JP5229454B2 - Clothing press apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pressing apparatus and method for pressing clothing such as pants.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a press device (for example, Patent Document 1) in which clothing such as trousers is sandwiched between an upper iron and a lower iron, and the upper iron and the lower iron are further pressed. It has been proposed to vacuum the clothing through the skin (for example, Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-212194 JP 2002-113299 A

  According to the press device described in Patent Document 2, for example, when pressing trousers, after setting one crotch part on the lower iron, vacuum suction is applied to the lower crotch surface from the lower iron. Can be adhered to. In addition, after pressing the crotch portion between the upper and lower trowels and spraying steam, vacuum suction from at least one of the upper or lower trowel effectively removes the pressed crotch portion. Can be cooled and dried.

  The vacuum suction is useful for stably setting the clothes to be pressed and for effective cooling and drying after pressing / steaming. However, as described in Patent Document 2, vacuum suction is used. If the force is too strong, it causes a so-called hit, and it is required to strictly control the vacuum suction force in each step.

  In particular, when steam pressing is performed after spraying the processing liquid to perform durable crease processing such as Shiroset (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter), a relatively long time (for example, 60 seconds or more) is required. Therefore, there is a problem that the hit is likely to occur.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to eliminate such disadvantages of the prior art, eliminate the need to strictly control the vacuum suction force while making the best use of the advantages of vacuum suction, and An object of the present invention is to provide a garment press apparatus and method having a novel structure that can be suitably used for carrying out a white set process.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides an upper iron, a middle iron, a lower iron, a middle iron drive mechanism for bringing the middle iron into close contact with the lower iron, and an upper iron against the middle iron and the lower iron. In the inner space of the middle iron, the upper iron driving mechanism for bringing the upper iron into close contact, the upper iron heating means for steam heating the upper iron, the middle iron heating means for steam heating the middle iron, the lower iron heating means for steam heating the lower iron, and the inner space of the middle iron Middle steaming jetting means for introducing steam and ejecting it from the small holes on the upper and lower surfaces of the centering iron, and vacuum suction means for sucking vacuum from at least one or both of the upper, middle and lower irons It is characterized in that one of the crotch part of the garment is sandwiched between the lower trowel and the middle trowel and the other crotch part is sandwiched between the middle trowel and the upper trowel and pressed under a predetermined hot pressure condition. A clothing press device is provided.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the upper iron heating means, the middle iron heating means, and the lower iron heating means are all heated by circulating steam in the internal space.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the vacuum suction means includes an upper iron suction means for vacuum suction from a small hole on the lower surface of the upper iron, a middle iron vacuum suction means for vacuum suction from a small hole on the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron, Lower suction vacuum suction means for vacuum suction from a small hole on the upper surface of the iron iron, and selectively activate one or a plurality of these upper suction vacuum suction means, middle iron vacuum suction means, and lower iron vacuum suction means Vacuum suction selection means is provided.

In another embodiment of the present invention , steam is introduced into the inner space of the upper iron, and is ejected to the outside through a small hole on the lower surface of the upper iron, and the steam is introduced into the inner space of the lower iron. And a lower gote steam jetting means for jetting out from a small hole on the upper surface of the lower gote.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the intermediate iron is inserted between the steam circulation path formed in the internal space from the first steam inlet toward the steam outlet and between the steam circulation path from the second steam inlet. Has a plurality of steam discharge passages and a vacuum hose connection port to which a vacuum hose from a vacuum pump is connected. By circulating steam through the steam circulation passage, the function as the medium heating means is realized. The steam discharged from the small hole of the steam discharge path fills the internal space and is discharged to the outside through the small hole on the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron, thereby realizing the function as the medium iron steam ejecting means, and the vacuum hose The vacuum suction means is provided by vacuum suction from a small hole on the top and bottom surfaces of the middle iron with a vacuum pump via the vacuum hose connection port.

  The present invention also provides a garment pressing method performed using a garment press apparatus provided with an upper trowel, an intermediate trowel, and a lower trowel, the garment pressing method comprising: (1) one inseam of the garment The upper crotch part is sandwiched between the lower trowel and the middle trowel and the other crotch part is sandwiched between the middle trowel and the upper trowel and pressed with a predetermined pressing pressure. (2) At least from the upper and lower surfaces of the middle trowel Vapor is spouted toward the crotch part in contact with the lower surface, and (3) vacuum is sucked from at least the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron. It is characterized by sucking.

According to the present invention, in the garment press device provided with the upper trowel and the lower trowel which has been widely used conventionally, the intermediate trowel is further provided, and one of the crotch parts of the garment is sandwiched between the lower trowel and the intermediate trowel and the other While setting the crotch part between the middle and upper trowels and pressing at the specified pressing pressure, at least the middle crotch is sprayed with steam so that both crotch parts are finished uniformly. together, even resulting difficulty no longer called per becomes suitable also particularly perform endurance fold processing such as white sets.

  1 and 2 show a garment press device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. This clothing press apparatus 10 is designed so that it can be suitably used as a trouser press.

  This clothing press apparatus 10 has a main body 11, and a lower iron 13 is fixed to the front upper portion of the main body 11 via an attachment leg 12. The lower iron 13 uses a surface of a metal hollow body made of a steel plate or the like with aluminum plating or an aluminum plate attached so as not to be corroded by a crease processing liquid such as a white set. A mat and a cover 14 are attached to the (upper surface). An auxiliary table 15 is attached to the lower iron 13 and extends outward from one end in the width direction of the lower iron 13 in FIG. 1, but can be folded downward when not required. .

  An upper iron arm 16 is rotatably connected to the rear upper part of the main body 11, and an upper iron 18 is attached to the tip of the upper iron arm via a spring buffer mechanism 17. For the upper iron 18, a surface of a metal hollow body made of a steel plate or the like with aluminum plating or an aluminum plate attached is used so as not to be corroded by a crease processing liquid such as a white set, and the surface thereof A mat and a cover 19 are attached to the (lower surface). After the below-described middle trowel 22 is lowered, the upper trowel arm 16 is rotated from the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 by the arm drive mechanism (not shown) so as to rotate counterclockwise (in FIG. 2) and descend. It moves close to the lower iron 13 from the retracted position shown in FIGS.

  Further, an intermediate iron 22 is attached to the rear of the main body 11 via a piston cylinder mechanism 20 and an intermediate iron arm 21. The intermediate iron 22 is configured as a hollow body made of an aluminum plate so as not to be corroded by a crease processing liquid such as a white set, or both surfaces (upper surface and lower surface) of the hollow body made of steel plate are plated with aluminum. A thing, the thing which affixed the aluminum plate, etc. are used, and also the mat | matte and cover (illustration omitted) are adhere | attached on both surfaces. When the intermediate iron piston cylinder mechanism 20 is extended from the state of FIGS. 1 and 2 by a cylinder drive mechanism (not shown), the intermediate iron arm 21 rotates counterclockwise (in FIG. 2) about the shaft 23 and descends. It moves close to the lower iron 13 from the retracted position shown in FIGS. The middle iron 22 can move independently of the upper iron 18.

  A detailed configuration of the middle iron 22 is shown in FIG. The middle iron 22 has a heating steam pipe 25 and an ejection steam pipe 26 in an internal space surrounded by a frame body 24. The heating steam pipe 25 forms a steam circulation path from the inlet socket 25a toward the outlet socket 25b, and heats and maintains the intermediate iron 22 at a high temperature by allowing the steam to pass through the steam circulation path. The ejection steam pipe 26 has a plurality of (four in the illustrated embodiment) steam discharge passages 26 b that are in communication with the inlet socket 26 a and are formed so as to enter between the steam circulation paths of the heating steam pipe 25. A plurality of small holes (not shown) are provided on both side surfaces of each steam discharge path 26b, and the steam introduced into the inlet socket 26a of the steam pipe 26 for jetting enters each steam discharge path 26b and By spraying from the small hole to the side (vertical direction in FIG. 3) and hitting the heating steam pipe 25, temperature drop is prevented, and steam drain (water droplets) is prevented. Thus, the vapor | steam with which the inside of the inside iron 22 was filled is injected outside from many small holes 27 provided in the front and back of the inside iron.

  Further, a vacuum hose (not shown) from a vacuum pump (not shown) is connected to the vacuum hose connection port 28 to depressurize the inner space of the middle iron 22 and vacuum is sucked from the small holes 27 on the front and rear surfaces of the middle iron. Can be done.

  The lower iron 13 and the upper iron 18 have substantially the same detailed configuration as the middle iron 22, and it is possible to heat the steam by circulating it in the internal space, and to blow it out from the steam discharge path, and A plurality of small holes for vacuum suction are provided on the upper surface of the lower iron 13 and on the lower surface of the upper iron 18, respectively. A steam supply source (not shown) and a vacuum pump are shared by the lower iron 13 / upper iron 18 / medium iron 22.

  An operation panel unit 29 is provided on the front surface of the main body 11. The operation panel 29 has a power switch for enabling the clothing press device 10 to operate, a relay timer for opening and closing the upper iron 18, a relay timer for opening and closing the middle iron 22, and vacuum from the upper iron 18. Relay timer for sucking in, relay timer for sucking in vacuum from the middle iron 22, relay timer for sucking in vacuum from the lower iron 13, relay timer for supplying steam to the upper iron 18 for heating and jetting, medium A relay timer for supplying steam to the iron 22 and heating and ejecting it, a relay timer for supplying steam to the lower iron 13 and heating and ejecting, etc. are provided.

  The clothing press apparatus 10 has two processing conditions programmed in advance so that it can be automatically operated by a press operation for white set processing and a press operation for normal cleaning, in order to select one of them. The switch is also provided on the operation panel unit 29. These processing conditions are programmed as follows, for example.

Press conditions for Shiroset processing:
(1) The upper iron 18 and the middle iron 22 are closed and pressed against the lower iron 13 (pressing pressure 0.2 MPa)
(2) Steaming (steam ejection) 30 seconds (steam pressure 0.5 MPa)
(3) Baking 30 seconds (4) Vacuum suction 5 seconds (5) Opening the upper iron 18 (6) Vacuum suction 5 seconds (only the middle iron 22)

Press conditions for normal cleaning:
(1) The upper iron 18 and the middle iron 22 are closed and pressed against the lower iron 13 (pressing pressure 0.4 MPa).
(2) Steaming (steam ejection) 3 seconds (steam pressure 0.5 MPa)
(3) Baking 0 seconds (4) Vacuum suction 3 seconds (5) Open the upper iron 18 (6) Vacuum suction 3 seconds (medium only)

  Next, operations and operations when pressing the trousers using the press device 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  After supplying steam to the lower iron 13 / upper iron 18 / medium iron 22 and confirming that they have reached a predetermined temperature (for example, about 150 ° C.), the power switch is turned on to start the press device 10. At this time, if the upper iron 18 and the middle iron 22 are in close contact with the lower iron 13, the upper iron 18 and the middle iron 22 are retracted upward to open (FIGS. 1 and 2). Keep it.

  Select whether to perform press for white set processing or normal press for cleaning.

  One of the trousers a to be pressed is placed on the lower iron 13 with the inside facing up, and the vacuum suction switch of the lower iron 13 is pressed to set the crotch a so as not to cause wrinkles while suctioning the vacuum. At this time, the waist portion c of the pants is placed on the auxiliary table 15.

  Next, an operation switch for closing the middle iron 22 is pressed to lower the intermediate iron 22 and put it on the crotch part a of the trousers set on the lower iron 13. As a result, the crotch part a is sandwiched between the lower iron 13 and the middle iron 22.

  Next, after placing the other crotch b of the trousers on the middle trowel 22 with the inside facing down, the operation switch for closing the upper trowel 18 is pressed to lower the upper trowel 18. As a result, the crotch part b is sandwiched between the middle iron 22 and the upper iron 18.

  When it is detected by the micro switch (not shown) that the upper iron 18 has been lowered, automatically from the point of time according to the programming of the selected press conditions (press conditions for white set processing or press conditions for normal cleaning) The operations (2) to (4) are sequentially performed, and when the operation is completed, the press is automatically released and the upper iron 18 rises (5), and vacuum suction is performed on both sides of the middle iron 22 for a predetermined time. (6) The crotch a and b of the pants are cooled and dried. This completes automatic operation. Then, after retreating the crotch part b above the intermediate iron 22, the relay timer for opening the intermediate iron 22 is operated to raise the intermediate iron. This completes the press process.

  In this pressing device 10, steam can be ejected from one or two or all of the irons of the lower iron 13 / upper iron 18 / medium iron 22 and the desired one or two or Designed to allow vacuum suction from all irons. Therefore, the set for performing the steam ejection and vacuum suction was changed, and the white set processing was performed under the above conditions (1) to (6), and the crease formation effects in each case were compared and evaluated. The results are shown in the table of FIG.

  Test No. 1 is a case where steam ejection and vacuum suction are performed only with the middle iron 22, and Test No. 2 is a case where steam is ejected from the lower iron 13 and the upper iron 18 and vacuum suction is performed only from the middle iron 22. Reference numeral 3 denotes a case where steam is ejected from all the irons 13, 18, 22 and vacuum suction is performed only from the middle iron 22. In these tests, two kinds of fabrics, TROPICAL, which is a thin fabric in summer, and SERGE, which is a thick fabric in winter, are sandwiched between the lower iron 13 and the middle iron 22 with a predetermined press pressure, respectively. The other sheet was sandwiched between the intermediate iron 22 and the upper iron 18 with a predetermined pressing pressure, and the pressing effect was evaluated. Evaluation is based on the open angle method of the crease durability test method provided by the National Siroset Processing Cooperative Association, loosening 4cm long yarn from the creased part of each fabric after the siroset processing, This was carried out by immersing in 100 cc water containing 0.1% nonionic penetrant in a petri dish having a diameter of 10 cm and measuring the opening angle of the yarn after 2 minutes with a protractor. The smaller the numerical value of the opening angle, the better the crease processing is formed. In addition, the folds on the fabric were visually evaluated with a rating of 1 to 5 (5 is the best and 1 and 2 are ineligible).

  Test No. 4 and Test No. 5 were both conducted for SERGE. In test No. 4, vapor was ejected from only the middle iron 22 and vacuum was sucked from all the irons 13, 18, and 22 (however, vacuum was sucked from the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron 22 for 10 seconds and from the lower iron 13 and the upper iron 18 for 5 seconds) In Test No. 5, vapor was jetted from only the middle iron 22 and vacuum was sucked from the lower iron 13 and the upper iron 18. Evaluation was performed in the same manner as described above.

  Test Nos. 6 to 8 are cases in which two types of fabrics, TROPICAL and SERGE that are not creased in advance, are tested under the same conditions as in Test Nos. 1 to 3. Evaluation was performed in the same manner as described above.

As shown in the table of FIG. 5, among the test numbers 1 to 3 , test number 1 showed the best result, and then test number 3 showed the good result. From these results, it has been found that it is preferable to perform steam ejection at least on the intermediate iron 22 in order to effectively perform the white set processing. Further, when vacuum suction was performed from both sides of the middle iron 22 (test numbers 1 to 4, 6 to 8), so-called hits were hardly seen.

1 is a front view of a clothing press device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of this clothing press apparatus. It is a top view which shows the detailed structure of the inside iron in this clothing press apparatus. It is sectional drawing which shows typically a state when pants are pressed with this clothing press apparatus. It is the table | surface which compared and evaluated the press effect at the time of performing a white set processing press by changing steam supply and vacuum suction conditions.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Clothing press apparatus 11 Main body 12 Mounting leg 13 Lower iron 14 Mat and cover 15 Auxiliary table 16 Upper iron arm 17 Spring buffer mechanism 18 Upper iron 19 Mat and cover 20 Piston cylinder mechanism 21 Middle iron arm 22 Middle iron 23 Shaft 24 Frame 25 Heating Steam pipe 26 for ejection Steam pipe 27 Small hole 28 Vacuum hose connection port 29 Operation panel part a Pants crotch part b set between lower and middle irons Between middle and upper irons Pants crotch c set between sandwiches Pants waist

Claims (6)

The upper iron, the middle iron, the lower iron, the middle iron drive mechanism that brings the middle iron into intimate contact with the lower iron, the upper iron drive mechanism that brings the upper iron into close contact with the middle iron and the lower iron, and the upper iron Upper heating means for heating steam, middle heating means for heating the middle iron, lower heating means for heating the lower iron, and steam introduced into the inner space of the middle iron to reduce the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron A middle iron steam ejecting means for ejecting the outside from the hole, and a vacuum suction means for sucking the vacuum from at least one or both of the upper iron, the middle iron, and the lower iron. A garment pressing device characterized in that it is sandwiched between a middle trowel and a middle trowel, and the other crotch is sandwiched between the middle trowel and the upper trowel and pressed under a predetermined hot pressure condition. The clothing press apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper iron heating means, the middle iron heating means and the lower iron heating means circulates and heats steam in the internal space . The vacuum suction means is vacuum suction from upper small vacuum suction means for vacuum suction from a small hole on the lower surface of the upper iron, medium iron vacuum suction means for vacuum suction from a small hole on the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron, and vacuum suction from a small hole on the upper surface of the lower iron. A lower suction suction means, and a vacuum suction selection means for selectively actuating one or more of the upper and lower suction suction means, the lower suction suction means, and the lower suction vacuum suction means. The clothing press apparatus according to claim 1. Furthermore, an upper gote steam ejecting means for introducing steam into the inner space of the upper iron and ejecting it from the small hole on the lower surface of the upper iron, and an outer surface from the small hole on the upper surface of the lower iron by introducing the steam into the inner space of the lower iron The clothing press apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising lower iron steam jetting means for jetting . The middle iron has a steam circulation path formed in the internal space from the first steam inlet toward the steam outlet, and a plurality of steam discharge paths arranged to enter between the steam circulation paths from the second steam inlet. And a vacuum hose connection port to which a vacuum hose from a vacuum pump is connected, and the function as the medium heating means is realized by circulating the steam in the steam circulation path, from the small hole of the steam discharge path The discharged steam fills the internal space and is discharged to the outside through the small holes on the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron, thereby realizing the function as the middle iron steam jetting means, and the vacuum via the vacuum hose and the vacuum hose connection port The clothing press apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the vacuum suction means is provided by a vacuum from a small hole on the upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron, so that the function as the middle vacuum suction means is realized . A clothing pressing method using a clothing press device provided with an upper iron, a middle iron and a lower iron, wherein (1) one of the crotch parts of the garment is sandwiched between the lower iron and the middle iron and the other crotch part is Set in a state sandwiched between the middle and upper trowels and pressed at a predetermined pressing pressure, and (2) jetting steam from at least the upper and lower surfaces of the middle trowel toward the crotch in contact with the upper and lower surfaces, 3) A clothing press method characterized by vacuum suction from at least both upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron, and (4) vacuum suction from both upper and lower surfaces of the middle iron after opening the upper iron and releasing the press pressure.

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