JPH02193699A - Shirt finisher - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To finish a shirt under a state in which a front yoke part is sufficiently expanded, to eliminate remaining wrinkles, and to obtain satisfactory finishing by equipping the subject shirt finisher with a front yoke tension mechanism to tense the front yoke part of the shirt to cover a cover pad. CONSTITUTION:When an actuating button for a finishing cycle is pressed, an air cylinder 15 of a pad presser 13 is actuated, and the pad presser 13 contacts with a front yoke part (a) of the shirt by pressing and presses the part (a) against a cover pad 1. At the same time, compressed air is supplied only to the bottom part of a driving cylinder 26, a rotary arm 25 rotates upward, and a clip 29 pulls up the upper edge of the front yoke part (a) of the shirt A. Thus, the front yoke part (a) is tensed between the pad presser 13 and a clip device 28. When the suction of steam completes, next, hot air is supplied from a pedestal 2 to the interval between the dress form 1 and a tension plate 4, caused to blow off to the whole of the shirt, and passed through the cloth of the shirt, and the hot air dries and finishes the shirt. When the blowing off of the hot air completes, an air aspirator 21 is actuated again, and remaining hot air is sucked from the front yoke part (a) to contact with the pad presser 133 by pressing. Therefore, the front yoke part (a) is to be cooled and finished, a wrinkle regeneration phenomenon after the shirt is dried can be prevented, and the shirt can be satisfactorily finished.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field].

This invention relates to a shirt finishing machine that finishes shirts using steam and hot air.

[Conventional technology]

A finishing machine that uses steam and hot air is known as a device for finishing washed shirts.

This type of finishing machine has a placket shaped like the human body, and has a structure in which steam and hot air supply ports are provided in the placket, and steam and hot air are blown out from inside the placket. Finishing work using this finishing machine involves placing the shirt over the placket to maintain its shape, then blowing steam from the placket to create an uneven finish on the shirt, and then blowing hot air from the placket to shape the shirt. Dry finish.

When the finishing cycle is completed, the shirt is removed from the placket, a hanger is inserted through the cuff of the shirt, and the hook portion of the hanger is suspended from a guide bar for carrying out, and the shirt is carried out.

This hanger may be attached to the shirt before the finishing operation. In this case, a method is generally used in which the hook portion of the hanger is hooked onto a portion of the collar of the shirt to prevent the hanger from falling during the finishing cycle.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, many of the recent cacheal shirts and dress shirts have a placket part a formed by sewing a vertically long piece of cloth to the front opening, as shown in FIG.

However, if this placket part a is sewn tightly, wrinkles will appear along the seam when the shirt is washed (
Seam puckering (seam puckering phenomenon) may occur if you place the shirt over the placket and finish the shirt with wrinkles still formed.
The wrinkles will not be smoothed out and will instead be pressed against the placket, resulting in the finished product with the wrinkles remaining.

In such a case, after finishing the shirt, it is necessary to finish the shirt again with a hand iron and make corrections, which has the drawback of requiring extra effort.

In addition, the underarm part of a shirt is expanded and tightened by the steam and hot air blown from the placket, but due to the expansion caused by steam and hot air, the underarm seam part of the shirt is finished as shown in Part 8. There are many cases where we are not stressed enough,
There was a drawback that the seams could be finished with wrinkles remaining.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and its first purpose is to provide a finishing machine that eliminates wrinkles on the placket of a shirt and eliminates the need for correction work using a hand iron after finishing. It is about providing.

Furthermore, in conventional finishing machines, removing the finished shirt from the placket is done entirely by hand, making the task of transporting the shirt time-consuming. Therefore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a structure that allows the shirt to be automatically removed from the placket.

A third object is to provide a structure that allows the underarm portion of a shirt to be finished stably without wrinkles.

[Means to achieve the purpose]

In order to achieve the above first object, the present invention includes a placket tensioning mechanism that tensions the placket of a shirt placed over the placket.

The placket tensioning mechanism described above can be comprised of a clip device that grips the upper end of the placket, a drive means that moves the clip device upward, and a pad presser that presses the placket to the placket.

In addition, in order to achieve the second objective, in the above structure, the drive means is composed of a swing arm that rotates in the vertical direction and a drive cylinder of the swing arm, so that when the swing arm is lowered, the tip thereof is forward. A structure was adopted in which a guide rod reaching the upper end of the shirt was attached, and a locking portion was provided at the tip of the guide rod to lock the hook portion of the hanger attached to the shirt.

Furthermore, in order to achieve the third object, this invention attaches tension plates that can approach and leave the placket on both sides corresponding to both sides of the shirt with a placket. A structure is adopted in which driving means for moving them is provided.

[Effect]

In the first structure, the placket of the shirt placed over the placket is tensioned by a tensioning mechanism, and steam and hot air are blown out from the placket while wrinkles are stretched out to finish the shirt.

In the second structure, the upper end of the placket is gripped by a clip device, and the locking portion at the tip of the guide rod is engaged with the hook portion of a hanger attached to the shirt. In the finishing operation, the driver is activated to rotate the pivot arm upward, thereby tensioning the shirt placket between the clip device and the pad presser.

On the other hand, when the finishing cycle is completed, the support of the clip device and pad holder is removed, and the swing arm is rotated upward by the drive of the drive machine. This movement of the pivot arm pulls the shirt upwards together with the hanger and automatically removes it from the placket.

In the third structure, with the shirt set on the placket, the tension plate is expanded to forcibly stretch the underarm portion of the shirt to smooth out wrinkles. In this state, the shirt is finished by blowing out steam and hot air from the placket.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the overall structure of a shirt finishing machine according to an embodiment, in which a placket 1 is mounted on a base 2 provided with a control panel and the like.

This placket 1 includes a placket main body 3, a pair of tension plates 4.4 arranged on both sides of the placket main body 3, and a tension Fi4.4 of the placket main body 3.
The shoulder rest plate 5.5 is connected to the shoulder rest plate 5.5, and is formed as a whole to follow the shape of the upper body of the human body.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the tension plate 4.4 has an arcuate cross section to match the shape of the underarm of the shirt, and is connected to the fly body 3 via the warm cloth 6. . A guide plate 8 that engages with a guide rail 7 provided on the upper surface of the base 2 is attached to the lower end of the tension plate 4.4, and an air cylinder 9 is connected to the tip of the guide plate 8. Due to the operation, the tension plate 4.4 moves along the guide rail 7, approaching and away from the front main body 3.

One end of the shoulder rest plate 5.5 is connected to the upper end of the tension plate 4.4 via a leaf spring 10.10, and the other end is in sliding contact with the upper part of the front body 3, so that the tension plate 4.4 can be moved. Then, it expands and contracts with respect to the front body 3 in accordance with the movement.

The lower part of the placket 1 has a structure that prevents air leakage by blocking the gap between the placket main body 3 and the tension plates 4.4 with a warm cloth 6, and steam is supplied to each tension plate 4.4. A pipe 11 and a steam drain pipe 12 are connected.

Each of the supply pipes 11 is connected to a steam supply source built into the base 2 (as shown).

A pad presser 13 that swings back and forth is provided on the front side of the placket 1. This pad presser 13 is fixed to the base 2 so as to be able to swing back and forth. A tSS movable bar 14 is fixed to the base 2 so as to be able to swing back and forth. It approaches and leaves the front, and comes into contact with the placket part a of the shirt A that is placed over the placket 1, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

The pad holder 13 has a length that covers almost the entire length of the placket part a, and as shown in FIGS. Attach the material 17 and cover its surface with a cloth cover 18.
It is formed by covering it with Further, an air suction pipe is connected to the back surface of the pad holder 13, and an air suction passage 20 communicating with the suction pipe 19 is formed inside the suction body 16.

The suction pipe 19 is a flexible pipe so as to be able to cope with the swinging of the pad presser 13, and its end is connected to an intake pipe 22 connected to an air suction device 21.

In the pad presser 13 having the above structure, the air suction device 21
When activated, the air inside the suction pipe 19 and the air suction passage 20 is suctioned to create a negative pressure, and a suction action is generated on the surface of the pad material 17.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1, 6, and 7,
A swing arm 25 is attached via a pin 24 to the upper end of a support post 23 erected at the rear of the support post 23 so as to be able to rotate in the vertical direction.
A drive cylinder 26 for rotating the shaft 5 is attached.

A double axis type air cylinder is used as the drive cylinder 26.

A clip device 28 is attached to the tip of the swing arm 25 via a support rod 27. This clip device 28
consists of a clip 29 and an air cylinder 30 that opens and closes the clip 29. As shown in FIG. It is located at the upper end of the placket part a of the shirt A that is placed on the shirt A.

Furthermore, a hanger guide rod 32 is attached to the lower side of the swing arm 25 via an angle bracket 31. The free end of this guide rod 32 is connected to the pivot arm 2
When the hanger 5 is in the lowered position, it engages with the hook portion 33a of the hanger 33 attached to the shirt, and a locking portion 34 is provided at the end thereof to prevent the hook portion 33a from being pulled out. There is.

Further, an extension rail 35 is attached to the support column 23 in the vicinity of the guide rod 32, and when the swing arm 25 rotates upward, the guide rod 32 and the extension rail 35
are continuous.

This embodiment has the structure described above, and its function will now be explained.

Before starting work, the swing arm 25 is set in an upward position so that the clip device f28 does not interfere with the attachment of the shirt to the placket 1.

As shown in Figure 3, the set of placket 1 on the shirt is as follows:
With the hanger 33 attached to the shirt in advance, the shirt is placed over the top of the placket 1, the front openings of the shirts are overlapped, and both sleeves of the shirt are provided on both sides of the base 2 using drawers 36.3.
6 and install it.

When the shirt is set on the placket 1, the drive cylinder 26
is actuated to lower the swing arm 25, where it is held in balance so that the operator can manually move the clip device 28 to a desired position. This balancing can be achieved by sending compressed air to both sides of the piston of the drive cylinder 26.

In this state, the air cylinder 30 of the clipping device 28 is operated to grip the upper end of the front part a of the shirt with the clip 29, and the hook portion 33a of the hanger 33 is engaged with the tip of the guide rod 32.

The steam/hot air finishing cycle is then started. That is, when the finish cycle activation button is pressed, the air cylinder 15 of the pad holder 13 is activated, and the pad holder 13 is activated.
comes into contact with the placket a of the shirt and presses it against the placket 1.

At the same time, compressed air is supplied only to the bottom of the drive cylinder 26, causing the swing arm 25 to pivot upward, causing the clip 29 to rotate upward.
pulls up the upper end of placket a of shirt A. Thereby, the placket part a is tensioned between the pad presser 13 and the clip device 28. The pressure of this drive cylinder 26 is adjusted so as to obtain a tension that will sufficiently stretch out the wrinkles in the placket part a.

The tension caused by this clip device 28 and pad presser 13 is
It acts on the placket a of the shirt throughout the finishing cycle to eliminate the puckering phenomenon.

When the placket part a is tensioned, the air cylinder 9.9 in the base 2 is operated, and the tension plate 4.4 is moved along the upper surface of the base 2 and expanded to the left and right. At this time, the shoulder rest plate 5.
5 also expands left and right. As a result, as shown in Figure 3 (
The armpits of the shirt are tightened and wrinkles are stretched out. This tension is continued during the finishing cycle to remove the puckering phenomenon in the underarm area.

When the shirt is properly shaped as described above, steam is supplied from the steam supply pipe 11 to the placket 1, and the steam is supplied to the placket body 3, the expanded tension plate 4.4, and the shoulder plate 5.5. It blows out from the gap onto the shirt, making it look uneven.

When finishing with this steam is completed, the air suction device 21 is activated to suction the inside of the air suction passage 20 of the pad holder 13 and suction the steam from the front part a in contact with the pad holder 13.

Through this suction, residual steam is removed and excess water is removed from the placket part a where the fabrics overlap.

This steam suction may be performed simultaneously with steam blow-off.

When the steam suction is completed, hot air is then supplied from the base 2 between the placket 1 and the tension plate 4, blows out over the entire shirt, penetrates the fabric of the shirt, and finishes drying the shirt.

When this hot air blowing is finished, the air suction device 21 is operated again, and the remaining hot air is sucked from the placket part a that is in contact with the pad presser 13.

Therefore, the placket part a is cooled and finished, and the phenomenon of shrinkage after drying is prevented and a good finish is achieved.

When the finishing cycle is completed, the air cylinder 15 of the band presser 13 is operated to separate the pad presser 13 from the fly part a, and the air cylinder 30 of the clip device 28 is operated to release the clip 29.

At the same time, under the action of the still active drive cylinder 26, the pivoting arm 25 is pivoted upwards, as shown in broken lines in FIG. and is automatically removed from the inclined stand 1.

As the tilt angle of the swing arm 25 increases, the shirt A slides down on the guide rod 32 and then slides down onto the extension rail 3.
5 and is moved, for example, to the -time storage area.

On the other hand, the next shirt is set in the diagonal position 1 while the rotating arm 25 returns to the lowered position, and the above-described operation is repeated again.

In the above embodiment, the pad presser 13 is made long enough to cover almost the entire length of the placket part a to remove residual steam and hot air, so there is an advantage that the entire placket part a can be finished uniformly.

In the above embodiment, a combination of a clip device 2 and a pad presser 13 is used as the tensioning mechanism for the placket portion a, but the upper and lower ends of the placket portion a may be gripped by the clip device.

(Effects of the Invention) With the configuration described above, the present invention has the following effects.

(i) Equipped with a tensioning mechanism for the shirt placket,
By finishing the placket in a sufficiently stretched state, wrinkles can be eliminated and a good finish can be obtained. Therefore, there is no need for manual ironing after the finishing cycle, which has the effect of improving workability.

(ii) By attaching the tensioning mechanism to the swivel arm and providing the swivel arm with a guide rod that engages with the hook portion of the hanger, the finished shirt can be automatically removed from the slanted position by the operation of the swivel arm. can. Therefore, the operator only needs to set the next shirt without removing the skewed shirt, which has the advantage of improving the productivity of the shirt finishing machine.

(iii) By providing the tension plate for the underarm part of the shirt, the underarm part can be forcibly tensioned, and the entire shirt can be finished in a beautiful wrinkle-free condition.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the working state of the same, and the fourth area is an enlarged view of the main parts of the same. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 1-1 in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a side view showing the operation of the embodiment, FIG. 7 is a view showing the main parts of FIG. 6, and FIG. 8
The figure shows the shape of the shirt. 1... Inclined standing, 2... Base,
4... Tension plate, 13... Pad presser, 14... Rocking lever 19...
... Suction pipe, 20 ... Air suction passage, 23 ... Support column, 26 ... Drive cylinder, 29 ... Clip, 32 ... ...Guide rod, 33a...Hook portion, A...Shirt, 21...Air suction device, 25...Swivel arm, 28... ...Clip device, 30...Air cylinder, 33...Hanger, 34...Locking part, a...Front part.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In a shirt finishing machine that finishes the shirt by placing the shirt on the placket and blowing out steam and hot air from the placket,
A shirt finishing machine characterized by being equipped with a placket tensioning mechanism for tensioning the placket of a shirt placed over the placket. (2) A claim characterized in that the placket tensioning mechanism comprises a clip device that grips the upper end of the placket, a drive means that moves the clip device upward, and a pad presser that presses the placket to the placket. The shirt finishing machine according to item 1. (3) The drive means consists of a swing arm that rotates in the vertical direction and a drive cylinder for the swing arm, and a guide rod is attached to the swing arm, the tip of which reaches the upper end of the fly when the swing arm is lowered, and this guide rod 2. The shirt finishing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a locking portion for locking a hook portion of a hanger attached to the shirt at the tip of the shirt finishing machine. (4) A tension plate that can approach and separate from the placket is attached to both sides corresponding to both sides of the shirt with a placket, and a driving means for moving the tension plate is provided. A shirt finishing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.