KR800000799B1 - Apparatus for folding and pressing garments - Google Patents

Abstract

An appts. for folding & pressing shirts comprises a support plate(1) mounted in a stationary frame, a pivotable plate(3) adjacent to the collar end to hold a shirt on the support plate & a movable plate (4) to support the shirt tail end. The movable plate(4) can he superposed on the pivotable plates(3) to fold the tail to the coller & then returned into alignment with the support plate(1), & two further pivotable plates (5,6) are located along the sides to fold the shirt sides towards its center. The movable plate has a retainer for holding the shirt tail.

Description

Clothing folding and pressing device

1 is a perspective view of a folding and pressing device according to the present invention

2-7 are explanatory diagrams showing an operating state when the apparatus according to FIG. 1 is used.

8 is a partial ablation front view of the first FIG.

9 is a partial left side view of the FIG. 8 apparatus.

10 shows a partial ablation plan view of the device according to FIGS. 8 and 9

11 is an operational state diagram of the special folding and holding member shown in FIG.

The present invention relates in particular to an apparatus for folding and pressing clothing such as a chassis.

Many devices are known for folding and pressing simple articles, such as towels. While these devices can fold quadrangular articles relatively quickly and easily, there are drawbacks that are not wholly suitable for folding and pressing complex shaped articles such as skirts and blouses.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for folding and pressing clothing such as a chute and blouse with quick and simple operation. Another object of the present invention is to provide the above-mentioned apparatus which can be easily controlled by one driver and is also safe and reliable.

In order to achieve the above object, the apparatus of the present invention has a fixed frame on which a fixed substrate is mounted, and in use, the first plate is pivotally installed adjacent to an end of the substrate on which the garment collar is placed. The second plate is movably mounted to the opposite end of the substrate at a position supporting the lower portion of the garment. The second plate is arranged to move to a position overlapping on the substrate and to fold the garment lower portion toward the collar. The side plates arranged next to the substrate and the second plate act to fold the sides of the garment towards the center. Moreover, the 3rd board which hold | maintains the lower part of clothes at the time of folding is attached to the 2nd board so that rotation is possible.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present invention has a substrate 1, a movable plate 3, a middle plate 4, side plates 5 and 6, overlapping plates 7, side plates 8 and 9. The board | substrate 1 is fixedly installed horizontally, and the movable board 3 and the superposition board 7 are provided so that rotation is possible about the horizontal axis. The plates 5, 6, 8 and 9 are arranged almost horizontally on both sides of the plates 1 and 4 and are movable horizontally in pairs toward each other. The plate 7 is provided behind the center plate 4, that is, on the right side in FIG. 2 is a color elongator and 10 is a two fastener mechanism. The fastener mechanism 10 is mounted to the front of the apparatus and is adapted to grip the fully folded chassis by means such as a staple.

Plate 7 is 1 cm-several centimeters narrower than the midplane 4 and is formed about 10 cm shorter so that its end overlaps about 10 cm from the medial edge of plate 4 when the plate 7 rotates toward plate 4.

In this device, a buttoned shirt or blouse is placed on it with the front facing the substrate 1 and the midplane 4 (FIG. 2). The collar of the garment is placed around the kidney 2. The collar extension has an upwardly extending portion, which is inserted downward into the open collar. Next, cardbord 11 or similar cardboard is placed on the back of the chassis. The cardboard has a protrusion inserted into the collar. Next, the color extension 2 is driven to securely hold the chassis and expand the color to the full size.

The order of the steps applied to the chassis may not be in accordance with the order described above. For example, the color extender is driven first, followed by cardboard or similar cardboard. In addition, there are several known methods for cutting the chassis. One way is to fold the sleeve around one side of the sleeve, with one sleeve first facing outwards and then the other facing forward, and the other way is to fold one sleeve inward so that the sleeve is visible and on top of the other sleeve. It is to wit. After the inlet is folded in several ways, about 10 cm of the bottom of the chassis is bent over another portion of the chassis (FIG. 3). Next, the movable plate 3 is rotated downward to securely hold both sleeves, the carded cardboard, and a part of the chassis between the substrates 1. Next, the plate 7 is rotated downward to securely hold the object portion formed by being folded upwardly at the lower edge of the chassis.

The side plates 8 and 9 are simultaneously moved inward from above the substrate 1 and the middle plate 4. By this movement, the left side of the chassis is folded between the plates 1 and 4 above. The side plates 5, 6 then move simultaneously inward on the side plates 8 and 9 so that the right side of the chassis abuts between the side plates 5 and 6 and the side plates 8 and 9. To facilitate this operation, the plates 1 and 4 are arranged at the lowest position, the side plates 8, 9 are arranged at the intermediate position, and the side plates 5, 6 are arranged at the highest position.

The movement of the side plates 8, 9 and 5, 6 is performed by the microswitch (not shown) driven by the plate 7 pivoted downward to operate the drive mechanism corresponding to the side plates 8, 9 first, and then the side plates 5, 6 Is automatically pressed inward. This is a very advantageous control method. Moreover, you may form so that all the side plates 8, 9, 5, 6 may press-fit inward simultaneously.

In addition, the apparatus of the present invention operates as follows. That is, immediately after sliding to the inner side, all the side plates 8, 9, 5 and 6 slide to the outermost side. The sliding of the side plates is preferably carried out at the same time. Thereafter, the midplane 4 and the overlap plate 7 are raised by several centimeters. The upward motion is performed by the forward and upward motion with respect to the substrate 1, that is, by the diagonal motion. At this time, the chassis extends the lower portion opposite to the collar on the middle plate 4 and is bent around the overlap plate 7 (FIG. 4). The plates 4 and 7 are inclined as described above and moved upwards, and then the movable plate 3 moved downward is moved forward. Thus, the part of the chassis facing the plate 7 is gradually drawn off the plate as shown in FIG. 4 and finally drawn out past the shear edge of the middle plate 4. The front end of the center plate 4 is provided with a protrusion for smoothing the sliding of the chassis. By the above operation, the chassis is pressed into a fully folded body as shown in FIG. 5 between the movable plate 3 and the substrate 1, and the center plate 4 and the overlapping plate 7 are retracted after returning to the previous position, and then overlapped. Plate 7 is rotated upwards to return to the initial position shown in FIG. At this time, the overlap plate 7 is preferably formed to have an angle of 120 ° with respect to the center plate 7, as shown in the figure. In this final stage of movement, the guide mechanism of the center plate 4 is guided so that the plate 4 moves diagonally with respect to the overlapping plate 7, i.e., downward and outward with respect to the substrate 1.

The fastener mechanism 10 is driven while the midplane 4 holds the finished product, i.e., the folded chassis, in the correct position, and automatically activates the staples through each folded edge of the chassis formed on the outside of the collar. The fastener mechanism 10 is driven by a pneumatic cylinder (not shown), and grips the chassis on the movable plate 3 via the pressing member.

The movable plate 3 is rotated upwards manually or automatically while carrying the finished product (Fig. 7). The movable plate 3 preferably has an angle of about 70 ° relative to the substrate 1. Here, the chassis held by the fully folded movable plate 3 is removed, and the apparatus is ready for the next operation.

The side plates 8 and 9 are provided with a friction strip 12 having a width of about 5 cm and approximately ½ cm apart in substantially parallel to the inner edge of the device, that is, in the upper left direction of FIG. The friction strip 12 consists only of fabrics and synthetic resins, or synthetic resins, and is itself made of a bondable material, and its outward facing surface has a relatively high friction. The strip is installed in connection with a stroke drawing the side plates 8, 9 out of the folded chassis, and the slips act to extend the chassis laterally. Further, a friction strip 13 is attached to the outside of the free end of the plate 7. The strip 13 is about 5 cm wide and its mounting position is about 5 cm away from each of the sides extending into the longitudinal section of the overlapping plate 7 and about 1 cm away from the edge of the free end. Strip 13 is about 15 cm long.

The side plates 8, 9 and 5, 6 can also be adjusted up and down by being rotated in a limited range about the longitudinal axis 33 provided in the front-rear direction on the outside of the apparatus, and can be fixed at the adjustment position. Since it is formed in this way, these side plates 5, 6, 8, and 9 can be used also with various materials from which thickness differs. For example, when handling a relatively thick type of fabric, the side plates 5, 6, 8, 9 are adjusted to their highest positions. The side plates 8, 9 and 5, 6 may be formed by one plate each formed integrally. In addition, the device should be inclined at an angle of 10 ° -20 °, for example, to facilitate the operation.

If one sleeve is required to be visible, only one sleeve, for example, the left sleeve, is folded around the cardboard and the side plate 5 is stretched slightly over or above, and then the above folding process is performed. In this process, the outer sleeve remains on the outer side of the side plate 5. Next, the right sleeve is folded by hand so that the portion is bent inward and back again. Thus, the sleeve comes out of the folded chassis. After the midplane 4 and the superposition plate 7 are moved inward on the substrate 1 and the movable plate 3, the sleeves come out of the folded chassis and, if desired, fold the sleeves forward to position the sleeves on the folded chassis. Fold to the back of the chassis so that it is positioned behind the fully folded chassis. It can also be folded so that both sleeves are visible.

8-11 show in more detail the inner structure of the apparatus for carrying out the above folding and pressing operations shown in FIGS. 1-7. In FIG. 8, the frame 14 of the device has a vertical column 15 at its end, the vertical column 15 being joined by a tubular member 16 extending at the top, in the longitudinal direction of the device, ie in the left and right directions of FIG. have. Nearly in the center of the frame 14, there is a beam 17 extending in the longitudinal direction of the device, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, with the horizontal transverse member having a leg 19 at its lower end. Bound by 18. The leg 19 is a tubular member which protrudes from the transverse member 18 and whose length can be freely adjusted and which can be fixed to the desired length by the fixing screw 20. As shown in FIG. 9, the left leg 19 on one side in the direction perpendicular to the transverse direction of the apparatus, that is, the longitudinal direction is made longer than the leg on the other side, and the apparatus can be inclined. For this purpose the upper part 21 of the leg is slightly inclined. When carrying this apparatus, the legs 19 are inserted in the horizontal member 18 so that the lower end is positioned horizontally as shown in FIG. 9, and when installed in the place of use, the inclined surface is adjusted so as to be in contact with the floor. In this way, placing the device on the floor may cause the device to be inclined.

Below the tubular member 16, a hydraulic cylinder 22 is mounted in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus. The longitudinal slot (not shown) is provided on the upper surface of the hydraulic cylinder 22, and a carrier 32 protrudes from the cylinder 22. The carrier 23 is coupled to a piston (not shown) that cooperates with the cylinder 22, and supports the sliding body 24 to which the center plate 4 and the overlap plate 7 are attached in a horizontal direction. Thus, the sliding body 24 is guided upwardly, ie obliquely, with respect to the substrate 1 starting from the positions of the first and eight degrees along the midplane 4. The movement can be achieved by various known methods, for example, an inclined notch provided in correspondence with this movement and a pin engaging the notch.

The tubular member 16 is supported with a substrate 1 as shown in FIG. 8, and an electrical wiring 25 for heating it is connected to the substrate 1. The tubular member 16 is fitted with a collar extension 2. The color extension 2 extends into three parts, for example, as shown in FIG. The necessary power is then provided by a spring 26 of FIG. 8 and a mechanism (not shown), for example a pneumatic cylinder. In addition, the apparatus is provided with an operating mechanism 28 which is driven by the pneumatic cylinder 28 to move forward and backward with respect to the collar extension machine and to grip the collar into which the card cardboard 11 is inserted.

The beam 17 is equipped with a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder 29 for rotating the support rod 30 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and side plates 5, 6 and 8, 9 are mounted on the upper end of the support rod 30, and thus As shown in Fig. 11, it is adjusted to rotate about the axis 31 and to be placed in a proper position, and is fixed by the fixing screw 32.

As can be seen from the figure, four supporting rods 30 are installed to support the plates 5, 6, 8 and 9. The lower end of the supporting rod 30 is rotatably attached to the longitudinal axis 33 between both ends of the longitudinal axis 33 provided in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus.

Beam 17 is also equipped with a manometer 34 and a container 35. The manometer 34 is used to control the pressure of air supplied to a device driven by a pneumatic cylinder. The container 35 accommodates lubricating oil to be supplied to various places requiring lubrication through a flow path (not shown). 8 shows a terminal 36 for electric wiring and a control unit 37 arranged at the lowest position of the apparatus.

As shown in the figure, all sides of the device are covered by a shroud 38, one vertical edge of the shroud 38 mounted on the side of the vertical column 15 and movable with the vertical column.

On the side surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the device, that is, the operation surface, a control part 39 is mounted on the outside of the movable protective plate 38 that allows the driver to start and stop the device using the knee (FIG. 1). In the floating part on the left side of the control unit 39, a key board 40, an emergency stop button 41, a control lamp 42, and a control handle 43 for setting the temperature of the substrate 1 to a desired value are provided.

Between the fastener mechanisms 10, a protective grid 44 is provided as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 10, and the Boch grid 44 is not shown before the fastener mechanism 10 is driven or shown. Before the pneumatic cylinder is driven, it is rotated over the folded chassis, as shown in FIGS. The protective grid 44 has a distance smaller than the finger thickness between the substrate 1 and the substrate 1 before the fastener mechanism 10 is driven in the downwardly rotated position. If a foreign object gets caught, the fastener mechanism 10 does not work.

As shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 6, the tension spring 45 operates to automatically raise the fastener mechanism 10 and hold it in its raised position. The force of the tension spring 45 exceeds that of the fastener mechanism 10.

10 and 11 show a special holding member 46 for folding and holding. The member 46 is, for example, a relatively wide and elastic belt formed by elastically joining a plurality of thin and thin rectangular plates in sequence. One end of the member 46 is attached to the long edge of the middle plate 4. As shown in FIG. 11, the holding member 46 is initially placed on the side plate 6. As shown in FIG. Next, when the side plate 6 is folded over the middle plate 4 and the overlapping plate 7, the member 46 is placed on the portion of the chassis covering the overlapping plate 7 to hold the chassis portion. Subsequently, when the plate 7 is raised during its reverse movement, the retaining member 46 is extended outwards and withdrawn above the initial position, namely the side plate 6. By using the member 46, the folding position of the chassis can be accurately determined, and the chassis can be held at a desired position. The member 46 may be of a different type from that in the above example. For example, it may be formed like a hinge, or may be formed of a belt having integrally formed flexibility or a member similar to these members.

47 shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5 is a supporting member for supporting the overlapping plate 7 when the overlapping plate 7 is rotated in the standing direction, and 48 shown in FIG. 8 is a mounting screw for attaching the protective plate 38 to the frame. to be.

8 and 9, the piston of the cylinder 29 is rotatably coupled to the supporting rod 30 via the vertical axis 49, so that the side plates 5, 6, 8, 9 rotate about the longitudinal axis 33. As shown in FIG. It is preferable that the side plates 5, 6, 8, and 9 are attached to the edge plate 50, and the bearing 51 is arrange | positioned between this board 50 and the shaft 31. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the movable plate 3, the fastener mechanism 10, and the protection grid 44 form one rotatable unit. 52 and 53 shown in FIG. 1 are rotation axes of the overlapping plate 7 and the movable plate 3, respectively.

Claims (1)

An apparatus for folding and pressing garments, such as a chassis, having a frame having a plurality of plates that are movably formed with respect to one another and with respect to a fixed substrate, wherein the garment is folded at the side ends of the substrate. A movable plate for holding the substrate on the substrate, and a movable central plate capable of overlapping the substrate is provided in proximity to the inner end of the substrate; And at least one holding member cooperating with the central plate is arranged on the central plate such that a plurality of side plates can overlap the longitudinal side surfaces of the substrate and the central plate.

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