JPH0679Y2 - Fabric steam finisher - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a steam finishing device for fabrics, and in particular to a steam finishing device suitable for wrinkling a long part in one direction such as a seam of a curtain. Is.

(Prior art) After sewing or washing curtains or clothes, conventionally, spread the curtains or clothes on an ironing board and press the steam iron on it to slide the steam iron while applying pressure. In this way, the seams and other creases on the curtain and clothes were extended to smooth the curtain and clothes.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Conventionally, a steam iron with a smooth bottom is directly pressed against the curtain or cloth of clothes, and is slid while being pressed,
If the fabric is made of synthetic fibers, especially if it has piles or fluff of synthetic fibers such as moquette, its constituent fibers,
In particular, there are problems such as shrinkage and deformation of piles and fluffs, and discoloration.When the iron temperature is set low to eliminate these problems, the result is that the wrinkles of the fabric do not stretch. It was Although a cloth wet with water is also interposed between the cloth and the iron, the shrinkage, deformation and discoloration of the fibers cannot be prevented even in this case.

The present invention provides a steam finishing device capable of extending seams and other wrinkles and slack without damaging the constituent fibers even when the fabric has piles or fluffs made of chemical fibers.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The steam finishing apparatus of the present invention is provided with an opening portion elongated in one direction on the upper surface plate of a horizontally long box-shaped frame, and a wire mesh, a perforated plate or the like is provided on the opening portion. A mesh plate, a felt, a breathable cushion plate such as a non-woven fabric, and a thick fabric cloth cover such as canvas are sequentially stacked and fixed, and a low pressure source such as a blower is connected through a duct below the opening, and this box A guide rail is installed above the shaped frame in parallel with the opening, and a steam injector for injecting high-temperature steam downwardly onto a carriage movable along the guide rail is provided, the steam injector and the cloth cover. It is characterized in that it is installed with a gap between and.

The steam injection device is preferably equipped with a heater for heating the steam supplied from the boiler, and the temperature of the injected steam is preferably 100 to 160 ° C. Further, the cloth cover and the breathable cushion plate may be ones that allow the steam injected from the upper steam injection device to pass to the lower duct side, and the thickness of the breathable cushion plate is preferably 6 to 9 mm. The gap between the surface of the cloth cover and the lower surface of the steam ejecting device is preferably 3 to 10 mm, and is appropriately adjusted according to the thickness of the cloth to be treated and the temperature of the steam used.

(Operation) When the cloth to be processed, for example, the seam portion of the curtain is placed on the cloth cover on the upper surface of the box-shaped frame and the steam injection device is moved along the upper guide rail, The steam injecting device moves while maintaining a constant distance from the surface of the cloth to inject high-temperature steam onto the cloth, and the high-temperature steam causes the cloth and the cloth to be sprayed by the action of a low pressure source connected to a duct below. Supporting cloth cover,
After passing through the breathable cushion plate and the mesh plate in order, the cloth is treated with steam during the passage to correct seam wrinkles and other distortions of the cloth.

(Embodiment) In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a top plate of a box-shaped frame, and an opening 2 is elongated in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of the top plate 1, that is, a curtain F (see FIG. 1) sewn. ) Is provided with a length substantially equal to the seam length, and a wire net, a net plate 3 such as a perforated plate, a breathable cushion plate 4 such as wool felt, and a cloth cover 5 made of canvas are sequentially stacked on the upper surface of the opening 2. Fixed. The opening edge of the suction duct 6 is fixed to the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the opening 2 of the upper plate 1 of the box-shaped frame, and a blower (not shown) is attached to the suction duct 6.
Are connected, and the lower side of the mesh plate 3 is depressurized.

On the other hand, a guide rail 7 is installed above the upper plate 1 (see FIG. 1) in parallel with the opening 2, and a truck 8 is placed on the guide rail 7 via front, rear, left and right wheels 9. A steam iron as a steam injection device 11 is fixed to the lower ends of the downward arms 10 and 10 hanging from both front and rear ends of the steam iron 8. This steam injection device (steam iron) 11 has a main body 15 fixed below a sideways bar-shaped handle 12 via front and rear connecting plates 13 and 14, and the main body 15 has an electric heater 16 built therein, The steam supplied from the steam supply port 17 at the rear end is heated by an electric heater 16 to 100 to 160 ° C., and this steam is jetted downward from a large number of steam jet holes on the lower surface. The steam supply port 17 is connected to a boiler (not shown) via a steam pipe 18.

In the above structure, a nylon lace curtain F is attached to the seam portion B on the cloth cover 5 on the box-shaped frame.
Was placed in the center. And the steam injection device
Hold the bar-shaped handle 12 of 11 and hold the steam injection device 11 at 9 m.
The steam sent from the boiler is heated to 120 ° C. by the electric heater 16 in the steam injection device 11 while moving at a speed of / min and while maintaining the height of the lower surface of the curtain F at 7 mm from the surface of the curtain F, and faces downward. Then, the seam portion B of the curtain F was finished. No deterioration or discoloration of fibers was observed in the seam portion B of the obtained curtain F.

Further, a nylon drape curtain, a velvet curtain and a boil curtain were treated in the same manner and the same results as above were obtained. Further, cotton and rayon lace curtains, drape curtains, velvet curtains and boil curtains were treated in the same manner as above except that the steam temperature was set to 140 ° C., and similar results were obtained.

(Effect of the Invention) This invention is one in which high-temperature steam is jetted at a constant distance from the cloth surface, and the high-temperature steam is sucked from the opposite side to allow the cloth to pass. Since the cloth does not rub against a high-temperature smooth metal surface as described above, even when the cloth has piles or fluffs made of chemical fibers, the piles and fluffs made of the chemical fibers are not damaged and Seams and other wrinkles and distortions can be removed, and the above fabric can be beautifully finished. Moreover, since the steam injector is moved along the guide rail, the steam injector is easily held at a constant height.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an essential part of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1: box-shaped frame top plate, 2: opening, 3: mesh plate,
4: breathable cushion plate, 5: cloth cover, 6: duct,
7: guide rail, 8: truck, 11: steam injection device for injecting high temperature steam downward, 16: electric heater, 18: steam pipe.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A box-shaped frame having a horizontally long shape is provided with a long opening in one direction on a top plate, and a net plate, a breathable cushion plate and a cloth cover are sequentially stacked and fixed on the opening,
A low pressure source is connected under the opening through a duct, a guide rail is installed above the box frame in parallel with the opening, and high-temperature steam is directed downward to a carriage movable along the guide rail. A steam finishing apparatus for fabrics, characterized in that a steam jetting device for jetting to a sheet is attached with a gap between the steam jetting port and the cloth cover.