JPS6129440Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (1) Technical field of the invention The present invention relates to a clothing press for pressing clothing such as pants.

(2) Background art and its problems Conventional clothing presses generally have a press body that is pivotally connected via a hinge to a base body containing a heater so that the press body can be opened and closed. The press is designed to hold the object to be pressed in a stretched state and press it. Therefore,
The disadvantage is that the base body and press body are large and heavy, making them difficult to handle when storing or transporting.

Therefore, in order to solve this drawback, the present applicant provided an intermediate body with a heater between the base body and the press body, and moved the object to be pressed from one side of the intermediate body to the other side at one side of the intermediate body. We have developed a clothes press that can be folded back and set. In other words, this press is very effective in reducing the size of the press because it allows the object to be pressed to be folded in two and pressed. However, in order to fold the object to be pressed in half, it is necessary to take measures to prevent unsightly creases from forming in the folded portion. Therefore, one side of this intermediate body is curved, and the object to be pressed is folded back along this curved portion, thereby preventing the formation of unsightly creases. In this case, in order to make creases more difficult to form, the radius of curvature of the curved portion may be increased. That is, the curved portion may be formed to be large and a portion thereof may be made to protrude toward the press body side. However, if a part of the bent part protrudes toward the press body in this way, this protruding part is locally strongly pressed against the press body, making it impossible to apply even press pressure to the entire object to be pressed, and the press. The problem arises that the finish becomes poor.

(3) Purpose of the invention The present invention was made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to apply press pressure evenly to the object to be pressed even if the curved portion of the intermediate body protrudes toward the press body. To provide a clothes press capable of pressing clothes with a good finish.

(4) Outline of the invention In other words, the invention provides an intermediate body between the base body and the press body, on which the object to be pressed is folded back and set from one side to the other side, and
A curved part that is formed into a rounded curved surface and projects toward the press body is provided on the one side of the intermediate body, and the press body further has this curved part at a position opposite to the curved part. A relief part is provided to absorb the protrusion height. Therefore, the existence of this relief part can prevent the bent part from being locally strongly pressed against the object to be pressed.

(5) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. In the figure, 1 is a base. This base body 1 has a substantially square shape, for example, and has a cushion body 4 provided on the upper surface of a base plate 2 made of a thin metal plate or the like with a core material 3 interposed therebetween. In addition, the base 1
Hinges 5, 5 are attached to one end, and clamp receivers 6, 6 are attached to the opposite end of the hinge. And these clamp receivers 6,
6, a recess 7 is formed to avoid a terminal box 24 of an intermediate body 19, which will be described later.
Further, the cushion body 4 has an end portion 4b formed thinner than the main cushion surface 4a.

Then, the press body 10 is inserted through the hinges 5, 5.
is pivoted so that it can be opened and closed. This press body 10
is formed in a size and shape that almost matches the base 1, and a cushion body 13 is attached to the lower surface of the base plate 11 made of a thin metal plate through a core material 12.
It has been established. Additionally, clamps 14, 14 that engage and disengage from the clamp receivers 6, 6 are attached to the ends of the press body 10, and a recess 15 and a handle 16 are provided between the clamps 14, 14. .

Further, an intermediate body 19 is pivotally mounted between the base body 1 and the press body 10 via intermediate body mounting hinges 18, 18. This intermediate body 19 has a core material 20 covered with a heat equalizing plate 21 made of an aluminum alloy plate on both sides, a heater 22 provided inside the heat equalizing plate 21, and a power cord 23.
Power can be supplied from outside via the
24 is a terminal box, and this terminal box 24 is provided with a power switch, an energization indicator lamp, etc.

On one side of the intermediate body 19, a curved portion 25 is formed by bending the intermediate body 19 into a rounded shape.
is formed. This curved portion 25 protrudes so that a portion thereof bulges toward the press body 10 side. In this bending section 25, the object to be pressed, such as pants, is folded and set from one side of the intermediate body 19 to the other side. Note that if the length L ₁ and width L ₂ of the intermediate body 19 are approximately 40 cm each, it can be used for the largest size pants commonly used (waist size 95 cm, inseam size 85 cm). , in this example, L ₁ =40 cm and L ₂ =42 cm.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the intermediate body mounting hinges 18, 18 are hinge pieces 26 made of synthetic resin and having a mounting portion 26a only on the upper surface side of the intermediate body 19.
is fixed to the intermediate body 19 by screwing together a screw 27 and an embedded nut 28.
Therefore, the mounting portion 2 is provided on the lower surface side of the intermediate body 19.
Since there is no protrusion like 6a and the intermediate body 19 is flush and continuous, there is an advantage that the entire lower surface of the intermediate body 19 can be widely and effectively used as a flat pressing surface. Therefore, when setting a wide part of the object to be pressed, such as the butt part of pants, the press surface can be effectively utilized. Note that the attachment part 26a of the hinge piece 26 protrudes from the upper surface of the intermediate body 19, but since the hem side of the pants, that is, the narrowing part of the pants, is set on the upper surface of the intermediate body 19, it is not possible to There is no practical problem even if the mounting portion 26a protrudes from the top.

Relief portions 30 and 31 are provided in the cushion body 13 of the press body 10, corresponding to the locations where the hinge pieces 26 and 26 are provided, and the location where the bent portion 25 is provided, respectively. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bending section 25
At a position facing the cushion body 13, a relief portion 30 for the curved portion is formed by reducing the thickness of the end portion of the cushion body 13. The relief portion 30 is provided in a straight line along the edge of the press body 10, and is adapted to absorb the protruding height of the curved portion 25.

On the other hand, a relief part 31 is formed in a direction perpendicular to the relief part 30 to relieve the thickness of the mounting parts 26a, 26a of the hinge pieces. As shown in FIG. 5, the hinge escape portion 31 is formed by forming the end portion of the cushion body 13 thinner than the other portion. Incidentally, the clamp-side end 13a of the cushion body 13 is also formed thinly, similar to the above-mentioned relief parts 30 and 31.

To press trousers, for example, using the clothes press, the upper half of the trousers, that is, the butt side part, is set on the base 1 with the press body 10 and the intermediate body 19 open, and the intermediate body 19 is closed. . Next, the lower half of the pants, ie, the hem side, is folded back at the bending portion 25 of the intermediate body 19 and set on the upper surface of the intermediate body 19, and the press body 10 is closed. In other words, since the trousers can be set in a state where they are folded in half, the size of the press is approximately half that of a conventional clothes press, making it possible to make the machine more compact. This prevents unsightly creases from forming.

Then, the clamps 14, 14 are connected to the clamp receiver 6,
6 to fix the press body 10 to the base body 1,
Electricity is supplied to the heater 22 through the power cord 23, and the pants are pressed by the heat and the pressing pressure by the pressing body 10.

According to the above-mentioned clothes press, the intermediate body 1
Since the relief portion 30 is provided at the position opposite the bent portion 25 of the trousers A, the protruding height of the bent portion 25 can be absorbed, so that when the trousers A are clamped as shown in Fig. 4, the protruding portion of the bent portion 25 can be subjected to the same pressing pressure as the other portions. In other words, it is possible to prevent the bent portion 25 from being subjected to a strong pressing pressure that is localized on one side, and to achieve a good pressing finish.

Moreover, since the relief portion 31 is formed to avoid the intermediate body mounting hinges 18, 18, it is possible to prevent press pressure from being concentrated on these hinge portions.
This is further effective in making the press pressure uniform.

Note that, as shown in another embodiment in FIG.
The number of cushioning materials may be reduced at locations corresponding to .

Furthermore, the relief part does not necessarily have to be a concave part; for example, the cushion material in the place where the relief part is provided can be locally made of a soft material to make it flush with other parts. It may be configured to be easily elastically deformable.

(6) Effect of the invention As mentioned above, this invention provides a relief part at a position opposite to the curved part of the intermediate body to absorb the protruding height of this curved part. It is possible to prevent excessive press pressure from being applied unevenly, and it is possible to apply press pressure evenly to the object to be pressed, which has the effect of achieving a good press finish.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention, with Figure 1 being a perspective view of the press body in an open state, Figure 2 being a plan view of the press body viewed from below, and Figure 3 being a perspective view of the press body in an open state. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the end of the press, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the press body in a closed state, FIG. 5 is a side view partially showing the hinge part, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an end of a press body showing an example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Base body, 5... Hinge, 10... Press body, 19... Intermediate body, 22... Heater, 25...
Curved part, 30... Escape part.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A base body, a press body pivotally connected to the base body via a hinge so as to be openable and closable, and a press body provided between these base bodies and the press body, with an object to be pressed on one side. an intermediate body with a heater that is folded back and set from one side to the other side, and one side of the intermediate body is provided with a curved part that is rounded and formed into a curved surface shape and protrudes toward the press body side. In addition, the press body is provided with a relief part that absorbs the protruding height of the curved part at a position opposite to the curved part. (2) Utility model registration claim (1), characterized in that the relief portion is formed by making the thickness of the cushion material at a position opposite to the curved portion thinner than at other portions. The mentioned clothes press.