EP0861936A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour amener des pièces de linge à une machine à repasser - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour amener des pièces de linge à une machine à repasser Download PDF

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EP0861936A2
EP0861936A2 EP98100602A EP98100602A EP0861936A2 EP 0861936 A2 EP0861936 A2 EP 0861936A2 EP 98100602 A EP98100602 A EP 98100602A EP 98100602 A EP98100602 A EP 98100602A EP 0861936 A2 EP0861936 A2 EP 0861936A2
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Engelbert Heinz
Jürgen Sielermann
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Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH and Co
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06FLAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F95/00Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06FLAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F67/00Details of ironing machines provided for in groups D06F61/00, D06F63/00, or D06F65/00
    • D06F67/04Arrangements for feeding or spreading the linen

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  • the invention relates to a method for feeding laundry items to a defect or the like according to the preamble of claim 1 and 6. Furthermore, the invention relates a device for feeding laundry to a mangle or the like according to the preamble of claim 13 or 16.
  • Feeding laundry to a mangle or the like usually takes place in such a way that the washed laundry items out of a bunch in particular by hand with one anywhere on a transport bracket of a feed conveyor attached and from the feed conveyor to an input device be transported before the defect.
  • the input device has at least one pair of spreading clamps, that serve to stretch out the laundry before it entered the input device in the shortage or the like becomes. This requires that the laundry items from the transport clamps of the feed conveyor to the spreading clamps be transferred to the input device. That happens so far mostly by hand. It is therefore additional Personnel between the feed conveyor and the input device required.
  • the object of the invention is based on the foregoing based, method and device for feeding laundry to create a shortage or the like that a Allow reduction in staffing.
  • a procedure for solving this problem shows the measures of Claim 1 on.
  • the items of laundry can thereby automatically from the Transport clamps of the feed conveyor to the spreading clamps of the Input device are handed over.
  • a device for solving the problem mentioned at the beginning has the features of claim 13. Because the or each conveyor track of the feed conveyor in the course of the transport the laundry items to the input device branches into two preferably at a distance from each other adjacent conveyor track sections the two arrive in front of the input device Corners of the respective laundry holding transport clips in a side-by-side position. This allows the Transport clips with the respective item of laundry on the spreading clips a pair of spreading clamps of the input device walk past, so that the corners of the respective laundry in one for handing over to the corresponding spreading clamps of a pair of spreading clamps corresponding position reach. This becomes a requirement for an automated Handing over the corners of the laundry from the Transport clamps of the feed conveyor to the spreading clamps of the Input device created.
  • Another device for solving the problem of the invention lying task has the features of claim 15.
  • By creating a space between two at a distance mutually arranged clamp halves of a kind of clamps and the formation of the other type of brackets with a width that they fit between the halves of the clamp is achieved that the one parentheses run past the other parentheses can.
  • the brackets can "overtake” so to speak a flying change between the brackets at the handover in the area between the feed conveyor and the input device can be done.
  • the clips or the clip halves have open clamping slots on one side. In these clamping slots become the corners of the laundry held.
  • the clamp slots of all clamps are in relation to each other arranged that the open sides upon delivery from the feed conveyor to the input device itself on the same page are located.
  • the open pages of the Clamping slots on the in the conveying direction of the brackets at the Transfer back side In this way it is possible that if the brackets of the input device the corners of the laundry item, the open clamps of the Feed conveyor from the corner areas of the Can move laundry items unhindered.
  • the device shown here is not used for feeding shown washed laundry items, such as Tablecloths, sheets or the like, one too not shown defect or another laundry treatment facility.
  • the device has a feed conveyor 10 and a Input device 11.
  • the taken from a pile, washed laundry items are from the feed conveyor 10 to Input device 11 transported to the input device 11 passed, then spread out by the input device 11 and then also from the input device 11 in FIG Deficiency or the like supplied.
  • the input device 11 has a circulating conveyor line, on which a multitude of individual transport clips 12 be moved in a cycle.
  • the direction of movement of the transport clamps 12 is identified in the figures by an arrow 13.
  • the conveyor track of the feed conveyor 10 at the beginning (left side of FIG. 2) three parallel path sections 14, 15 and 16.
  • Every track section 14, 15 and 16 is a loading station 17, 18 and 19 assigned to each by an operator 20 Piece of laundry with two adjacent corners in two consecutive Transport clips 12 is hooked. Every piece of laundry with a corner on its own transport bracket 12 of the feed conveyor 10 attached.
  • a storage section follows track sections 14, 15 and 16 21, which forms three memories in the exemplary embodiment shown Has track sections 22, 23 and 24. On the storage line 21 follow two parallel in the embodiment shown Transfer lines 25 and 26 by a single Branch off track section 60 by moving between track section 60 and the track sections 27 and 28 each have a switch 58 is. Each transfer line 25 and 26 has two parallel track sections 27 and 28.
  • Track sections 27 and 28 of each transfer line 25 and 26 have one in one vertical plane U-shaped course, which is formed from a vertical downward path 29, a semicircular Connection section 30 and a vertically upward Upward conveyor line 31. From the upward conveyor line 31 of each track section 27 and 28 arrive Transport clamps 12 over a common return conveyor 32 back to one of the loading stations 17, 18 and 19. 5 and 6 show one of the same designed with each other Transport brackets 12 of the feed conveyor 10. Accordingly the transport bracket 12 has a chassis 33 with four castors 34 each, which are in a hollow box trained profile along the conveyor line of the feed conveyor 10 are freely movable.
  • the transport brackets 12 are along the Conveyor section of the feed conveyor 10 can be driven in a rotating manner, in particular in the area of loading stations 17, 18 and 19 and the memory path 21 means are provided which are currently the trolleys 33 certain transport brackets 12 from the continue to uncouple the rotating driven conveyor chain these transport clamps 12 can currently be stopped.
  • the transport bracket 12 also has one with the Trolley 33 connected clamp body 35.
  • the clamp body 35 has an approximately U-shaped shape when viewed from above, namely consists of two spaced-apart parallel Legs 36 and a connecting these back Bridge 37 together.
  • the clamp body 38 is on the web 37 Chassis 33 attached.
  • Each leg 36 forms a part a bracket half 38, for which purpose each leg 36 with a provided at the bottom with an opening 39 having a clamping slot 40 which corresponds to a pivotable clamping lever 41.
  • the clamping lever 41 is based on the principle of a double arm Lever about an approximately central axis of rotation 42 on the respective leg 36 tiltable.
  • the clamping lever 41 is by a spring 43 biased in the closing sense, such that a free end 44 of the clamping lever 41 across the clamping slot 40 itself extending against a boundary wall 45 of the clamping slot 40 presses.
  • An opposite free end 46 of the clamp lever protrudes in the direction of the chassis 33 with respect to the web 37 left out. At this projecting free end 46 the Clamping lever 41 can be pivoted against the force of the spring 43, so that it releases the clamping slot 40 for releasing the at Transport clamp 12 each piece of laundry held.
  • alike formed clip halves 38 is one through the U-shaped Clamp body 35 formed space 47 through which a narrow area when the transport clamp 12 is loaded an edge of a corner of the laundry item.
  • the input device 11 has spreading clamps 48 which the adjacent corners of the laundry in front of the input device spread apart, causing the laundry item to a substantially streamlined top edge from the input device 11 the shortage or the like can be supplied can.
  • the input device 11 has at least two Spreading clamps 48 which correspond to one another, namely in particular can be moved apart and moved together, and thus form a pair of brackets. Usually has one Input device 11 via several pairs of brackets. In the shown In the exemplary embodiment, the input device 11 has two Pair of clamps each with two spreading clamps 48. Furthermore can the input device 11, in particular the drive of the Spreading clamps 48, be designed as it is from the German Patent application P 42 44 827 (on the full reference here is taken) is known.
  • movable spreading clamps 48 are the same educated. 3 to 5 in particular show one Spreading clamp 48.
  • This is approximately U-shaped, has namely over two parallel vertical legs 50 and 51 and a web 52 connecting the legs 50 and 51.
  • the leg 50 is one by a pressure medium organ, in particular one Pneumatic cylinder 53, movable clamping plate 54 assigned.
  • the Clamping plate 54 is from the pneumatic cylinder 53 against the leg 51 mobile for clamping a corner area of a piece of laundry between the clamping plate 54 and the leg 51.
  • open Spreading clamp 48 When open Spreading clamp 48 is located between the leg 51 and the this side of the clamping plate 54 facing an open at the bottom, namely, an opening 56 having a clamping slot 55 Openings 56 of the spreading clamp 48 point to the same side as the openings 39 of the transport bracket 12, namely each after below.
  • the width of the spreading clamp 48 is such that the Spreading clamp 48 at least in some areas, in particular with the Leg 51, the web 52 and the clamping plate 54, in the Gap 47 between the mutually spaced bracket halves 38 of the transport bracket 12 fits (Fig. 5).
  • Each a transport bracket 12 and part of the expansion bracket 48 can thus overlap to transfer a corner of a piece of laundry.
  • each spreading clamp 48 is a Track section 27, 28 with an upward conveying path 31 of the Feed conveyor 10 assigned.
  • Two track sections 27 each and 28 or upward conveyor sections 31 of the feed conveyor 10 are two spreading brackets 48 assigned to a pair of brackets Formation of a transfer station 57 between the feed conveyor 10 and the input device 11.
  • the here shown device two identical transfer stations 57 available.
  • the upward conveying lines point 31 of the web sections 27 and 28 of the feed conveyor 10 Relative positions and in particular a distance that the Position and the distance between the two spreading clamps 48 of the pair of brackets corresponds to the corresponding transfer station 57.
  • Exactly this Positions are the upward conveyor lines 31 of the track sections 27 and 28 of the feed conveyor 10 assigned.
  • the upward conveying lines 31 run vertically at a distance in front of the spreading clamps in their transfer position 48.
  • the distance of the upward conveying lines 31 to the Spreading clamps 48 are selected such that the transport clamps 12 from bottom to top in the direction of movement 13 of the respective spreading clamp 48 can be moved past (Fig. 4). While the respective transport clamp is moving past 12 run on the corresponding spreading clamp 48 spaced-apart clamp halves 38 of the transport clamps 12 on opposite sides of the front Leg 51, the web 52 and the clamping plate 54 of the expansion clamp 48 over, that is, the parts of the spreading bracket mentioned 48 pass the space 47 between the clip halves 38 of the corresponding transport bracket 12.
  • the feed conveyor can 10 more or less than three loading stations 17, 18 and 19. In the simplest case there is only one Loading station available.
  • the input device also needs 11 not two pairs of clips, each with two spreading clips 48 to show.
  • the input device 11 can possibly do more as two pairs of brackets or just a single pair of brackets with two spreading clamps 48. In this case between the feed conveyor 10 and the input device 11 either there are more than two transfer stations 57, or it there is only a single transfer station 57 here.
  • the parallel upward line 31 of the adjacent track sections 27 and 28 guide the transport clips 12 with the hanging on it Piece of laundry to the respective transfer station 27.
  • the parallel upward conveyor lines 31 of the feed conveyor 10 pass the adjacent transport brackets 12 with the corners of the laundry held on two spreading clamps 48 at the transfer station 57 the input device 11.
  • a spreading clamp runs through each 48 a corresponding space 47 between the parallel Clip halves 38 of the corresponding transport clip 12.
  • the spreading clamps 48 "overtake" occurs in the area of the transfer station 57 immediate automatic transfer of the to the transport brackets 12 held corners of the laundry to the spreading clamps 48.
  • each upward conveying path 31 is a trigger shoe 59 assigned to the fixed position when the transport clamps are raised 12 on the upward conveyor line 31 from the Bracket bodies 35 projecting rear free ends 46 the clamping lever 41 run up and thereby the opposite free ends 44 of the clamping lever 41 from the clamping slots 40 of the Clip halves 38 are moved out, causing the transport clips 12 open.
  • the transport brackets 12 by another continuous ramp-up on the vertical upward conveying lines 31 of the previously taken edge sections on the each corner of the laundry moved away, causing the Edge portions down from the clamping slots 40 in move the clip halves 38 of the transport clips 12 out.
  • the openings 39 at the clamping slots 40 are the Transport clips 12 and the openings 56 on the clamping slots 58 of the spreading clamps 48 are directed to the same side namely against the direction of movement 13 of the transport clamps 12 downward on the upward conveying lines 31.
  • the empty transport clips 12 on the return conveyor line 32 moved back to the beginning of the feed conveyor 10, namely the respective loading station 17, 18 or 19.
  • the spreading clamps 48 are started, namely in front of the center of the input device 11, and there in opposite direction to extend of the top of the laundry. Then the Delivery of the item of laundry with the front edge stretched out to a conveyor of the input device 11, which the item of laundry then in the ironer or other laundry treatment facility enters stretched.
EP98100602A 1997-01-31 1998-01-15 Procédé et dispositif pour amener des pièces de linge à une machine à repasser Expired - Lifetime EP0861936B1 (fr)

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