JP4570639B2 - Folding machine for thick clothing - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a thick clothing dedicated folding machine used for folding clothing made of thick fabric.

  Extremely thick luxury bathrobes made of towels cannot be folded with a conventional folding machine, and to some extent they have to rely on manual work. Thick clothing made of extra-thick toweling cloth becomes very difficult to fold as the fabric overlaps and doubles and folds to quadruple. It was not possible to cope with the folding method using it. Some conventional folding methods do not use a folding knife.

  For example, the invention of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-202200 deals with the folding of clothing made of thick fabric, but in the invention of the same issue, the central portion is defined by a gauge plate that defines the position of the clothing body for tri-folding. An operation is performed in which the left and right side portions in the conveyance direction are folded alternately on the left and right sides of the clothing that is pressed. However, even in the case of the invention of the same issue, it is necessary to perform folding using a folding knife in the middle of conveyance by a conveyor, and not all folding can be performed without using a folding knife. Moreover, since the gauge plate is used in the invention of the same issue, it must be pulled out from the garment after being folded in three, and there is a problem that the resistance increases as the cloth of the garment becomes thicker.

JP 2000-202200 A

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above points, and the problem is that it is possible to reliably fold thick clothing such as a luxury bathrobe made of an extremely thick fabric that could not be folded by a conventional machine. It is to provide a folding machine dedicated to thick clothing. Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to remarkably reduce the burden on the operator when folding thick clothing.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention relates to a folding machine dedicated to thick clothing used for folding clothing made of thick fabric.
A simulated human body for wearing and shaping thick clothing, a clothing transport unit for receiving the thick clothing from the simulated human body in a shaped state and transporting it to the folding unit, and folding the transported thick clothing at a fixed position And a folding part arranged along the transport path of the clothes transport part,
The simulated human body has a fixing portion that touches and presses against the mating portion so that the thick clothing that is dressed and shaped is transported without opening the mating portion of the body,
The folding unit includes a support base disposed at a position that supports a substantially central portion of the thick garment conveyed by the garment transport portion, and a thick garment positioned on the left and right in the transport direction around the support base in the direction of the central portion. It comprises a vertically folded part that folds, and a laterally folded part that folds thick clothing positioned in the front and rear direction in the transport direction around the support base in the direction of the center part ,
The support base is surrounded by the vertical folding part and the horizontal folding part, and is configured to be able to ascend and descend to a descending position that fits the carry-out part below it, with the position supporting the clothes being conveyed as the ascending position. It is a measure that is supposed to be.

  As described above, the thick clothing to be treated in the present invention is an extremely thick luxury bathrobe made of towel cloth. However, thick materials that are not too thick even if they are made of towels, or those that are thick but not made of towels, are made of thick fabrics and are therefore included in the processing object of the present invention. It is clear that

  A folding machine for thick clothing according to the present invention includes a simulated human body part for wearing and shaping thick clothing, and a clothing transporting part for receiving thick clothing from the simulated human body part in a shaped state and transporting it to the folding part. In order to fold the transported thick garment at a fixed position, the folding unit disposed along the transport path of the thick garment transport unit is a minimum component. The simulated human body part is a part for the operator to shape thick clothing and put it into the process, and it is arranged considering the necessity of manual work for that purpose, and the folding part is thick from the simulated human body part. It is desirable to dispose the clothes so that they are pulled out upward, and to dispose them and deliver them to the clothes transporting section, above the simulated human body and behind the thick clothes in the moving direction.

  The simulated human body portion has a fixing portion that presses against the mating portion so that the thick clothing that is dressed and shaped is conveyed without opening the mating portion of the body. Even if the thick clothing is shaped on the simulated human body part, the matching part of the body will open as it is, so by holding the matching part of the body with the fixed part, the thick clothing can be conveyed while maintaining the shaping state. Make it available to the department.

  In the present invention, the configuration of the simulated human body part that is indispensable for the structure can be rotated around the vertical axis, so that the front and back sides of the thick garment worn on the simulated human body part can be changed, and thereby forward-facing. You may comprise so that the thick clothing shape | molded by (1) can be conveyed back (invention of Claim 2). Although not limited to thick clothing, there are two ways to fold thick clothing: “chest fold” that folds out the front body and “back-out fold” that folds out the back body. Therefore, it is possible to selectively perform the above-mentioned “chest fold” and “back fold” by making the simulated human body part rotatable about the vertical axis.

  The clothing transport unit is configured to pull out the thick clothing worn on the simulated human body part upward and transport it to the folding unit disposed above the simulated human body part and behind the moving direction, and the thick clothing. And a clamp provided so as to be movable along the guide belt (invention of claim 3). The guide belt is a means for moving the clamp from the position where the thick clothing was received to the folding position, and the thick clothing pulled out from the simulated human body part can be moved backwards, that is, in the vertical direction of the thick clothing. Let The clamp receives the thick garment, holds it, conveys it to a folding position, and releases the thick garment at the folding position. The guide belt of such a garment conveying unit is composed of a pair of left and right arranged in a range from the upper side of the simulated human body unit to the rear of the folding unit, and the left and right clamps respectively attached to the pair of left and right guide belts. It is desirable to have it (the invention according to claim 4).

  The folding unit includes a support base disposed at a position that supports a substantially central portion of the thick garment conveyed by the garment transport portion, and a thick garment positioned on the left and right in the transport direction around the support base in the direction of the central portion. A vertical folding part for folding, and a lateral folding part for folding thick clothing positioned in the front and back in the conveying direction around the support base in the direction of the central part. The direction from the collar to the hem is called “vertical”, and the left-right direction is called “horizontal”. Therefore, the vertical folding means that the garment is folded along the vertical fold line, and the horizontal folding means that the garment is folded along the horizontal fold line. It is free to perform either vertical folding or horizontal folding first, but it is easier to fold the one with the longer folding line first and the shorter one.

  Each part constituting the foldable part has a support base disposed at a position where the thick garment is supported at a substantially central part at the lowest position. It is desirable that the horizontal folding part located in the front and back in the transport direction with respect to the center is at a higher position (the invention according to claim 5). The boundary between the support base, the vertical fold portion, and the horizontal fold portion serves as a fold line due to the difference in height, making it easy to fold. Further, the support base can be configured to be able to ascend and descend to a descending position suitable for an unloading part below the position surrounded by the vertical folding part and the horizontal folding part. Described invention).

  Since the present invention is configured and operates as described above, the simulated human body part, the clothes transporting part, and the folding part are arranged in a predetermined arrangement and folded while maintaining the shaping state of the thick clothes. Therefore, it is possible to reliably fold thick clothing such as a luxury bathrobe made of an extremely thick fabric that could not be folded by a conventional machine. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden on the worker to the maximum when folding thick clothing. That is, according to the present invention, it is only necessary to put on the simulated human body part, and it can be automatically carried out until carrying out, so that the labor required for folding thick clothing is remarkably reduced.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show the overall arrangement and configuration of the thick clothing dedicated folding machine according to the present invention, and FIG. B shows the state when the thick clothing is put on. In each figure, 10 is a simulated human body part, 30 is a clothing transport part, 50 is a folding part, 60 is a carry-out part, and 70 is an operation part. The simulated human body 10 shown in the figure is in the lower part of the input position in front of the thick clothing dedicated folding machine, and considers the necessity for the operator to perform manual work to shape the thick clothing 11 and put it into the process. It is arranged at a low position close to the worker. The folding unit 50 is moved to remove the thick garment 11 from the simulated human body unit 10 so as to be pulled upward, and is placed in an input position for delivery to the garment transport unit 30, above the simulated human body unit 10 and for the thick garment. It is arranged behind the moving direction.

  As shown in more detail in FIGS. 4 to 8, the simulated human body portion 10 is a simulated human body 15 provided so as to stand on a movable frame 13 provided on a base portion 12 by a column 14. have. The support column 14 is integrally attached to the frame 13 and is connected to an operating portion 17a of an inclined cylinder 17 provided on the base side and an arm 16a provided to the frame shaft 16 so as to be inclined forward and backward. (See FIGS. 5 to 6). The support column 14 includes a slide guide 18a, a slide frame 18b combined with the slide guide 18a, and a slide cylinder 19. The simulated human body 15 is tilted from a low shaping position close to the operator. It is formed so that it can be extended and retracted to a high delivery position, close to the insertion portion 29 at the upper front of the machine body 28.

  Moreover, the simulated human body part 10 has a fixing part 20 that contacts and presses the matching part of the body of the thick clothing 11 that is dressed and shaped. The fixed portion 20 can be bent in a dogleg shape, which is a sub-post 21 provided upright on the front of the post of the movable frame 13 and is supported by a fixed shaft at the upper end on the upper portion, and the lower end is slidably coupled. The body garment fixing links 22a and 22b and the holding cylinder 23 provided on the sub strut 21 are provided, and the thick garment 11 is conveyed while maintaining the shaping state by pressing the matching part of the garment body on the upper part as much as possible. Make it available to the department. Reference numeral 22 c denotes a joint portion of the link, and this outer portion serves as a fixing portion 20 that presses the mating portion of the thick clothing 11.

  In the present invention, by allowing the simulated human body part 10 to further rotate around the vertical axis, the simulated human body part 10 can be put on the simulated human body part 10 and the front and back sides of the thick clothing 11 can be changed. The simulated human body rotating device 24 is shown in detail in FIG. 7 and enables the support column 14 provided upright on the movable frame 13 to rotate around the vertical axis. The movable frame 13 is rotatably provided. A drive cylinder 26 having a rack 26 a as a rotation drive source is disposed on the movable frame 13, and the rack 26 a meshes with a pinion 26 b mounted on the substrate 25. With this configuration, the thick garment 11 can be rotated while holding the matching part of the body (see FIG. 8), and “chest fold” and “back fold” can be selectively performed. In addition, for the control of each part, an extendable cable 27 extends from the base part 12, and its tip is connected to the rotating substrate 25.

  The clothing transport unit 30 is provided at a position above and behind the loading position of the thick clothing 11 by the simulated human body unit 10. The garment transport unit 30 in the illustrated example has a pair of clamps 31 that can be gripped by sandwiching the moving-side tip of the thick cloth 11 near the left and right ends, approaching by the rising and backward inclination of the simulated human body unit 10. The clamp 31 has catchers 32a and 32b that can be opened and closed and an actuator 33 that is connected to one of the catchers for opening and closing (FIG. 9).

  The clamps 31, 31 are attached to a pair of left and right transport rails 35 provided as a means for moving the thick clothing 11 from the position 34 where it is received to the folding position 36 so as to reciprocate in the front-rear direction. Is provided. In parallel with the transport rails 35, 35, guide belts 39 are provided that are wound around the front and rear rollers 37, 38. Therefore, the clamps 31, 31 that are received and gripped by sandwiching the thick clothing 11 are After transporting to the folding position 36, the thick clothing can be released at the folding position.

  In FIG. 9, reference numeral 40 denotes a transport motor, and 41 denotes a drive shaft. The rollers 37 are attached to both ends of the drive shaft on the left and right sides. Reference numeral 42 denotes a clamp moving body, and 43 denotes a clamp mounting portion, which has sufficient load resistance characteristics. In the illustrated example, since the transport rail 35 is used, it is possible to bear a heavy load of the thick clothing 11 that is suspended and transported by the clamps 31 and 31. Reference numeral 44 denotes a collar receiving portion that supports the thick collar of the thick clothing 11 and prevents it from falling down. The clamp attachment portion 43 is attached to a left and right cylinder device built in the clamp moving body 42 by means of an arm 43a, and vertically folded plates 46 and 47 that perform a reverse operation, and a clamp 31 that moves back and forth. Is configured not to conflict.

  The folding unit 50 includes a support 45 disposed at a position that supports a substantially central portion of the garment 11 that has been conveyed by the garment conveyance unit 30, and the garment 11 that is positioned on the left and right in the conveyance direction around the support 45. A vertical fold portion that folds in the direction of the center, and a lateral fold portion that folds clothing positioned in the front and rear direction in the transport direction around the support base in the direction of the center portion. The vertical folding portion that folds the garment 11 along the vertical fold line has vertical folding plates 46 and 47 that are located on the left and right in the conveying direction around the support base 45 and have a longer front-rear length than the thick fabric 11. The horizontal folding part that folds the garment 11 along the horizontal folding line has lateral folding plates 48 and 49 located between the longitudinal folding plates 46 and 47, located in the front and rear of the conveyance base around the support base 45. (See FIG. 2).

  The vertical folding plates 46 and 47 and the horizontal folding plates 48 and 49 have a porous structure in which a large number of through holes are formed, and have a structure in which the influence on the clothing 11 is reduced by ventilation. Further, the folding unit 50 is located at the lowest position of the support base 45 disposed at a position supporting the substantially central portion of the garment 11, and the left and right vertical folding plates 46 and 47 and the front and rear horizontal folding plates 48 and 49 are more High position. Due to the difference in height, the edges L, R, F, and B serving as boundaries between the support base 45, the vertical folding portion, and the horizontal folding portion serve as a folding line and facilitate folding (see FIGS. 2 and 16). .

  Further, the vertical folding plates 46 and 47 and the horizontal folding plates 48 and 49 have movable configurations as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, respectively. That is, the vertical folding plates 46 and 47 are attached to the upper end portion of the machine casing 51 surrounding the central portion where the support base 45 is disposed by a hinge 52 so as to be reversible by about 180 degrees, and the machine folding frame 51 is vertically folded at the lower portion. A cylinder 54 is attached, and a crank 54 to which the expansion / contraction piston is connected and an arm on the side of the vertical folding plates 46 and 47 are connected by a link 55. Similarly, the horizontal folding plates 48 and 49 are attached to the upper end of the machine frame 51 surrounding the center part by a hinge 56 so as to be reversible, and a vertical folding cylinder 57 is attached to the lower part of the machine frame 51. The connected crank 58 and the arms on the side of the lateral folding plates 48, 49 are connected by a link 59. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11B, the difference in height from the support base 45 is set to be large in the lateral folding plates 48 and 49 that are folded at the end.

  The support base 45 is configured to be capable of ascending and descending with a position surrounded by the vertical folding part and the horizontal folding part as an ascending position 61 and to a descending position 62 that fits the unloading part 60 below (see FIG. ). The carry-out section 60 has a drive roll 64 driven by a drive motor 63 and long and short carry-out belts 67 and 68 wound around driven rolls 65 and 66, and the longer belt end 67a is , And has a form protruding so as to enter the recessed portion 45a formed in the support base 45. The longer belt end 67 a can enter the recessed portion 45 a at the lowered position 62 and come out above the upper surface of the support base 45. Reference numeral 69 denotes a lifting cylinder.

  A folding method using the thick clothing folding machine according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. The operation of the operation unit 70 installed on the right front surface of the apparatus is made operable. Next, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 13, the worker 71 puts the thick garment 11 on the simulated human body 15 and closes the front body of the thick garment 11 to the upper left part of FIG. 15. Further, by the operation of a foot switch (not shown), the fixing unit 20 operates to hold the above-mentioned mating unit, and the simulated human body 15 is rotated 180 degrees. This is the state shown in the middle of FIG. Thereafter, the tilt cylinder 17 is operated, and the simulated human body 15 is in a posture in which the upper portion is tilted rearward as shown in the lower part of FIG.

  As shown in the upper part of FIG. 14, the simulated human body 15 is extended toward the insertion portion 29 while being tilted, and the operator folds the left and right sleeves 11 s toward the back body by the operation of the slide cylinder 19 (see FIG. 14). 15 on the lower left), the clamp 31 is activated, the catchers 32a and 32b are closed, and the left and right shoulders of the thick clothing 11 are gripped as shown in the middle of FIG. Subsequently, the garment conveying unit 30 starts to operate, and the thick garment 11 in the upper right state of FIG. 15 is conveyed to the folding position 36 as shown in the lower stage of FIG. The thick garment 11 is released and the clamp 31 returns to its original position.

  The folding work in the folding unit 50 for the thick clothing 11 is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. The upper left part of FIG. 16 shows the state of each part when the thick garment 11 is conveyed to the folding position. The support base 45, the left and right vertical folding plates 46 and 47, and the horizontal folding plates 48 and 49 have a predetermined height difference. They are arranged in a certain planar arrangement. When the thick garment 11 in the state of the upper right in FIG. 15 is conveyed there, as shown in the left middle and lower left of FIG. The left and right side portions of the thick garment 11 are folded in order in the direction centering on 45 (upper right middle in FIG. 15). In the upper right middle part of FIG. 15, the front body of the thick garment is illustrated above. However, this is for convenience of explanation, and the upper and lower sides of the thick garment are not interchanged at this stage. Next, as shown in the upper right stage and the right middle stage of FIG. 16, the front and rear lateral folding plates 48 and 49 are alternately operated to similarly fold the front and rear parts of the thick clothing 11 in the same direction toward the center (the right middle stage of FIG. 15). under). Thus, the folded product 72 of the thick clothing is completed, and the support base 45 on which the folded product 72 is placed is lowered to the lowered position 62, and the folded product 72 can be carried out of the apparatus by the carry-out unit 60.

An example of the folding machine only for thick clothing which concerns on this invention is shown, A is a front view, B is a front view which shows the state which put heavy clothing on the simulated human body of the same machine. It is a top view which similarly shows a folding machine. It is a side view of a folder similarly. The simulated human body part in the present invention is shown, A is a plan view, and B is a front view. FIGS. 5A and 5B show a fixed part in the simulated human body part of FIG. 4, and FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a non-fixed state and FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a fixed state. It is a side view which similarly shows the inclination of a simulation human body part. Similarly, the rotating device of the simulated human body part is shown, with A being a non-rotating state, B being a 90 degree rotation, and C being a plane explanatory view at a 180 degree rotation. Similarly, it shows the rotating device of the simulated human body part, where A is a non-rotating state and B is a side explanatory view when rotating 180 degrees. The clothing conveyance part in this invention is shown, A is a top view, B is a side view, C is a front view. The folding part in this invention is shown, Each A is a cross-sectional view at the time of the non-operation of the vertical folding part, and B at the time of operation. The folding part in this invention is shown, Each A is a cross-sectional view at the time of an operation | movement at the time of non-operation of a horizontal folding part, and B. FIG. The carrying-out part in this invention is shown, A is a top view and B is a side view. It is explanatory drawing which shows each process of putting on the thick clothing in the folding operation | work by this invention, 180 degree | times rotation, and fixing of a fitting part. It is explanatory drawing which shows each process of shaping, throwing in, and conveyance of thick clothing in the folding work by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the change of the external form of the thick clothing in the folding operation | work by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement order of the folding part which implements the folding operation | work by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Simulated human body part 11 Thick clothing 12 Base part 13 Movable frame 14 Prop 15 Simulated human body 16 Frame shaft 17 Inclined cylinder 19 Slide cylinder 20 Fixing part 21 Sub strut 23 Holding cylinder 24 Simulated human body rotating device 25 Rotating board 27 Cable bear 28 Input unit 30 Clothing transport unit 31 Clamp 33 Operate 34 Receiving device 35 Pair of left and right transport rails 36 Folding device 37, 38 Front and rear rollers 39 Guide belt 40 Motor for transport 41 Drive shaft 42 Clamp moving body 43 Clamp attachment unit 45 Support base 46, 47 Vertical folding plate 48, 49 Horizontal folding plate 50 Folding part 51 Machine frame 52, 56 Hinge 53, 57 Cylinder 54, 58 Crank 55, 59 Link 60 Unloading part 61 Lifting position 62 Lowering position 63 Moving motor 64 driving roll 65 driven roll 67, 68 out belt 69 lifting cylinder 70 operating unit

Claims (5)

A folding machine dedicated to thick clothing used to fold clothing made of thick fabric,
A simulated human body for wearing and shaping thick clothing, a clothing transport unit for receiving the thick clothing from the simulated human body in a shaped state and transporting it to the folding unit, and folding the transported thick clothing at a fixed position And a folding part arranged along the transport path of the clothes transport part,
The simulated human body has a fixing portion that touches and presses against the mating portion so that the thick clothing that is dressed and shaped is transported without opening the mating portion of the body,
The folding unit includes a support base disposed at a position that supports a substantially central portion of the thick garment conveyed by the garment transport portion, and a thick garment positioned on the left and right in the transport direction around the support base in the direction of the central portion. It comprises a vertically folded part that folds, and a laterally folded part that folds thick clothing positioned in the front and rear direction in the transport direction around the support base in the direction of the center part ,
The support base is surrounded by the vertical folding part and the horizontal folding part, and is configured to be able to ascend and descend to a lowered position that fits the carry-out part below it, with the position supporting the clothes being conveyed as the raised position. and are <br/> thick clothing dedicated folding machine. The simulated human body can be rotated around the vertical axis so that the orientation of the front and back of the thick clothing dressed on the simulated human body can be changed. The folding for exclusive use of thick clothing of Claim 1 comprised so that it can selectively implement the chest folding which folds out the front body of thick clothing, and the back folding which folds out the back body and folds by doing Machine. The clothing transport unit grips the thick clothing with a guide belt provided to pull out the thick clothing worn on the simulated human body upward and transport it to the folding unit located above and behind the simulated human body. The folding machine for thick clothes according to claim 1, further comprising a clamp movably provided along the guide belt. The guide belt of the clothing transport unit is composed of a pair of left and right arranged in a range from the upper side of the simulated human body to the rear of the folding unit, and has left and right clamps respectively attached to the pair of left and right guide belts. The folding machine for thick clothes according to claim 1. Each part constituting the foldable part has a support base disposed at a position where the thick garment is supported at a substantially central part at the lowest position. The folding machine for thick clothing according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal folding part located at the front and back in the conveying direction with respect to the center is at a higher position.

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