JPH05161797A - Operating method for clothes unwrinkling steam device of laundry - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the operating method of a clothes unwrinkling steam device of laundry smoothly filling steam in a steam box and unwrinkling the laundry efficiently and effectively. CONSTITUTION:Laundry 8 is suspended in a steam box 6 provided with a ventilation path 1, an outside air guide cold-air damper 2, an outside air guide dry damper 3, a hot-air damper 4, a discharge port 5, a blast device 7, a steam injection device 9, a heating device 10, steam is filled in the steam box 6 by the discharge port 5, blast device, and steam injection device 9, and steam injecting, steaming, drying, and steam discharging operations are performed in sequence by a control system 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for operating a clothes wrinkle removing steam device for laundry to remove wrinkles from the laundry after dry cleaning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The conventional method of operating a steam device is to hang laundry from a hanger suspended near the upper part of the steam box, and use a steam injection device installed in the steam box. The steam is sprayed, and the steam is filled in the box to remove wrinkles from laundry clothes.At that time, the steam is sprayed in the closed steam box, so it takes time to fill the box with steam. Work efficiency is low and there is a difference in steam temperature between the top and bottom of the steam box, and steam with high temperature and pressure leaks out from the slight gap between the box and door of the steam box. There was a risk that it would come out and the efficiency would be poor and that steam could cause burns.

The present invention solves the above problems and quickly fills the steam in the steam box, and the control mechanism advances the steps of successive steam injection, steaming, drying, and steam removal to remove wrinkles from the laundry. The present invention provides a method for operating a clothes wrinkle removing device.

[0004]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The cool air damper 2 for introducing the outside air is provided above the ventilation passage 1 provided in the airframe A, and the drying damper 3 for introducing the outside air is provided below the heating damper 4 and the discharge port 5 so that the outside air introducing cold air damper 2 is provided.
And the outside air introduction drying damper 3 are opened to provide outside air and the steam in the steam box 6 from the outlet 5 to the blower device 7 provided at the lower part of the ventilation path 1
A steam injection device 9 for injecting steam into the laundry 8 suspended inside is provided in the lower part of the steam box 6, and a heating device 10 for heating the introduced steam and the outside air is provided in the middle of the ventilation path 1. When steam is sprayed from the steam spraying device 9, the pressure and humidity in the steam box 6 are adjusted by the amount of air blown by the air blower 7, and when the steam spraying is stopped and the laundry 8 is steamed, the heating damper 4 is opened. Heating device
When steam is heated by 10 and the laundry 8 is dried, when the outside air introduction drying damper 3 is opened and the outside air introduced by the air blower 7 is heated by the heater 10 to remove steam in the steam box 6. The steam box 6 is provided with a control mechanism 11 that closes the warming damper 4 and the outside air introduction drying damper 3 and opens the outside air introduction cold air damper 2 to introduce the outside air by the air blower 7 and discharge it from the discharge port 5. The present invention relates to a method for operating a clothes wrinkle removing steam device for laundry.

[0006]

[Operation] The laundry 8 suspended in the steam box 6
When the blower 7 is operated while injecting steam from the steam injecting device 9, the air in the steam box 6 is exhausted through the exhaust port 5 and the pressure in the steam box 6 becomes a negative pressure. Can be filled in the steam box 6.

Next, when the operation of the blower 7 is stopped by the control mechanism 11, the steam which hits the laundry 8 in the steam box 6 and whose humidity and temperature are slightly deteriorated is pressed by the new steam injected from the steam injection device 9, Since the steam is sequentially discharged from the discharge port 5, the steam box 6 is filled with steam having an appropriate humidity and temperature.

In this state, when the control mechanism 11 stops the injection of steam and opens the heating damper 4, the steam in the steam box 6 is heated by the heating device 10 and the temperature rises, and the laundry 8 has a higher humidity. Steamed in.

After being kept in this state for a certain period of time, the outside air introduction drying damper 3 is opened and the air blower 7 is operated again to introduce outside air into the steam box 6, and the air is passed through the heating device 10 and the heating damper 4. Dry the laundry 8.

When the laundry 8 is dried, the warming damper 4 and the outside air introducing drying damper 3 are closed and the outside air introducing cold air damper 2 is opened according to a command from the control mechanism 11 so that the outside air is circulated in the box and the steam in the steam box 6 is discharged. After the air is discharged from the discharge port 5, the blower 7 is stopped and the dry laundry 8 is taken out from the steam box 6.

[0011]

The drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The cool air damper 2 for introducing the outside air is provided above the ventilation passage 1 provided in the airframe A, the drying damper 3 for introducing the outside air is provided at the lower part, and the heating damper 4 and the discharge port 5 are provided in the middle to provide the outside air introducing cold air damper 2 and the outside air. The ventilation device 7 for discharging the outside air introduced by opening the introduced drying damper 3 and the steam in the steam box 6 from the discharge port 5 is provided at the lower part of the air passage 1, and the laundry 8 suspended in the steam box 6 is provided. A steam injection device 9 for injecting steam is provided at the bottom of the steam box 6,
A heating device 10 for heating the introduced steam and the outside air is provided in the air passage 1.

In the embodiment, a hanger suspension rod 14 is installed near the upper part of the steam box 6, and a laundry 8 is suspended on a hanger 15 suspended on the hanger suspension rod 14 to wash the front of the steam box 6. A door 13 for loading / unloading the article 8 and a clothes wrinkle removing device having a control device 16 attached to the upper portion of the steam box 6 are illustrated.

I. Steam injection (see Figure 1).

When steam is sprayed from the steam spraying device 9, the pressure and humidity in the steam box 6 are adjusted to the blowing device 7.
Adjust according to the air flow rate.

In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the outside air introduction cold air damper 2, the outside air introduction drying damper 3 and the heating damper 4 are closed to inject the steam from the steam injection device 9 and the fan of the blower device 7. When the steam box 6 is operated, the air in the steam box 6 is discharged to the outside of the box from the discharge port 5 through the discharge window 18 by the fan 17, so that the pressure in the steam box 6 becomes a negative pressure, and the steam box 6 is faster. Steam can fill every corner of the room.

In the embodiment, in the case of the steam box 6 having a capacity for storing four laundry items 8 (coats) at a time and having a fan 17 having a capacity of 200 W, the fan 17 is operated for 0.5 seconds. Then, when the timer (not shown) of the control mechanism 11 is activated to stop the fan 17, the steam box 6
The steam that has hit the laundry 8 inside and is slightly deteriorated in humidity and temperature is pressed by the pressure of new steam injected from the steam injection device 9 and is sequentially discharged from the discharge port 5,
The inside of the steam box 6 can be smoothly filled with steam having an appropriate humidity and temperature which is sprayed from the steam spraying device 9, and the steam is generated from the gap between the box body of the steam box 6 and the door body 13 as in the conventional case. Leaking out in a gushing state is solved.

II. Steaming (see Figure 2).

When the spraying of steam is stopped and the laundry 8 is steamed, the heating damper 4 is opened and the steam is heated by the heating device 10.

After holding for about 2 to 4 seconds in the latter half state of I, a timer (not shown) of the control mechanism 11 and an actuator (for example, air cylinder, electric cylinder, etc., not shown)
When the steam injection of the steam injection device 9 is stopped by the above and the heating damper 4 is opened, the steam in the steam box 6 is heated by the heater 19 of the heating device 10, so that the temperature in the box rises and the laundry is washed. 8 is steamed at a higher temperature.

III. Dry (see Figure 2).

When the laundry 8 is dried, the outside air introduction drying damper 3 is opened and the outside air introduced by the blower 7 is heated by a heating device.
Heat by 10.

After holding in the state of II for about 120 seconds, the outside air introduction drying damper 3 is controlled by the control mechanism 11 as described above.
2 is opened as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 2 and the fan 17 is operated again, the outside air is introduced from the outside air introduction drying damper 3,
It is warmed by the heater 19 of the heating device 10 and hits the laundry 8 from the upper part of the steam box 6 via the heating damper 4 and descends inside the steam box 6 while drying the laundry 8 and outside air at the lower part of the steam box 6. It is combined with the fresh air introduced from the introduction drying damper 3, heated again by the heating device 10 and circulated in the steam box 6 to dry the laundry 8, and the other part passes through the discharge window 18. It is discharged from the discharge port 5 to the outside of the machine.

IV. Elimination of steam (see Figure 3).

When the steam in the steam box 6 is removed, the heating damper 4 and the outside air introduction drying damper 3 are closed, the outside air introduction cold air damper 2 is opened, and the outside air is introduced by the air blower 7 and discharged from the discharge port 5.

When the laundry 8 dries by holding the state of III for about 120 seconds to 180 seconds, the control mechanism 11 closes the outside air introduction drying damper 3 and the heating damper 4 and opens the outside air introduction cold air damper 2 to blow air. The outside air is introduced by the device 7, and the steam in the steam box 6 is discharged by the fan 17 to the discharge window.
Since it is discharged from the discharge port 5 via 18, the fan 17 is stopped and the dry laundry 8 is taken out from the steam box 6.

In the figure, reference numeral 20 is a steam inlet for taking in steam of the steam injection device 9, 21 is a nozzle pipe for injecting steam, and 22 is a filter.

[0028]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the outside air introduction cold air damper is provided at the upper part of the ventilation passage provided in the machine body, the outside air introduction drying damper is provided at the lower part, and the heating damper and the discharge port are provided in the middle. An air blower is installed in the lower part of the air passage to discharge outside air introduced by opening the outside air introduction cold air damper and outside air introduction drying damper and steam inside the steam box, and steam is applied to laundry hanging in the steam box. The steam injection device for injecting the steam is installed in the lower part of the steam box, the heating device for heating the introduced steam and the outside air is provided in the middle of the ventilation path, and the pressure in the steam box when the steam is injected from the steam injection device. And humidity are adjusted by the amount of air blown from the air blower, and when steam is sprayed to steam the laundry, the heating damper is opened and the steam is heated by the heater. When drying the rinse, open the outside air introduction drying damper and warm the outside air introduced by the air blower by the heating device, and when removing steam in the steam box, close the heating damper and the outside air introduction drying damper, and introduce the outside air. The steam box has a control mechanism that opens the cool air damper and introduces the outside air by the air blower and discharges it from the exhaust port, so the steam ejected from the steam injection device is smoothly filled in the steam box by the air blower and the exhaust port. it can. Also, since the steam in the steam box is replaced by new steam ejected from the steam injection device, the steam box is always filled with steam having an appropriate humidity and temperature to effectively remove wrinkles from the laundry. Is possible.

Further, a practical and efficient operation method of an excellent laundry clothes wrinkle removing device, in which the process of steam injection / steaming / drying / steam removal can be operated successively as planned by the control mechanism. become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view for explaining an essential part showing an operation when spraying steam into a steam box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view for explaining a main part with a part cut away showing an operation when steaming and drying laundry by steam according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view for explaining a main part with a part cut away showing an operation for removing steam from a steam box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ventilation path 2 Outside air introduced cold air damper 3 Outside air introduced drying damper 4 Heating damper 5 Discharge port 6 Steam box 7 Blower 8 Laundry 9 Steam injection device 10 Heating device 11 Control mechanism A Airframe

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cool air damper for introducing the outside air is provided at an upper part of a ventilation passage provided in the airframe, and a warming damper and an outlet are provided in the lower part of the damper for introducing the outside air in the middle to open the cool air damper for introducing the outside air and the outside air introducing dry damper. An air blower that discharges the outside air introduced in the steam box and steam in the steam box from the outlet is installed at the bottom of the air passage, and a steam injection device that injects steam to the laundry suspended in the steam box is installed at the bottom of the steam box. Provided, a heating device for heating the introduced steam and the outside air is provided in the middle of the ventilation path, and when the steam is sprayed from the steam injection device, the pressure and humidity in the steam box are adjusted by the blowing amount of the blowing device, When steam is stopped and steam is sprayed, the heating damper is opened and the steam is heated by a heating device. Open the room to heat the outside air introduced by the air blower by the heating device, and close the heating damper and the outside air introduction dry damper when removing the steam in the steam box, open the outside air introduction cold air damper and open the outside air by the air blower. A method for operating a steam machine for removing wrinkles of laundry, comprising a control mechanism for introducing the steam and discharging it from a discharge port in the steam box.