JPS63252200A - Presser - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a pressor which is suitably used for ironing clothing, particularly pants, skirts, etc., and which can be configured to be small and lightweight, and is convenient to carry.

[Foreground technology]

BACKGROUND ART In recent years, trouser presses and the like have been widely used for ironing clothing, especially pants, skirts, etc., due to the short pressing time, simplification of ironing work, and convenient handling. However, conventional ones are heavy and large, making them inconvenient to carry and store.
Particularly in these days when opportunities for traveling and going out are increasing, there is a desire for something small and lightweight that can be carried along with clothing and that can be easily ironed at a travel destination, but such a product has not yet been proposed.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention aims to provide a prefuser that can solve the above-mentioned problems, based on the use of a pressing tool that is attached to hanged clothing so that it can be raised and lowered and moved closer and further apart using a shape memory alloy. There is.

[Means for solving problems]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In the figure, the blazer 1 of the present invention includes a frame member 3.4 disposed along a hanging garment 2 and having the length of the ironed part A of the garment 2, and a frame member 3.4 that can be raised and lowered from the frame member 3.4. A pressure plate 7.8 that can be attached freely, is made of a shape memory alloy that expands and contracts when heated, is moved close to each other, and is provided with an iron part 6.
In this example, a stopper 10 that can lower the presser 9 intermittently, and a water supply tool 11 that supplies water to the clothing 2 are attached.

In this example, the frame member 3.4 includes frame members 13 having a U-shaped cross section and having a concave portion 12, and the frame members 13 are arranged with their ends facing in the same direction and facing each other. Each abutting portion is connected using hinges 15-. attached alternately to the end portions. Therefore, the frame member 3.4 can be unfolded in a straight line and the frame members 13 can be folded one on top of the other. In addition, when the frame member 3.4 is unfolded, as shown in FIG. - can cooperate to form an elongated rail portion 16.

In addition, a joint plate 19 and a joint frame 20 are mounted on the upper and lower ends of the frame member 3.4 with the rail portions 16.16 facing each other and the folding directions thereof facing the same direction, and the joint plate 19 and the joint frame 20 are connected to each other and cooperate with each other. to form a vertically elongated rectangular frame 21, and the joint plate 1
9. Clamping fittings 22 are attached to the joint frames 20, respectively.

In this example, the clamping fitting 22 is a mounting plate 23 having a U-shape at one end.
It consists of a clamping shaft 25 which is pivotally supported by A and can rotate horizontally, and an S-shaped locking piece 27 which is pivotally supported by a mounting plate 23B and has a locking recess 26, and which locks the tip of the clamping shaft 25. Recessed part 2
6, the garment 2, which is pants in this example, can be clamped in the gap between the clamping shaft 25 and the joint plate 19 and the gap between the joint frame 20, and the garment 2 can be hung between the clamping fittings 22 and 22. While lowering it, it can be stretched with the folds B aligned. Note that frame body 2
1, the length between the joint plate 19 and the joint frame 20 is set to exceed the ironing part A of the garment, that is, the inseam length of the pants in this example.

The frame 21 therefore comprises a frame member 3.4 on which the garment 2 can be suspended and which is arranged along the garment 2 and has the length of the ironing section A. Further, a pressing tool 9 is passed between the frame members 3 and 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, in this example, the pressing tool 9 includes a first pressure plate 7 installed between the rail portions 16 and 16, and a second pressure plate 8 arranged opposite to the pressure plate 7. , and an intermediate plate 35 interposed between the first and second pressure plates 7.8, and the shape memory alloy 5 is used to connect the first and second pressure plates 7.8.
8 is provided with a telescopic tool 29 for moving them closer to each other and separating them from each other.

The first pressure plate 7 is provided with fitting portions 31 that loosely fit into the recessed portion 12 above both ends of a thin, horizontally long rectangular base 30, and is attached so as to be movable up and down along the rail portion 16.
1. An electrode material 32 consisting of electrode pieces 32A and 32B is attached to the inclined surface of the lower end of 1, and a guide shaft 33.3 is attached to the inner surface.
3 is installed protrudingly. Further, the first pressure plate 7 has the guide shaft 3
A second pressure plate 8 is attached to the outer surface of which is provided with a guide tube 36 that loosely fits into the second pressure plate 3, and slides back and forth in parallel with each other so as to be able to approach and separate from each other.

The second pressure plate 8 is a thin plate whose horizontal length is slightly smaller than that of the first pressure plate 7, and a receptacle C that can be connected to a plug P extending from the source v is attached to the negative end. Ku.

The middle plate 35 has an inverted V-shape in which the upper ends of the inner plate part 35A and the outer plate part 35B are connected by a soft material with relatively low rigidity, and the lower ends are usually separated due to its elasticity.

The pressing tool 9 is constructed of a cloth-like joint material 39, 39 which has an opening 37 through which the crotch section of the pants is inserted approximately in the center. , the outer plate portion 35B are connected.

In addition, the first and second pressure plates 7.8 and inner and outer plate portions 35A and 35
A thin heating body 41, such as a sheet heater or a panel heater, is attached to the inner surfaces facing each other, and the heating body 41 forms the iron part 6. The heating bodies 41-- are connected in series by a main circuit extending from the outlet C.

Further, an extendable member 29 is connected between the first and second pressure plates 7.8.

In this example, the extensible tool 29 is composed of a bidirectional or omnidirectional shape memory alloy spring 43 that can memorize its shape in both the low-temperature and high-temperature phases, and can be contracted into a tight spring shape by heating, for example. Its shape is memorized as it expands into a spiral shape when cooled. The spring 43 is fitted onto the guide shaft 33, and both ends thereof are fixed to the first and second pressure plates 7.8.

The circumferential surface of the spring 43 is completely coated, and the spring 43 contracts due to self-heating due to energization, and the first pressure plate 7 and the inner plate 3
5A, the second pressure plate 8, and the outer plate 35B, they can be expanded and separated by natural cooling.

In addition, in this example, the stopper 10 and the water supply tool 11 are attached as described above.

In this example, the stopper 10 includes an electrode portion 10A and an actuating portion 11B.
It is attached to the side surface of the frame member 3 at approximately the same distance as the length of the iron part 6 of the pressing tool 9.

In the electrode part 10A, a shaft rod 47 whose tip end is inclined along the inclined surface of the fitting part 31 is loosely inserted into the hole 45 of the square tube 46 with the rear end 46A closed so as to be slidable back and forth. A spring piece 49 having a weak pressing force and housed in the rear end 46A urges the shaft rod 47 forward. The sliding range of the shaft rod 47 is regulated by a locking pin 47A protruding from the upper surface thereof. Further, in this example, the shaft rod 47 is provided with contacts on its inclined surface that abut the electrode pieces 32A and 32B, respectively, and each contact is electrically connected to the operating portion 10B via lead wires 11 and 12.

The actuating part 10B has a piston piece 51 having a small diameter at both ends slidably inserted into the guide cylinder 50 having the lead wire p1.12 insertion hole 50A in the peripheral wall, and the guide cylinder 5.
0. The piston piece 51 has the same structure as the spring 43, that is, is made of a bidirectional or omnidirectional shape memory alloy, and both ends of the spring 52, which contracts when heated and expands when cooled, are fixed. The spring 52 is insulated and has both ends connected to the lead wires 11 and e2.

Therefore, normally, the first pressure plate 7 whose tip 51A is stopped by the piston piece 51 that can protrude and is stopped from descending,
Due to the connection between the electrode 32 and the shaft rod 47, the actuating part 10B can be energized, and the spring 52 contracts backward together with the piston piece 51 due to self-heating due to the energization, and the pressing tool 9 including the first pressure plate 7 is released from stopping. .

In addition, upon release, since the shaft rod 47 is biased by a weak spring force as described above, it retreats rearward without interfering with the descent of the pressing tool 9 due to its own weight.

In this example, the water supply tool 11 includes a container 55 that is attached to the first pressure plate 791 and stores water, and a pump body 56.56 that is attached to the first and second pressure plates 7.8.

The pump body 56 includes a cylinder 57 having a water supply hole 61 and a drainage hole 62, and a piston 59, and a collar 59A of the rod end of the piston 59 that passes through the rear end of the cylinder 57 and the cylinder 57 have the rod Both ends of a shape memory spring 63, which is inserted into the spring 43 and has the same structure as the spring 43, 52, are fixed to each other.

The water supply device 11 communicates with the container 55 through a well-known one-way valve to a water suction hole 61, and the drain hole 62 is connected through a one-way valve to a hole provided approximately at the center of the lower end of the first and second pressure plates 7.8. Water hole 65
．． It connects to 65.

Note that a first bypass circuit extending from the outlet C is connected to the spring 43.63, and a second bypass circuit is connected to the electrode 32 through a control device that includes a timer, a temperature sensor, and other appropriate detectors. .

[Effect]

Therefore, the breather 1 of the present invention has the expanded frame 21.
Clothes 2 are suspended by clamping fittings 22.22 provided at. In addition, when hanging the garment 2, the pressing tool 9 is moved in advance to the end position of the rise, that is, in this example, above the stopper 10 provided at the top step, and then each hem of the garment 2 is inserted into the opening 37. At the same time, the crotch portion is interposed between the first pressure plate 7 and the inner plate 35A and between the second pressure plate 8 and the outer plate 35B, and the folds B are aligned and stretched.

In addition, when the main switch is turned on, the presser 1 is energized through the main circuit to the heating bodies 41, and through the first bypass circuit to the springs 43 and 63.
The clothes 2 are ironed for a predetermined period of time. . Note that the water supply tool 11 replenishes water into the cylinder 57 by manually pulling the rod only in the initial operation.

Presser 1 turns off the main circuit and the first bypass circuit when ironing is completed by the operation of the control device.
be done. Therefore, the spring 43.63 cools down naturally, and the pressing tool 9, which expands due to the cooling, moves between the first and second pressing plates 7.63.
8 spaces apart. Also, the water supply tool 11 replenishes water in the cylinder 57 by retracting the piston 59.

Thereafter, the second bypass circuit is energized by the operation of the control device, and the stopper 10 retracts the piston piece 51 with the contraction of the spring 52, and the presser 9 moves downward along the frame member 3.4 due to its own weight. It can naturally descend to the next stop 10 located at .

In addition, since the stopper 10- is spaced at approximately the same distance as the length of the ironing part 6 as described above, the pressing tool 9 can be used to iron intermittently over the entire area of the ironing part A. 1o is a pin body 47A and a piston piece 51
It can be retreated by the index at the rear end, making it convenient to raise the pressing tool 9. Note that the pin body 47A is preferably formed of an insulating material to prevent electric shock. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the frame 21 of the presser 1 can be folded when the locking metal fitting 27 is released, so that the presser 1 can be made lighter without sacrificing the convenience of a normal trouser presser. It can be folded and made smaller, making it more convenient to carry, store, and store.

Further, other embodiments of the pressing tool 9 are shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

In FIG. 5, the pressing tool 9 includes first and second pressing plates 7.8.
a guide shaft 33 inserted through the bearing piece 70.70;
It includes temporary springs 72, 72 that are loosely inserted into the guide shaft 33, and spring pieces 73 that are externally inserted into the guide shaft 33. Leaf spring 72
In this example, is made of an omnidirectional shape memory alloy,
The locking rings 71 at both ends of the guide shaft 33 are memorized so that they can be deformed into a dogleg shape by heating and into a substantially straight shape by cooling.
It is arranged between the first pressure vi7 and the second pressure plate 8.

Therefore, for example, by energizing a suitable heater fixed by pasting or the like on one surface of the temporary spring 72, the temporary spring 72 can be deformed into a letter shape, and the first and second pressure plates 7.8 can be brought into pressure contact. , a coiled spring piece 73 separates the first and second pressure plates 7.8 from each other.

In FIG. 6, the pressing tool 9 has a first
Consisting only of the second pressure plate 7.8, it is possible to iron wide clothing such as skirts, multiple pairs of pants, etc. at the same time.

Note that the expansion/contraction tool 29, the operating part 10B, and the water supply device 11 may be constructed so that the shape memory alloy can be expanded and contracted using the heat generated by the heater 41 (and the pressure plate 7.8 itself It may also be formed from a heating element such as a panel heater.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Like a ridge, the press saucer of the present invention is attached so that it can move up and down along the hanging clothes, and uses a shape-memory alloy presser that approaches and separates the clothes, so it irons the clothes while lowering them intermittently. Since it can be hung and the height of the pressing tool can be made small, the weight can be reduced compared to conventional trouser blazers without sacrificing ease of handling. Furthermore, when the frame material is made foldable, it can be made smaller and has many advantages such as being convenient to carry, store, and accommodate.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a pressing tool, Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof, Fig. 4 is a front view showing a folded state, and Figs. The figure is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the pressing tool. 2-Clothing, 3.4--Frame material, 5--Shape memory alloy, 6--Iron part, 7.8--Press plate, 9-
Pressing tool.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A frame material arranged along the hanging clothes and having the length of the ironing part of the clothes, and a shape memory alloy that is attached to the frame material so as to be movable up and down and expands and contracts when heated. A presser consisting of a pressing tool having a pressing plate which is separated and has an ironing part.