 109a described below are provided. 109b, the first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines A1 and A2, and the substantially Z-shaped cutting line B, the left and right half body parts 2A and 2B with sleeves 3 are formed.
[0020]
The first straight transverse joining line 109a extends from the first side edge 107a of the first and second webs 1A and 1B to the second side edge 107b side slightly beyond the first center edge C1 in the first processing area S1, In addition, the second straight transverse joining line 109b is arranged at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the first straight transverse joining line 109a and the transfer line L1 or in the transfer direction of the first and second webs 1A and 1B. The second webs 1A and 1B extend from the second side edge 107b of the second web 1A and 1B to the first side edge 107a side slightly beyond the longitudinal center line C1.
[0021]
The first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines A1 and A2 are disposed in the first working area S1 between the first and second straight transverse joining lines 109a and 109b and on both sides of the longitudinal center line C1 in close proximity to each other. The second vertical lines 108a and 108b are connected to one end of the first vertical line 108a on the first horizontal line 109a side, and the distance from the one end to the first straight horizontal joining line 109a gradually increases toward the first side edge 107a. The first horizontal line 110a and the second straight horizontal joint line 109b that extend so as to become smaller are connected to one end of the second vertical line 108b on the side, and the distance from the one end to the second straight horizontal joint line 109b is the second side edge. It consists of a second horizontal line 110b that gradually decreases toward 107b.
[0022]
The substantially Z-shaped cutting line B is the first and second vertical lines 108a and 108b of the first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines A1 and A2 at the same time or after the joining line is formed in the first processing area S1. A third vertical line 108c extending in the vertical direction between the first horizontal edge 110a and a third horizontal line 110c connected to one end of the first vertical line 108c and extending to the first side edge 107a along the first horizontal line 110a of the first substantially L-shaped joining line A1. A fourth horizontal line 110d connected to the other end of the third vertical line 108c and extending from the other end to the second side edge 107b along the second horizontal line 110b of the second substantially L-shaped joining line A2. Become.
[0023]
In addition, the first and second straight horizontal joint lines 109b, which are adjacent to each other via a second boundary dividing line 109c2 positioned at the rear end thereof facing the first boundary dividing line 109c1 positioned at the front end of the first processing area S1, In the first and second processing areas S1 and S2 where 109b is located, a resection line 111a is provided at a position corresponding to the upper end portion on the opposite side of the sleeve 3 in the completed half-body with sleeves 2A and 2B. . In FIG. 5, reference numeral 130 denotes first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines A <b> 1 and A <b> 2 showing the cut pieces of the first and second webs 1 </ b> A and 1 </ b> B by the cutting line 111 a, and the first and second straight transverse joining lines At the same time as or after the application of 109a and 109b, the substantially Z-shaped cutting line B and the cutting line 111a are made after the application of the first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines A1 and A2, or at the same time as the application. Is preferred.
[0024]
In the second machining area S2, the pattern of each joint line and cutting line in the first machining area S1 is the boundary line of the first and second machining areas S1, S2 or the first and second webs 1A, 1B. Each joining line and cutting line are applied so as to be symmetric with respect to the second boundary cutting line 109c2. The patterns in the first and second processing zones S1 and S2 are sequentially applied from the downstream side to the upstream side of the first and second webs 1A and 1B.
[0025]
The dimensions between the first and second straight horizontal joint lines 109a and 109b and the first and second horizontal lines 110a and 110b of the first and second substantially L-shaped joint lines A1 and A2, respectively, The angle between the first and second side edges 107a, 107b and the first and second vertical lines 108a, 108b of the first and second substantially L-shaped joining lines A1, A2, the angle, The dimension between the first and second straight horizontal joining lines 109a and 109b can be appropriately selected so that it can be adapted to the body of the wearer of the upper garment 1 to be obtained and the desired design.
[0026]
The manufacturing process of the upper garment 1 follows the cutting process of the first and second webs 1A, 1B by the first and second boundary dividing lines 109c1, 109c2 of the webs 1A, 1B in the first and second processing zones S1, S2. The left and right half body parts 2A, 2B with sleeves are joined to each other to shift to a process for forming the body part 2. In FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 showing this process, the respective half-body bodies 2A, 2B with sleeves are indicated by A, B, C, D for convenience.
[0027]
First, the half body A with a sleeve goes straight on the transfer line L1 and moves to the transfer means L2 positioned downstream of the transfer means L1, and then moves to the transfer means L3 orthogonal to the transfer means L2 where the half body with sleeves is moved. Wait until the arrival of time D, and then the half body B with the sleeve moves straight through the transfer means L1 and moves to the transfer means L2, and further moves to the transfer means L4 orthogonal to the transfer means L2, where the half body with sleeves Wait until C arrives. Next, the sleeved half body D goes straight through the transport means L1, moves to the transport means L3 via L2, and is aligned so that the sleeved half body A and their inner edges are in close proximity to each other, and then the sleeved half body C Goes straight through the transfer means L1, moves to the transfer means L4 via L2, and aligns the sleeved half-body B and their inner edges in close proximity. The pair of aligned half-body bodies A and D with sleeves move to the transfer means L5 via the transfer means L3. On the other hand, the aligned pair of half-body bodies with sleeves B and C move to the transfer means L6 via the transfer means L4. The pair of sleeve-worn half bodies A, D; B, C that have moved to the transfer means L5, 6 are lifted upward while being attracted by the joining means 18a, 18b, and are drawn inward to the inner edges 107a, 107b. Are joined in a state of being overlapped with each other and the inner edges 112 are overlapped with each other (see FIG. 8). However, the inner edges 107a and 107b may be joined to each other so as to overlap each other, unlike the illustrated case.
[0028]
The transport means L1 and the transport means L2 and the transport means L2 and the transport means L3 and L4 are synchronized in traveling speed so that the paired half-body A, D; B, C with sleeves are not displaced from each other. To be adjusted. Also, each pair of sleeved half bodies A, D; B, C transfer means L2 to transfer means L3, L4, respectively, a pair of sleeved half bodies A, D move means L3 to move means L5. Although not shown in the figure, the movement of the pair of half-body bodies with sleeves B and C from the movement means L4 to the movement means L6 is performed by suction means that moves while adsorbing and holding the half-body bodies with sleeves.
[0029]
According to the above movement and alignment of the half bodies A, B, C, D with sleeves, it is not necessary to invert any of the half bodies with sleeves in order to align the half bodies with sleeves. It can be said that there is. However, the embodiment is merely an example in the present invention. In the present invention, it is understood that any one of the sleeved half bodies A, B; C, and D can be reversed for the alignment, and this embodiment is not excluded. Should.
[0030]
As a material of the first and second webs 1A and 1B, for example, a nonwoven fabric obtained by a known nonwoven fabric manufacturing method such as spunlace, thermal bond, melt blown, chemical bond, air through, or the like can be used. Moreover, as a material of the nonwoven fabric, various known fibers such as polyolefin, polyester, and polyamide can be used. Depending on the application of the upper garment 1 to be obtained, the nonwoven fabric is subjected to a treatment for imparting known required performance such as water pressure resistance, moisture permeability, tear strength, bulkiness, flexibility, stretchability, etc. You can also.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
According to the method for manufacturing a disposable garment according to the present invention, a pair of straight horizontal joining lines, a pair of substantially L-shaped joining lines, and a substantially Z-shaped one in the processing regions of the first and second webs that are overlapped with each other. A garment as a sleeved body can be easily manufactured by simply applying a cutting line. Also, a garment in which the body and sleeves are seamlessly continuous can be manufactured from a relatively small web. In addition, the angle to the body of the sleeve and the shape of the side edges of the body can be arbitrarily formed to improve the fit and design of the wearer's body, and garment that uses garment material without waste is mass produced at high speed. be able to.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an upper garment as one embodiment of a garment according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the upper garment is separated into right and left half bodies with sleeves.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the body of the upper garment.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a sleeve of the upper garment.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an example of the production line for the upper garment.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example in which a joining line and a cutting line are applied to a web that is a material of the upper garment.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of an order of moving and aligning a pair of half-body bodies with sleeves processed on the upper garment production line so as to be paired for completion of the upper garment.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the body portion showing an example of joining the pair of half-body bodies with sleeves to complete one body with sleeves.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Garment 1A 1st web 1B 2nd web 2 Body 2A, 2B Half body with sleeve 3 Sleeve 7, 8, 9, 10 Joint part 12 Inner edge 108a 1st vertical line 108b 2nd vertical line 108c 3rd vertical line 109a 1st 1st horizontal transverse joint line 109b 2nd straight transverse joint line 109c1 1st boundary breaking line 109c2 2nd boundary breaking line 110a 1st horizontal line 110b 2nd horizontal line 110c 3rd horizontal line 110d 4th horizontal line A1 1st substantially L-shaped joining line A2 Second substantially L-shaped joining line B Substantially Z-shaped cutting line C1 Vertical center line C2 Horizontal center line S1 First machining area S2 Second machining area

Claims (4)

The first and second webs having parallel first and second side edges spaced apart from each other and overlapping each other and continuously moving in the longitudinal direction on the garment production line are sequentially transferred from the front to the rear of the production line. In the first machining area that continues in the vertical direction via virtual first and second boundary dividing lines extending in the horizontal direction at the same interval,
A first straight transverse joining line extending from the first side edge to the second side edge while being close to the first boundary dividing line located at the front end of the first processing area;
A second straight lateral joint line extending from the second side edge to the first side edge while being close to the second boundary dividing line located at the rear end of the first processing area;
A first vertical line extending in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the vertical center line of the first processing area, spaced from the first and second straight horizontal joining lines toward the horizontal center line side of the first processing area; A first substantially L-shaped joining line comprising a first horizontal line connected to one end of the first vertical line on the first straight lateral joining line side and extending from the one end to the first side edge;
Separated from the first and second straight transverse joining lines toward the lateral center line side of the first machining area and spaced laterally with respect to the first vertical line in the vicinity of the longitudinal center line of the machining area. A second vertical line extending in the vertical direction and a second horizontal line connected to one end of the second vertical line on the second straight horizontal joining line side and extending from the one end to the second side edge. Joining the first and second webs together by applying a second generally L-shaped joining line;
A third vertical line interposed between the first and second vertical lines of the first and second substantially L-shaped joint lines; and the first of the first substantially L-shaped joint line of the third vertical lines. A third horizontal line connected to one end on the horizontal line side and extending from the one end along the first horizontal line to the first side edge; and the second horizontal line of the second substantially L-shaped joint line of the third vertical line The first and second webs are formed by applying a substantially Z-shaped cutting line comprising a fourth horizontal line extending from the other end along the second horizontal line to the second side edge. Cutting to form a half body with first and second sleeves;
In the second machining area adjacent to the first machining area, the respective joining lines and the cutting line are applied so as to be symmetric with respect to the second boundary dividing line with the first machining area. Forming a half body with four sleeves; and aligning two of each of the first, second, third and fourth sleeve half bodies obtained from at least one of the first and second processing zones as a pair And joining the inner edges of each pair of sleeved half bodies opposite to the sleeve side of the sleeved half body;
Of a disposable garment comprising The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion adjacent to a sleeve of each half-body with a sleeve is cut to form a collar. An interval between the first straight horizontal joining line and the first horizontal line of the first substantially L-shaped joining line is gradually reduced from the vicinity of the vertical center line toward the first side edge; and 2. The space between the second straight horizontal joint line and the second horizontal line of the second substantially L-shaped joint line is formed to gradually become smaller from the vicinity of the vertical center line toward the second side edge. Manufacturing method. The joining of the inner edge of each pair of half-body with sleeves is made up of portions of the first web, portions of the second web, and portions of the first and second webs. Item 2. The manufacturing method according to Item 1.

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