JP6184715B2 - Clothing folding equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothing tatami folding apparatus, and more particularly to a garment tatami folding apparatus that can be applied to various sizes of clothing and various folding methods.

  In the linen supply industry, services such as washing and ironing clothes collected from customers such as hotels are folded and delivered to the customers. There are various ways to fold clothes, but first fold the sleeves of the clothes, then fold the trunk vertically into three normally, and then fold the clothes that are folded in three vertically into two at the top and bottom. And is called Japanese tatami. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-233100 is an apparatus for Japanese folding, and the above folding method is shown in FIG.

  Since the above-mentioned Japanese folding apparatus folds horizontally at the end, for example, when the wearer adjusts the length, the length can be easily understood by simply unfolding the fold, and the length can be easily adjusted. Therefore, since the folded garment may be folded vertically, it is very easy to return to the original folded form, and there is almost no risk of the shape being collapsed. In addition, clothes folded in Japanese tatami have a sense of moderation and cleanliness, and there are things that are difficult to change to other folding methods. In particular, there are delivery requests from high-class inns that specify Japanese tatami.

  In addition, as a method of folding clothing, a folding method in which the sleeve of the clothing is folded back is sometimes referred to as chest folding, and a folding method in which the sleeve is folded to the front is referred to as back folding. The customer may specify whether to fold the clothes as chest fold or back fold. Therefore, it is desirable that the apparatus be compatible with either chest folding or back folding. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-233321 discloses an invention in which either a chest fold or a back fold can be selected (but Japanese fold is not possible).

  On the other hand, there are clothes of different sizes, but in many cases the sizes of clothes put on the line are mixed. Differences in size between large, medium, and small are not a problem in most cases, but it is not possible to fold items of significantly different sizes, such as children's clothing, together with adults. That is, a folding device that can respond to such a difference in size has not yet been provided. In addition, there is a case where it is desired to bypass the garment put into the Japanese folding apparatus without folding it for some reason, but there is no example in which a bypass conveyor is attached to the Japanese folding apparatus.

JP 2000-233100 A JP 2009-233321 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its problem is that it is possible to execute Japanese tatami by back folding and chest folding, and even if clothes of different sizes are mixed, they are hindered. It is intended to provide a Japanese folding apparatus with a bypass conveyor that can be folded without any problems. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly flexible Japanese folding apparatus that can fold clothes of a remarkably small size as in the case of children, and at the same time can perform chest folding and back folding. .

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention folds a garment sleeve at a sleeve fold portion of the input conveyor, and vertically folds the garment at a vertical fold portion of a vertical fold conveyor located downstream of the input conveyor. About the clothing folding device that folds the clothing folded vertically at the transverse fold of the conveyor and supplies it to the lower final folding conveyor, in order to convey the clothing passing through the longitudinal folding conveyor, A bypass conveyor whose front end is located at the connection point with the conveyor is provided above the vertical folding conveyor, and the front end of the bypass conveyor is disposed at a non-bypass position not connected to the input conveyor and a bypass position connected to the input conveyor. Means are provided to be movable by a moving device.

  The Japanese folding apparatus of the present invention folds the sleeves of clothes at the sleeve folding part of the input conveyor, vertically folds the clothes at the vertical folding part of the vertical folding conveyor located downstream of the input conveyor, It has a basic structure in which clothes that are vertically folded at a folding section are folded horizontally and supplied to a lower final folding conveyor. It is not sufficient that this configuration is provided with a sleeve fold, a vertical fold, and a horizontal fold, and the folding is performed in the order of sleeve fold, vertical fold, and horizontal fold, or after first folding the sleeve, It is required to vertically fold the sleeve folded and horizontally fold the sleeve folded vertically.

  In the Japanese folding apparatus having the basic configuration, in order to convey clothes passing through the vertical folding conveyor, a bypass conveyor having a front end positioned at a connection point between the input conveyor and the vertical folding conveyor is provided above the vertical folding conveyor. One of the roles of the bypass conveyor is to prevent the clothing from passing through the Japanese folding device when it is desired to bypass the garment for some reason. For this purpose, the bypass conveyor is disposed above the vertical folding conveyor, and the clothes passing through the bypass conveyor are discharged in the form of being put on (the sleeve folding portion can also be inactivated). .

  In the folding apparatus of the present invention, the bypass conveyor can be selected from a front bypass conveyor and a rear bypass conveyor, but in any case, the front end of the bypass conveyor is not connected to the input conveyor. In order to arrange | position in a bypass position connected with a bypass position and an input conveyor, it is provided so that a movement is possible. Whether or not clothing is bypassed can be selected only by the configuration in which the front end portion of the bypass conveyor is movable.

  By configuring the bypass conveyor from the front bypass conveyor and the rear bypass conveyor, the bypass conveyor can be used for a new lateral folding. By using such a bypass conveyor in combination, for example, lateral folds can be preceded only for clothes having a remarkably small size (therefore, Japanese tatami is not performed for children's clothes).

  The sleeve folds include two sets of large and small sleeve fold guides that guide the large and small garments to the sleeve folds, and a pair of left and right garment pressing members that hold the garments along the conveying direction by the conveyor. And a pair of left and right garment pressing members that fold sleeves by guiding sleeves of clothes placed on the input conveyor from below to above and from outside to inside, and a pair of left and right garment pressing members It is desirable that the sleeve folding member has a configuration in which it can be moved according to the size of clothing by a position variable mechanism.

  The vertical folding conveyor is composed of a front vertical folding conveyor and a rear vertical folding conveyor, and the folding section for folding the clothes conveyed on the vertical folding conveyor is a front vertical folding conveyor and a rear vertical folding conveyor. The final folding conveyor is located between the vertical folding conveyor and has a substantially equal length conveyor section on both sides with the center as a branch point. It is also desirable to allow clothing to be distributed to the conveyor portion on either side when folding back.

  The bypass conveyor is originally intended to bypass the vertical folding conveyor. However, as for the bypass conveyor, it is composed of a front bypass conveyor and a rear bypass conveyor, and a folding portion for laterally folding the clothing conveyed on the conveyor of the front bypass conveyor as described above. It can be set as the structure provided between the part bypass conveyor and the rear bypass conveyor. Thereby, in the Japanese folding apparatus, it is possible to process clothes that are not folded in three vertically.

  In the Japanese folding apparatus of the present invention, it is desirable that an ironer (ironing device) is disposed in front of the input conveyor, and the clothes ironed by the ironer are supplied to the input conveyor. By ironing just before, the Japanese tatami can be finished even more beautifully.

  Since the present invention is configured and operates as described above, there is an effect that it is possible to execute sum folding by back folding and chest folding. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a folding device that can be bypassed by an attached bypass conveyor and that can be folded without any trouble even when clothes of different sizes are mixed. In addition, according to the present invention, not only chest folding and back folding are possible, but also clothes of extremely small sizes such as those for children can be folded without hindrance, and high flexibility in folding the clothes is demonstrated. A Japanese-style folding device is provided.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 relates to the overall structure of a garment folding apparatus according to the present invention. 10 is a sleeve fold, 20 is a sleeve fold, 30 is a vertical fold, 40 is a moving device, 50 is a side fold, 60. Indicates a final folded portion, and 70 indicates a bypass portion. The sleeve folding unit 10 is provided on the input conveyor 11, the vertical folding conveyor 12 is positioned downstream of the input conveyor 11, the bypass conveyor 13 is positioned above the vertical folding conveyor 12, and the final folding conveyor is positioned below the vertical folding conveyor 12. 14 is located. Each of the conveyors and the conveyors other than the above consists of a belt wound around a plurality of rollers, and appropriate tension is applied.

  The sleeve folding device 20 is provided in the sleeve folding section 10, and as shown in detail in FIGS. 3 to 5, the sleeve folding device 20 includes a sleeve folding gauge 15 that determines a position for folding the sleeve S of the clothing W, and the clothing W. A clothing pressing member 16 and a sleeve folding member 17 are provided (see FIG. 3). Further, in order to guide the sleeve S of the clothing W on the conveyor onto the sleeve folding member 17, a sleeve folding guide is provided as will be described later. Since each of the above members is composed of a pair of left and right members, the left and right sides are distinguished by attaching left (L) and right (R) in the plan view, and only the numerals are shown in the side view unless necessary. .

  As the above-described sleeve folding guide, two sets of large and small sleeve folding guides 18 and 19 are installed at the front end of the apparatus in order to guide large and small clothes to the sleeve folding portion 10 (see FIG. 4). Here, “large” and “small” refer to the size of the width of the clothing for adults and children. The sleeve folding guides 18 and 19 have a drive part 18a comprising a positioning cylinder device attached to the apparatus body side, and a swinging part 18b pivotally supported at the tip of the drive part 18a, and are supported by advancing and retreating of the drive part 18a. Between the lowered position (D), which rotates around the shaft 18c and is located below the conveying surface of the input conveyor 11 and allows the cloth to pass through, and the raised position (U), which guides the cloth to the sleeve folding member 17 Thus, it can be moved up and down (see FIG. 4).

  The above-described sleeve folding device 20 is provided so as to be adjustable in order to respond to the size of the clothing W. The adjusting device of the sleeve folding device 20 includes the sleeve folding gauges 15 (L) and 15 (R) that determine the position at which the sleeve S of the garment W is folded, and the left and right sides of the garment W along the conveying direction by the input conveyor 11. A pair of left and right clothing pressing members 16 (L), 16 (R) to be pressed, and a sleeve S of clothing W placed on the input conveyor are guided from below to above and from outside to inside to fold the sleeve. The position of the pair of left and right sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) to be performed can be adjusted in the left-right direction. In addition, 21 and 22 are front and rear beam members, and are installed on the upper portion of the input conveyor 11 with an appropriate interval in the front and rear in order to install the adjusting device.

  A pair of gauge position variable mechanisms 23 (L) and 23 (R) comprising a cylinder device are attached to the front beam member 21 in a symmetrical arrangement via an attachment member 21a, and are attached to the attachment member 21a. Sleeve folding gauges 15 (L) and 15 (R) and clothing pressing members 16 (L) and 16 (R) are respectively attached. The sleeve folding gauges 15 (L) and 15 (R) and the clothing pressing members 16 (L) and 16 (R) can be moved by the rolling wheels 15 b along the rails 15 a provided on the front beam member 21. It is. The mounting member 21a is provided on the bearing 21b so as to be rotatable about the horizontal axis. Separately, the sleeve folding gauges 15 (L) and 15 (R) and clothing are attached by the gauge tilting mechanism 24 attached to the front beam member 21. The pressing members 16 (L) and 16 (R) are configured to be able to take a retracted position where the pressing members 16 (L) and 16 (R) are separated above the clothing W and a pressing position where the clothing W is pressed.

  On the other hand, the rear beam member 22 includes a sleeve fold drive unit 25 (L) composed of a cylinder device whose advance direction is facing left and a sleeve fold drive unit 25 (R) composed of a cylinder device whose advance direction is facing right. It is installed on both sides, and connectors 25a and 25b are attached to the left and right pistons 25l and 25r (see FIG. 5). The sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) are attached to movable arms 26 (L) and 26 (R) separately provided on the rear beam member 22 so as to be rotatable around shafts 26 a and 26 b. Yes. Therefore, when the pistons 25l and 25r move forward and backward, the sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) can be rotated for sleeve folding. The movable arms 26 (L) and 26 (R) can be moved along the front and rear rails 28 and 29 provided on the rear beam member 22 by rolling wheels 28 a and 29 a.

  In addition, positioning mechanisms 27 (L) and 27 (R) each formed of a cylinder device are coupled to the axial ends of the respective connectors 25 a and 25 b, and the sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) are connected to each other. The position is configured to move to a position that matches the position of the sleeve folding gauges 15 (L) and 15 (R). In this way, the left and right sleeve folding members 17 (L), 17 (R) are moved in accordance with the positions of the sleeve folding gauges 15 (L), 15 (R), and the sleeve folding drive unit 25 (L). , 25 (R), the sleeve is driven at a position corresponding to the size of the garment W and the sleeve can be folded.

  After the garment W is folded into sleeves, it enters a vertical folding process at the vertical folding section 30 of the vertical folding conveyor 12 located downstream of the input conveyor 11. The vertical folding conveyor 12 shown in the embodiment includes a front vertical folding conveyor 12A and a rear vertical folding conveyor 12B (see FIGS. 6 and 7). Further, on the vertical folding conveyor, the horizontal folding portion 50, which is a folding portion for laterally folding the vertically folded garment W as described later, is provided between the front vertical folding conveyor 12A and the rear vertical folding conveyor 12B. Is provided.

  The vertical folding unit 30 includes vertical folding conveyors 12A and 12B that pass through the vertical folding unit, and each of the conveyors 12A and 12B includes a central portion 31a and left and right side portions 31b and 31c (see FIG. 6). ). Further, in order to support the left and right sides of the garment with sleeves folded up, the left and right side portions 31b and 31c are raised from the central portion 31a, and an inclination 31d for guidance is provided at the upper front end ( (See FIG. 1). Two sets of left and right tri-fold knives 32L, 32R, 33L, 33R are provided between the upper and lower sides of the central portion 31a and the left and right side portions 31b, 31c. It is provided so as to advance in the direction of 31a and to be retracted outward. Note that 35L, 35R, 36L, and 36R indicate tri-fold gauges. There is a gap 51 described later between the vertical folding conveyors 12A, 12B and between the two sets of left and right tri-fold knives 32L, 32R, 33L, 33R.

  The garment W that has entered the vertically folded portion 30 is conveyed at the center portion thereof by the conveyor central portion 31a, while the garment both side portions are conveyed by the left and right side portions 31b and 31c in a state of being raised from the central portion 31a. (FIG. 7A). When the garment W reaches the center on the conveyor 12, the drive unit 34 is activated, and the two sets of left and right tri-fold knives 32L, 32R, 33L, 33R are operated according to a certain sequence, so that the parts on both sides of the garment It is folded in order at the center of the front body, and is vertically trifolded (see FIGS. 7B and 7C). After that, all the operating parts are returned to the original position, and the garment W that has been vertically folded is horizontally folded in the gap 51 where the longitudinal center portion is located. Such vertical tri-folding can be performed by applying the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-233321.

  A bypass conveyor is located above the vertical folding section 30 such that the front end is located at the connection point between the input conveyor 11 and the vertical folding conveyor 12, and the rear end is located substantially at the same position as the rear end of the vertical folding conveyor 12. 13 is provided. In the embodiment, the bypass conveyor 13 includes a front bypass conveyor 13 </ b> A and a rear bypass conveyor 13 </ b> B, and the front end 41 of the front bypass conveyor 13 </ b> A is not connected to the input conveyor 11 and the input bypass 11. Is provided so as to be movable mainly in the vertical direction by the moving device 40.

  The above-described bypass unit moving device 40 includes a lever 43 provided so as to be swingable around the rear end as a shaft fulcrum 42 inside the front bypass conveyor 13A in order to allow the front end 41 to move up and down. A drive unit 44 including a cylinder device attached to the apparatus main body side for driving the lever 43 is provided. The mode is selected by the moving device 40 of the bypass unit. That is, in the non-bypass position where the front end 41 of the front bypass conveyor 13A is not connected to the input conveyor 11, the clothing W enters the vertical folding conveyor 12 to execute the folding mode (FIG. 8). At the bypass position where the front end 41 of the conveyor 13A is connected to the input conveyor 11, the garment W enters the bypass conveyor 13 and the small clothing folding mode or the like is executed (FIG. 9).

  Between the front bypass conveyor 13 </ b> A and the rear bypass conveyor 13 </ b> B, a bent portion 45 for horizontally folding the garment W conveyed on the bypass conveyor is provided. The folding part 45 injects air toward the gap 46 when the gap 46 is opened, and opening / closing means 46a composed of a conveyor roller that moves to open and close the gap 46 between the front bypass conveyor 13A and the rear bypass conveyor 13B. It consists of an air nozzle 47 and the like. Reference numeral 48 denotes a swing lever, which is pivotally supported at the rear end 48a thereof, and the opening / closing means 46a at the distal end is opened and closed by a drive unit 49 comprising a cylinder device pivotally supported by the lever 48.

  The gap 46 between the front bypass conveyor 13A and the rear bypass conveyor 13B leads to a gentle slope directed in the upstream direction of the front longitudinal folding conveyor 12A. The garment W that has moved to the front bypass conveyor 13A is configured to be fed into the ramp from the gap 46 by reverse rotation of the rear bypass conveyor 13B for lateral folding. Therefore, the garment W moved to the bypass conveyor 13A is unfolded from the gap 46 by the normal rotation of the rear bypass conveyor 13B in a horizontally folded state. Since the ramp is gentle, the shape of the folded garment W is not lost during the carry-out.

  A gap 51 for lateral folding is provided between the front vertical folding conveyor 12A and the rear vertical folding conveyor 12B of the vertical folding section 30. A lateral folding knife 52 that laterally folds the garment W toward the gap 51 is provided. The gap 51 and the lateral folding knife 52 constitute a folding portion for lateral folding, that is, a lateral folding portion 50. The garment W folded horizontally by the horizontal folding unit 50 is supplied so as to fall to the center of the final folding conveyor 14 located at the lower side of the vertical folding conveyor, but usually falls to one of the sides. In addition, an air nozzle 53 for injecting air is provided so as to drop to one of the other sides when necessary.

  In the illustrated case, the final folding conveyor 14 has conveyor portions 14A and 14B of approximately equal length on both sides with the center portion protruding upward as a branching point, and the chest is raised using both conveyor portions 14A and 14B. The garment is configured to be distributed to the conveyor portions 14A and 14B on either side at the time of folding and folding back. Therefore, the final folding conveyor 14 must be formed to have substantially the same length so that the horizontally folded clothing W can be placed on both the conveyor portions 14A and 14B, and must be capable of forward and reverse rotation. By such an improvement, in addition to the traditionally only the folding of the back is possible, in the present invention, the folding of the chest is possible. That is, although the both side portions of the final folding conveyor 14 are referred to as a front conveyor portion 14A and a rear conveyor portion 14B, a chest which will be described later is formed by taking the rear conveyor portion 14B substantially as large as the front conveyor portion 14A. This is a way to make the Japanese tatami folding method possible.

  A final folding section 60 is provided at the end of the final folding conveyor 14 (front conveyor portion 14A). The final folding unit 60 includes a final folding knife 61 installed at the end of the front conveyor 14 </ b> A and a receiving conveyor 62 installed at the lower end of the final folding conveyor 14. The receiving conveyor 62 is also capable of forward rotation of clothing reception and reverse rotation of clothing delivery, and a drop plate 63, a lower loading conveyor 64 and a discharge conveyor 65 are prepared for the sent out clothing W. Further, the bypass section 70 has a front end positioned at a connection point between the input conveyor 11 and the vertical folding conveyor 12, and a rear end positioned substantially at the same position as the rear end of the vertical folding conveyor 12. Is provided. An arrangement table 71 is provided at the end of the conveyor 13 for passing through the bypass conveyor 13.

  According to the present invention thus configured, each of the back folding process (FIG. 10), the chest folding process (FIG. 11), the children's clothing folding process (FIG. 12), and the bypass process (FIG. 13). It can be performed. In each figure, 72 shows the roll ironer as an ironing apparatus, and in the case of illustration, the garment W is supplied from the roll ironer 72 to the input conveyor 11. Therefore, the clothes W supplied to the input conveyor 11 are shaped and in an ironed state. In the back folding process and the chest folding process, pure Japanese folding is performed. Hereinafter, the operation of the sum folding apparatus of the present invention will be described together with the sum folding method executed by the present apparatus.

  First, the unfolding sum folding method will be described with reference to FIG. 10. The clothes W are supplied from the roll ironer 72 with the front body facing upward, and are put into the loading conveyor 11 in a posture in which the collar precedes. The garment W is determined to be an adult garment by a sensor (not shown) before entering the sleeve fold 10, and the sleeve fold moved to the raised position (U) according to the result. The guide 19 leads to the sleeve folding member 17 that has already been expanded at a predetermined interval according to the size of the garment W. Next, the sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) which are similarly expanded to a predetermined interval are operated, and the sleeve S of the garment W is guided from below to above and from outside to inside to fold the sleeve. Performed (FIG. 10a). Therefore, since the sleeve S is folded on the chest, it becomes a back-folding fold.

  In the mode in which the back-up folding method is executed, the front end portion 41 of the front bypass conveyor 13A is placed at a non-bypass position that is not connected to the input conveyor 11. Accordingly, the sleeve-folded clothing W is conveyed to the vertical folding unit 30, and is vertically trifolded by the left and right trifold knives 32L, 32R, 33L, and 33R on the vertical folding conveyors 12A and 12B. It is. Here, the process of folding the garment W folded in three vertically in three places at the top and bottom, that is, the important process of Japanese folding has already been completed (FIG. 10b). Therefore, the garment W folded in the vertical three is folded in two at the horizontal fold 50 and distributed to the front conveyor portion 14A by the air nozzle 53 (FIG. 10c). The part is folded in half to form a final shape (FIG. 10 d), and is discharged from the discharge conveyor 65 through the drop plate 63 and the stacking conveyor 64.

  FIG. 11 shows a process related to the breast summing method. In contrast to the back summing method, the front part of the garment W is turned downward and the skirt is introduced into the feeding conveyor 11 in a state of leading. The subsequent steps are the same as the back-up Japanese folding method. That is, the garment W put in the reverse posture is determined to be an adult garment, like the case of the unfolding sum folding method, before entering the sleeve fold portion 10, The sleeve folding guide 19 moved to the position (U) is guided to the sleeve folding member 17 that has already been expanded at a predetermined interval according to the size of the garment W. Next, the sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) which are similarly expanded to a predetermined interval are operated, and the sleeve S of the garment W is guided from below to above and from outside to inside to fold the sleeve. Performed (FIG. 10a). Therefore, since the sleeve S is folded on the back, the chest is folded.

  Even in the mode in which the chest-convolution method is executed, the front end portion 41 of the front bypass conveyor 13A is placed at a non-bypass position that is not connected to the input conveyor 11, and the garment W with the sleeve folded is placed on the vertical folding portion 30. The sheet is conveyed and vertically trifolded by two sets of left and right trifold knives 32L, 32R, 33L, and 33R on the longitudinal folding conveyors 12A and 12B. Here, the process of folding the clothes W folded in three vertically in three places at the top and bottom, that is, the important process of Japanese tatami is already completed (FIG. 11b). However, in the chest folding mode, the clothing W folded in three vertically is folded in two in the horizontal fold 50 and then distributed to the rear conveyor portion 14B because it does not receive air injection from the air nozzle 53 (see FIG. 11c). Thereafter, the first folded side garment is again folded in half at the final fold 60 and discharged from the discharge conveyor 65 in the same manner as in the case of the unfolding sum folding method.

  FIG. 12 shows a process in the case where the clothing W is used as a children's yukata and it is folded back and folded, and the clothing W is thrown into the loading conveyor 11 with the front body facing upward and the collar leading. The garment W is inserted in the same manner as in the case of adult dorsal folding, but before entering the sleeve fold portion 10, it is determined that it is a children's yukata by a sensor (not shown), The sleeve folding guide 18 for the child who has moved to the position (U) is guided to the sleeve folding member 17 that has already been expanded at a predetermined interval according to the size of the clothing W. Next, the sleeve folding members 17 (L) and 17 (R) whose positions are similarly adjusted at predetermined intervals are operated, and the sleeve S of the garment W is guided from below to above and from outside to inside. Sleeve folding is performed (FIG. 12a). Therefore, since the sleeve S is folded on the chest, it is a back folding.

  When it is determined that the clothes W are for children, the moving device 40 of the bypass conveyor 13 takes a non-bypass position where it is not connected to the input conveyor 11 (FIG. 12a). For this reason, clothing W is conveyed to the position which straddles front bypass conveyor 13A and rear bypass conveyor 13B by normal rotation of bypass conveyor 13 (Drawing 12b). In this mode, when the garment W is conveyed to that position, the folding part 45 pushes up the opening / closing means 46a composed of a conveyor roller, narrows the open gap 46, and air is supplied from the air nozzle 47 toward the gap 46. In addition to being sprayed, the front bypass conveyor 13A is rotated in the gap direction by the normal rotation of the front bypass conveyor 13A and the reverse rotation of the rear bypass conveyor 13B (FIG. 12c). As a result, the garment W is folded in two, moves in the opposite direction from the gap 46, and is discharged to the sorting table 71 by the bypass conveyor 13 that normally rotates.

  In the bypass step, a mode for passing the apparatus of the present invention through the tatami mat W and other processing steps is executed (see FIG. 13). In this mode, each part below the longitudinal folding part 30 including the sleeve folding part 10 is inactive, and the clothing W passes through the bypass conveyor 13 arranged at the bypass position connected to the input conveyor 11 and the organizing table 71. To be discharged. That is, the front bypass conveyor 13A and the rear bypass conveyor 13B operate as an integral bypass conveyor 13. In this mode, for example, when clothing W is not in a predetermined shaping state and needs to be reshaped, when clothing W has a wrinkle and something that is to be repaired or disposed of is inserted, clothing that does not perform Japanese-style folding is input. This is necessary in the case of Therefore, the clothing tatami folding apparatus according to the present invention enables back-folding fold-up and chest fold-up tatami folding, and in addition, folds children's clothing and supplies it from the previous stage. However, a different process of bypassing the garment W that does not require a folding process can be executed.

It is side explanatory drawing which shows an example of the clothing tatami folding apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is plane explanatory drawing of an apparatus same as the above. FIG. 4 is a plan explanatory view showing a state in which A is adjusted for children and B is for adults with respect to the sleeve folding device in the above. The part of an apparatus same as the above is expanded and shown, A is a top view and B is a side view. The part of an apparatus same as the above is expanded and shown, A is a top view and B is a side view. It is plane explanatory drawing which shows the vertical folding part in the same as the above. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional explanatory view taken along the line VIIA-VIIA, showing a vertically folded portion, in which A is a state where clothing has entered, B is a state where the right side of the clothing is folded, and C is a state where the left side of the clothing is folded. It is. It is explanatory drawing which shows one processing mode by the apparatus same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which similarly shows another one processing mode. It is process drawing which shows the unfolding sum folding method by the apparatus same as the above. It is process drawing which shows the chesting sum folding method by the apparatus same as the above. It is process drawing which shows the folding method of the yukata for children by the apparatus same as the above. It is process drawing which shows the bypass method by an apparatus same as the above.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Sleeve folding part 11 Loading conveyor 12 Vertical folding conveyor 13 Bypass conveyor 14 Final folding conveyor 15 Sleeve folding gauge 16 Clothing pressing member 17 Sleeve folding member 18, 19 Sleeve folding guide 20 Sleeve folding device 21, 22 Beam material before and behind 23 Gauge position Variable mechanism 24 Gauge tilt mechanism 25 Sleeve fold drive section 26 Arm 27 Positioning mechanism 30 Vertical fold section 31a Center section, 31b Left section, 31c Right section 32, 33 Tri-fold knife 35, 36 Tri-fold gauge 40 Moving device 41 Front end section 42 Shaft fulcrum 43, 48 Lever 34, 44, 49 Drive part 45 Bending part 46, 51 Gap 47, 53 Air nozzle 50 Lateral folding part 52 Lateral folding knife 60 Final folding part 61 Final folding knife 62 Receiving conveyor 70 Bypass part 71 Organizing table 72 Ironing device ( Roll ironer)

Claims (5)

The sleeves of the clothes were folded at the sleeve folding section of the input conveyor, the clothes were vertically folded at the vertical folding section of the vertical folding conveyor located downstream of the input conveyor, and vertically folded at the horizontal folding section of the vertical folding conveyor. A clothing folding device that folds clothing and supplies it to the final folding conveyor that folds the clothing in the lower direction ,
In order to convey clothes passing through the vertical folding conveyor, a bypass conveyor having a front end located at the connection point between the input conveyor and the vertical folding conveyor is provided at the upper level of the vertical folding conveyor,
The front end of the bypass conveyor has a non-bypass position that is not connected to the input conveyor when clothes for Japanese folding are input, and a bypass position that is connected to the input conveyor when clothes not to be folded are input And a clothing tatami mating device , wherein the device is movably provided by a moving device. The sleeve folds include two sets of large and small sleeve fold guides that guide the large and small garments to the sleeve folds, and a pair of left and right garment pressing members that hold the garments along the conveying direction by the conveyor. And a pair of left and right garment pressing members that fold sleeves by guiding sleeves of clothes placed on the input conveyor from below to above and from outside to inside, and a pair of left and right garment pressing members The garment folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve folding member is movably provided in accordance with a size of the garment by a position variable mechanism. The vertical folding conveyor is composed of a front vertical folding conveyor and a rear vertical folding conveyor, and a folding portion for horizontally folding the clothes conveyed on the vertical folding conveyor is formed by a front vertical folding conveyor and a rear vertical folding conveyor. In between
The final folding conveyor, which is located below the vertical folding conveyor, has a conveyor section of approximately equal length on both sides with the center as a branch point. The clothes tatami mating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the apparatus is configured to be distributed to a conveyor portion. The bypass conveyor is composed of a front bypass conveyor and a rear bypass conveyor, and a folding portion for horizontally folding the clothes conveyed on the front bypass conveyor is provided between the front bypass conveyor and the rear bypass conveyor. The clothing tatami mat folding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tatami mat folding device is provided. The clothes folding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an ironer is disposed in front of the input conveyor, and the clothes ironed by the ironer are supplied to the input conveyor.

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