JP3073729B2 - Clothes folding device made of thick fabric - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is, bathrobes, etc. thick
The present invention relates to a folding device including a step of folding a body portion of a garment made of fabric into three in the width direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for folding a body part (so-called body) of clothes into three in the width direction is known.
No. The same invention includes a step of folding a garment such as a yukata and a gown after sleeve folding and then further folding it in three. In the invention of the same issue, the third conveyor is divided into three parts, a center and left and right parts, and a step is provided by lowering the center, and a body folding gauge is attached to a tip of an actuator which can protrude upward from the step from the conveyor to a body folding gauge. As a reference, the left and right sides of the trunk are folded on the upper surface of the central part of the trunk.

However, in the case of the above-mentioned invention, although there is no problem with the trifold of a yukata, that is, a thin garment of a yukata level, it is difficult to fold a garment made of a thick cloth like a thin garment. It turned out that there was. As one of the causes, the frictional resistance between the gauge and the garment in the central portion is increased due to the above-described step of the conveyor of the three-folded body, and the conveyance is not smooth, and at the time of folding, it was seen in the conventional body folded gauge. It was pointed out that this was related to the phenomenon that the tip was narrowed and it was easy to bend. For this reason, measures have been taken to increase the structural strength of the body folding gauge, but there has been a problem that the frictional resistance between the gauge and the garment is increased and the gauge does not operate smoothly.

There are various materials of bath robes and gowns. However, most of the bathrobes are towels, which are considered to be particularly thick and problematic due to frictional resistance due to pile weaving.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and the problem is to smoothly fold even clothes made of a thick cloth such as a bathrobe of a toweling cloth. The point is to be able to.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a folding device including a step of folding the body of a garment in three in the width direction.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for supporting a central portion of a torso of a garment, which moves in a vertical direction coincident with a carrying direction, by a carrying means. Position under the left and right sides of the
The body part when folding in three by the left and right sliding plate that becomes the running table
Lift the left and right sides, Ru lift <br/> the left and right sides of the barrel at the time of bending, left right outside and left of the conveying means three-fold member
Left below the right sliding plate, the left and right sides of the garment in the transport direction are pressed on the transport means by the gauge plate that defines the position for folding the body of the clothing on the three sides, and left
Left and right sides of the torso lifted by the right sliding plate
In contrast , the tri-fold member is alternately moved left and right in the ascending direction and inward direction.
Perform a linear detour movement consisting of two stages of movement to
In this case, the clothing is folded in three in the width direction of the body by moving the clothing toward the center.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A folding device according to the present invention is a device for folding including a step of folding a trunk portion of clothes made of relatively thick cloth such as bathrobe into three in the width direction.

[0009] In this device, clothes are worn in the vertical direction when worn.
(It is also a vertical direction.) In the above-mentioned three-folding step of the present invention, the garment is moved by the conveying means which supports the central portion of the body with a width of one third inside and outside.

[0010] A tri-fold member, which serves as a base for supporting the left and right sides of the garment body being transported by the transport means in a sliding state, is disposed outside and below the left and right sides of the transport means. The left and right tri-fold members are members that lift the left and right sides of the body of the garment when folded, with reference to a side of a gauge plate described later.

[0011] That garment is driven by the transport means only the body portion central, left right side of the body portion is moved by sliding on the three-fold member. For this reason, at least the sliding surface of the tri-fold member has a surface with low frictional resistance.

The central portion of the garment is pressed against the upper surface of the conveying means by a gauge plate. The gauge plate is a gauge for folding the body of the garment in three, and the left and right sides of the gauge plate are used as a reference for bending. In other words, the gauge plate
It has a dimension for three-folding in which the distance between the left and right sides in the transport direction is substantially equal to the width of the center of the body of the garment.

In such a gauge plate, it is necessary that the surface in contact with the garment has a surface with very little frictional resistance. As a method of reducing friction, a method using a material with low physical properties such as a surface processed with polytetrafluoroethylene or a method using a mechanism with low resistance such as a rotating roll is applied. can do. Also, before the clothing enters, the distance between the gauge plate and the surface of the conveying means is set to be larger than the thickness of the clothing, so that the gauge plate can be lowered and pressed against the clothing after entering the home position.

In this way, by shifting the tri-folding member from the gauge plate to the center of the garment alternately on the left and right, it is possible to fold the thick cloth garment in the width direction of the trunk. The transition of the tri-fold member onto the gauge plate is not performed by the linear motion of the conventional actuator, but is performed by temporarily moving the trifold member upward to the left of the body.
It is desirable that the right side be lifted before moving inward.

In order to faithfully carry out the above-mentioned transitional movement of the three-fold member, a two-step operation of moving in the ascending / descending direction and inward / outward is required. However, in the case where the tri-fold member is moved from upward to downward using a U-shaped arm or the like, the desired effect can be obtained also by the rotational movement.

Although the folding device according to the present invention includes a step of folding the trunk in three in the width direction, the step does not have to be performed first. Not only can the sleeve be folded before the above-mentioned three-folding, but also in the case where the body part is folded in three in the vertical direction, it is also possible to undergo three-folding by the present apparatus after the first folding. Such a process design of the work is very effective since the important points of the clothes can be folded in advance so that the folded appearance can be finally kept beautiful.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, after the sleeves are folded, the process of folding the trunk in three in the width direction and the process of folding the trunk in the up and down direction are successively performed. There is shown a garment folding device which is a foldable product that can be delivered as is to a garment.

The apparatus is provided with a shaping body 11 as a charging device at the front.
And puts the garment 10 hung on the shaping body 11 into the charging conveyor 14 via the relay device including the hanger 12 and the sleeve suction duct 13. The thrown garment 10 is substantially shaped by the shaping body 11, is symmetrically stretched by the sleeve suction duct 13, is pulled by the hanger 12, and is handled slightly.
4 to the folding step.

The apparatus according to the present invention has a configuration in which the sleeve folding device 20, the waist fold device 30, the trunk tri-fold device 40, and the trunk final fold device 50 are arranged in this order along the clothes transporting process. The torso folding device 40 is a device for performing a step of folding the torso of the garment 10 in the width direction, and the sleeve folding and the hem folding are completed before that.

In the first sleeve folding device 20, the conveyor for receiving the garment 10 via the intermediate conveyor 19 following the input conveyor 14 is composed of a lower conveyor 21 for supporting the body, and left and right higher conveyors 22 for supporting the sleeve. Sleeve folding gauges 23, 2 are provided on the left and right sides of the lower conveyor 21 in the conveying direction.
The sleeve folding members 24, 24 are provided between the low and high conveyors 21, 22 so as to be movable inward and outward. See FIG. 3 to FIG. In addition, the folded sleeve protrudes slightly right and left from the body part.

The conveyors 21, 2 in the sleeve folding device 20
The height difference of 2 gradually increases after the garment 10 enters the sleeve folding section from the intermediate conveyor 19, and becomes constant eventually.
Using the step, the sleeve folding gauge 23 and the sleeve folding member 2
Four moving spaces are provided. Since the step is not required at the entrance end and the exit end, the reference numerals in FIG. 6 are for convenience.

The waist hem folding device 30 is a means for folding the garment 10 in two at the hem. When the folding in the direction of shortening the length (length) of the clothing 10 is referred to as “horizontal folding”, for example, by folding laterally at the hem,
The occurrence of mold collapse due to subsequent folding can be prevented or minimized.

In the embodiment, the trunk hem folding device 30 is provided with a fold 33 between the advancing end 29 of the sleeve folding conveyer and the ingress and advancing end 32 of the forward / reverse conveyor 31 and a fold member 34 therein. . See FIG. 6 and FIG. The hem is folded inside (front side) of the cloth like the sleeve.

After these, the cylinder tri-folding device 40 is located. Since the body three-folding device 40 folds the body of the garment 10 to approximately one-third the width , it can be said that it is a means for performing vertical folding with respect to the horizontal folding. In this process, the barrel is powered conveyed by the drive conveyor 41 is a conveyor means only the central portion, the left right side of the barrel will slide over the base. Tri-fold members 43L, 43R that lift the left and right sides of the trunk for bending under the table
Is located . With this configuration, the left and right of the body portion to be folded
It is possible to transition to the central portion direction of Katsumata garment torso lift the side portion.

[0025] Exemplary cylinder threefold folding device 40, the left right side of the central section, that the body portion of the garment 10 is folded, the driving conveyer 41 for conveying generally support one-third degree portion of the shank width and left and right sliding plates 42L as a base for sliding the left right side of the body portion, and 42R, three-fold member 43L located on the lower side of the right and left body portion, and 43R, the conveying direction left and right side portion 44
a and 44b are formed of a gauge plate 44 for defining a position for folding the garment in three. The drive conveyor 41 slides on the center slide plate 41C, and the gauge plate 44 can press the cloth body central portion against the conveyor 41.

Since the left and right sliding plates 42L and 42R contribute to the conveyance, they can be regarded as conveyance means in that sense. On the other hand,
The left and right sliding plates 42L and 42R are three-fold members 43L and 43.
Since lifting the left right side of the body for the tri-fold operation by R in this sense it can also be viewed as part of the tri-fold member.

The tri-fold device 40 shown in FIGS.
Is an example in which the three-fold members 43L and 43R perform a hook-shaped (or inverted L-shaped) movement of moving to the clothing center after moving upward. Unlike the conventional diagonal inward linear motion, the clothing is once lifted up and then moved inward, so that the outside of the body of the garment more detours outward, and does not become distorted on the way.

For the above folding, the tri-fold member 4
3L and 43R are bases 4 that can be raised and lowered by a lifting device 45.
6 are installed using reciprocating devices 47L and 47R for inward and outward directions, respectively. It can be said that such a method is based on a linear detour, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be implemented by a method based on a curvilinear detour.

An example will be described with reference to FIGS. In this example, the driving conveyor 41 and the left and right tri-fold members 43L and 43R are not changed, but the left and right tri-fold members 43L and 43R are provided with the lower shafts 49L and 49R of the gauge plate side parts 44a and 44b. Substantially L-shaped arms 48L and 48R provided rotatably about
Makes a curved detour. In this example, the tri-fold member also functions as a sliding plate.

In the above-mentioned tri-folding device 40, the strength and frictional resistance of the gauge plate 44 for tri-folding are important as described above. For this reason, in the present invention, the structure of the gauge plate 44 is particularly strengthened to provide strength that does not deform, and to reduce the friction coefficient of the surface as much as possible. For example, in each of FIGS. 9 and 10 and FIGS. 16, 17, and 18, a two-gauge type similar to the conventional one is shown.
It has a configuration in which a lubricating film made of polytetrafluoroethylene resin is formed on the entire surface that can be brought into contact with zero.

On the other hand, in the examples shown in FIGS. 11 to 15, a single-plate gauge plate 44 having a width equal to the distance between the left and right sides in the transport direction is used. According to the single-plate configuration, the structural strength can be easily improved as compared with the two-plate configuration, which is effective. On the other hand, it is necessary to increase the weight and strengthen the support structure, but the advantage of the process smoothness is great. Even in this case, a lubricating film 39 made of polytetrafluoroethylene resin is formed on the clothing contact surface.

A final folding device 50 is disposed at a stage subsequent to the three-body folding device 40. Final folding device 50
Is the advancing end 51 of the conveyor 41 of the drum tri-folding device 40
Then, the operation of folding the three-folded cloths by the final folding member 55 into the insertion opening 54 between the entrance end 53 to the final forward / reverse conveyor 52 is performed. See FIG. Since the trunk is folded by almost half in this step, the trunk is folded in three including the first hem.

The working process by the apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration will be described. The garment 10 is put on the shaped body 11 at the lowered position in a substantially regular state (FIGS. 20 and 2).
1). When the sleeve extending arm 18 extends right and left upward from the shaping body 11 and the shaping body 11 rises and inclines on the input conveyor 14, the hanger 12 enters the collar opening, and the sleeve suction duct 13 sucks the sleeve to the left and right. While throwing clothing 10
Is delivered to the loading conveyor 14 in a regular state (FIGS. 22 and 23).

The thrown garment 10 enters the sleeve folding section 20, and the sleeve folding member 24 moves inward, so that the sleeve is folded inward on the basis of the sleeve folding gauge 23, which is a fold near the base of the sleeve. (FIGS. 24 to 25). Next, the garment 10 after the sleeve folding is carried to the trunk hem folding device 30 by the normal rotation of the forward / reverse conveyor 31 (FIG. 26). When the garment 10 reaches the home position, the hem is turned by the reverse rotation of the forward / reverse conveyor 31 and the operation of the folding member 34. The part is folded into the insertion opening 33, and the first two folds (horizontal fold) are performed (FIG. 27).

The garment 10 that has undergone the sleeve folding and the hem folding enters the tri-folding section 40 (FIG. 28), and the central portion is pressed onto the drive conveyor 41 by the gauge plate 44 (FIG. 29). Thereafter, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the three-fold members 43L and 43R lift the both sides of the body upward as they are (FIG. 12), and subsequently move inward,
The left and right sides of the torso are folded alternately left and right on the center (Fig. 1
3, FIG. 14). At this time, even the slightly protruded sleeve portion and lower body portion are overlapped and folded into three, so that there is resistance, and there is no fear that the folding will be disturbed in a later step. FIG.

[0036] In the embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the U-shaped arm 48L, the left right side of the body portion by 48R acted bent relative to the gauge plate 44. Also in this rotational movement, there is lifting at the beginning and inward movement at the end, so that the outer edge does not precede and the intended tri-fold can be realized. 17 to 1
8.

The garment 10 that has been subjected to the sleeve folding, the hem folding, and the desired trunk (vertical) tri-folding is finished in the final folding device 50.
(FIG. 30), and the trunk is also folded three times horizontally by the final folding member 55 to complete all folding. (FIG. 31).

[0038]

Since the present invention is constructed and operates as described above, it is possible to properly fold even a garment made of a thick cloth such as a bathrobe of a toweling cloth by the vertical three-folding device of the trunk. Yes, not only does it not lose its shape, it also folds tightly,
This has the effect that the quality of the folded product can be further improved. Further, according to the present invention, a series of folding, including sleeve folding, hem folding, vertical three-fold folding, and final folding, can be completely performed on the garment made of the thick fabric, and a high-quality folded product can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a clothing folding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a state in which clothing is put into the sleeve folding device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a state where one sleeve is folded.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a state in which both sleeves are folded.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a hem folding step.

FIG. 7A is an explanatory diagram showing a process of moving to a skirt folding position.
(B) Explanatory drawing just before stop of a forward / reverse conveyor. (C) Explanatory drawing during the operation of the hem folding device.

FIG. 8 is a structural explanatory view of one tri-fold member in the trunk tri-fold device.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the same device.

FIG. 10A is a side view of the device before it is folded in three.
(B) Side view of the same device in a state of being folded in three.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a state before tri-folding by the tri-folding device of one embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a tri-fold member that is also rising for tri-fold.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing a state in which one tri-fold member is shifted inward and one side is folded.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing another remaining folded state.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the three-folding of the body is completed.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the tri-folding device.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view when the same device is folded on one side.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory view when the three-folding of the body is completed.

FIG. 19 (a) is an explanatory view showing a step of entering a final folding device. (B) Explanatory drawing which shows the advance limit of a final folding apparatus.
(C) Explanatory drawing which shows the double folding of the last folding apparatus. (D) Explanatory drawing at the time of completion of two-folding of the last folding apparatus.

FIG. 20 is a process chart showing a state before putting clothes.

FIG. 21 is a process diagram showing a state in which clothing is hung on a shaped body.

FIG. 22 is a process diagram in a state where the shaped body has been raised to a charging position.

FIG. 23 is a process chart in which clothing is put in a fixed state.

FIG. 24 is a process diagram illustrating a state in which the transfer state is entered after the charging;

FIG. 25 is a drawing of a sleeve folding process.

FIG. 26 is a process chart during a transition to a trunk fold.

FIG. 27 is a process chart during folding of the trunk hem.

FIG. 28 is a process chart during a transition to a tri-folded portion of the trunk.

FIG. 29 is a process diagram during the tri-folding of the trunk.

FIG. 30 is a process chart for a trunk final folding device.

FIG. 31 is a process diagram during the final folding of the trunk.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-10-328499 (JP, A) JP-A-54-59494 (JP, A) JP-A-4-343900 (JP, A) JP-B-57-17560 (JP) , B2) JP 61-16199 (JP, B2) JP 2-51640 (JP, B2) JP 7-29999 (JP, Y2) JP 2-40960 (JP, Y2) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) D06F 89/02

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A folding device including a step of folding a body part of a garment such as a bathrobe into three in a width direction, wherein a center part of the body part of the garment moving in a longitudinal direction coincident with a carrying direction is moved by a carrying means. Left and right sliding plates that support and are located under the left and right sides of the body during transportation and serve as a platform for sliding the left and right sides
Lift the left and right sides of the body portion when three-fold by, Ru lifting the left and right sides of the body portion during bending, arranged three-fold member below the left and right outer and lateral contact strip of the conveying means, the conveying direction lateral The central part of the garment is held down on the conveyance means by a gauge plate whose side defines the position for folding the torso of the garment, and lifted by the left and right sliding plates
The left and right sides of the torso part are two-step operations of moving the tri-fold member left and right alternately in the ascending direction and the inward direction.
A garment made of thick cloth, wherein the garment is folded in three in the width direction of the body by performing a linear detouring motion and shifting the garment toward the center of the garment. 2. The body of clothing such as bathrobes is three in the width direction.
A folding device including a folding step, wherein
The center of the body of the garment, which moves in the
It is supported by feeding means, and it is located below the left and right sides of the trunk during transport.
Position, lift the left and right sides of the trunk when bending,
Place the folding member on the left and right sides of the conveyance means and below the left and right sliders.
On the left and right sides of the body in the transport direction.
The middle part of the garment by a gauge plate that defines the location for
Is held down on the transfer means, and the left and right sliding plates
To the left and right sides of the torso
Curvilinear detour movement of left and right rotating members
And move it toward the center of the garment.
Thick, characterized by folding three types in the width direction of the trunk
Clothes folding device made of fabric. 3. The transfer of the tri-fold member onto the gauge plate includes:
Clothing folding device consisting of a thick fabric of claim 1, wherein performed by bypassing movement for migrating the left and right side portions of the trunk portion once after the lifting upwardly inwardly. 4. A garment folding apparatus comprising a thick fabric according to claim 1 or 2, wherein is carried out by three-fold in the lateral pair 4 at the foot of the barrel in front of the garment body portion folding cylinder skirt folding device. 5. A cylinder tri-fold device, left right side of the body portion is folded, a drive conveyor for conveying generally support one-third degree portion of the shank width, the left right side of the body portion A right and left sliding plate serving as a slide base, a tri-fold member located on the lower side of the body left and right, and a gauge plate on the left and right sides in the transport direction defining a position for clothing tri-fold. Item 1
Or a folding apparatus for clothing made of the thick cloth according to 2 . 6. Fold member, folding the garment made of thick fabric of claim 1, wherein using a single plate construction gauge plate having a width equal to the distance in the transport direction left and right sides device. 7. The tri-fold member has a slip coating made of polytetrafluoroethylene resin on a clothing contact surface.
An apparatus for folding clothes comprising the thick cloth according to 2 or 7. 8. A sleeve folding device and a hem folding device are arranged in front of the three-fold body device, and a final folding device for laterally folding the hem-folded and three-fold body is arranged in the rear stage of the three-fold body device. A garment folding apparatus comprising the thick cloth according to claim 1 or 2 having a structure.