CN111379153B - Clothes folding machine and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof. The clothes folding machine comprises a clothes folding device, wherein the clothes folding device comprises a sleeve folding device and a clothes folding plate, the clothes folding plate is horizontally arranged, and the sleeve folding device is used for folding sleeves hanging on two sides of the clothes folding plate onto the clothes folding plate. The control method comprises the step that the clothes folding machine finishes clothes on the clothes folding plate through the movement of the clothes folding device. The clothes folding machine can ensure that the sleeves fall on the positions of the clothes folding plates and fold clothes, and prevent the sleeves from randomly scattering to cause clothes wrinkles in the placing process; the clothes folding machine is also provided with a clothes flattening assembly, and the sleeves are separated simultaneously in the flattening process, so that the sleeves can reach the designated positions; the clothes folding machine can also judge whether the sleeve folding device needs to be opened or not according to the clothes identification result, so that the intellectualization of the clothes folding machine is improved, and the clothes folding machine is more suitable for families.

Description

Clothes folding machine and control method thereof

Technical Field

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

Background

Clothes in the family all adopt artifical folding mode to accomodate after drying today, still have on the market that the clothes folding board can be manual to fold the clothing, along with the acceleration of life rhythm, it wastes time and energy to fold the clothing through the manual work, and, because people's standard of living's improvement, the kind of clothing is more and more, the user can not master the folding of different clothing and the skill of accomodating, so that the clothing after folding can not obtain better protection, the clothing of folding unevenness still need iron before the dress. Therefore, a machine capable of reasonably treating the clothes instead of human is needed.

The clothes folding machine in the prior art is generally used in industrial production, different kinds of clothes cannot be reasonably folded and stored aiming at repeated operation of the same kind of clothes, and the industrial clothes folding machine is large in size, complex in structure, low in automation degree and not suitable for being used in families.

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 technical scheme that:

the clothes folding device comprises a clothes folding device and a clothes folding plate, wherein the clothes folding plate is horizontally arranged, and the clothes folding device is used for folding sleeves hanging on two sides of the clothes folding plate onto the clothes folding plate.

The sleeve folding device comprises a sleeve pressing mechanism and a sleeve folding mechanism, the sleeve pressing mechanism is used for fixing clothes on the clothes folding plate, the sleeve folding mechanism can move relative to the clothes folding plate, and the sleeve folding mechanism can lift sleeves and place the sleeves on the clothes folding plate along the sleeve pressing mechanism.

The sleeve folding mechanism comprises two symmetrically arranged movable rods, the movable rods can move along the surface vertical to the clothes folding plate, and the movable rods are positioned on two sides of the clothes folding plate for placing sleeves; preferably, the moving rod is rotatably disposed at both sides of the clothes folding plate, and the moving rod is provided with a driving shaft, and the moving rod rotates around the driving shaft.

The clothes hanger is characterized in that a blocking rib is arranged on the moving rod, the blocking rib can guide sleeves in the moving process of the rotating shaft, and the sleeves are prevented from being clamped between the moving rod and the clothes folding plate.

The sleeve pressing mechanism is arranged to be a movable pressing strip, the clothes can be fixed by the pressing strip, the clothes are located at the boundary between the clothes main body and the sleeves when the clothes are fixed by the pressing strip, and the sleeves are folded along the pressing strip by the sleeve folding mechanism.

The clothes folding machine further comprises a clothes flattening device and a clothes conveying device, wherein the clothes flattening device is used for flattening clothes in the process that the clothes conveying device moves the clothes; preferably, the clothes flattening device is a clothes flattening plate which is arranged on one side of the clothes folding device and can separate the clothes main body from the sleeves in the clothes conveying process.

The control method of the clothes folding machine is characterized in that the clothes folding device is used for folding clothes on the clothes folding plate.

After the clothes conveying device places clothes on the clothes folding plate, the layering moves to fix the boundary position of the clothes main body and the sleeves, and the moving rod moves up and down to lift the sleeves and enable the sleeves to fall on the clothes folding plate.

The clothes conveying device moves clothes from one side with the clothes flattening plate, the clothes are in contact with the clothes flattening plate and are flattened, the clothes main body and the sleeves are separated by the clothes flattening plate, the clothes conveying device places the clothes on the clothes folding plate, and the sleeves are perpendicular to two sides of the clothes folding plate.

And when the clothes folding machine recognizes that the clothes have sleeves, starting the sleeve folding device to arrange the sleeves.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.

(1) The clothes folding machine can perform special treatment on clothes with sleeves, ensure that the sleeves fall on the positions of the clothes folding plates and fold the clothes, and prevent the sleeves from scattering randomly in the placing process to cause clothes wrinkles in the folding process;

(2) The clothes folding machine is also provided with a clothes flattening component for flattening clothes, and sleeves are separated simultaneously in the flattening process, so that the sleeves can reach designated positions, and the work of the sleeve folding device is facilitated;

(3) The clothes folding machine can judge whether the clothes have sleeves or not according to the clothes identification result, whether the sleeves need to be arranged or not by opening the sleeve folding device, the intelligentization of the clothes folding machine is improved, the personalized treatment process is opened for different types of clothes, and the clothes folding machine is more suitable for families to use.

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 and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention to the proper form disclosed herein. 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 front view of the garment stacker of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view of the garment stacker of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a garment spreader plate of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial schematic view of the garment stacker of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a garment smoothing roll of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the garment stacker of the present invention;

FIG. 7 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view taken at A-A in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side view in the direction B of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a state view of the present invention showing the use of the clothes folding machine;

FIG. 10 is a state view of the present invention in use of the clothes folding machine;

FIG. 11 is a state view of the clothes folding machine of the present invention in use;

FIG. 12 is a state view of the present invention in use of the clothes folding machine;

FIG. 13 is a state view of the present invention showing the use of the clothes folding machine;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of a control method of the clothes folding machine of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a folding unit; 11. a clothes folding plate; 121. a manipulator; 13. a sleeve folding device; 131. a travel bar; 1311; blocking ribs; 1312. a drive shaft; 1313. a motor; 14. a garment flattening assembly; 141. a clothes unfolding plate; 1411. a first side; 1412; a second edge; 1413. a fixing hole; 142. a clothing flattening roller; 1421. a left end thread; 1422. the right end is provided with screw threads.

2. A storage unit; 3. a hanger conveying unit; 31. a hanger; 4. a laundry identification unit.

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 rather to illustrate it for those skilled in the art by 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 "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, 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," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; 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.

As shown in fig. 1, the present invention relates to a clothes folding machine that can fold and store clothes. The clothes folding machine comprises a box body structure and a clothes hanger conveying unit 3 located outside the box body, the clothes folding machine further comprises a clothes hanger 31 used for hanging clothes at the clothes hanger conveying unit 3 through the clothes hanger 31, the clothes folding machine can automatically convey the clothes hanger 31 and convey the clothes to the interior of the box body, the clothes folding machine further comprises a folding unit 1, the folding unit 1 can take down the clothes on the clothes hanger 31 and flatly fold the clothes, and the folding unit 1 comprises a clothes folding device which can fold the clothes through overturning of a folding plate. The clothes folding device comprises a clothes folding plate 11 which is horizontally arranged. The clothes folding machine can also be provided with a storage unit 2, the storage unit 2 can be arranged on the lower portion of the folding unit 1, clothes folded by the folding unit 1 can directly fall into the storage unit 2, the storage unit 2 has a certain storage space, and the folded clothes can be temporarily stored, so that a user can take out the clothes after a period of time, and the clothes folding machine is convenient for the user to use.

The clothes folding machine is further provided with a clothes identification unit 4 for identifying parameters such as the types, materials and sizes of clothes so as to guide subsequent links such as folding and storage. The storage unit 2 can also be provided with a classified storage device, after the clothes identification unit 4 identifies the clothes, the storage unit 2 can be classified and stored according to the attributes of the clothes, and users can take out the clothes in a classified manner to conveniently place the clothes into corresponding spaces of a wardrobe without manual classification again.

The folding unit 1 is further provided with a clothes conveying device which can be arranged in the upper space of the clothes folding device and can drive clothes to move on the upper part of the clothes folding device, so that the clothes are conveyed. The box is provided with a clothes inlet towards the clothes hanger conveying unit 3, clothes can enter the folding unit 1 in the box from the clothes hanger conveying unit 3 through the conveying device, and the clothes conveying device can drive the clothes to move from the clothes inlet to the box. The clothes conveying device may be configured to have a manipulator 121 and a moving mechanism, the manipulator 121 may be driven by the moving mechanism to change a position so as to move the clothes, and the manipulator 121 may be further configured to open and close to clamp and release the clothes.

After the manipulator 121 grabs the clothes, the clothes can be flatly laid on the clothes folding plate 11, in order to make the clothes more flat and prevent the clothes from having wrinkles, the clothes folding machine is further provided with a clothes flattening assembly 14, the clothes flattening assembly 14 is arranged at a clothes inlet and arranged on one side of the clothes folding plate 11, when the clothes conveying device clamps the clothes at the clothes inlet, the clothes are in a suspension state, the clothes flattening assembly 14 can be in contact with the clothes at the moment, in the process that the clothes conveying device drives the clothes to move, relative motion can be generated between the clothes and the clothes flattening assembly 14, the clothes flattening assembly 14 can be arranged at a fixed position and can also rotate at the fixed position to generate relative motion with the moving clothes, so that the clothes can be flattened by the clothes flattening assembly 14.

Example one

As shown in FIG. 2, the garment stretching assembly may be a garment stretching panel 141.

The clothes unfolding plate 141 is horizontally arranged at a clothes inlet and is positioned at one side of the clothes folding device, the clothes folding device comprises a clothes folding plate 11, and the clothes folding plate 11 forms the upper surface of the clothes folding device. The clothes conveying device places clothes on the clothes folding plate 11, the arrangement position of the clothes unfolding plate 141 should be equal to or lower than the position of the clothes folding plate 11, so that the clothes cannot be paved due to the protrusion of the clothes unfolding plate 141, and in consideration of the installation angle, the arrangement position of the clothes unfolding plate 141 lower than the position of the clothes folding plate 11 can be installed at the clothes folding device or fixedly installed on the box body.

Fig. 3 is a top view of clothes display plate 141, clothes display plate 141 is in an isosceles trapezoid shape as a whole, clothes display plate 141 has a first side 1411 for contacting with a clothes body to flatten the clothes body, and two second sides 1412, where second sides 1412 are oblique sides forming a certain angle with first side 1411, that is, two waist portions of the isosceles trapezoid shape, and second sides 1412 correspond to sleeve portions of the clothes.

The clothes unfolding plate 141 is further provided with fixing holes 1413 on the long side, and is fixed to the clothes folding machine body through a corresponding fixing structure, and can be fixed to the box of the clothes folding machine and located on the lower portion of the clothes inlet, or fixed to one side of the clothes folding device close to the clothes inlet, so that clothes entering from the clothes inlet can be unfolded. Because clothing exhibition board 141 is the platelike structure, the installation of clothing exhibition board 141 can insert the gap in and pass through the bolt fastening, also can be provided with the structure of buckling in order to satisfy the installation demand.

The clothes flattening plate 141 can flatten the clothes and separate the clothes from the sleeves. In the process of conveying the clothes, the manipulator 121 clamps the shoulders of the clothes, the lap and the sleeve parts of the clothes are in free swing states, and when the clothes are placed on the clothes folding plate 11, the sleeves may not be located at the designated positions, so the clothes folding machine can be further provided with a sleeve folding device 13, the sleeves are arranged at the designated positions on the folding plate, and then the clothes are folded. The method for arranging the sleeves can separate the clothes body from the sleeves firstly, and the clothes body and the sleeves can be separated by the first edge 1411 and the second edge 1412 of the clothes unfolding plate 141, so that the clothes can be arranged more accurately, the clothes are more regular before being folded, and the folded clothes do not have more wrinkles.

The length of each side of the clothes display panel 141 is designed according to the width of the clothes and the arrangement position of the sleeves, since the first side 1411 corresponds to the clothes body and the second side 1412 corresponds to the sleeves of the clothes, when the clothes hang down on the clothes display panel 141, the clothes body is stopped at the first side 1411, and the sleeves hang down on the second side 1412 to be stopped at the second. During the moving process of the clothes, the clothes body sweeps over and is flattened at the first edge 1411, and the second edge 1412 is an inclined edge, so that the sleeves can be hung on two sides of the clothes folding plate 11 due to the arrangement of the second edge 1412 during the moving process, and devices for tidying the sleeves can be arranged on two sides of the clothes folding plate 11, so that the sleeves can be further tidied.

The clothes flattening plate is simple in structure, not only can the clothes be flattened, but also the body and the sleeve parts of the clothes can be distinguished, and therefore the flatness of the clothes is further guaranteed.

Example two

As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, clothing flattening assembly 14 is clothing flattening rollers 142.

While the clothes flattening assembly 14 in the previous embodiment is a clothes flattening plate 141, the clothes flattening plate 141 is fixedly connected with the clothes folding machine body and is immovable, the clothes flattening rollers 142 in the present embodiment can rotate to stretch the clothes by generating a rotation direction opposite to the clothes conveying direction.

The laundry stretching roller 142 is also disposed at the laundry entrance of the clothes folding device or at the side of the laundry folding device near the laundry entrance, the laundry stretching roller 142 needs to contact the laundry and generate the opposite movement direction to stretch the laundry, and therefore, the surface of the laundry stretching roller 142 is preferably rough, so that the corresponding friction force can be generated between the laundry and the laundry, thereby enabling the laundry to be stretched.

When the laundry is moved by the laundry conveying apparatus, at a position where the laundry contacts with the laundry smoothing roller 142, the laundry should be moved from bottom to top with respect to the moving direction of the smoothing roller, the laundry smoothing roller 142 should be horizontally disposed so as to apply a vertical force to the laundry to smooth the laundry up and down, the rotation direction of the laundry smoothing roller 142 at the position where the laundry contacts with the laundry should be opposite to the moving direction of the laundry at the contact point, and in the view point of fig. 1, the rotation direction of the laundry smoothing roller 142 should be clockwise, the laundry is moved from right to left, and the moving direction of the laundry with respect to the laundry smoothing roller 142 is counterclockwise.

The laundry flattening roller 142 may also flatten the laundry in the width direction. As shown in fig. 5, the left end and the right end of the clothes flattening roller 142 are respectively provided with a thread, the left end thread 1421 is arranged in a direction that the clothes can be driven to the left when the rotating rod rotates, and the right end thread 1422 is arranged in a direction that the clothes can be driven to the right when the rotating rod rotates. The specific parameters of the thread may be performed according to experimentation.

The rotation of the clothes flattening roller 142 is driven by the arranged motor, and the motor can be set to be adjustable in rotating speed due to the difference of the moving speed of the clothes conveying device or the properties of the clothes, so that the clothes flattening roller can be adjusted according to different clothes or different conveying speeds.

The clothes can be flattened by the two embodiment modes, but the two embodiment modes are different in clothes flattening mode and effect, and can be used in a combined mode, after the clothes are flattened by the clothes flattening roller 142, the clothes flattening plate 141 further flattens the clothes and separates sleeves, or after the clothes body is separated from the sleeves, the clothes flattening roller 142 flattens the position of the clothes body up and down and left and right.

The control method of the clothes folding machine with the clothes flattening assembly 14 is that the clothes conveying device clamps the clothes to enable the clothes to hang on the clothes flattening assembly 14, the clothes conveying device drives the clothes to move from the clothes inlet to the interior of the box body, and the clothes are flattened and then laid on the clothes folding plate 11.

The method for controlling the clothes flattening rollers 142 in the second embodiment further includes starting the motor of the clothes flattening rollers 142 to rotate the clothes flattening rollers 142 to flatten the clothes when the clothes folding machine starts the clothes flattening clothes folding machine and detects that the clothes conveying device starts to move or the clothes folding machine detects that the clothes contact the clothes flattening rollers 142.

The motor can be in a constantly rotating state, and can be selectively turned on by detecting whether clothes need to be flattened, and the process can be judged by setting a sensor, for example, whether the clothes reach a designated position or not, whether the clothes conveying device moves or not, and can also be used for controlling the turning on of the clothes flattening roller 142 by identifying the clothes by the clothes identification unit 4. As shown in fig. 1, the clothes folding machine may be provided with a clothes recognition unit 4, and at the position of the clothes inlet, when the clothes are in a hanging state, the clothes recognition unit 4 may obtain the full view of the clothes, and more accurately recognize the clothes.

The clothes folding machine of the invention can further comprise a sleeve folding device 13, the sleeve folding device 13 has the relevant description in the first embodiment, the clothes folding device comprises a sleeve folding device 13 and a clothes folding plate 11, the clothes folding plate 11 is horizontally arranged, the sleeve folding device 13 is used for processing sleeves hanging on two sides of the clothes folding plate 11, the sleeve folding device is used for turning the sleeves hanging on two sides of the clothes folding plate 11 over the clothes folding plate 11, and the clothes can be processed by the sleeves so as to be better flattened and folded.

The sleeve folding device comprises a sleeve pressing mechanism and a sleeve folding mechanism, the sleeve pressing mechanism fixes clothes on the clothes folding plate 11, the sleeve folding mechanism can move relative to the clothes folding plate 11, and the sleeve folding mechanism can lift sleeves and place the sleeves on the clothes folding plate 11 along the sleeve pressing mechanism.

As shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 isbase:Sub>A side view of the clothes folding machine, and for better describing the clothes folding device and the sleeve folding device 13, cut atbase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A in the drawing,base:Sub>A clothes folding plate 11 andbase:Sub>A sleeve folding device 13 can be seen, as shown in fig. 7, the clothes folding device is provided withbase:Sub>A foldable clothes folding plate 11, and the clothes folding plate 11 is set by the folding requirement of the clothes. The sleeve folding devices 13 are arranged on both sides of the clothes folding device and are close to both sides of the sleeves.

To more clearly show the sleeve folding device 13, the sleeve folding device 13 is shown from the direction B shown in fig. 7, as shown in fig. 8.

The sleeve folding mechanism can be arranged as follows: two symmetrically arranged moving rods 131 are respectively arranged at two sides of a folded sleeve of the clothes folding plate 11, the moving rods 131 can move on a surface vertical to the clothes folding plate, the moving rods 131 are provided with driving shafts 1312, the moving rods 131 rotate by taking the driving shafts 1312 as the centers of circles, the driving shafts 1312 are connected with motors 1313, and the moving rods 131 can be driven to rotate by the motors.

The moving rod 131 is used for arranging the sleeves hanging on the two sides of the clothes folding device, and the hanging sleeves are driven to be placed on the clothes folding plate 11 again, so that the moving rod 131 can be in a rotating motion or only in an up-and-down motion, but a more complex moving mechanism is required for the up-and-down motion, and therefore the rotatable moving rod 131 is preferably used for processing the sleeves in the clothes folding device.

As shown in fig. 8, the moving bar 131 is further provided with a blocking rib 1311, the blocking rib 1311 can guide the sleeve during the moving of the rotating shaft to prevent the sleeve from being caught between the moving bar 131 and the clothes folding plate, and the moving bar 131 is closely attached to the clothes folding plate.

When the moving rod 131 applies force to the sleeve part, in order to prevent the whole clothes from being lifted, a pressing strip is further arranged at the clothes folding plate 11 to press the clothes on the plane where the clothes are laid by the clothes folding device, so that the sleeves can fall off from the moving rod 131 and fall on the clothes body, and the clothes folding plate 11 can fold the sleeve part.

The sleeve pressing mechanism is a fixing device with a strip-shaped structure and is called a pressing strip, the pressing strip is shown in fig. 7 and 9, in fig. 9, clothes are flatly laid on a clothes folding plate 11, sleeves are in a state of hanging on two sides, the clothes are pressed by the pressing strip from the upper portion, the pressing strip is arranged at the boundary of the clothes body and the sleeves, the sleeves can be folded along the pressing strip in addition to better fixing the clothes, and the state shown in fig. 13 is formed.

Sleeve folder 13 and garment stretching assembly 14 cooperate to lay the garment flat on garment folding board 11.

As shown in fig. 14, the control method of the clothes folding machine is that the clothes folding machine finishes the clothes on the clothes folding plate through the movement of the clothes folding device.

After the clothes conveying device places the clothes on the clothes folding plate 11, the pressing strips move to fix the boundaries of the clothes main body and the sleeves as shown in fig. 9, the moving rod 131 moves up and down to lift the sleeves and enable the sleeves to fall on the clothes folding plate 11, the moving process of the moving rod 131 is as shown in fig. 10-12, the pressing strips fix corresponding parts of the clothes, so the sleeves can slide off the clothes moving rod 131 and fall on the clothes folding plate 11, and the crease between the sleeves and the clothes main body is the position where the pressing strips are fixed. After finishing the sleeves and before folding the clothes, the pressing strips can be removed from the clothes so as to avoid the influence on folding.

The control method further includes a laundry transferring process, the laundry transferring device moves the laundry from the side having the laundry unfolding plate 141, the laundry is in contact with the laundry unfolding plate 141 and is unfolded, the laundry body is separated from the sleeves by the laundry unfolding plate 141, the laundry transferring device places the laundry on the laundry folding plate 11, and the sleeves hang at both sides of the laundry folding plate 11.

As shown in fig. 1, the clothes folding machine is further provided with a clothes identification unit 4, the clothes identification unit 4 can also identify whether the clothes has sleeves, when the clothes is identified by the clothes folding machine to have the sleeves, the sleeves folding device 13 is started to arrange the sleeves, and if the clothes does not have the sleeves, the movable rod 131 is not required to be started to arrange the sleeves. Control method as shown in fig. 14, since the clothes recognition unit 4 is preferably provided at the clothes entrance, the clothes are recognized when the clothes are hung on the clothes hanger 31, the clothes are moved after the clothes are taken off from the clothes hanger 31 by the robot arm 121, the clothes flattening assembly 14 performs a flattening operation on the clothes during the movement, and the sleeve portions are separated if there are sleeves, so that the sleeves hang down at both sides of the clothes folding device. At this time, it can be judged whether the sleeve folding device 13 needs to be started or not according to the clothes identification result, if the clothes identification result is that the sleeves exist, the sleeve folding devices 13 closely attached to the two sides of the clothes folding device arrange the sleeves, and if the clothes identification result is that the sleeves do not exist, the sleeve folding devices 13 are not started, and the next operation can be directly carried out on the clothes.

The above determination process can also be completed by other sensors. For example, when sleeves hang down on both sides, the sensors sense that the sleeves are available, and the sleeve folding device 13 can be opened to arrange the sleeves.

The control method is matched with the clothes identification process, so that the clothes folding machine is more intelligent, the clothes folding machine does not intelligently perform repeated mechanical operation, different clothes can be analyzed and judged, and a proper mechanism is started to arrange the clothes, so that the clothes folding machine is more suitable for household use.

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 (8)

1. A clothes folding machine is characterized in that: the clothes folding device comprises a clothes folding device and a clothes folding plate, wherein the clothes folding plate is horizontally arranged, and the clothes folding device is used for turning over sleeves hanging on two sides of the clothes folding plate onto the clothes folding plate;

the sleeve folding device comprises a sleeve pressing mechanism and a sleeve folding mechanism, the sleeve pressing mechanism fixes the clothes on the clothes folding plate, and the sleeve folding mechanism can lift the sleeves and place the sleeves on the clothes folding plate along the sleeve pressing mechanism;

the sleeve folding mechanism comprises two symmetrically arranged moving rods, the moving rods are rotatably arranged on two sides of the clothes folding plate for placing sleeves, the moving rods are provided with driving shafts, and the moving rods rotate by taking the driving shafts as circle centers;

the moving rod rotates on a vertical plane which is perpendicular to the clothes folding plate and parallel to the length direction of the stacked clothes, so that the sleeves are lifted and fall on the clothes folding plate; the movable rod is provided with a blocking rib, and the blocking rib can guide sleeves in the moving process of the rotating shaft so as to prevent the sleeves from being clamped between the movable rod and the clothes folding plate;

the clothes folding machine is further provided with a clothes identification unit, the clothes identification unit identifies whether the clothes have sleeves, when the clothes folding machine identifies that the clothes have the sleeves, the movable rod is started to arrange the sleeves, and if the clothes do not have the sleeves, the movable rod is not required to be started to arrange the sleeves.

2. The clothes folding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the sleeve pressing mechanism is arranged to be a movable pressing strip, the clothes can be fixed by the pressing strip, the clothes are located at the boundary between the clothes main body and the sleeves when the clothes are fixed by the pressing strip, and the sleeves are folded along the pressing strip by the sleeve folding mechanism.

3. The clothes folding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the clothes folding machine further comprises a clothes flattening device and a clothes conveying device, wherein the clothes flattening device is used for flattening clothes in the process that the clothes conveying device moves the clothes.

4. The garment pleating machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the clothes flattening device is a clothes flattening plate, the clothes flattening plate is arranged on one side of the clothes folding device, and the clothes flattening plate can separate a clothes main body from sleeves in the clothes conveying process.

5. A method of controlling a clothes folding machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by: the clothes folding machine finishes the clothes on the clothes folding plate through the movement of the clothes folding device.

6. The control method of a clothes folding machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: after the clothes conveying device places clothes on the clothes folding plate, the layering moves to fix the boundary position of the clothes main body and the sleeves, and the moving rod moves up and down to lift the sleeves and enable the sleeves to fall on the clothes folding plate.

7. The control method of a clothes folding machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: the clothes conveying device moves clothes from one side with the clothes flattening plate, the clothes are in contact with the clothes flattening plate and are flattened, the clothes main body and the sleeves are separated by the clothes flattening plate, the clothes conveying device places the clothes on the clothes folding plate, and the sleeves are perpendicular to two sides of the clothes folding plate.

8. The control method of a clothes folding machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: and when the clothes folding machine identifies that the clothes have the sleeves, starting the sleeve folding device to arrange the sleeves.

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