JPH11128053A - Clothing presser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clothing presser by which clothing is rapidly and surely set and a pressing work is quickly started. SOLUTION: An almost rectangular-shaped main body side pinching plate 1 is connected to a lid side pinching plate 3 by metallic connection fixture 2 so as to be opening/closing possible. A heating part 5 where a heater is pinched by heat insulating sheets is disposed on the inner surface of the lid side pinching plate 3. A plurality of intake holes 1a are formed in the main body side pinching plate 1. An intake pump 10 for taking-in air from the intake holes 1a is connected to the main body side pinching plate 1. The closed main body side pinching plate 1 and the lid side pinching plate 3 are arranged so as to be mutually locking possible by a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is constituted of a slide member arranged in the lid side pinching plate 3 sliding- movement possibly and an engaged part 11b with an U-shaped cross section, which is arranged in the main body side pinching plate 3 and an engagement pawl is fixed to the tip of the slide member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garment press for clamping and pressing a garment to flatten wrinkles or creasing the garment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, clothing presses have been developed and widely used in order to extend wrinkles of clothing and make creases at predetermined locations. A typical example of this clothing press is a trouser press. The trouser press presses and presses the trousers with two holding plates, and heats the trousers by a heating unit provided on the contact surface with the trousers, thereby extending wrinkles on the surface of the trousers and creasing the side edges of the trousers. Things.

As an example of such a trouser press,
What is described in JP-A-6-304397 will be described below. That is, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the lower sides of the main body side holding plate 1 and the lid side holding plate 3 are connected by the connection fitting 2, and are provided so as to be openable and closable so as to hold the pants 4. On the inner surface of the body-side holding plate 1, a heating section 5 having a heater sandwiched between heat-resistant sheets is provided, and on the inner surface of the lid-side holding plate 3, an elastic flat cushion 6 is provided. I have. In addition, a code for energizing the heater of the heating unit 5, a switch for turning on and off, and the like are not shown.

A lever 7 is rotatably provided on both side edges of the body side holding plate 1. Pins 8 are provided on both side edges of the lid-side holding plate 3 at positions corresponding to the levers 7, when pressed by the lever 7, a force is applied in a direction of closing the both holding plates and pressing the pants 4. I have.

[0005] The press operation in an example of the conventional trouser press as described above is performed as follows. That is,
The pants 4 are spread so as to be sandwiched between the main body side holding plate 1 and the lid side holding plate 3, and the lever 7 is rotated so that the lid side holding plate 3 is rotated in the direction of the main body side holding plate 1 and closed. To bias the pin 8. Then, the pants 4 are pressed and held between the lid side holding plate 3 and the main body side holding plate 1.

In this state, when the pants 4 are heated by turning on the switch and energizing the heater of the heating unit 5,
The pants 4 pressed and held between the cushion 6 and the heating unit 5 are pressed by the lid-side holding plate 3 and the main-body-side holding plate 1,
By the heating from the heating unit 5, the wrinkles on the surface are stretched, and the both side edges are creased. Further, after heating for a certain period of time, the switch is turned off, and the lever 7 is rotated to rotate the pin 8.
Is released, the lid side holding plate 3 is opened, and the pants 4 are taken out.

[0007]

However, the above-mentioned trouser press has the following problems. That is, when the pants 4 are clamped between the main body-side clamping plate 1 and the lid-side clamping plate 3, if the user's setting state is poor, the pants 4 are pressed with folds and wrinkles.
In order to prevent this, the user needs to pay attention to the positioning, but it is particularly difficult to visually recognize the back side near the connection fitting 2.

In order to cope with this, a clothes press in which components such as a holding plate and a heating section are transparent so that the set state can be visually recognized has been proposed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-304397. However, even in such a case, if the set is inconvenient, it must be redone, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a clothing press which can set clothing quickly and surely and can immediately start a pressing operation.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a garment press having two holding plates for holding and pressing a garment. Has features.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of intake holes are provided on the inner surface of one of the holding plates, and an intake pump for sucking air from the suction holes is connected to the holding plate. It is characterized by the following. According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the clothes are set between the holding plates, when the suction pump is operated, air is sucked from the suction holes on the inner side of one of the holding plates, and the clothes are placed on the side. As it is adsorbed, it can be set quickly and securely.

[0012] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press of the first aspect, an intake power adjusting means is connected to the intake pump. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the suction force adjusting means can adjust the suction force according to the thickness and weight of the garment, so that a more reliable and appropriate setting can be performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press according to the first or second aspect, a plurality of blowout holes are provided on an inner surface of the other holding plate, and the blowout hole is provided in the holding plate. A blower pump for sending air to the blower. According to the third aspect of the present invention,
The clothes are held by the holding plate, air is sucked from the suction holes on the inner surface of one holding plate by the suction pump, the clothes are adsorbed to the side surface, and the air is blown from the blowing holes on the inner surface of the other holding plate by the blowing pump. , And pressurizing the garment, it is possible to press with air pressure.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press according to the third aspect, a blowout output adjusting means is connected to the blowout pump. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the blowing power can be adjusted by the blowing power adjusting means in accordance with the thickness and weight of the garment, a more powerful press can be performed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press of the third or fourth aspect, the suction pump and the blow-off pump are connected to each other. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the suction pump and the blow-off pump are connected to each other, the air sucked from the suction hole by the suction pump is used as air for the blow-out pump to send out to the blow-out hole. And an efficient press can be performed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press of the third or fourth aspect, the suction pump and the blow-off pump are integrally formed. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the suction pump and the blow-off pump are integrated, the air sucked from the suction hole can be used as air for sending out to the blow-out hole, and the number of members can be reduced. Can be saved and the configuration can be simplified.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press of the first or second aspect, an air bag inflatable by air pressure is provided on an inner surface of the other holding plate, and A pressure pump for adjusting the air pressure is connected. According to the above-described invention, the garment is held by the holding plate, air is sucked from the suction hole on the inner side surface of one of the holding plates by the suction pump, and the garment is sucked on the side surface, and the pressure pump Thus, the air bag of the other holding plate is inflated to press the garment, thereby enabling air pressure press.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press of the seventh aspect, a pressurizing force adjusting means is connected to the pressurizing pump. According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, since the pressure can be adjusted to the air pressure according to the thickness and weight of the garment by the pressing force adjusting means, a stronger press can be performed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press according to the seventh or eighth aspect, the suction pump and the pressurizing pump are connected to each other. According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the suction pump and the pressurizing pump are connected to each other, the air sucked from the suction hole by the suction pump is sent to the air bag by the pressurizing pump. And efficient pressing can be performed.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the clothes press of the seventh or eighth aspect, the suction pump and the pressurizing pump are integrally formed. In the invention according to claim 10 described above, since the suction pump and the pressurizing pump are integrated, the air sucked from the suction hole can be used as air to be sent to the air bag, and the number of members is reduced. It can save money and simplify the configuration.

The eleventh aspect of the present invention provides the first to tenth aspects.
In the clothing press described in any one of the above, at least one of the sandwiching plates is provided with a heating unit on a contact surface with clothing. In the invention according to claim 11 as described above, the garment is held by the holding plate,
The air is sucked from the suction hole on the inner surface of one of the holding plates by the suction pump, the clothes are attracted to the side surface, and the heating is performed by the heating unit.

[0022]

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

(1) First Embodiment (Configuration) An embodiment corresponding to the first and eleventh aspects of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is,
In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a substantially rectangular body-side holding plate 1 and a lid-side holding plate 3 are connected by a connection fitting 2 so as to be openable and closable. This body side holding plate 1
Is formed with a plurality of intake holes 1a. The main body side holding plate 1 is connected to an intake pump 10 that sucks air from the intake hole 1a. On the other hand, on the inner surface of the lid-side holding plate 3, a heating section 5 having a heater sandwiched between heat-resistant sheets is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the main body side holding plate 1 and the lid side holding plate 3 are closed with each other by a locking mechanism 11.
Is provided so as to be lockable. The lock mechanism 11 includes a slide member 11a slidably provided on the lid-side holding plate 3 (in a direction indicated by an arrow in the drawing) and an engaged portion 11b provided on the main body-side holding plate 3 and having a U-shaped cross section. And an engagement claw 11c at the tip of the slide member 11a.
Is provided. The engaging claw 11c is urged by an elastic member (not shown) in a direction protruding left and right in the figure, and after passing through the engaged portion 11b,
Is configured to engage with the lower end of the. Further, a handle 6 is provided near the lock mechanism 11 on the main body side holding plate 1.

(Operation) In the present embodiment as described above,
As shown in FIG. 1, the trousers 4 are placed on the main body side holding plate 1, and the suction pump 10 is operated to suck air from the suction holes 1 a, thereby causing the pants 4 to be adsorbed on the surface of the main body side holding plate 1, and quickly. Perform positioning. In this state, the lid-side holding plate 3 is closed, and as shown in FIG. 4, the engaging claw 11c of the slide member 11a is inserted from one of the engaged portions 11b (upper side in the drawing) to engage the engaged portion 11b. And the engaged portion 11
b is engaged with the other (lower in the figure) end.

As described above, the lock mechanism 11 is locked, and as shown in FIG. After pressing for a certain time, the engaging claw 11c is pressed from the left and right to release the engagement with the engaged member 11b, and the lock by the lock mechanism 11 is released by moving the slide member 11a upward. Then, the suction pump 10 is stopped, the lid-side holding plate 3 is opened, and the pants 4 are taken out in an open state as shown in FIG.

(Effects) According to the present embodiment as described above, the pants 4 are held by the suction pump 10 so that
Can be quickly set on the surface, and subsequent displacement can be prevented, so that the pressing operation can be performed quickly. Further, by using both the heating by the heating unit 5 and the suction from the suction hole 1a, a stronger press can be performed, and the press efficiency is improved.

(2) Second Embodiment An embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 2 will be described below. That is, in the present embodiment, a control circuit is connected to the suction pump 10 in the first embodiment, and the suction force from the suction hole 1a is set in advance by this control circuit, or fine adjustment is performed during pressing. This is a possible configuration. This control circuit may be a dedicated circuit or a computer.

According to the above-described embodiment, the user can adjust the air intake according to the type of clothing (trousers, skirt, etc.) and the material (cotton, hemp, etc.) or the desired creasing strength. The suction force from the hole 1a can be input and set, and fine adjustment during pressing is also possible, so that an optimum pressing according to clothing can be realized.

(3) Third Embodiment (Structure) An embodiment corresponding to the third, sixth and eleventh aspects of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the present embodiment, a plurality of blowout holes 3
a is formed. The main body side holding plate 1 is provided with a heating plate 5 having an intake hole 5a corresponding to the intake hole 1a. The main body side holding plate 1 and the lid side holding plate 3 are connected to an intake / outlet pump 13 that sucks air from the intake hole 5a and sends out air to the outlet hole 3a. The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment.

(Operation) In the present embodiment as described above, the trousers 4 are put on the main body side holding plate 1 and the suction / blowing pump 13 is operated to suck the air from the suction holes 5a. It is adsorbed on the surface of the main body side holding plate 1 and quickly positioned. In this state, the lid-side holding plate 3 is closed, the pants 4 are set on the main body-side holding plate 1, and the lid-side holding plate 3 is closed and locked by the lock mechanism 11.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the air is blown out from the air outlet 3a by the air suction / outlet pump 13 while the air is blown out from the air outlet 3a.
Heating. After pressing for a certain time, lock mechanism 1
The lock by 1 is released, the operation of the suction / blow-off pump 13 is stopped, the lid-side holding plate 3 is opened, and the pants 4 are taken out.

(Effects) According to the present embodiment as described above, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the air output from the air outlet 3a and the air output from the air inlet 5a can be obtained. Since the pressing can be performed by the suction force, a more powerful pressing can be performed.

Further, by using the intake / outlet pump 13, the air taken in from the intake hole 5 a can be blown out.
Since it can be used as air for blowing from a
Efficient pressing becomes possible.

(4) Fourth Embodiment An embodiment corresponding to the second and fourth aspects of the present invention will be described below. That is, in the present embodiment, a control circuit is connected to the intake / outlet pump 13 in the third embodiment, and the control circuit controls the suction force from the intake hole 5a and the blowout output from the outlet hole 3a. It can be set in advance or can be finely adjusted during the press. The control circuit may be a dedicated circuit or a computer.

According to the present embodiment as described above, the user can adjust the air intake according to the type of clothing (trousers, skirt, etc.) and material (cotton, hemp, etc.) or the desired creasing strength. The suction force from the hole 3a can be input and set, and fine adjustment during pressing is also possible, so that an optimum pressing according to clothing can be realized.

(5) Fifth Embodiment (Structure) An embodiment corresponding to the seventh, tenth and eleventh aspects of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
An air bag 9 is provided on the lid-side holding plate 3. The main body side holding plate 1 and the lid side holding plate 3 are connected to an intake / pressurizing pump 14 that sucks air from the intake hole 1 a and sends out air to the air bag 9. The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment.

(Operation) In the present embodiment as described above, the trousers 4 are placed on the main body side holding plate 1 and the suction / pressurizing pump 14 is operated to suck air from the suction holes 1a. To the surface of the body side holding plate 1 to quickly perform positioning. In this state, the lid-side holding plate 3 is closed, the pants 4 are set on the main body-side holding plate 1, and the lid-side holding plate 3 is closed and locked by the lock mechanism 11.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the pressure of the air bladder 9 is applied by sending air to the air bladder 9 while sucking air from the suction hole 1a by the suction / pressurizing pump 14. After pressing for a certain period of time, the lock by the lock mechanism 11 is released, the operation of the suction / pressurization pump 14 is stopped, the lid side holding plate 3 is opened, and the pants 4 are taken out.

(Effect) According to the present embodiment as described above, the pressing can be performed by the air pressure of the air bag 9 and the suction force of the air from the intake port 1a, so that a more powerful pressing can be performed. In particular, since the pressing is performed only by air pressure without providing the heating unit 5, it is safe and the electricity bill is saved.

Further, by using the suction / pressurizing pump 14, the air sucked from the suction hole 5a is supplied to the air bag 9
Since it can be used as air for expansion, efficient pressing can be performed.

(6) Sixth Embodiment An embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 7 will be described below. That is, in the present embodiment, a control circuit is connected to the intake / pressurizing pump 14 in the fifth embodiment, and the control circuit reduces the suction force from the intake hole 1a and the pressure of the air bag 9 by this control circuit. It can be set in advance or can be finely adjusted during the press. The control circuit may be a dedicated circuit or a computer.

According to this embodiment as described above, the user can adjust the suction according to the type of clothing (trousers, skirt, etc.) and the material (cotton, hemp, etc.) or the desired creasing strength. The force and pressure can be input and set, and fine adjustment during pressing is also possible, so that an optimum pressing according to clothing can be realized.

(7) Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and for example, the following embodiments can be configured.

In other words, as another embodiment corresponding to the ninth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, the main body side holding plate 1 in the fifth embodiment has a structure corresponding to the intake hole 1a. It is also possible to provide a heating plate 5 in which a suction hole 5a is formed. With such a configuration, the intake hole 5a
Pressing efficiency can be improved by the suction force from the air, pressurization by the air bag, and heating by the heating plate 5.
In each of the above embodiments, it is optional whether the heating plate 5 is provided on either the main body side holding plate 1 or the lid side holding plate 3, and it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the heating plate 5 is not provided at all. is there.

Further, since the intake / outlet pump 13 according to the third embodiment and the intake / pressurization pump 14 according to the fifth embodiment are integrated, the members can be saved and the configuration can be simplified. However, the following embodiment can also be configured. That is, as an embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 5, the intake / outlet pump 13 can be configured by connecting an independent intake pump and an independent outlet pump to each other. As an embodiment corresponding to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the intake / pressurization pump 14 is
It is also possible to configure by connecting an independent suction pump and a pressurizing pump to each other.

Further, the intake hole 1 in the above embodiment is
It is not always necessary to make all the sizes and numbers of a, 5a and the blowout holes 3a uniform. For example, the portion corresponding to the creasing of the side edge of the pants can be enlarged for more intense heating, or the formation density can be increased.

The configuration of the lock mechanism 11 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be any configuration as long as the lid side holding plate 3 and the main body side holding plate 1 can be closed and locked. May be used. For example, the lever 7 and the pin 8 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 may be used.

The shapes of the lid side holding plate 3 and the main body side holding plate 1 are not limited to rectangular shapes.
A trapezoidal shape corresponding to the shape of the pants 4 can also be used. The size of the lid side holding plate 3 and the main body side holding plate 1 may be small enough to hold only a part of the garment.

Although the above embodiment is of a horizontal type, it can be configured as a vertical type as in the prior art shown in FIGS. In the case of such a vertical type, the position of the set trousers 4 is generally easily shifted, but in the present invention, quick suction and suction can be performed by the suction holes 1a and 5a, so that the set is hard to be shifted and the shift to the press operation is performed. Can be performed easily and quickly. In addition, in the case of the vertical type, FIG.
12 can be supported by a leg as shown in FIG. 12, but it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a hook is attached to hang it on a wall or a closet.

The above-described pressure pump 10 and blower 13
It is also possible to provide a timer that can set the user's desired time for turning on and off. With this configuration, even if the user forgets to set the power, the power is automatically turned off when the set time comes, so that waste of power consumption can be prevented. Note that the timer may notify the user of the arrival of the set time by an alarm.

The object of the present invention is not limited to trousers, but can be applied to other clothes, such as skirts and shirts.
It can be applied to towels and handkerchiefs.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a clothing press that can set clothing quickly and surely and can immediately start pressing work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a clothing press according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a pants set state in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a lock mechanism in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a locked state of the lock mechanism in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a pressed state in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a clothing press according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a pressed state in the embodiment of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a clothing press according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a pressed state in the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a side view showing another embodiment of the clothing press according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional clothing press.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the conventional example of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body side holding plate 1a ... Claw 2 ... Connection metal fitting 3 ... Lid side holding plate 4 ... Trousers 5 ... Heating part 6 ... Cushion 7 ... Lever 8 ... Pin 9 ... Air bag 10 ... Suction pump 11 ... Lock mechanism 11a ... Slide Member 11b: Engaged part 11c: Engagement claw 12: Handle 13: Intake / outlet pump 14: Intake / pressurization pump

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[Submission date] November 26, 1997

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A clothes press having two holding plates for holding and pressing clothes, wherein a plurality of suction holes are provided on an inner surface of one of the holding plates, and the suction holes are provided in the holding plate. A clothing press, characterized by being connected to an intake pump for sucking air from the clothing. 2. The clothing press according to claim 1, wherein an intake power adjusting means is connected to the intake pump. 3. A plurality of blowout holes are provided on an inner surface of the other holding plate, and a blowout pump for sending air to the blowing holes is connected to the holding plate. The clothing press according to claim 2. 4. The clothes press according to claim 3, wherein a blow-out output adjusting means is connected to the blow-out pump. 5. The suction pump and the blow-off pump,
The clothing press according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the clothing presses are connected to each other. 6. The suction pump and the blow-off pump,
The clothing press according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the clothing press is integrally formed. 7. An air bag inflatable by air pressure is provided on an inner surface of the other holding plate, and a pressure pump for adjusting air pressure is connected to the air bag. Or the clothing press according to claim 2. 8. The clothing press according to claim 7, wherein a pressure adjusting means is connected to the pressurizing pump. 9. The suction pump and the pressurization pump,
The clothing press according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the clothing presses are connected to each other. 10. The clothes press according to claim 7, wherein the suction pump and the pressurizing pump are integrally formed. 11. The clothing press according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the holding plates is provided with a heating unit on a contact surface with clothing.