JPH026959Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a device for pressing sleeves of a shirt.

(Prior Art) As is well known, the sleeves of long-sleeved shirts often have a tuck section between the cuff section at the tip and the upper arm section.

When smoothing out wrinkles on this type of sleeve, it is necessary to press the tuck area flat to create a clear and beautiful tuck line, while for the upper arm area, the cross section must be pressed in a smooth curve. Three-dimensional shaping is required.

In order to meet the above two demands, a shirt press device has been developed that can perform both upper arm shaping and tuck pressing.

To be more specific, the shirt press device includes a pair of arm trowels that are upright and supported on a support stand and are expandable and retractable, a pair of fixed trowels that are arranged on the left and right above the arm trowels and supported by the support stand, and a pair of fixed trowels that are supported by the support stand. It has a movable trowel supported by a stand and movable to move toward and away from each fixed trowel.

Then, each arm trowel is inserted into each upper arm part of the sleeve of the shirt, and by expanding the arm trowels, the upper arm part is shaped, and each tack part is set on each fixed trowel, and is movable with the fixed trowel. It is now pressed by being inserted into a trowel.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional shirt press device, each arm trowel and fixed trowel are separated,
The wrinkles between the tuck part and the upper arm part (hereinafter referred to as the non-pressed part) remain without being smoothed out. For this reason, conventionally, after removing the shirt from the shirt press, the non-pressed portions had to be manually ironed or wrinkles removed using another press, which was very complicated.

(Means for solving the problem) This invention was made to solve the above problem, and its gist is (a) a support stand; (b) a device that is supported upright on the support stand; A pair of expandable and retractable arm trowels inserted into the upper arm part of the sleeve of the shirt, and (d) a press surface for the tuck part of the shirt, arranged on the left and right above the arm trowels and fixed to the support base. a pair of fixed trowels, (e) a movable trowel having a press surface, supported by the support base and movable toward and away from the press surface of each fixed trowel, and (f) a pedestal for the cuff part of the shirt and A shirt press device comprising: a cuff gripping tool having a pressing member that can move toward and away from a base; and (g) a moving mechanism that moves the cuff gripping tool toward and away from a fixed iron. It is in.

(Operation) First, the upper arm of the shirt sleeve is smoothed out by expanding the arm trowel, and the tuck part is pressed by being pinched between a fixed trowel and a movable trowel.

Thereafter, the movable trowel is once separated from the fixed trowel, the cuff gripper is separated from the fixed trowel by the moving mechanism, and the sleeve of the shirt is pulled. As a result, the non-press portion of the sleeve, which was located between the fixed trowel and the arm trowel, is arranged along the fixed trowel.

Next, the movable trowel approaches the fixed trowel again, and the non-press portion is pressed between the fixed trowel and the movable trowel.

Through the above series of operations, the upper arm portion of the sleeve is shaped as desired and the tuck portion is pressed flat. Moreover, wrinkles can be smoothed out without leaving any non-pressed areas.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of this invention will be described based on the drawings from FIG. 1 to FIG. 5.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a shirt press device, and the shirt press device 1 has a support stand 10.
have.

The support stand 10 has a base 11 and column parts 12, 12 that stand upright and face each other on both sides of the base 11.

A pair of left and right arm trowels 30, 30 protrude from the lower portion 11a of the base 11 and are supported by the base 11. These arm trowels 30 can be freely tilted from an upright state to a forward tilted state or in the opposite direction by stepping on a pedal switch 20. Each arm trowel 30 has a reference arm 31 and an auxiliary arm 32 supported by the reference arm 31, as shown in FIG.
It is possible to approach and leave freely. The cross-sectional profile of the arm trowel 30 constituted by the reference arm 31 and the auxiliary arm 32 has a flat, substantially elliptical shape. Further, a saucer 35 is fixed to the reference arms 31, 31.

Further, a fixed iron 40 having a pedestal 41 is fixed to the inside of the bracket 12a provided at the upper part of each column 12. Each of the above pedestals 41
are slanted and placed opposite each other in an inverted V-shape. The lower end 41a of each pedestal 41 is located above and away from each arm trowel 30 in an upright state. The pressing surface 41 where the opposing surface of each pedestal 41 is flat
It's becoming c.

Further, a slide base 51 is fixed to the outside of each bracket 12a, and a slide rail 52 is slidably attached to the slide base 51 via a bearing (not shown).

A cuff gripper 60 is attached to the upper end of the slide rail 52. Cuff gripper 60
has a base 61 fixed to the slide rail 52, the base 61 is bent in a dogleg shape, and the tip thereof becomes a pedestal 61a. Also, base 61
A stand 62 is fixed to the stand 62, and a shaft 63 is rotatably supported on the stand 62. A pressing member 64 is attached to the tip of the shaft 63, facing the pedestal 61a.
Further, the shaft 63 is biased by a spring (not shown) so that the holding member 64 is separated from the base 61a, and a movable rod (not shown) of an air-operated valve 65 attached to the stand 62. The holding member 64 is made to be able to approach the base 61a.

A pneumatic actuator 53 is arranged parallel to the slide rail 52. The lower end of the cylinder 53a of the actuator 53 is supported by the column 12, and the upper end of the movable rod 53b of the actuator 53 is connected to the cuff gripper. It is supported by a base 61 of 60. When the total length of the actuator 53 is shortest, the pedestal 61a of the cuff gripper 60 is connected to the pedestal 41 of the fixed iron 40.
It is adapted to abut on the upper end 41b of.

In this embodiment, the slide base 51, slide rail 52, actuator 5
3 constitutes a moving mechanism 50.

On the other hand, a movable iron 70 is arranged on the back portion 11b of the base 11. The movable iron 70 has an arm portion 71 supported by the back portion 11b so as to be rotatable forward,
This arm portion 71 has pressing surfaces 72a and 72 on the left and right sides.
It has a trowel portion 72 in which a is formed. The trowel portion 72 of the movable trowel 70 is located between the fixed trowels 40 and 40 in the final posture when tilted forward, and each press surface 72a is the same as the press surface 41 of the fixed trowel 40.
The surface is brought into uniform contact with c.

In addition, each actuation of the above-mentioned actuators 33 and 53 and the air-operated valve 65, and the arm portion 7 of the movable iron 70
1 is automatically controlled by a control unit 80 installed on the base 11.

A case in which, for example, the sleeve 140 of the long-sleeved shirt 100 shown in FIG. 5 is pressed using the shirt press apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration will be described below.

The shirt 100 has a collar 110, a front body 120, a back body 130, and two sleeves 140.
The sleeve 140 includes an upper arm portion 141 connected to the front body 120 and the back body 130, and a cuff portion 142 of the cuff.
A tuck part 143 in which a plurality of tucks 143a extending from the cuff part 142 to the upper arm part 141 are formed.
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Before the start of operation, the arm trowels 30, 30 of the shirt press apparatus 1 are tilted forward toward the front in the drawing, and each auxiliary arm 32 is close to the reference arm 31. Furthermore, the base 61a of the cuff gripper 60 is in contact with the upper end 41b of the pedestal 41 of the fixed iron 40, and the pressing member 64 is separated from the base 61a as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Further, the movable iron 70 stands upright with respect to the back portion 11b of the base 11.

Putting the upper arm part 141 of each sleeve 140 of the shirt 100 on each arm trowel 30 of the above-mentioned shirt press device 1,
Each arm trowel 30, 30 is inserted into the upper arm portion 141, and the front body 120, back body 130, etc. are placed on the saucer 35. Then, by stepping on the pedal switch 20, the arm trowels 30, 30 are tilted backward to stand up.

Next, each cuff part 142 of the shirt 100 is placed on the pedestal 61a of the left and right cuff gripper 60, and the air-operated valve 65 is actuated by a first switch (not shown), as shown by the solid line in FIG. , the cuff portion 142 is held between the base 61a and the pressing member 64. Furthermore, the tack portion 143
Arrange each tack 143a and place the fixed trowel 40 on the cradle 4.
1, and set it on the arm trowel 30 while pulling the upper arm part 141 downward to adjust its shape.

Next, a second switch (not shown) moves to the first pressing step. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the movable iron 70 is tilted forward and the iron part 72 is moved between the pedestals 41, 41 of both fixed irons 40, 40, and the auxiliary arm of each arm iron 30 is moved. 32 is separated from the reference arm 31 by the actuator 33, and the arm trowel 30 is expanded.

As a result, the upper arm portion 141 of the shirt 100 is smoothed out by the spread of the arm trowel 30 inserted therein, and shaped to follow the curved outline of the arm trowel 30. On the other hand, the tack portion 143 is pressed flat by being sandwiched between the press surface 41c of the fixed trowel 40 and the press surface 72a of the movable trowel 70, and the tack portion 143a has a clear and beautiful line.
is formed.

The above-mentioned first pressing step is continued for a predetermined time by a timer, and when the timer expires, the movable iron 70 rotates backward, and the auxiliary arm 32 of each arm iron 30 moves toward the actuator 3.
Closed by 3.

When the movable iron 70 is slightly separated from the fixed iron 40, the actuator 53 is actuated to extend the movable rod 53b upward and stop at a predetermined position.
As a result, the cuff gripper 60 rises while gripping the cuff portion 142 of the shirt 100, and pulls up the sleeve 140. Therefore, the non-pressing part (indicated by the symbol A in FIG. 2) of the sleeve 140 that was located between the fixed trowel 40 and the arm trowel 30 in the first pressing process is moved to the pedestal 41 of the fixed trowel 40. and movable trowel 7
0 between the press surfaces 72a.

After this, only the movable iron 70 tilts forward again,
A second pressing process is started. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the non-press portion A is sandwiched between the press surface 41c of the fixed iron 40 and the press surface 72a of the movable iron 70 and pressed flat. This second pressing step continues for a predetermined time using another timer.

In this way, the sleeve 140 of the shirt 100 undergoes the first pressing process and the second pressing process, so that all the wrinkles in the upper arm part 141, cuff part 142, and tuck part 143 are smoothed out, and the sleeves 140 are shaped as desired. Ru.

Due to the time-up of the above-mentioned timer, the movable trowel 7
0 rotates backwards and stands up. And the first
Using the switch, the pressing member 64 of the cuff gripper 60 is separated from the base 61a, and the cuff portion 142 of the sleeve 140 is removed.

This invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various embodiments are possible.

For example, the drive mechanism may be an electric actuator, or may include a motor and a rack and pinion, or a motor and a belt and pulley.

Further, the arm trowel may be composed of a support arm and an air bag covering the outside of the support arm. In this case, the air bag is deflated before proceeding to the first pressing step, and is expanded by supplying high-temperature pressurized air from the support arm during the first pressing step. The expansion of this air bag smoothes out wrinkles in the upper arm of the shirt.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the fixed trowel may be arranged horizontally, and in that case, the cuff gripper moves horizontally.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, according to this invention, the upper arm part of the sleeve of the shirt is shaped as desired, and the tuck part is pressed so that the tuck line is beautiful and flat. Moreover, by using one shirt press device, it is possible to shape the upper arm and the tuck without leaving any unpressed parts on the sleeves of the shirt.

Therefore, it becomes possible to easily smooth out wrinkles on the sleeves of a shirt within a short period of time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings from Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 show one embodiment of this invention, Fig. 1 is a front view of the shirt press equipment, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are the first press process and the second press, respectively. Same front view in process, 4th
The figure is a side view of the arm trowel, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the shirt. 1... Shirt press device, 10... Support stand, 3
0... Arm trowel, 40... Fixed trowel, 41c... Press surface, 50... Moving mechanism, 60... Cuff gripper, 61a... Pedestal, 64... Holding member, 70
...Movable trowel, 100...Shirt, 140...Sleeves,
141... Upper arm, 142... Cuff, 143
...Tatsuku club.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (a) A support stand; (b) A pair of expandable and retractable arm trowels that are supported upright on the support stand and inserted into the upper arms of the shirt sleeve; (d) It has a press surface for the tuck part of the shirt,
a pair of fixed trowels arranged on the left and right above the arm trowel and fixed to the support base; (f) a cuff gripper having a pedestal for the cuff portion of the shirt and a pressing member that can move toward and away from the pedestal; (g) the cuff gripper can be moved toward and away from the fixed trowel; A shirt press device comprising: a moving mechanism that moves to;