CN110629515A - Clothes folding machine and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of clothes processing equipment, and particularly discloses a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof. The invention detects and judges the width of the clothes, and then controls the clothes folding action of the folding platform according to the width of the clothes, thereby effectively shortening the time, avoiding useless folding action and enabling the clothes with various widths to obtain regular and standard clothes folding effect.

Description

Clothes folding machine and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of clothes treatment, and particularly relates to a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof.

Background

In daily household life, aired clothes or manufactured clothes need to be folded and stored, people fold clothes in life generally through manual folding, the time for doing housework is reduced due to the fact that the pace of social development and life is accelerated, and the aired clothes are randomly stacked, so that the waste of storage space is caused, and the clothes are damaged; the improvement of the living standard also brings the increase of the types of clothes, and a user can not master the folding and storage skills of different clothes, so that the folded clothes can not be well protected, and the clothes which are not folded and flat still need to be ironed before being worn, therefore, the clothes folding machine which is small in size, high in automation degree and attractive in appearance is needed to be provided for families to use a plurality of clothes which need to be worn daily, the clothes folding machine which is used industrially can only provide a single program to fold specific clothes types, the convenience can not be brought to the family user, and the clothes folding machine which is more intelligent and suitable for folding different types of clothes is lacked in the market.

Because the clothing width differs, if lay the clothing of different width tiling to fold the same position of clothing platform to fold according to the same clothing mode, then can cause the clothing to fold the effect not good, the clothing is folded nonstandard, and the regularity is poor, also can waste folding action, and customer experience feels poor.

The present invention has been made in view of this situation.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the first purpose of the invention is to provide a clothes folding machine, which comprises a folding platform, wherein clothes are flatly laid on the folding platform for folding, a clothes width detection device is further arranged on the clothes folding machine, and the folding action of the folding platform is controlled by the width of the clothes to be folded detected by the clothes width detection device.

In a further scheme, the clothes width detection device is arranged on one side or two sides of the folding platform;

preferably, the folding platform comprises a folding turning plate and a falling turning plate, the folding turning plate comprises a clothes side turning plate and a clothes body turning plate, the two clothes side turning plates are positioned at two sides of the folding platform and are used for arranging the width of clothes, and the clothes body turning plate is used for arranging the length of the clothes; the clothes width detection device is arranged on the clothes side turning plate;

preferably, the clothes width detecting device includes a clothes width sensor or an image detecting device.

In a further scheme, the clothes folding machine further comprises an auxiliary mechanism for assisting folding, and the auxiliary mechanism can move towards the interior of the folding platform or be folded in the width direction of the clothes;

preferably, the auxiliary mechanism comprises moving rods which are arranged on two sides of the two folding platforms and can move towards the insides of the folding platforms, and more preferably, the moving rods are arranged on two sides of the two clothes side turning plates.

In a further scheme, the auxiliary mechanism further comprises at least two clothes side auxiliary folding plates, the two clothes side auxiliary folding plates are respectively positioned at the outer sides of the two clothes side folding plates, and the clothes width detection device is arranged on the clothes side auxiliary folding plates;

preferably, the moving rod is located on both sides of the two clothes-side auxiliary flaps and can move towards the interior of the folding platform.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a control method for a clothes folding machine according to any one or combination of the above aspects, wherein the clothes folding machine controls the folding operation of the folding platform according to the width of the clothes to be folded detected by the clothes width detection device.

According to a further scheme, the folding platform comprises a folding turning plate, the folding turning plate comprises a clothes body turning plate with the width of M, and when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes is not more than M, the clothes folding machine only controls the clothes body turning plate to act when the clothes are folded, so that the clothes folding process is completed.

According to a further scheme, the folding turning plate comprises a clothes body turning plate with the width of M and clothes side turning plates with the widths of N which are positioned on two sides of the clothes body turning plate respectively, and when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of clothes meets the condition that M is larger than L and is smaller than or equal to M +2N, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plates and the clothes body turning plates to sequentially act when the clothes are folded, so that the clothes folding process is completed.

In a further aspect, when the clothes detecting device detects that the width L of the clothes satisfies L > M +2N, the clothes folding machine performs pre-processing in the width direction of the clothes before folding the clothes, and the method includes:

the pretreatment process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls at least one auxiliary mechanism to fold or move clothes towards the center direction of the folding platform in the width direction;

the clothes folding process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate to sequentially act to complete the clothes folding process.

In a further scheme, the folding turning plate comprises a clothes body turning plate with the width of M, clothes side turning plates which are positioned at two sides of the clothes body turning plate and have the widths of N respectively, and auxiliary clothes side folding plates which are positioned at two sides of the clothes side turning plates and have the widths of Q respectively;

when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes meets the condition that M +2N is larger than L and is smaller than or equal to M +2N +2Q, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side auxiliary folded plate, the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate to sequentially act when the clothes are folded by the clothes folding machine.

Further scheme, clothing side supplementary folded plate both sides still are provided with the carriage release lever that can move to folding platform inside, and when clothing detection device detected the width L of clothing and satisfied L > M +2N +2Q, the method includes when folding clothing of folding clothing machine:

the pretreatment process comprises the following steps: s1, the clothes folding machine controls the movable rod to move towards the center of the folding platform, and the width of the clothes is adjusted;

s2, controlling the clothes side auxiliary folding plate to perform folding action;

the clothes folding process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate to sequentially act.

After adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. the invention detects and judges the width of the clothes, and then controls the clothes folding action of the folding platform according to the width of the clothes, thereby effectively shortening the time, avoiding useless folding action and enabling the clothes with various widths to obtain regular and standard clothes folding effect.

2. The invention is provided with the auxiliary mechanism, and adds the pretreatment process in the control method, when the width of the clothes exceeds the sum of the widths of the clothes body turning plate and the clothes side turning plate, the clothes are firstly folded or moved towards the center direction of the folding platform by utilizing at least one auxiliary mechanism in the width direction; then the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate are controlled to sequentially act, the clothes folding process is completed, and a better clothes folding effect can be achieved.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall construction of the clothes folding machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding unit according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding unit according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another folding unit in the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another folding unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a receiving unit according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a receiving unit according to another embodiment of the present invention;

in the figure, a folding unit 101, a receiving unit 102, a clothes width detecting device 103, a manipulator 104, a clothes hanger 105,

1211 clothing side flap, 12111 upper half plate, 12112 lower half plate, 1212 clothing body flap, 1213 clothing tail flap, 1220 falling flap, 1221 first flap, 1222 second flap, 1215 clothing side auxiliary flap, 131 movable rod, 1311 movable rod driving device, 1312 movable guide rail, 132 fixed rod, 133 furled side plate, 134 clothing guide plate;

21 clothes-carrying platform, 221 support rod, 222 upper slide rail, 223 lower slide rail, 224 motor, 225 lead screw, 231 rotating roller and 232 belt.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "contacting," and "communicating" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present embodiment provides a clothes folding machine, which includes a folding unit 101 and a clothes receiving unit 102, wherein the clothes receiving unit 102 is located below the folding unit 101, and clothes are folded in the folding unit 101 after being taken off from a clothes hanger 105 and then enter the clothes receiving unit 102 for receiving.

The folding platform is provided with a folding turning plate for turning over clothes, the folding platform of the clothes folding machine is also provided with a falling turning plate, the falling turning plate can be turned over downwards, so that an opening is formed in the folding platform, the folded clothes can directly fall from the opening position, the lower part of the folding unit 101 of the clothes folding machine is provided with a storage unit 102, the folding unit 101 and the storage unit 102 can be communicated through the opening position, and the clothes can directly fall from the opening position to the storage unit 102 for storage.

The folding turning plate at least comprises two clothes turning plates 1211 and a clothes body turning plate 1212, wherein the clothes turning plates 1211 are positioned at two sides of the folding platform and are used for arranging the clothes in the width direction, and the clothes body turning plate 1212 can turn the clothes in the length direction and enables the finally folded clothes to be positioned at the falling turning plate.

The clothing side turning plates 1211 are oppositely arranged on two sides of the folding platform, the clothing side turning plates 1211 are turned towards the middle and are used for folding two sides of clothing, the clothing body turning plate 1212 and the falling turning plate are arranged between the two clothing side turning plates 1211, the clothing body turning plate 1212 and the falling turning plate are identical in width and aligned, the clothing body turning plate 1212 can be turned towards the falling turning plate, and the clothing side turning plate 1211, the clothing body turning plate 1212 and the falling turning plate are integrally arranged in a rectangular shape.

The garment side flap 1211 of the folding flap has a further embodiment in that the garment side flap 1211 comprises an upper half 12111 and a lower half 12112, the upper half 12111 being arranged in alignment with the body flap 1212 and the lower half 12112 being arranged in alignment with the falling flap. The advantage of setting up like this is, can turn over the clothing according to the corresponding folding board of turning over of the specific size control of clothing, has avoided the unnecessary action of turning over a book.

The folding turning plate further comprises a clothes tail turning plate 1213, the clothes tail turning plate 1213 is arranged on one side of the folding platform to fold the bottom of clothes, and the clothes tail turning plate 1213, the clothes side turning plate 1211, the clothes body turning plate 1212 and the falling turning plate are integrally arranged in a rectangular shape. The tail flap 1213 can tidy the lower part of the overlong clothes, so that the clothes are completely dropped on the upper surface of the folding platform, and other folding flaps can fold the clothes conveniently.

After the folding of the clothes is completed, the clothes enter the storage unit 102 through an opening formed by an opened falling flap, wherein the falling flap comprises a first flap 1221 and a second flap 1222 which are arranged oppositely, and the first flap 1221 and the second flap 1222 are folded from the middle to the lower part to form an opening on the folding platform, so that the clothes can fall.

Because different clothes have different coverage areas after being tiled, the clothes folding machine can be provided with a clothes identification unit for identifying the size of the clothes, and can be provided with a sensing device arranged on the folding turning plate, so that the coverage area of the clothes is obtained, and the action of the folding turning plate is guided.

The control method of the clothes folding machine can be that after the clothes are flatly laid on the folding platform, the clothes folding machine controls the folding turning plates to turn over in sequence, and when the clothes body turning plate 1212 turns the clothes over to the falling turning plate, the clothes folding machine controls the falling turning plate to be opened to enable the clothes to fall.

Specifically, when the clothes folding machine recognizes that the clothes exceed the set length, the tail flap 1213 turns the lower part of the clothes inward, and when the clothes do not exceed the set length, the tail flap 1213 does not act; when the clothes folding machine recognizes that the clothes exceed the set width, the upper half plate 12111 and the lower half plate 12112 are folded inward at the same time, the two clothes side turning plates 1211 are folded at the same time or are successively folded, and when the clothes do not exceed the set width, the clothes side turning plates 1211 do not operate.

The clothes folding machine can respectively control the folding of the upper half plate 12111 and the lower half plate 12112 according to the spreading state of clothes, and preferably, the falling turning plate is folded downwards, and simultaneously the lower turning plate is folded inwards to assist the clothes to fall.

Before the clothes are treated by folding over the folding flap, the clothes may be uneven on the folding platform or the sleeves fall outside the folding platform, requiring further finishing. A movable part 141 is provided on the folding platform to assist the laundry laying process.

The movable part comprises a movable rod 131 for turning over the sleeves on the folding platform, the movable rod 131 is arranged on two sides of the folding platform corresponding to the positions of the sleeves, a movable rod driving device 1311 is arranged on the movable rod 131 for driving the movable rod 131 to horizontally move towards the inside of the folding platform, after the clothes are placed on the folding platform by the clothes conveying device, the sleeves are separated from the main body of the clothes, the sleeves fall on the upper portion of the movable rod 131 in the process of tiling, and the movable rod 131 can turn over the positions of the sleeves in the process of horizontally moving towards the middle. The travel bar 131 also has a travel rail 1312, and the travel bar driving device 1311 can drive the travel bar 131 to move horizontally along the travel rail 1312.

The moving rod driving device 1311 further includes a lifting mechanism capable of driving the moving rod 131 to move up and down to adjust the distance between the moving rod and the folding platform. Since the clothes may have different thicknesses or the sleeves may be folded several times to be placed on the upper surface of the folding platform, it is preferable that the movable rod 131 is provided with a lifting mechanism to adjust the height of the sleeves and the main body of the clothes, so as to cope with different clothes.

The moving rod 131 is provided with a sensor for detecting whether the moving rod 131 is covered with clothes, or the clothes folding machine is provided with an image acquisition unit for judging whether sleeves fall over the moving rod 131, and when the sensor or the image acquisition unit judges that clothes are covered over the moving rod 131, the clothes folding machine can control the moving rod 131 to move, so that the clothes can be driven to the folding platform.

In order to prevent the laundry from moving along with the moving bar 131 during the process of folding the laundry by the moving bar 131, a device for fixing a specific portion of the laundry is required to prevent the main body of the laundry from moving along with the moving bar 131. The movable part further comprises a fixing lever 132 for fixing the laundry to the folding platform, the fixing lever 132 being movable to the upper surface of the folding platform to press the laundry against the middle folding platform for fixing; the two fixing parts are symmetrically arranged and are arranged on one side of the folding platform for placing the collar and used for pressing the boundary between the sleeves and the clothes main body.

When the fixing rod 132 does not need to fix the clothes, the fixing rod 132 rotates to one side of the folding platform, so that the folding of the folding turnover plate is not hindered, when the fixing rod 132 needs to assist the moving rod 131 to fold the sleeves, the fixing rod 132 rotates towards the folding platform and presses the upper parts of the clothes, the moving rod 131 is located at the lower parts of the clothes, the moving rod 131 is higher than the fixing rod 132, and the moving rod 131 can move at the upper parts of the fixing rod 132, so that the sleeve parts are driven to be folded towards the inside of the folding platform. After the movable rod 131 is turned over, the fixed rod 132 rotates to the original position to release the fixation of the clothes, and the folding flap can further fold the clothes.

In order to make the clothes more flat, the folding unit 101 may further be provided with a blower, the blower flattens the clothes by blowing air to the clothes, and the blower may be provided with a plurality of air outlets for blowing air to different parts of the clothes, such as an air outlet for blowing air to flatten a main body part of the clothes, and an air outlet for blowing air to flatten a sleeve part of the clothes; or the fan is provided with a movable air outlet for generating different wind directions, and the air outlet can rotate, so that clothes can be tidied in multiple directions, and more complex clothes states can be dealt with.

The control method of the clothes folding machine can be summarized as that the clothes folding machine drives the movable component to lay the clothes flat after the clothes are placed on the folding platform, and then the clothes are folded.

Specifically, the clothes folding machine determines whether sleeves are dropped on the moving rod 131 through a sensor or an acquired image, and when the sleeves are dropped on the moving rod 131, the clothes folding machine fixes the clothes and drives the moving rod 131 to move towards the inside of the folding platform to fold the sleeves onto the folding platform.

Specifically, before the clothes folding machine drives the movable rod 131 to move, the fixed rod 132 is controlled to rotate to the boundary between the sleeves and the clothes body and tightly press the boundary, and after the clothes are fixed, the movable rod 131 is driven to fold the sleeves; preferably, when the sleeves are long, the clothes folding machine controls the cross rod to repeatedly move towards the middle part to realize the multiple turnover of the sleeves until the sleeves are all placed on the folding platform; when the clothes folding machine is provided with the fan, the clothes folding machine drives the fan to blow and flatten the main body part of the clothes after the fixed rod 132 fixes the clothes, and drives the movable rod 131 to turn over the sleeves after blowing is finished.

Besides the folding platform, the folding unit 101 may further be provided with a clothes folding assembly, the clothes folding assembly is disposed on one side of the folding platform, that is, one side of the clothes entering the folding platform, and the clothes folding assembly can fold two sides of the clothes, so as to prevent the edges of the clothes from falling outside the folding platform in the process that the clothes are conveyed and tiled by the clothes conveying device. The above arrangement may be used alternatively to the arrangement of the moving bar.

The clothes conveying device drives clothes to move from one side provided with the clothes folding component to one side far away from the clothes folding component, the clothes folding component is a horizontally arranged folding side plate 133, and the folding side plate 133 is provided with inclined sides or sunken sides for folding the sides of the clothes in the moving process of the clothes. The two furling side plates 133 are symmetrically arranged, and the inclined sides are oppositely arranged to form a furling area with a concave middle part, and the inclined sides are in contact with two sides of the clothes and furl the two sides of the clothes in the moving process of the clothes. The furling side plate 133 is a right triangle, and two hypotenuses of the right triangle are oppositely arranged.

The clothes folding machine is further provided with a clothes guide plate 134, and the clothes guide plate 134 is arranged between the two folding side plates 133 and is used for flattening the middle of clothes; the edge of the laundry guide plate 134 contacting the laundry is in an arc shape that is outwardly convex. For the edge main part guide board upper surface is cambered surface portion and plane portion, and the part of keeping away from folding platform sets up to cambered surface portion, and the part that is close to folding platform sets up to plane portion, and cambered surface portion and plane portion smooth transition.

The folding platform is provided with a folding turnover plate and a falling turnover plate, the two sides of the folding platform are provided with sleeve turnover plates, and the two sides of the clothes are put on the sleeve turnover plates after being furled; preferably, the distance between the far ends of the inclined sides of the two furling side plates 133 is slightly wider than that of the folding platform, so that the two sides of the clothes can be furled better.

Since wrinkles may be generated on two sides of the clothes or sleeve parts in a furled state, the clothes folding machine can identify the wrinkle condition of the clothes on the folding platform by being provided with an image identification device, and meanwhile, the folding unit 101 is provided with a manipulator 104, and the manipulator 104 adjusts the clothes according to the wrinkle condition of the clothes; the robot 104 is disposed on the clothes conveying device, and is used for gripping the clothes while conveying the clothes and tidying the clothes after placing the clothes.

The control method for the clothes flatting process can control the clothes conveying device to drive the clothes to be in contact with the clothes gathering component in the moving process for the clothes folding machine, and flatly lay the clothes on the folding platform.

Further, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes conveying device to clamp the clothes so that the main part of the clothes hangs down on the edge of the clothes guide plate 134, and after the two sides of the clothes hang down on the inclined side edges of the folding side plates 133, controls the clothes conveying device to drive the clothes to horizontally move so that the main part of the clothes is unfolded by the clothes guide plate 134 and the two sides of the clothes are folded by the folding side plates 133.

When the clothes folding machine is provided with the image recognition device, the clothes folding machine acquires the state of the clothes flatly laid on the folding platform through the image recognition device and controls the mechanical arm 104 to arrange the uneven positions of the clothes; the two manipulators 104 cooperate to perform the operations of straightening out uneven pairs of positions by relative movement of the two manipulators 104.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1-2, the present embodiment is a further limitation of the first embodiment, and provides a clothes folding machine, which includes a folding unit 101 and a clothes storage unit 102, the clothes storage unit 102 is located below the folding unit 101, and clothes are folded by the folding unit 101 and enter the clothes storage unit 102 for storage. The folding unit 101 includes a folding platform on which the laundry is laid for folding,

the clothes folding machine is further provided with a clothes width detection device 103, and the clothes folding machine controls the folding action of the folding platform through the width of clothes to be folded detected by the clothes width detection device 103. The clothes width detection device 103 can be arranged at any position of the clothes folding machine, and can directly measure the width of clothes to be folded in the hanging process, or scan the clothes to be folded to obtain the width information of the clothes, and the like.

In a preferred embodiment, the clothing width detection device 103 is disposed on one side or both sides of the folding platform, and can be a clothing width sensing and identifying module to effectively determine the clothing width.

The folding platform comprises a folding turning plate and a falling turning plate 1220, the folding turning plate comprises clothes side turning plates 1211 and a clothes body turning plate 1212, the two clothes side turning plates 1211 are positioned at two sides of the folding platform and are used for arranging the width of clothes, and the clothes body turning plate 1212 is used for arranging the length of the clothes; the clothes width detection device 103 is disposed on the clothes side turning plate 1211, so that the clothes width detection device 103 can more accurately determine the width of the clothes and transmit a signal to the clothes folding control device, thereby achieving the purpose of effectively detecting the width of the clothes.

Preferably, the clothes width detecting device 103 includes a clothes width sensor or an image detector.

In a further aspect, the clothes folding machine further comprises an auxiliary mechanism for assisting folding, and the auxiliary mechanism can move towards the inside of the folding platform or be folded in the width direction of the clothes.

The auxiliary mechanism in the scheme can comprise the mechanical hand in the first embodiment, or a moving rod, or other auxiliary mechanisms can be arranged, and the structure capable of assisting in folding the clothes can be adopted.

For example, the auxiliary mechanism includes a moving rod disposed at both sides of the two folding platforms to be movable toward the inside of the folding platforms, and more preferably, the moving rod is disposed at both sides of the two clothes side turning plates 1211 to facilitate the arrangement of both sides of clothes, thereby facilitating the more standardized folding of clothes.

Alternatively, an auxiliary folding plate may be further provided in the present embodiment, the auxiliary mechanism further includes at least two clothing-side auxiliary folding plates 1215, the two clothing-side auxiliary folding plates 1215 are respectively located outside the two clothing-side turning plates 1211, and the clothing width detection device 103 is disposed on the clothing-side auxiliary folding plates 1215; the width of clothing is conveniently detected, reaches more accurate purpose.

Preferably, the travel bar is located on either side of two clothing side auxiliary flaps 1215 for movement inwardly of the folding platform.

In addition, the embodiment also provides a control method of the clothes folding machine, and the control method comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the folding action of the folding platform according to the width of the clothes to be folded detected by the clothes width detection device 103. Therefore, for the clothes with narrow width, the clothes folding machine can only control part of the turning plate to act, so that the time can be effectively shortened, and useless folding action is avoided. For clothes with larger width, the clothes folding machine can carry out multi-step arrangement, thereby achieving better clothes folding effect.

The specific control method in this embodiment includes the following cases:

in case 1, the folding platform includes a folding flap, the folding flap includes a body flap 1212 having a width M, and when the clothes detecting device detects that the width L of the clothes is not greater than M, the clothes folding machine only controls the body flap 1212 to operate when the clothes is folded, thereby completing the clothes folding process.

For articles with small width such as handkerchiefs, napkins, towels and the like, the width signal is transmitted to the control device of the clothes folding machine by the clothes width detection device 103, the control device can judge that the width is narrow after comparison and analysis, standard and tidy folding can be realized only by the action and folding of the clothes folding turning plate in the front-back direction, namely the clothes turning plate 1212, and the clothes turning plate 1211 does not need to act, so that the time can be effectively shortened, and useless folding action is avoided.

In case 2, the folding turning plate includes a body turning plate 1212 with a width M and a body turning plate 1211 with a width N located at both sides of the body turning plate 1212, and when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes satisfies that M is greater than L and less than or equal to M +2N, the clothes folding machine controls the body turning plate 1211 and the body turning plate 1212 to sequentially operate when the clothes are folded, thereby completing the clothes folding process.

For the clothes with proper width, such as shirts, T-shirts, sweaters and the like, the clothes width detection device 103 transmits a width signal to the control device of the clothes folding machine, the control device can judge that the width is proper after comparison and analysis, and can realize neat folding through folding in the front-back, left-right directions, so that a better effect can be achieved only by controlling the clothes side turning plate 1211 and the clothes body turning plate 1212 to sequentially act, and an auxiliary mechanism for folding the clothes does not need to act, so that the aim of being more intelligent is fulfilled.

In case 3, when the laundry detecting device detects that the width L of the laundry satisfies L > M +2N, the clothes folding machine performs the pretreatment in the width direction of the laundry before performing the folding, and the method includes:

the pretreatment process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls at least one auxiliary mechanism to fold or move clothes towards the center direction of the folding platform in the width direction;

the clothes folding process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plate 1211 and the clothes body turning plate 1212 to sequentially act to complete the clothes folding process.

For clothes with large width such as wind clothes and coats, the clothes width detection device 103 transmits a width signal to the control device of the clothes folding machine, the control device can judge that the clothes are wide after comparison and analysis, and needs to be preprocessed, the clothes width is preprocessed through at least auxiliary structures such as a mechanical arm, an auxiliary folding plate, a moving rod and other mechanisms, the clothes width is moderate, then the clothes are folded through turning plates in the front-back and left-right directions, namely, the clothes side turning plate 1211 and the clothes body turning plate 1212 sequentially act, and a good clothes folding effect is effectively achieved.

In a further scheme, the folding turning plates comprise a clothes body turning plate 1212 with the width of M, clothes side turning plates 1211 which are positioned at two sides of the clothes body turning plate 1212 and have the width of N respectively, and clothes side auxiliary folding plates 1215 which are positioned at two sides of the clothes side turning plates 1211 and have the width of Q respectively;

when the clothes detecting device detects that the width L of the clothes meets the condition that M +2N is more than L and less than or equal to M +2N +2Q, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side auxiliary folding plate 1215, the clothes side turning plate 1211 and the clothes body turning plate 1212 to sequentially act when the clothes are folded.

In the scheme, the clothes side auxiliary folding plate 1215 is arranged, namely a pile of clothes side turning plates 1211 is additionally arranged, so that clothes with larger width can be folded in the width direction at least twice, the width of the clothes is suitable, and the aim of tidy and standard folding is fulfilled.

Further, the two sides of the auxiliary clothes-side folding plate 1215 are further provided with a movable rod capable of moving towards the interior of the folding platform, and when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes meets L & gt M +2N +2Q, the method of the clothes folding machine during the clothes folding process comprises the following steps:

the pretreatment process comprises the following steps: s1, the clothes folding machine controls the movable rod to move towards the center of the folding platform, and the width of the clothes is adjusted;

s2, controlling the clothes-side auxiliary folding plate 1215 to fold;

the clothes folding process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plate 1211 and the clothes body turning plate 1212 to sequentially act.

The scheme aims at clothes with larger width, such as bed sheets and the like, the clothes folding machine controls two auxiliary mechanisms to adjust the width of the clothes in the pretreatment process, and then the clothes folding process is carried out, so that a better clothes folding effect can be realized.

EXAMPLE III

The present embodiment is a further limitation of the first embodiment, and reference is made to fig. 6 and 7 for the internal arrangement of the storage unit 102 of the clothes folding machine. The storage unit 102 is disposed at a lower portion of the folding unit 101 for receiving the clothes dropped by the folding unit 101, and a movable clothes-carrying platform 21 is disposed in the storage unit 102.

The clothes carrying platform 21 is provided with a telescopic supporting structure, and the height of the clothes carrying platform 21 is adjusted by the telescopic supporting structure; the support structure is arranged at the bottom of the loading platform 21. The telescopic support structure can be as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the support structure comprises two crossed support rods 221 forming an X-shaped structure, the middle parts of the support rods 221 are connected through fixed shafts and can rotate relatively, and the support structure comprises two groups of X-shaped mechanisms which are symmetrically arranged, so that a stable and telescopic support structure is formed.

The support rods 221 have a fixed end and a movable end so as to realize the relative rotation between the two support rods 221, thereby forming the loading platforms 21 with different heights. The supporting structure further comprises an upper slide rail 222 and a lower slide rail 223, one end of one supporting rod 221 in the X-shaped structure moves along the upper slide rail 222, one end of the other supporting rod 221 moves along the lower slide rail 223, and the clothes carrying platform 21 is arranged at different heights in the sliding process of the top supporting rod 221 of the supporting structure.

The supporting structure is provided with a motor 224 for controlling the movement of the supporting rod 221, one end of the supporting rod 221 is fixedly connected with a transmission part, the motor 224 drives the supporting rod 221 to move through the transmission part, preferably, the transmission part is a screw rod 225 consisting of a screw rod and a nut, the nut is fixedly connected with the supporting rod 221, the screw rod 225 rotates along with the motor 224, and the nut is sleeved on the screw rod and horizontally moves along with the rotation of the screw rod.

When the supporting structure is not driven by the motor 224, an elastic mechanism may be further provided, and the upper sliding rail 222 or the lower sliding rail 223 is sleeved with the elastic mechanism, one end of the elastic mechanism is fixed, and the other end of the elastic mechanism abuts against the moving end of the supporting rod 221. When the clothes are placed on the clothes loading platform 21, the support rod 221 can move along the slide rail under the action of the downward pressing force, one end of the support rod 221 compresses the elastic mechanism under the action of the gravity of the clothes, and after the clothes are taken away, the action force is applied to the support rod 221 under the action of the restoring force of the elastic mechanism, so that the clothes loading platform 21 restores to the original height.

The loading platform 21 can move up and down, and can move up and down according to the amount of the clothes. The clothes carrying platform 21 can be closer to the opening of the folding unit 101 for dropping clothes, and can move downwards gradually when more clothes are accumulated, so that more space is made for dropping clothes.

The receiving unit 102 may be provided with a sensor for determining the amount of the laundry on the laundry platform 21; the clothes carrying platform 21 is provided with a weight sensor which can feed back the weight on the clothes carrying platform 21 in real time, and the clothes folding machine controls the motor 224 according to the weight of the clothes. The receiving unit 102 is provided with a light sensor to measure the height of the uppermost clothes of the clothes platform 21, so as to obtain the amount of the clothes, and control the driving of the motor 224.

The control method of the above-described clothes stacker is such that the height of the loading platform 21 is adjusted by the clothes stacker according to the amount of the laundry dropped from the folding unit 101 onto the loading platform 21. Specifically, the sensor acquires the amount of the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21, the clothes folding machine controls the motor 224 to drive the clothes carrying platform 21 to descend to the lowest position according to the gradual increase of the amount of the clothes, when the amount of the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21 reaches a set value or the clothes carrying platform 21 descends to the lowest position, the clothes folding machine reminds a user to take out the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21, and when the sensor acquires that the amount of the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21 is an initial value, the motor 224 is controlled to drive the clothes carrying platform 21 to return to the highest position.

When the amount of the laundry on the loading platform 21 reaches the set value, the folding unit 101 is controlled by the clothes folding machine to stop dropping the laundry to the loading platform 21, and when the amount of the laundry on the loading platform 21 returns to the initial value, the folding unit 101 is controlled by the clothes folding machine to return to the dropping laundry.

The loading platform 21 on the receiving unit 102 can also move horizontally. The clothes carrying platform 21 is provided with a driving device for driving the clothes carrying platform 21 to horizontally move, the storage unit 102 is arranged in a cavity, the cavity is provided with a clothes outlet, and the clothes carrying platform 21 can horizontally move to the clothes outlet for a user to take clothes, or the storage platform can horizontally move in the cavity.

The clothes carrying platform 21 has a certain accommodating amount for accommodating folded clothes, when the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21 reaches the upper limit of the accommodating amount, the clothes folding machine should remind a user to take out the clothes, a machine shell is arranged outside the clothes folding machine, and the clothes carrying platform 21 of the storage unit 102 is also arranged inside a cavity formed by the machine shell, so that the clothes carrying platform 21 can be popped out from a clothes outlet in order to take out the clothes from the clothes carrying platform 21, and the folded clothes can be taken out conveniently.

In addition, the size of the clothes carrying platform 21 can be only the same as the size of the opening of the folding platform for receiving clothes, the size of the clothes carrying platform 21 can also be larger than the opening, and the subareas arranged on the clothes carrying platform 21 can align different areas with the opening position through horizontal movement, so that the functions of the subareas are realized.

The horizontal movement of the clothes carrying platform 21 is realized by the driving of the driving device, the driving device comprises a motor 224 and a transmission part, the transmission part transmits the driving force of the motor 224 to the clothes carrying platform 21, as shown in fig. 7, the transmission part comprises a rotating roller 231 and a belt 232, the motor 224 is fixedly connected with the rotating roller 231, the bottom of the clothes carrying platform 21 is fixed on the belt 232, when the clothes carrying platform 21 needs to move, the motor 224 drives the rotating roller 231 to rotate, the belt 232 sleeved on the rotating roller 231 moves along with the belt, the bottom of the clothes carrying platform 21 is fixed at a specific position of the belt 232, and when the upper surface of the belt 232 moves, the clothes carrying platform 21 moves along with the belt 232.

The driving device moves according to the amount of the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21, and when the amount of the clothes reaches a limit value, the driving device drives the clothes carrying platform 21 to pop up for a user to take the clothes.

When the size of the clothes platform 21 is consistent with the size of the clothes drop opening of the folding unit 101, when the clothes platform 21 is full of clothes and moves horizontally for a user to take out the clothes, the folding unit 101 cannot continue dropping the clothes because the clothes platform 21 is far away from the position of the clothes drop opening, and thus the folding unit 101 can continue to fold the clothes, but cannot open the drop flap to enable the clothes to enter the storage unit 102.

The loading platform 21 can therefore also be provided with a spare area which temporarily receives the dropped laundry after the usual area has been ejected, so as to be able to guarantee the continuous operation of the folding unit 101 without affecting the efficiency of the operation. The loading platform 21 includes at least a first placing area and a second placing area for receiving the laundry dropped by the folding unit 101 when the first placing area is full of the laundry or the first placing area moves to the laundry outlet.

Since the clothes folding machine is suitable for home use, various kinds of clothes folded in home life are provided, and a user is more inclined to store the clothes according to the types of the clothes, when the storage unit 102 receives the dropped clothes, the clothes can be separately placed according to the types of the clothes.

The clothes carrying platform 21 has a plurality of placing areas corresponding to the types of clothes, the clothes carrying platform 21 can be horizontally moved to enable different placing areas to be aligned with the positions of the clothes dropped by the folding unit 101, correspondingly, the clothes folding machine is provided with a clothes identifying unit for identifying the types of the clothes, and the clothes identifying unit should complete identification before the clothes are dropped, so that the corresponding area of the clothes carrying platform 21 can be driven to move to the lower part of the clothes dropping opening to receive the type of the clothes.

The loading platform 21 may include a vertical telescopic movement and a horizontal movement mechanism, and both may have different driving devices for driving and different triggering conditions.

The control method of the clothes folding machine may include that when the amount of the clothes placed on the clothes loading platform 21 reaches a set value, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes loading platform 21 to horizontally move to the clothes outlet for a user to take out the clothes.

Specifically, the clothes folding machine controls the movement of the storage platform by acquiring the weight and/or height of the clothes on the clothes carrying platform 21; further, when any value of the weight of the clothes or the height of the clothes on the storage platform exceeds a set value, the clothes folding machine controls the driving device of the storage platform to enable the storage platform to drive the clothes to move to the clothes outlet.

When the clothes carrying platform 21 has a common area and a standby area, that is, the first placing area and the second placing area are included, the sensors can respectively detect the amount of clothes in the first placing area and the second placing area, and when the amount of clothes in the first placing area reaches a set value, the clothes folding machine controls the first placing area to move to the clothes outlet, and simultaneously controls the second placing area to move to the clothes falling position to continuously receive the clothes falling from the folding unit 101.

When the clothes carrying platform 21 is provided with a plurality of areas partitioned according to the types of clothes, the clothes identification unit of the clothes folding machine identifies the clothes to be dropped to determine the types of the clothes, and the clothes folding machine drives the corresponding placing areas to horizontally move to the falling positions of the clothes according to the types of the clothes.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The clothes folding machine is characterized by comprising a folding platform, clothes are flatly laid on the folding platform to be folded, a clothes width detection device is further arranged on the clothes folding machine, and the width of the clothes to be folded detected by the clothes width detection device controls the folding action of the folding platform.

2. A clothes folding machine according to claim 1, wherein said clothes width detecting means is provided on one or both sides of the folding platform;

preferably, the folding platform comprises a folding turning plate and a falling turning plate, the folding turning plate comprises a clothes side turning plate and a clothes body turning plate, the two clothes side turning plates are positioned at two sides of the folding platform and are used for arranging the width of clothes, and the clothes body turning plate is used for arranging the length of the clothes; the clothes width detection device is arranged on the clothes side turning plate;

preferably, the clothes width detecting device includes a clothes width sensor or an image detecting device.

3. The clothes folding machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the clothes folding machine further comprises an auxiliary mechanism for assisting folding, the auxiliary mechanism being movable or foldable toward the inside of the folding platform in the width direction of the clothes;

preferably, the auxiliary mechanism comprises moving rods which are arranged on two sides of the two folding platforms and can move towards the insides of the folding platforms, and more preferably, the moving rods are arranged on two sides of the two clothes side turning plates.

4. A clothes folding machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said auxiliary mechanism further comprises at least two clothes side auxiliary flaps, which are respectively located outside the two clothes side flaps, said clothes width detecting means being provided on the clothes side auxiliary flaps;

preferably, the moving rod is located on both sides of the two clothes-side auxiliary flaps and can move towards the interior of the folding platform.

5. A clothes folding control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the clothes folding machine controls the folding action of the folding platform according to the width of the clothes to be folded detected by the clothes width detection device.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein the folding platform comprises a folding flap, the folding flap comprises a body flap with a width M, and when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes is less than or equal to M, the clothes folding machine only controls the body flap to act when the clothes are folded, so that the clothes folding process is completed.

7. The control method according to claim 5, wherein the folding turning plate comprises a clothes body turning plate with the width of M and clothes side turning plates with the width of N which are positioned at two sides of the clothes body turning plate respectively, and when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes meets the condition that M is more than L and less than or equal to M +2N, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plates and the clothes body turning plates to sequentially act in order to complete the clothes folding process when the clothes are folded.

8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein when the laundry detecting device detects that the width L of the laundry satisfies L > M +2N, the clothes folding machine performs pre-processing in the width direction of the laundry before performing the folding, the method comprising:

the pretreatment process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls at least one auxiliary mechanism to fold or move clothes towards the center direction of the folding platform in the width direction;

the clothes folding process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate to sequentially act to complete the clothes folding process.

9. The control method according to claim 5 or 8, wherein the folding flaps comprise a body flap having a width of M, body flaps positioned on both sides of the body flap and having a width of N, respectively, and body auxiliary flaps positioned on both sides of the body flaps and having a width of Q, respectively;

when the clothes detection device detects that the width L of the clothes meets the condition that M +2N is larger than L and is smaller than or equal to M +2N +2Q, the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side auxiliary folded plate, the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate to sequentially act when the clothes are folded by the clothes folding machine.

10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary folding plate on the clothes side is further provided with a moving rod on both sides thereof, the moving rod being movable toward the inside of the folding platform, and when the clothes detecting device detects that the width L of the clothes satisfies L > M +2N +2Q, the method of folding the clothes by the clothes folding machine comprises:

the pretreatment process comprises the following steps: s1, the clothes folding machine controls the movable rod to move towards the center of the folding platform, and the width of the clothes is adjusted;

s2, controlling the clothes side auxiliary folding plate to perform folding action;

the clothes folding process comprises the following steps: the clothes folding machine controls the clothes side turning plate and the clothes body turning plate to sequentially act.