JPS64233Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a wrinkle removal device that sprays hot air and steam onto wrinkled clothing to remove wrinkles and dry them for finishing. This relates to the structure of a portion that allows clothing to pass through while preventing leakage.

Figures 1 and 2 show a conventional clothing wrinkle removal device A.
1 is the hot air drying finishing room;
2 is a steam room, 3 is an endless conveyor chain, and while hangers carrying clothes are hung from hooks provided at appropriate intervals on this chain and moved together with the chain 3, the drying finishing room 1 and the steam room are transported. 2, during which wrinkles are removed.

In the case of FIG. 1, a sealing device B is provided at the inlet and outlet of the wrinkle removing device A and at the boundary between chambers 1 and 2. In the case of FIG. 2, a similar sealing device B is provided only at the inlet and outlet.

Conventionally, such a sealing device is shown in FIG. 3. In this known device, the upper ends of a pair of left and right vertical rotating shafts 5 are interlocked and driven by a gear 6, and the upper and lower edges of a cylindrical cloth bag 9 are attached to ring foils 7 and 8 fixed above and below each shaft 5. The bag 9 is fixed, and air or steam is introduced into the bag 9, and the bag 9 is expanded by the pressure, so that the left and right bags 9 are brought into close contact with each other.

In this known sealing device, when vertical clothing is hung from a conveyor chain and passes between the bag 9, the bag 9 is pushed open by the clothing to allow the clothing to pass. The bag 9 immediately adheres to maintain airtightness and prevent hot air and steam from leaking to the outside.

In the case of the known sealing device as described above, a device for feeding compressed air or steam into the rotating bag is required, and a power source is required for this purpose.
There is also a method of forming air curtains at entrances and exits, but in either case, energy is wasted.

In view of the problems of conventional sealing devices as described above, this invention provides a sealing device that can obtain a sufficient sealing effect without using compressed air or steam.

The details of this invention will be explained below based on FIG. 4.

In this figure, 11 is a pair of left and right rotation axes,
By means of bearings 12 and 13 provided above and below the entrance of the wrinkle removing device A shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the shaft 1
The top and bottom of 1 are rotatably supported.

A sprocket 14 is fixed to the upper part of each shaft 11, and both sprockets 14 are connected to a conveyor chain 15.
The rotating shafts 11 are configured to be meshed with both sides of the chain 15 so that both rotating shafts 11 rotate as the chain 15 moves.

Numerals 16 and 17 are disk-shaped mounting plates fixed on the upper and lower sides of each rotating shaft 11, and the upper and lower ends of the coil spring 18 are attached to the upper and lower mounting plates 16 and 17 by mounting tools 1 such as bolts.
9 and 20.

The coil spring 18 is a bent plate spring,
Prepare a piece larger than the mounting plates 16, 17 in advance, put it on the outside of the rotating shaft 11, reduce the diameter to a slightly smaller diameter, and fix it to the upper and lower mounting plates 16, 17. , 17 are properly adjusted and an initial stress is applied, each mounting plate 16, 17 is fixed to the rotating shaft with a set screw, and a cylindrical cloth bag 21 is attached to each coil 1.
8, and attach the upper and lower mounting plates 16 and 17 at the upper and lower ends thereof.
Surround and fix. When the diameter of the cloth bag 21 is made approximately the same as the pitch circle of the sprocket 14, the traveling speed of the chain 15 and the circumferential speed of the bag 21 become approximately equal.

In the above configuration, when a vertically hung garment hung from a hanger hung from a hook (not shown) of the conveyance chain 15 enters between the bags 21, the bag 21 deforms together with the coil spring 18 due to the thickness of the garment. It can be pushed out by the thickness of the clothing. In addition, even if the shape and thickness of clothing is not uniform, the coil spring 1
This is followed by elastic deformation of 8.

After the clothes have passed through this way, the coil spring 18
Each bag 21 returns to its original state due to the multiple forces. Although the gap between the left and right bags is wide in FIG. 3, it goes without saying that it is better to make this gap as narrow as possible.

As mentioned above, the sealing device of this invention has a pair of vertical rotating shafts arranged on both sides of a clothing passage section such as a clothing entry/exit section, and cylindrical cloth bags that touch both sides of the clothing are attached to these rotating shafts. Since a coil spring is installed between the cloth bag and the rotating shaft to tension the bag outward, there is no need to force compressed air or steam into the bag as in conventional sealing devices.

Therefore, a power source like a conventional sealing device is not required, and wasteful consumption of compressed air and steam is eliminated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are cross-sectional plan views showing examples of the wrinkle removing device, FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a conventional sealing device, and FIG. 4 is a part showing an example of the sealing device of this invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional front view with a notch. 11...Rotating shaft, 18...Coil spring, 21...
...Cloth bag, A...Wrinkle removal device, B...Sealing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a clothing wrinkle removal device configured to spray hot air and steam to remove wrinkles from clothing suspended in a conveyor chain, a pair of vertical lines are installed on both sides of a clothing passing section such as a clothing entry/exit section. Sealing in a clothing wrinkle removal device in which a rotating shaft is arranged, a cylindrical cloth bag that touches both sides of the clothing is attached to the rotating shaft, and a coil spring is installed between the cloth bag and the rotating shaft to tension the bag outward. Device.