JPH11137899A - Revolving door-type steamer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a steaming treatment in cleaning and the like at a minimal area and with efficiency. SOLUTION: A steaming space 6 is constituted of a front plate 2, a pair of side plates, a back plate, a top plate 4 and a bottom plate 5, wherein the front plate 2 is made rotatable around the perpendicular center axis, and a pole 9a for suspending a hanger 11 is fixed on each of the front and rear face sides of the front plate 2. This enables, by rotating the front plate 2, to store or take out the hangers 11 suspended on the front and rear side faces of the front plate 2 successively in and out of the steaming space 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique effective when applied to a cleaning apparatus for cleaning clothes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of steam apparatus is such that a hanger with a non-cleaning object hung therein is manually stored in a steam box, and after performing a steam cleaning process for a predetermined time, the hanger is manually removed again. Inefficient processing was needed.

In order to automate this, a hanger is hung on a rail laid near the ceiling, clothes to be washed are hung on the hanger, and the hanger is moved along the rail.
Automated technology has been devised in which a part of the rail is drawn into a steam box, and several clothes are batch-processed in the steam box.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned automatic steaming apparatus by batch processing, the next article to be washed must be kept on standby while several clothes are being processed in the steam box. Meanwhile, the rail feed operation had to be stopped.

[0005] In addition, it is necessary to secure a standby space before and after the box, so that a large installation area for the steam system is required. The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a technology that enables efficient and space-saving steam processing.

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
At least a front plate and a pair of side plates, a back plate, a top plate, and a steam device in which a steam space is configured by a bottom plate, the front plate is rotatable around a vertical central axis, and one surface thereof. A hanger suspension pole for the object to be cleaned, which is supported by an arm protruding in the horizontal direction on the other side, and a hanger for the poles on one side and the other side by rotating the front plate; The rotating door-type steam device is configured to alternately accommodate the objects to be washed suspended in the steam space.

By rotating the front plate in this manner,
The hanger suspended on one side and the hanger suspended on the other side are alternately accommodated in the steam space. Therefore, when the hanger suspended on the pole on one side is subjected to steam processing, the hanger that has been subjected to steam processing suspended on the pole on the other side is removed, and the hanger to be subjected to next steam processing is received. be able to.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the side plate can be opened and closed in a double open manner around the back plate when the front plate is rotated. In addition to the rotation of the front plate, a mechanism that opens and closes the side plate allows the hanger to be stored in and taken out of the steam space at a high speed.

[0009] By opening and closing the side plates, ventilation in the steam space can be improved. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect,
A spiral guide is provided on the pole, and the hanger for the object to be washed suspended can be sent forward or backward by rotating the pole.

As described above, by providing the delivery mechanisms on the poles on one side and the other side of the front plate, the delivery of the hanger for which the steam processing has been completed and the reception of the hanger to be subjected to the next steam processing can be automated.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, a rotating mechanism is provided on an arm extending from the top plate, and a rotational force applied to the pole by the clutch mechanism is applied to a tip of the rotating mechanism. The transmission / non-transmission of is controlled.

By providing the clutch mechanism, it is possible to automate the delivery of the hanger for which the steam processing has been completed and the reception of the hanger for the next steam processing by rotating only the pole of the front plate on which the steam processing is not performed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a mechanism is provided on the bottom plate of the steam space for forming drain water into steam and supplying the steam to the steam space. This allows
Steam processing using drain water becomes possible, and a drainage mechanism for drain water becomes unnecessary, and the cost of steam processing can be reduced.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a steam apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are plan views.

The steam device 1 of this embodiment has a steam space 6 composed of a rotatable front plate 2, a left plate 3a, a right plate 3b, a top plate 4, a bottom plate 5, and a back plate 36. have.

The top plate 4 is provided with a duct fan 20 for forcibly exhausting the steam space 6. That is, the steam space 6 has a structure in which the steam supplied from below is exhausted upward.

The front plate 2 is rotatable using an actuator 7 provided on the top plate 4 as a drive source. On both sides of the front plate 2, pole suspension arms 8a and 8b are respectively provided to protrude in the horizontal direction. This pole suspension arm 8
Hangers 7a, 9b for hanging a hanger are suspended from the shafts a, 8b so as to be axially movable.

The poles 9a and 9b can be hung about several hangers 11 on which an object to be cleaned is hung, and a spiral guide 17 is provided on the peripheral surface thereof. The spiral guide 17 is formed by winding a metal wire or a pipe around the peripheral surfaces of the poles 9a and 9b, or by forming a spiral groove on the peripheral surfaces of the poles 9a and 9b or providing a spiral projection. A key portion of the hanger 11 is hung on the spiral guide 17, and the poles 9a and 9b are rotated so that the hanger 11 is rotated.
Can be moved back and forth in the axial direction.

The pole suspension arms 8a, 8b are provided with brake arms 13a, 13b which can be moved up and down by air cylinders 12a, 12b, so that the pole movements of the poles 9a, 9b can be forcibly stopped. ing. That is, when the hanger 11 is suspended from the poles 9a and 9b and the processing is performed in the steam space 6, the free movement of the poles 9a and 9b is suppressed by the forcible force of the brake arms 13a and 13b, and The object to be cleaned is held in the space 6 without moving.

Arm 1 extending horizontally from top plate 4
A pole rotating actuator 15 is attached to the tip of the actuator 4. The rotating rod 16 attached to the tip of the pole rotating actuator 15 is movable in the front-rear direction as a clutch mechanism. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the tip of the rotating rod 16 is connected to the end of the pole 9a while moving forward (to the left in the figure), and transmits the rotating force to the pole 9a. That is, the pawls 9a and 9b receive the rotational force from the actuator 15 only when sending the hanger 11 suspended therefrom and when receiving the hanger 11 to be processed next, and move the hanger 11 (FIG. 1). (Move to the left).

As shown in FIG. 7, the actuator 15 includes a disk-shaped rotary disk 30, and a brake pad 31 is provided on the rotary disk 30. That is, the mechanism is a mechanism capable of forcibly stopping the rotational movement by the actuator 15.

On the other hand, the anti-actuator 15 of the pole 9a
On the side (the left side in the figure), a transport pole 33 is provided, and the hanger 11 moved around the pole 9a is transported to the next step.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the side plates 3a and 3b can be opened and closed in a C-shape in the front direction by air cylinders 18a and 18b. Side plates 3a, 3b
With such an opening and closing structure, the side plates 3a, 3
b can secure the turning radius of the front plate 2 without interfering with the width of the steam space 6 and the pole 9
It is sufficient to secure a length slightly larger than the lengths of a and 9b, and efficient steam processing can be performed in a small steam space.

A heating plate 22 is provided on the bottom plate 5, and a heater 23 is provided below the heating plate 22.
Drain water is stored on the heating plate 22, and is heated by the heater 23 to form steam, which is supplied to the upper steam space 6. Such steam by the drain water is used as auxiliary steam. As described above, since the drain water is reused as steam, there is an advantage that a drain water discharging mechanism is not required and the steam processing can be made more efficient.

Further, a steam nozzle 24 for main steam is provided on the bottom plate 5 so that the main steam can be supplied into the steam space 6. In addition,
At the time of the steam processing, for example, the steps of supplying the antibacterial agent into the steam space 6 for about 10 seconds in synchronization with the steam processing by the main steam and then supplying the cleaning liquid are sequentially performed.

FIG. 7 shows a mechanism for supplying the hanger 11 to the pole 9a. A rail 28 is provided to transfer the hanger 11 sent over the transport pole 25 used in a general cleaning processing facility to the pole 9a of the present embodiment. The rail 28 is installed inclined, and the hanger 11 suspended on the rail 28 can slide freely.

The air cylinder 2 is located near the upper part of the rail 28.
A stopper 27 controlled to be opened and closed by 6 is provided to control the supply of the hanger 11 onto the pole 9a.

That is, by controlling the actuator 15 and its brake mechanism and the stopper 27 with respect to the pole 9a of this embodiment, the hanger 11 is supplied on the pole 9a at a predetermined interval and a predetermined number. .

It should be noted that the actuators 7,
The control of the stopper 15 and the stopper 26 is controlled by a control circuit in a control box 37 provided on the back plate 36. Although not shown, the control circuit sends a control signal to each actuator in accordance with a program stored in a memory by a general-purpose CPU capable of 8-bit, 16-bit or 32-bit processing.

Next, the operation of the steam apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described. First, when the hanger 11 sent by the transport pole 25 is supplied to the upper end side of the rail 28,
The hanger 11 is successively slid down the rail 28 and supplied to the pole 9a by the opening and closing operation of the stopper 27 at regular intervals.
At this time, the pole 9a is connected to the rotating rod 16, and the torque of the actuator 15 is transmitted. Therefore, the hanger 11 is sequentially moved along the spiral guide 17 to the left of the pole 9a.

When a predetermined number (for example, 6 to 8 hangers) of hangers 11 are suspended at predetermined intervals on the pole 9a under the control of the actuator 15 and the stopper 27, the actuator 7 operates to move the front plate 2 to the front plate 2. Rotate 180 degrees. In synchronization with this, the air cylinders 18a, 18
b operates to open the side plates 3a, 3b.

The operation of the front plate 2 and the side plates 3a, 3b causes the hanger 11 hung on the pole 9a side of the front plate 2.
Are all stored in the steam space 6 and the steam processing is started.

At this time, the front plate 2 is in a state where the pole 9b on the surface opposite to the above-mentioned pole 9a is exposed to the front outside. While the hanger 11 hung on the pole 9a is performing the steam processing in the steam space 6, the actuator 9 and the stopper 27 are again controlled by the predetermined number (for example, 6 to 8 pieces) at a predetermined interval on the pole 9b again. Hanger 11 is hung.

When the steam processing of the hanger 11 hung on the pole 9a in the steam space 6 is completed, the actuator 7 is actuated again to rotate the front plate 2 by 180 degrees. At this time, similarly to the above, the air cylinders 18a and 18b operate in synchronization with this, and the side plates 3a and 3b are opened. By this rotation operation, the pole 9a side on which the steam processing is completed is exposed outward from the front, and the hanger 11 hung on the pole 9b is accommodated in the steam space 6.

Then, the steam processing on the side of the pole 9b is started, and at the same time, the pole 9a is rotated by the actuator 15, and the hanger 11 on which the steam processing is completed is sequentially sent to the left and delivered to the transport pole 33. Further, the actuator 15 is attached to the pole 9a as described above.
A predetermined number of new hangers 11 (e.g., 6 to 8 garments) are mounted at predetermined intervals by the control of the stopper 27.

[0036]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a steam processing apparatus which can be installed in a small space and can perform efficient steam processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a steam device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the steam device in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the steam device in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the steam device in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the vicinity of a bottom plate of the steam device in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a connecting portion of a rod in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a hanger supply mechanism in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 steam processing device 2 front plate 3a, 3b side plate 4 top plate 5 bottom plate 6 steam space 7 actuator 8a, 8b pole suspension arm 9a, 9b pole 11 hanger 12a, 12b air cylinder 13a, 13b brake arm 14 arm 15 pole rotation Actuator 16 Rotating rod 17 Spiral guide 18a, 18b Air cylinder 22 Heating plate 23 Heater 24 Steam nozzle 25 Transport pole 26 Air cylinder 27 Stopper 28 Rail 30 Rotating disk 31 Brake pad 33 Transport pole 36 Back plate

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A steam device in which a cleaning processing space is constituted by at least a front plate, a pair of side plates, a back plate, a top plate, and a bottom plate, wherein the front plate is rotatable around a vertical center axis. And a hanger suspension pole for an object to be washed, which is supported by an arm protruding horizontally on one side and the other side, and the front side is rotated so that one side and the other A rotating door type steam apparatus, wherein objects to be washed suspended on a hanger of a surface-side pole are alternately accommodated in the washing processing space. 2. The revolving-door type steam apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the side plate is openable and closable about a back plate as an axis when the front plate is rotated. 3. The pawl is provided with a spiral guide, and the hanger for the object to be washed suspended can be sent forward or backward by rotating the pawl. 2. The revolving door type steam device according to 1. 4. An arm extending from the top plate is provided with a rotation mechanism, and a shaft end of the rotation mechanism controls transmission / non-transmission of rotation force to the pawl by a clutch mechanism. The revolving-door-type steam device according to claim 3. 5. The revolving door type steam apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a mechanism for steaming the drain water and supplying the steam to the cleaning processing space is provided on the bottom plate of the cleaning processing space. .