EP2119823A1 - Vorrichtung zur automatischen Rückgabe von Kleidungsstücken - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur automatischen Rückgabe von Kleidungsstücken Download PDF

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EP2119823A1
EP2119823A1 EP09002093A EP09002093A EP2119823A1 EP 2119823 A1 EP2119823 A1 EP 2119823A1 EP 09002093 A EP09002093 A EP 09002093A EP 09002093 A EP09002093 A EP 09002093A EP 2119823 A1 EP2119823 A1 EP 2119823A1
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Fabrizio Bernini
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F93/00—Counting, sorting, or marking arrangements specially adapted for laundry purposes

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  • the object of the present invention is a device for the automatic return of clothing items.
  • Systems are known at present which comprise a belt conveyor on which clothing items are hooked up.
  • the belt conveyor is subdivided into sections each of which being associated with a user, and each item is identified by an RFID chip.
  • the items are inserted on the belt conveyor by an operator who read them by means of an RFID reader in correspondence of a hooking door, and are collected afterwards by the user who identifies himself/herself by a card of his/her own.
  • the belt conveyor moves as far as to take the section relevant to that user in front of a return door. At this point, one or more items are withdrawn from the section of the belt conveyor.
  • the dirty items are then returned to an acceptance door where a suitable reading antenna reads the items and selects them for delivery to the laundry.
  • the cleaned items are again hooked up onto the belt conveyor by an operator.
  • the systems of known type has the drawback of being able to recognize the "item on belt conveyor” status only in the hooking step, and the "item in laundry” status in the returning step, but they are unable to discriminate whether a user has actually collected one or more items.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the above drawbacks and to provide an device for the automatic return of clothing items which is able to trace the displacements of said items.
  • a device comprises a belt conveyor 1, subdivided into sections 2, each being associated with a user 10, on which a plurality of clothing items 3 can be hooked up, each of said items being provided with an identification code 7 ( Fig. 2 ).
  • the belt conveyor is driven by a motorization M operated by a processing unit U in order to move the sections 2 to the relevant position they must take up.
  • one or more doors are disposed around the belt conveyor 1 for handling the items.
  • a third door P3 to return dirty items 3
  • a second reader 12 interfaced with the processing unit U, which is used by the operator to identify the clothing items given back to the user.
  • an operator uses the reader 8 to read one or more items, thereby causing the processing unit U to start the motorization M so as to bring the section 2, corresponding to a given user, in front of the hooking door.
  • the unit U also runs a data bank DB for registering the locations of the items 3 in stock.
  • an identification sensor 4 is provided along the belt conveyor 1, for example in proximity of the door P2 or at any other position, said sensor being interfaced with the processing unit U and able to identify which items are present in the section 2 after a return step.
  • the processing unit U would be able to ignore such information by limiting the processing to items pertaining to the section of concern.
  • the identification code 7 is an RFID chip, and said first and second readers 8, 12 and said sensor 4 are RFID antennas, it is understood however that suitable different identification technologies may be used such as those relating to bar codes or other.
  • the device may comprise a transit-detecting sensor 5 disposed in correspondence of said return door P2 and interfaced with the unit U to identify and detect the transit of items 3 through the door P2 when the user takes out one or more items.
  • a direction sensor 9 also disposed in correspondence of the return door P2, to detect the direction of passing items 3, that is to detect whether the latter are passing through the door P2 to be hooked up or be returned to the user.
  • the sensor 5 is an RFID antenna able to read the chips present on items 3, and the direction sensor 9 comprises a pair of optical detectors A, B interfaced with the processing unit.
  • FIG. 4 Schematically shown in Fig. 4 are the successive variations of status of sensors A, B upon possible different circumstances, assuming that the sensor A is close to the belt conveyor and the sensor B close to the user.
  • the processing unit is thus able of establishing the location of item 3 as identified by the transit-detecting sensor.
  • transit-detecting sensor 5 and of direction sensor 9 may also be provided both in combination and as an alternative to the use of the identification code 4, in order to trace the position of items 3.
EP09002093A 2008-05-12 2009-02-16 Vorrichtung zur automatischen Rückgabe von Kleidungsstücken Withdrawn EP2119823A1 (de)

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ITBO20080290 ITBO20080290A1 (it) 2008-05-12 2008-05-12 Dispositivo di riconsegna automatica di capi di abbigliamento.

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DE2852190A1 (de) * 1978-12-02 1980-06-19 Kannegiesser H Gmbh Co Verfahren zur gesteuerten foerderung, behandlung, lagerung und expedition von waeschestuecken in einer waescherei und waeschereieinrichtung zur durchfuehrung des verfahrens
US4991719A (en) * 1989-03-03 1991-02-12 Speed Sort, Inc. Method and apparatus for sorting randomly positioned items minimizing sorting conveyor movement
US5299134A (en) * 1991-01-22 1994-03-29 White Conveyors, Inc. Computer control system and method for scanning and loading articles on a conveyor
WO1996029267A1 (en) * 1995-03-21 1996-09-26 Ab Metric Interconveyor Product carrier for use during internal transport and treatment of garments and method for same
US6009991A (en) * 1997-02-19 2000-01-04 Anderson; William J. Computer control system for storing and retrieving articles on a conveyor using article identification

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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DE2852190A1 (de) * 1978-12-02 1980-06-19 Kannegiesser H Gmbh Co Verfahren zur gesteuerten foerderung, behandlung, lagerung und expedition von waeschestuecken in einer waescherei und waeschereieinrichtung zur durchfuehrung des verfahrens
US4991719A (en) * 1989-03-03 1991-02-12 Speed Sort, Inc. Method and apparatus for sorting randomly positioned items minimizing sorting conveyor movement
US5299134A (en) * 1991-01-22 1994-03-29 White Conveyors, Inc. Computer control system and method for scanning and loading articles on a conveyor
WO1996029267A1 (en) * 1995-03-21 1996-09-26 Ab Metric Interconveyor Product carrier for use during internal transport and treatment of garments and method for same
US6009991A (en) * 1997-02-19 2000-01-04 Anderson; William J. Computer control system for storing and retrieving articles on a conveyor using article identification

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