EP1404913A1 - Method and machine for boarding textile articles - Google Patents
Method and machine for boarding textile articlesInfo
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- EP1404913A1 EP1404913A1 EP02726411A EP02726411A EP1404913A1 EP 1404913 A1 EP1404913 A1 EP 1404913A1 EP 02726411 A EP02726411 A EP 02726411A EP 02726411 A EP02726411 A EP 02726411A EP 1404913 A1 EP1404913 A1 EP 1404913A1
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- Prior art keywords
- shapes
- boarding
- supports
- textile articles
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06C—FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS
- D06C5/00—Shaping or stretching of tubular fabrics upon cores or internal frames
- D06C5/005—Shaping or stretching of tubular fabrics upon cores or internal frames of articles, e.g. stockings
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- the following invention regards a method and a machine for the boarding of textile articles, in particular women's stockings and the like.
- Boarding shapes are usually solid shapes of a metallic material, most commonly aluminium. If the boarding shapes are attached rigidly to the turntable, the machine's function is considerably limited. In particular, this solution somewhat limits the number of shapes that can be used, in order to maintain the machine's dimensions within acceptable limits.
- the time spent by the shapes inside the boarding chambers is usually limited.
- the time spent in the boarding chamber is in particular conditioned by the time required for the stockings to be fed on to the shapes manually, which usually requires approximately 5 seconds.
- the time required to feed the stockings onto the shapes therefore affects the movement in step of the turntable.
- the actual time that the shapes spend in the boarding chamber in other words the time available for boarding the stockings is not usually more than 2 seconds.
- An alternative solution consists in the stockings to be treated being fed on to detachable supports that are slid, by means of towing devices on to guides attached to the fixed structure of the boarding machine.
- This permits the availability of a series of shapes bearing stockings to be treated in a stack area upstream from a boarding station equipped with a large boarding chamber.
- This series of shapes is then transferred simultaneously from the stack area inside the boarding chamber, in order for the boarding treatment to be performed on the stockings.
- the thermal treatment has been completed, the abovementioned series of shapes is transferred simultaneously inside the drying chamber.
- This solution has the advantage of ensuring a longer duration of the shapes inside the boarding chamber, in order to allow perfect boarding.
- it has the disadvantage that the larger dimensions of the boarding chamber require increased steam consumption, with a proportional increase in cost.
- the aim of the present invention is to resolve the abovementioned drawbacks by devising a method that permits adequate boarding of the textile articles, in particular ensuring an optimal duration of the shapes inside the boarding chamber.
- a further aim of the invention is that of supplying a machine for boarding textile articles with a simple design, reliable function and with versatile application.
- the abovementioned objectives can be achieved by this present invention, using the method for boarding textile articles, which is characterized by the fact that it consists in feeding the textile articles to be treated on to shapes mounted on sliding supports on guides attached to the fixed structure of the boarding machine; in transporting these supports in step along a polygonal pathway defined by said guides, using towing devices linked to agent transporters positioned on each linear stretch of said polygonal pathway; of stacking a series of said shape supports, on which the textile articles to be treated are positioned, upstream of a multiple boarding station, equipped with respective boarding chambers along a stretch of said polygonal pathway; of simultaneously transferring said series of supports along said stretch of the polygonal pathway, in such a way as to introduce said shapes into the boarding chambers, in order to subject the said textile articles to the thermal treatment; in simultaneously transferring said series of supports, once the thermal treatment has been completed, onto a subsequent stretch of the said polygonal pathway, in order to perform the drying phase of the said textile articles in a drying chamber inside which said shape
- Figure 1 illustrates a horizontal view of a machine for boarding textile articles using the method in object
- Figure 2 illustrates a section of a vertical transversal plane
- Figures 3 and 4 show a horizontal view and a vertical section of a shape support used by this machine
- Figure 5 shows a horizontal view of an alternative layout of the device in object
- Figure 6 illustrates a horizontal view of an alternative layout for the machine in object
- Figure 7 illustrates a perspective view of a support used in this machine. Modes for Carrying out the Invention
- 1 refers to the machine for boarding textile articles such as women's stockings and the like.
- the textile articles are fed on to the relevant shapes 2.
- the boarding machine transports the shapes 2 along a polygonal pathway, which has a rectangular profile, as shown in figure 1.
- a series of supports 10 are individually brought into step with at least one shape 2.
- the supports 10 of the shapes 2 are composed of an elongated metal plate 14, which presents longitudinal sides parallel to the vertical assembly plane of the shape 2 and transversal heads 14a with a circular profile (see figs. 3 and 4).
- the plate 14 is assembled on an identically shaped base 15, manufactured for example in wood, by means of which the support 10 slides along the device's platform 5.
- the supports 10 take pairs of shapes 2 which the stockings will be fed on to, to the loading station C.
- the supports 10 are guided along each stretch of the polygonal pathway by guides 3 composed of special section bars fixed to the platform 5 in pairs, one behind another in order to engage the said longitudinal sides of the plates 14.
- Support towing devices operate on each stretch of the polygonal pathway to be covered together with the supports 10 composed of their relative transversal pushers 21 linked to conveyors 20, for example with toothed belts, that are enabled in step, with alternating motions, by special motors.
- the supports 10 are brought into step, one after another and in reciprocal contact with the said circular profile heads 14a, along the first stretch of the polygonal pathway to be covered, with the shapes 2 positioned parallel to one another on vertical transversal planes to the direction of movement.
- Loading station C where the textile articles are fed on to the shapes 2, is positioned along this first stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the textile articles can be fed onto the shapes 2 either manually or automatically by a loading robot.
- the shapes 2 advance in step, conducted by the sliding supports 10 on the platform 5 and are guided by the guides 3 in the direction shown by arrow B, until the end of the abovementioned first stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the conveyors 10 are transferred onto the second stretch of the polygonal pathway, perpendicular to the first, with the shapes 2 positioned on a vertically parallel plane to the direction of movement.
- the shapes 2 engage station F in which the thermal treatment required for boarding textile articles takes place, for example inside a pressurized steam boarding chamber.
- this invention features a multiple boarding station F positioned along the second stretch of the polygonal pathway, at a right angle to the first stretch along which the abovementioned loading station C is positioned.
- the multiple boarding station F consists of a series of boarding chambers 8, positioned parallel to one another, each of which receives a pair of shapes 2.
- boarding station F has three boarding chambers 8.
- the movement in step of the supports 10 along the polygonal pathway positions the relative shapes 2, which the stockings to be treated were fed on to in the loading station C, opposite the abovementioned boarding chambers 8, along the first stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the supports 10 of the shapes 2 are then moved simultaneously in a transversal direction, on to the second stretch of the polygonal pathway, in order for the shapes 2 to be introduced into the boarding chambers 8.
- the boarding chambers 8 are opened and the shapes 2 are transferred simultaneously onto the third stretch of the polygonal pathway, parallel to the first stretch.
- a drying chamber A for example the airflow type, is situated, inside which the shapes 2 are transferred in step.
- the supports 10 of the shapes 2 are once more transferred in a perpendicular direction, one after another, along the fourth stretch of the polygonal pathway to reach the starting station of the first stretch of the pathway.
- the textile articles are removed from the shapes 2 by known removal devices.
- Fig. 5 illustrates an alternative machine layout, which permits the conveyors to rotate through a right angle, in order to align the shapes 2 in a longitudinal direction to the preset stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- This rotation comes about thanks to a circular swiveling plate 6, level with the machine's platform 5.
- the swiveling plate 6 bears a pair of slats 7 that guide the supports 10 and form a continuation of the guides 3.
- the supports 10 move along the first stretch of the polygonal pathway, to the loading station C, one behind the other along the longitudinal sides of the plates 14.
- the supports 10 are then transferred, one behind the other, onto the second stretch of the polygonal pathway, following a perpendicular course to the previous one, with the shapes vertically parallel to the direction of movement.
- the abovementioned 90° rotation of the supports 10 takes place, by means of the swiveling plate 6, in order to align the shapes 2 longitudinally in relation to the direction of the third stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the abovementioned multiple boarding station F is positioned along this third stretch of the polygonal pathway and in this case is composed of a series of boarding chambers 8, each of which will receive a pair of shapes 2.
- the multiple boarding station F has three boarding chambers 8.
- a series of supports 10, equal in number to the boarding chambers 8 in the multiple boarding station F, is stacked upstream from the boarding station F, along the abovementioned third stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- These supports 10 are then transferred simultaneously in a longitudinal direction in order to engage the respective boarding chambers 8, in order to subject the textile articles to the thermal treatment.
- the boarding chambers 8 are opened and the abovementioned supports 10 bearing the treated textile articles are simultaneously transferred in a longitudinal direction, in such a way that the boarding chambers 8 can receive the next batch of supports 10.
- the supports 10 bearing the treated textile articles are then simultaneously transferred in a perpendicular direction along a fourth stretch of the polygonal pathway, in order that the textile articles may be subject to the drying phase in drying chamber A.
- Fig. 6 shows an alternative layout for the machine in object, consisting of a fixed structure for defining a rectangular pathway, along which the supports 10 bearing their respective boarding shapes 2 are guided.
- the supports 10 of the shapes 2 are composed of a rectangular metallic plate 14 mounted on rollers 15 that should preferably be manufactured in a plastic material with a low friction coefficient, positioned on the corners of the plate 14. Due to the presence of the rollers 15, each support 10 slides along the machine's platform 5.
- the supports 10 carry the respective pairs of shapes 2 for the stockings to be fed on to, mounted on half-moon shaped connectors 12.
- the supports 10 are guided along each stretch of the polygonal pathway by guides 3 composed of special section bars fixed to the platform 5 in pairs, in order to form a type of rail that is engaged by the abovementioned rollers 15 of the plates 14.
- the rollers 15 consent the supports 10 to slide along two perpendicular directions.
- Towing devices for moving the supports 10 are positioned on each stretch of the polygonal pathway to be followed. These towing devices are composed of pushers 21 connected to conveyors 20 by a slider 22, for example, the type with a toothed belt, enabled with an alternating motion by special motors.
- the machine should be linked up to an automatic loading device 4 for feeding the stockings on to the shapes 2.
- the automatic loading device 4 is composed of a turntable 40 that rotates on a vertical axis and holds a number of loading shapes 41 positioned around its outer edge, which the stockings will be fed on to. If possible, the turntable 40 should be fitted with four pairs of loading shapes 41, positioned at regular intervals. In short, the pairs of loading shapes 41 are positioned around the edge of the turntable 40 at an angle of 90° from one another.
- the loading shapes 41 rotate with relation to one another at a hinge, between a retracted position, in which the shapes 41 protrude considerably on the same vertical plane at the stocking loading and checking station C, and a reciprocal approach on parallel planes in transfer station T of the articles on the shapes 2 of the boarding machine.
- the loading device 4 is connected to an oscillating arm 9, by means of which it is possible to rotate the device to a rest position, should manual stocking loading onto the boarding shapes be required.
- the supports 10 are moved in step by a first pusher 21 along a first stretch of the polygonal pathway, with the boarding shapes 2 positioned vertically parallel to one another on transverse planes to the direction of movement.
- Transfer station T where the stockings are fed on to the shapes, is positioned along the first stretch of the polygonal pathway. Inside transfer station T the stockings are fed on to the shapes 2 automatically by the loading device 4.
- the boarding shapes 2 progress in step, carried by the supports 10 that slide on the platform 5 and are guided by the guides 3, in the direction indicated by arrow B, as far as the end of the abovementioned first stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the supports 10 are transferred in step by a second pusher 21 in a perpendicular direction to the previous one, along the second stretch of the polygonal pathway, with the shapes 2 positioned on a vertical plane parallel to the direction of movement.
- the shapes 2 engage the station F in which the thermal treatment is performed on the textile articles inside the pressurized steam boarding chambers 8.
- the boarding station F should be composed of two boarding chambers 8, positioned one next to another, each of which receives a pair of shapes 2.
- the movement of the supports 10 brings two pairs of shapes 2 to a stack in front of the boarding chambers 8.
- the supports 10 of these shapes 2 simultaneously transfer the shapes 2 inside the boarding chamber 8.
- the two boarding chambers 8 are opened and the two pairs of boarding shapes 2 are simultaneously transferred inside drying chamber A, at the start of the third stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the plates 14 of the supports 10 have an inclined upper surface, between a pair of lateral panels 13, in order to drain the condensation produced during the boarding phase.
- the shapes 2 are moved in step on to two rows positioned side by side, by a third pusher 21.
- the supports 10 of the shapes 2 are once more transferred by a fourth pusher 21 in a perpendicular direction, one behind another, along a fourth stretch of the polygonal pathway.
- the shapes 2 come to station E in which known extraction devices remove the stockings from the shapes 2.
- the method described achieves the desired objective of boarding women's stockings and the like, whilst considerably limiting the device's dimensions.
- the method for boarding described ensures an optimal duration of the shapes in the boarding and drying chambers, thus permitting the production of better quality textile articles.
- One advantage of the device is that this result can be achieved using an extremely simply manufactured device that is easy to use and extremely versatile in its application.
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Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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ITBO20010021 | 2001-04-11 | ||
IT2001BO000214A ITBO20010214A1 (en) | 2001-04-11 | 2001-04-11 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR FIXING TEXTILE ITEMS |
PCT/IT2002/000227 WO2002084012A1 (en) | 2001-04-11 | 2002-04-10 | Method and machine for boarding textile articles |
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EP1404913A1 true EP1404913A1 (en) | 2004-04-07 |
EP1404913B1 EP1404913B1 (en) | 2006-12-27 |
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EP02726411A Expired - Lifetime EP1404913B1 (en) | 2001-04-11 | 2002-04-10 | Method and machine for treating textile articles |
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ITBO20030142A1 (en) * | 2003-03-14 | 2004-09-15 | Cortese Spa | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE IRONING OF TEXTILE ITEMS |
ITBO20050159A1 (en) * | 2005-03-16 | 2006-09-17 | Cortese Spa | DEVICE FOR THE TRANSPORT OF FORMS IN MACHINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF TEXTILE ARTICLES |
EP2886695B1 (en) * | 2013-12-17 | 2016-03-16 | Prima-Tech S.r.l. | Method and automatic apparatus for ironing socks |
IT201600101501A1 (en) * | 2016-10-10 | 2018-04-10 | Cortese S R L | EQUIPMENT FOR FINISHING MEN AND SIMILAR SOCKS |
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IT1264260B1 (en) * | 1993-11-08 | 1996-09-23 | Carmelo Angelo Cortese | MACHINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MEN'S SOCKS PARTICULARLY CONFIGURING THE HEEL |
IT1274143B (en) * | 1994-12-21 | 1997-07-15 | Lamec Lavorazioni Meccaniche D | EQUIPMENT FOR STEAM FIXING OF STOCKINGS AND SIMILAR |
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- 2002-04-10 EP EP02726411A patent/EP1404913B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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ITBO20010214A0 (en) | 2001-04-11 |
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