JPH05155701A - Preparation of pressed flower - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply obtain a pressed flower having a clear color after drying a flower, leaves, etc., by sandwiching the flower, the leaves, etc., in-between an impermeable transparent film and a dried sheet, putting the flower, etc., in a bag, sticking to a film by taking advantage of water of the plant and pressurizing to rapidly remove water. CONSTITUTION:A flower 4 is sandwiched in-between a transparent film 3 and a dried sheet 5 and sealed in an impermeable bag 6. Then the flower is pressurized by a stone 7, etc., as a weight and dried. The flower is stuck to the transparent film 3 with water oozed from the plant 4. The flower is sufficiently dried and the transparent film 3 is taken out from the bag 6. The film is pasted to a board 9 so as to place the plant 4 on the back to give the pressed flower. The rear of the transparent film 3 is supported through a flexible sheetlike cushioning material 2 on a hard sheet 1. By this method, the pressed flower can be produced readily in a shot time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing pressed flowers in which flowers and leaves of plants are pressed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for producing pressed flowers, plant flowers, leaves, etc. are sandwiched between newspapers, magazines, etc. A method is widely used in which pressed flowers are produced by drying the flowers and leaves by absorbing the retained moisture into newspapers and the like.

However, in order to finish the pressed flowers in a color close to the color of the fresh plants, it is necessary to remove the water as quickly as possible, and the method of using newspapers as described above has a poor water absorption rate, which makes it difficult to dry flowers and leaves. Since it takes a long time, the color of the finished pressed flowers often faded.

Furthermore, since the newspaper paper or the like has a poor hygroscopic property, the liquid leached from the flowers or leaves often becomes a paste and the flowers or leaves are often attached to the surface of the newspaper or the like, and especially the petals are thin. It was difficult to separate the parts, and the ends were often broken. That is, according to the conventional method, it was difficult to preserve or prepare a sample as a pressed flower that retains the shape and color of flowers and leaves at the time of collection. In addition, plants collected outdoors could not be dried quickly and easily. After drying, pressed flowers cannot be easily formed using dried pressed flowers.

[0005]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that the flowers and leaves of a plant can be made to have a beauty close to that of a living plant, and a plant collected outdoors can be dried quickly and easily. It is to provide a method of making pressed flowers that can be easily made into pressed flowers and that even elementary school students can easily do.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention which has solved the above problems is as follows: 1) A plant such as a flower or leaf is sandwiched between a transparent film and a dry sheet and enclosed in a non-moisture permeable bag. Then, the plants such as flowers and leaves are dried by pressing on the bag, and the plants such as flowers and leaves are leached from the plants such as plant fluid and cell liquid into a transparent film in the pressure drying process. After adhering and sufficiently drying, the transparent film with the plant attached is taken out from the bag and attached to a mount so that the plant is on the back side to produce pressed flowers 2) The plant body such as a flower or leaf is sandwiched between the transparent film and the dry sheet in a state where the rear of the transparent film is supported by a hard sheet with a flexible sheet-like cushioning material interposed therebetween. There is a method of making pressed flowers. still,
In the present invention, the dry sheet refers to a sheet for absorbing water contained in a plant, and includes a sheet containing / impregnated with a water absorbing agent / hygroscopic agent / desiccating agent, or a material itself having water absorbing ability.

[0007]

In the method for producing pressed flowers of the present invention, the flowers and leaves of the plant are sandwiched between the transparent film and the dry sheet, and further, they are enclosed in a moisture impermeable bag and dried under pressure. That is, since the dry sheet does not come into contact with the outside air, it does not absorb moisture in the air, so that only the moisture leached from the pressed flowers or leaves is rapidly absorbed. Therefore, the finished pressed flower retains a fresh color close to that of a fresh plant.
At the same time, the number of production days can be greatly reduced.

On the other hand, the body fluid such as flowers and leaves exuded on the transparent film side or the liquid such as cell fluid inside cells such as epidermal cells becomes a paste and adheres the flowers and leaves onto the transparent film. Therefore, after drying the pressed flowers, if the transparent film is used to cover flowers, leaves, etc.
It is also easy to save as a fresh pressed flower that retains its color. Further, if the periphery of the pressed flower is completely adhered when the transparent film is attached, it has high moisture resistance and does not fade even after long-term storage.

Further, by arranging a flexible sheet-like cushioning material at the rear of the transparent film when holding flowers and leaves, swelling of flower sepals can be absorbed by its elasticity, so that the petals -The sepal can be dried uniformly regardless of the irregularities, and the adherence to the transparent film becomes good. Further, by disposing a hard sheet such as hard paper behind the cushion material, the pressed flower can be kept flat so as not to be deformed.

[0010]

Embodiments will be described with reference to the following drawings. 1 is an explanatory view showing a configuration example of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a pressed state, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a completed state.

In this embodiment, an example is shown in which a hard pressed paper 1, a sponge 2, a transparent film 3, a flower 4, and a hygroscopic paper 5 are stacked in this order to manufacture a pressed flower. In this embodiment, as the moisture absorbent paper 5, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride are mixed at a ratio of 7: 3 to form a desiccant, and the rough paper dipped in an aqueous solution of about 30% thereof is dried at a high temperature. Is used by stacking several sheets.

As shown in FIG. 1, the stacked products are put in a non-moisture permeable vinyl bag 6, the end of the vinyl bag 6 is folded and sealed, and a weight 7 is used to apply pressure. The weight 7 may be a dictionary or the like, or may be sandwiched between books on a bookshelf. At this time, change the thickness of the flower 4 to the sponge 2
Since the flower 4 can be absorbed by the elasticity, the flower 4 is in a state of being uniformly pressed against the moisture absorbing paper 5 and the transparent film 3. Then, the moisture that has leached upward from the flower 4 is absorbed by the hygroscopic paper 5, while the moisture that has leached downward becomes a paste, and the flower 4 is attached to the transparent film 3.

Thus, the dried flowers 4 are transparent films 3
Since the double-sided tape 8 stuck on the mount 9 is peeled off, the peeling paper may be peeled off and the flower 4 may be covered with the transparent film 3.

As described above, according to the present invention, the water contained in the plants exuding from the flowers and leaves during the production of pressed flowers is used to adhere to the transparent film. It is not necessary, and it is easy to store and organize finished pressed flowers, so elementary school students can easily make pressed flowers.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, it is extremely easy to make a sample as the album 10.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but any suitable dry sheet can be used. or,
As a method for enclosing it in the bag when it is dried, it may be sealed with an adhesive tape or may be sealed by heat welding.
Also, as a method of sticking a transparent film having a pressed flower to a mount, the transparent film may be adhered with an adhesive or an adhesive. It may be attached by heating and pressurizing.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, pressed flowers can be manufactured very easily, so that elementary school students can easily manufacture pressed flowers. In addition, when the flowers and leaves are dried, by enclosing them in a non-moisture permeable bag and applying pressure, the water content of the flowers and leaves can be rapidly removed. It is possible to retain the fresh color of
The production time was also shortened. Further, since the pressed flower is completed in a state of being adhered to the transparent film, it becomes easy to store and arrange samples or to manufacture pressed flower products.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a pressed state.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a completed state.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an application example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hard paper 2 Sponge 3 Transparent film 4 Flowers 5 Hygroscopic paper 6 Bags 7 Weights 8 Double-sided tape 9 Mount 10 Album

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plant such as a flower or leaf is sandwiched between a transparent film and a dry sheet, enclosed in a moisture-impermeable bag, and pressurized from above the bag to dry the plant such as a flower or leaf. In this pressure drying process, the plants such as the flowers and leaves are attached to the transparent film by the water leaching from the plants such as plant fluid and cell liquid, and after sufficiently dried, the transparent film to which the plants are attached The method for producing pressed flowers is characterized in that the pressed flowers are taken out of the bag and attached to a mount so that the plants are on the back side. 2. A plant body such as a flower or leaf is sandwiched between a transparent film and a dry sheet in a state in which a rear portion of the transparent film is supported by a hard sheet with a flexible sheet-shaped cushioning material interposed therebetween. The method for producing a pressed flower according to claim 1.