JP5022674B2 - Clothing shaping supply device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a clothing shaping / supplying device that can be fed to the next process (for example, a pressing process or a folding process) in a state where a clothing with sleeves such as a yukata and a gown after being washed and dehydrated is shaped in a cleaning factory. It is about.

  In a laundry factory, clothes with sleeves such as yukata and gowns are sent to the next process (press process or folding process) after being washed and dehydrated and then sent to the next process (pressing process or folding process) to perform the prescribed treatment. It is necessary to supply it in the (shaped) state.

  JP, 2001-799, A (patent document) as a shaping supply device for supplying to the next process side in the state where clothes after washing were neatly shaped (both sleeves were stretched right and left and the body was neatly fitted) 1) and the one shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-59920 (Patent Document 2) are known.

  In the garment shaping and supply apparatus of Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-799), an arm member for extending each sleeve to the left and right is attached to a humanoid main body on which clothing can be put on and retracted, and the entire humanoid is disposed below. It is comprised so that it can be raised / lowered between a clothing dressing position and an upper clothing delivery position. And in the clothing shaping supply apparatus of this patent document 1, in the state which lowered the human figure (each arm member is stored in the humanoid main body), after putting clothing on the humanoid main body, it starts. When the button is pressed, each arm member protrudes to the left and right horizontal position and the sleeves of the clothes are stretched to the left and right, and then the human figure moves up, and the clothes conveyor The upper side portion is pinched to remove the garment from the human figure in a stretched state.

  The garment shaping and supply apparatus of Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-59920) is an angle between a suspending posture and a horizontal posture with a sleeve feed conveyor on each of the left and right sides of a center table having a width of about the back width of the garment. In addition to being installed so as to swing up and down within a range of 90 °, there is provided hem transport means for holding the hem of the clothing and pulling it in the depth direction immediately above the center table. In the garment shaping and supply apparatus of Patent Document 2, the hem of the garment is held by the hem holding portion of the hem conveying means above the center table in a state where the hem of the garment is folded to about the back width of the garment. Pull the section in the back direction with the hem transport means, and stop the transport operation at the position corresponding to the outer surface of each sleeve feed conveyor in which the clothes sleeves are suspended (the lower half of the back of the clothes is on the supply conveyor) Then, each sleeve feed conveyor in a suspended posture is swung outward to a horizontal posture and each sleeve is scooped up by each sleeve feed conveyor. Thereafter, the supply conveyor and each sleeve feed conveyor are driven to convey the clothes to the next process (press machine) side in a stretched state.

  By the way, in the humanoid lifting type clothing shaping and supplying apparatus of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-799), it is necessary to make both arm members appear and disappear relative to the humanoid main body or to raise and lower the entire humanoid. Therefore, there is a problem that the structure becomes complicated and the entire apparatus becomes large and the manufacturing cost increases. In addition, in the sleeve feeding conveyor swing type clothing shaping and feeding apparatus of Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-59920), since it is necessary to swing each sleeve feeding conveyor up and down, the structure is complicated in this case as well. In addition, there is a problem that the entire apparatus becomes large and the manufacturing cost increases.

  On the other hand, the applicant of the present application provides a simple apparatus shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 as this type of clothing shaping and supplying apparatus. The clothing shaping and supplying apparatus shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is installed at the front portion of the clothing folding machine 1 and is a loading conveyor 3 for placing the clothing Y on the working position (front position of the machine frame 2). And a vacuum device 7 for sucking the upper surface traveling portion of the loading conveyor 3 from the lower surface side.

  The vacuum device 7 is provided with a vacuum box 71 on the lower surface of the upper surface travel portion of the loading conveyor 3, and the air in the vacuum box 71 is sucked by the suction fan 72, so that the clothing Y is placed on the upper surface of the loading conveyor 3. It can be adsorbed.

  The clothing folding machine 1 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is shown in FIGS. 10A to 11F when the clothing Y is folded in a back-up state as shown in FIGS. As described above, the folding method can be performed in two ways, that is, when the clothing Y is folded in a breasted state, and these folding methods will be described in the section of the present embodiment (also in the present embodiment, this clothing folding machine). 1).

  The clothing shaping and supply apparatus shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is used as follows. During operation, the vacuum device 7 (suction fan 72) is continuously operated. Then, with the loading conveyor 3 stopped, the collar Yb portion of the garment Y is placed at a predetermined position (the center position of the conveyor width) on the loading conveyor 3 by an operator manually as shown in FIGS. , Spread the left and right sleeves Yd, Yd cleanly and align the body Ya part cleanly. At this time, the upper side of the garment Y is adsorbed to the upper surface of the loading conveyor 3 by the vacuum device 7.

  After the clothing Y is neatly shaped on the loading conveyor 3, when the start button 20 is pressed, the loading conveyor 3 runs, and the clothing Y is transferred from the loading conveyor 3 to the succeeding conveyor 11 while being shaped. 10 (A) to (E) in FIG. 10 or steps (A) to (E) in FIG. 11 are sequentially performed by each folding device (21 to 26) (FIG. 10 (F) or FIG. 11 (F). ).

  The garment Y to be supplied to the next process (folding process in FIGS. 8 and 9) is inclined at a predetermined (center) position in the width direction of the succeeding conveyor when it is transferred from the loading conveyor 3 onto the succeeding conveyor 11. If it is not in a posture, it cannot be folded into a normal shape in the subsequent process (folding process), so the work of placing the clothing Y on the loading conveyor 3 requires careful attention and requires considerable skill. is there.

JP 2001-799 A Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 4-59920

  By the way, the clothing shaping and supplying apparatus shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 has a simple configuration of the loading conveyor 3 and the vacuum device 7. However, in this clothing shaping and supplying apparatus, the clothing Y is placed on the loading conveyor 3 at the working position. Since there is nothing to position the garment Y when it is neatly shaped, there is a problem that the garment Y on the loading conveyor 3 is difficult to be determined in a regular position and posture.

That is, in the garment shaping and supply apparatus shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when the garment Y is placed on the laying conveyor 3, there is no accurate index indicating the laying position of the garment Y. Or the clothes Y cannot be placed in a normal posture with respect to the conveyor (the degree of parallelism is difficult). When the position of the clothing Y is shifted in the conveyor width direction or when the clothing Y is placed in an inclined posture, the sleeve fold line L1 shown in each of FIGS. The body fold line L3 shown in each (D) is displaced, and the clothing cannot be folded into a normal shape (the finished state is poor).

  In addition, since the upper side of the garment Y is adsorbed by the vacuum device 7 on the loading conveyor 3, when the garment Y is placed in an abnormal posture, it is very difficult to correct the posture. That is, since a relatively wide area on the upper side of the garment is adsorbed on the loading conveyor 3, it is difficult to correct the posture of the garment, and if it is moved too much, a reference portion of the garment Y (collar Yb) is placed. There also exists a problem that it becomes difficult to shape in a normal posture by moving or tilting with respect to the conveyor 3. In addition, if the suction force by the vacuum device 7 is weakened, it becomes easy to move the clothing Y on the loading conveyor 3, but if the suction force of the vacuum device 7 is weak, the clothing Y hanging on the loading conveyor 3 hangs down. There is a risk of falling with the weight of.

Therefore, in view of the problems of the conventional clothing shaping and supply apparatus described above, the present invention can be supplied to the next process side in a state where the entire clothing including the left and right sleeves is neatly shaped by adding a relatively simple configuration. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a clothing shaping / feeding device capable of positioning a garment at a regular position when the garment is placed on a loading conveyor .

The present invention has the following configuration as means for solving the above problems. In the present invention, clothing with a sleeve such as a yukata or gown (including bathrobe) is supplied to the next process (for example, the folding process or the pressing process) with the sleeve side leading and the sleeves expanded and shaped. It is intended for a clothing shaping and feeding apparatus.

  The clothing shaping and supply apparatus of the present application has a loading conveyor on which clothes can be placed in a state where both sleeves are spread at the working position, and clothing is placed on the loading conveyor on the loading conveyor. It is configured with a shaping assisting device for shaping.

  The loading conveyor is installed at a height (for example, a height of 1 m from the floor surface) at which a worker can handle clothes on the loading conveyor upper surface at the front of the machine frame. This carrying conveyor has a width that is slightly wider than the width of both sleeves of clothing that are widened to the left and right.

  Moreover, it is preferable that this loading conveyor is provided with a clothing suction vacuum device on the lower surface of the upper surface running portion. In that case, as a loading conveyor, one having a large number of narrow belts arranged at small intervals (air is sucked from the small intervals), or a large number of small holes (for air suction) are formed in the belt. Use a good one.

  A transport conveyor for transporting clothes shaped on the load conveyor to the next process (for example, a folding process or a press process) is connected to the terminal end of the load conveyor. Note that the loading conveyor is stopped when the clothes are loaded, and when the start button at the working position is pushed, the loading conveyor moves and the terminal portion (hem portion) of the shaped clothing is transferred to the subsequent conveying conveyor side ( It stops at the detection).

  The shaping assisting device includes a pair of left and right under-collar holding means capable of detachably holding the left and right under-collar parts of clothing, the under-collar holding means at a use position on the loading conveyor, and above the loading conveyor. Displacement operating means for displacing between the retracted position and the retracted position is provided.

Each collar under retaining means shaping auxiliary devices, der it can detachably hold each collar lower part of the left and right across the collar portion of the garment from the front side, respectively (the far side), the cradle and the chuck pieces Is used. Each of these under-collar holding means is located from the center in the width direction of the loading conveyor at a position on the loading conveyor that can be easily reached from the work position (for example, about 35 to 40 cm from the front edge of the loading conveyor). It is installed at a position that is equally distributed from side to side. Further, the distance between the left and right of the respective sub-collar holding means is not particularly limited, but about 40 cm is appropriate.

In the present invention, when placing clothes on the loading conveyor, the left and right under-collar portions are respectively different between the receiving base and the chuck piece of each under-collar holding means waiting in the open state at the use position. It is possible to hold it.

  The displacement actuating means of the shaping assisting device includes a use position on the conveyor (under-collar holding position) and an upper retracted position (position where clothing can pass below the under-collar holding means). For example, a telescopic cylinder can be used as the displacement operating means. The two lower collar holding means are preferably attached to a common shaft, and the two lower collar holding means can be displaced simultaneously by rotating the shaft with an expansion / contraction cylinder (displacement operating means).

  The clothing shaping supply device (with shaping assisting device) of the present application is used as follows. First, before placing clothes, the left and right under-collar holding means are in a use position on the placing conveyor, and the under-collar holding means are waiting in an open state. In addition, the loading conveyor is stopped before the clothes are loaded. In addition, the conveyance conveyor following a carrying conveyor is continuously run. In addition, in the case where a vacuum device for absorbing clothes is provided on the loading conveyor portion, the vacuum device is operated.

  At the work position, the worker searches for the collar part of the clothing, and the left and right under-collar parts (positions that are about 20 cm apart from the center of the collar in a state where the collar is shaped) Insert into the holding means (chuck part) and close each of the sub-collar holding means. In this case, each sensor detects whether or not each lower collar portion is in a position that can be held by the lower collar holding means, and the respective lower collar holding means (chuck) is closed by a signal from each sensor. It is good to. As described above, in the state where the left and right lower collar portions are respectively held by the lower collar holding means, the vicinity of the collar of the clothing is fixed at a predetermined position. At this time, the hem side (residual length) of the clothes hangs downward from the front edge of the loading conveyor.

  Next, clean the clothes placed on the loading conveyor (expand both sleeves to the left and right, and fold the upper part of the body and the hanging part cleanly). Also, the vicinity of the collar (the holding portion by each sub-collar holding means) is not displaced. When the start button is pressed after neatly shaping the garment, the respective sub-collar holding means are opened, and then the sub-collar holding means are moved to the upper retracted position by the displacement actuating means. At this time, the clothing remains neatly shaped and remains on the loading conveyor.

  Subsequently, the loading conveyor is operated after a predetermined timer, and the hanging clothes are fed in the shaped state. At this time, the hanging portions of the hanging clothes are sequentially pulled up on the loading conveyor, but it is preferable that the worker assists so that the shaping of the body part is not broken manually.

  Then, when the entire garment is transferred onto the subsequent conveyor, the laying conveyor stops, and then the displacement actuating means moves the lower collar holding means to the lower use position so that the next garment placing work Can be done.

  As described above, in the clothing shaping supply device (with shaping assisting device) of the present invention, when the clothing is shaped on the loading conveyor, the vicinity of both collars of the clothing can be held by the under-collar holding means. Therefore, even if both sleeves and body parts are pulled during clothing shaping work, the vicinity of the reference collar will not be displaced, so shaping of clothing can be done easily and accurately even by an unskilled person, and There is an effect that it can be done in a short time.

Furthermore, in the garment shaping supply device of the present invention, a chuck device is used as each sub-collar holding unit, and each sub-collar holding unit waiting in an open state at the use position when the garment is placed on the carrying conveyor. Since each under-collar part can be inserted and held (between the cradle and the chuck piece), each under-collar part held by each under-collar holding means can be positioned at a normal position on the conveyor. .

  In addition, the shaping assisting device used in the clothing shaping supply device of the present application has a relatively simple configuration including both the collarless holding means and the displacement actuating means, and therefore, compared with those of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2. And can be manufactured at extremely low cost.

  1 to 7 (and FIGS. 10 to 11), the clothing shaping and supplying apparatus according to this embodiment will be described below. The clothing shaping and supplying apparatus according to this embodiment is as shown in FIGS. It is incorporated as part of the clothing folder 1.

  As the garment Y to be shaped in the embodiment of the present application, one using a relatively thick fabric such as a gown (bathrobe) is employed. In many cases, the garment Y made of this type of thick fabric is directly folded and delivered without being pressed after washing and drying. In this embodiment, the garment Y shaped by the garment shaping supply device is directly fed into the garment folding machine 1. I am trying to fold it. In the case of clothing made of thin fabric such as a yukata, it is folded and delivered after being pressed. In this case, the clothing shaped by the clothing shaping supply device is conveyed to a press machine.

  The clothes shaping and supplying apparatus incorporated in the clothes folding machine 1 of FIGS. 1 to 3 has a loading conveyor 3 installed on the front side of the machine frame 2 and is mounted on the upper portion of the loading conveyor 3. A shaping assisting device 4 for shaping the clothing Y on the hanging conveyor 3 is provided.

  The carrying conveyor 3 has a width that is slightly wider than the width of the sleeves Yd and Yd of the garment Y that are widened to the left and right, and an appropriate length (for example, about 60 cm) in the running direction. The loading conveyor 3 is slightly raised and inclined at a height position (for example, a height of 1 m from the floor surface) where an operator can handle the clothing Y on the upper surface of the loading conveyor 3 at the front of the machine frame 2. is set up.

  In addition, the carrying conveyor 3 uses a plurality of narrow belts arranged at small intervals, and each narrow belt formed with a large number of small holes for air suction.

  The loading conveyor 3 is provided with a vacuum device 7 for sucking the upper surface traveling portion from the lower surface side. The vacuum device 7 is provided with a suction box 71 on the lower surface side of the upper surface running portion of the loading conveyor 3 and sucking the suction box 71 with suction fans 72, 72, whereby the upper surface of the loading conveyor 3. The clothes Y are made to adsorb.

  The shaping assisting device 4 includes a pair of left and right under-collar holding means 5 and 5 that can removably hold the left and right under-collar parts Yc and Yc of the clothing Y, and the under-collar holding means 5 and 5 are placed on the conveyor 3 Displacement actuating means 6 for displacing between the upper use position and the retracted position retracted above the loading conveyor 3 is provided.

Each collar under retaining means 5,5 shaping auxiliary device 4, the collar under Yc of right and left sandwiching the collar Yb portion of the garment Y, der it can detachably hold the Yc portion from a front side, closing A flexible chuck device is used. In the following description, the under-collar holding means 5 may be referred to as a chuck device.

  Each of the chuck devices (under-collar holding means) 5 and 5 is provided with a receiving base 53 at the lower part of the bracket 52 as shown in an enlarged view in FIGS. 54, and the chuck piece 54 can be opened and closed by an extendable cylinder 56. In the chuck device 5 used in this embodiment, the chuck piece 54 is normally urged in the closing direction by a spring 55, while the telescopic cylinder 56 is placed on the chuck piece 54 from the counter-biasing direction of the spring 55. The rod tip 57 is in contact. When the telescopic cylinder 56 is extended, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper portion of the chuck piece 54 is pushed by the rod tip 57, and the chuck claw portion is separated from the receiving base 53 (the chuck is opened). 5, the pressing force of the rod tip 57 against the chuck piece 54 is released as shown in FIG. 5 so that the chuck claw portion approaches the receiving base 53 by the biasing force of the spring 55 (the chuck is closed). It has become.

  The chuck devices 5 and 5 are fixed at a predetermined interval to a single shaft 51 in which the brackets 52 and 52 are installed between the left and right side plates of the machine frame 2. Each chuck device 5, 5 is placed on the loading conveyor 3 at a position where the hand can be reached from the working position with a margin (for example, a position about 35 to 40 cm from the front edge of the loading conveyor 3). It is installed at a position that is equally spaced from the center in the width direction. Further, the distance between the left and right of the chuck devices (under-collar holding means) 5 and 5 is set to about 40 cm.

  The displacement actuating means 6 of the shaping assisting device 4 places the chuck devices (under-collar holding means) 5, 5 on the use position on the conveyor 3 (the state shown in FIGS. 4 to 6) and the upper retracted position (see FIG. 7). For the purpose of displacement between (state). In this embodiment, a telescopic cylinder 61 is used as the displacement actuating means 6. Then, by swinging an arm 62 attached to one end of the shaft 51 (where each chuck device 5, 5 is attached) with the telescopic cylinder 61, the chuck devices 5, 5 can be moved simultaneously to the use position and the retracted position. Can be displaced between.

  A conveying conveyor (first conveyor 11) for conveying the clothing Y shaped on the loading conveyor 3 to the next process (folding process in this embodiment) is connected to the end portion of the loading conveyor 3. Yes.

  The outline of the clothing folding machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The clothing folding machine 1 folds the clothing Y in a back-up state as shown in FIGS. 10 (A) to 10 (F). The folding method can be performed in two ways: when folding the clothing Y in the chest-exposed state (hereinafter referred to as chest-folding) as shown in FIGS. 11 (A) to 11 (F). It is.

  The clothes folding machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 has nine conveyors including a first conveyor 11 to a ninth conveyor 19 and sleeves shown in FIGS. 10B to 10C on the third conveyor 13. The sleeve folding device 21 used in the folding process, the hem folding device 22 used in the skirt folding process of FIGS. 10C to 10D between the third conveyor 13 and the second conveyor 12, and the fifth conveyor 15 The sleeve folding device 25 used in the sleeve folding process of FIGS. 11 (B) to (C) and the bottom folding process of FIGS. 11 (C) to (D) between the fifth conveyor 15 and the fourth conveyor 14. The hem folding device (air blow type) 26 used, the width folding device 23 used on the sixth conveyor 16 in the width folding process of FIGS. 10D to 10E, the sixth conveyor 16 and the seventh conveyor Folding device used in the folding process of FIGS. 10 (E) to 10 (F) between 17 4, a gate plate 27 for dropping the folded clothes Y4 and Y8 of FIGS. 10 and 11 downward on the lower surface of the ninth conveyor 19, and a discharge conveyor 28 for discharging the folded clothes dropped from the gate plate 27. I have. In addition, the folding method of clothing Y can be selected and set in advance by the operation unit as to whether to do the back folding of FIG. 10 or the chest folding of FIG. 11, and corresponds to the selected folding method. Each predetermined conveyor and each folding device is operated.

The clothes folding machine 1 with the clothes shaping supply apparatus of this Example is used as follows. First, the main switch is turned on, and the clothing Y folding method is selected and set. Prior to placing clothes, the loading conveyor 3 is stopped, and the left and right chuck devices (under-collar holding means) 5 and 5 are in use positions on the loading conveyor 3 as shown in FIG. The chuck devices 5 and 5 are waiting in a state where they are opened toward the front side . Further, the vacuum device 7 is operated. In addition, although the 1st conveyor 11 may be made to run continuously, each folding device (21-26) part and each conveyor (12-19) related to the gate board 27 part start / stop or reverse at predetermined timing. Traveled.

Then, put the operator is locate collar Yb portion of the garment Y in the working position, the collar under Yc of the left and right, Yc portions (equal distances from該襟center while being shaped collar to the left and right), respectively Inserted into the left and right chuck devices 5, 5 (between the cradle 53 and the chuck piece 54) waiting in the open state at the use position on the conveyor 3 and closes each chuck device 5, 5 as shown in FIG. . In this case, each of the lower collars Yc and Yc is detected by a sensor (not shown) to determine whether or not each of the lower collar portions Yc and Yc can be held by the chuck devices 5 and 5, and each chuck device ( The telescopic cylinders 5 and 5 are preferably closed.

As described above, when the clothes Y are placed on the loading conveyor 3, the lower portions of the collars are inserted into the chuck devices 5 and 5 (between the cradle and the chuck piece) waiting in the open state at the use position. If it is made to hold | maintain at 0, each collar lower part Yc and Yc part hold | maintained by each chuck | zipper apparatus 5 and 5 can be positioned in the regular position on the loading conveyor 3, respectively.

  In a state where the left and right collar lower portions Yc and Yc are held by the chuck devices 5 and 5, respectively, the vicinity of the collar Yb of the clothing is fixed at a predetermined position. At this time, the hem side (residual length) of the clothes hangs downward from the front edge of the loading conveyor 3.

  Next, the clothing Y placed on the loading conveyor 3 is neatly shaped as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 (both sleeves Yd and Yd are stretched left and right, and the upper part of the body Ya and the hanging part are folded neatly. Overlay). At this time, the left and right lower collar portions Yc and Yc are respectively held by the chuck devices 5 and 5 (the state shown in FIG. 5), so that even if the sleeves Yd and Yd of the clothing and the body Ya portion are pulled, the vicinity of the collars can be positioned. There is no deviation. Therefore, the shaping of the garment Y can be performed easily and accurately even by an unskilled person, and the garment shaping operation can be performed in a short time. Further, since the portion of the clothing Y placed on the placing conveyor 3 is attracted to the upper surface of the placing conveyor 3 by the vacuum device 7, the sleeves Yd, Yd and the body Ya that are neatly shaped are inadvertently formed. Does not collapse.

  Then, after the garment Y is neatly shaped and then the start button 20 is pressed, the telescopic cylinders 56 of the chuck devices 5 and 5 are extended so that the chuck piece 54 is shown by a chain line (reference numeral 54 ') in FIG. Then, after a predetermined timer, the telescopic cylinder 61 of the displacement actuating means 6 is contracted to move the lower collar holding means 5 and 5 to the upper retracted position as shown in FIG. At this time, the clothing Y remains on the loading conveyor 3 while being neatly shaped.

  Subsequently, the loading conveyor 3 is operated after a predetermined timer, and the hanging clothes Y are sent in a shaped state. At this time, the hanging portions of the hanging clothes Y are sequentially pulled up on the loading conveyor 3, but it is preferable that the worker assists so that the shaping of the body part is not broken manually. Then, when the shaped garment is completely transferred onto the first conveyor 11 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 2 (symbol Y ′), a sensor (not shown) detects this and the loading conveyor 3 is moved by the signal. Next, the telescopic cylinder 61 of the displacement actuating means 6 extends from the state shown in FIG. 7, and the chuck devices 5 and 5 are moved to the lower use position shown in FIG. Can be hung).

  When the back folding shown in FIG. 10 is selected as the clothing folding method by the clothing folding machine 1 of FIG. 1, the operation is as follows. First, the shaped garment Y ′ transferred to the first conveyor 11 (shown by the chain line in FIG. 2) is moved from the first conveyor 11 to the second conveyor 12 in the shaped state shown in FIGS. It is transported to a position straddling the three conveyors 13 (position where the hem folding device 22 can be folded at the fold line L2 in FIG. 10C), temporarily stops there, and is illustrated by the sleeve folding device 21 on the third conveyor 13. The sleeves Yd, Yd are folded at the fold lines L1, L1 at 10 (B) as shown in FIG. 10C (the clothing is in the state of Y1 in FIG. 10C). Immediately after that, the third conveyor 13 reversely travels (the second conveyor 12 also travels at the same time), and at the same time, the skirt folding device 22 is activated and a predetermined length portion near the hem Ye at the fold line L2 in FIG. Is folded between the second conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 13 (the clothing is in the state of Y2 in FIG. 10D), and further through the fourth conveyor 14, the clothing Y2 is completely on the fifth conveyor 15. The fifth conveyor 15 reversely travels after being transferred to, and the garment Y2 is transferred from the fifth conveyor 15 onto the sixth conveyor 16, and when the garment Y2 reaches a predetermined position on the sixth conveyor 16, The sixth conveyor 16 stops. After that, the width folding device 23 performs valley folding at the fold lines L3 and L3 in FIG. 10 (D) and performs width folding like the garment Y3 in FIG. 10 (E). Subsequently, the sixth conveyor 16 travels, The clothing Y3 is valley-folded at the folding line L4 in FIG. 10 by the folding device 24 (the state is the final folded clothing Y4 in FIG. 10F), and passes through the seventh conveyor 17 and the eighth conveyor 18 to the ninth conveyor. 19 is conveyed to the lower surface side (on the gate plate 27). When the final folded clothing Y4 reaches a predetermined position on the gate plate 27, the gate plate 27 is opened, and the final folded clothing Y4 is dropped onto the discharge conveyor 28.

  At the work position of the clothing folding machine 1, after the clothing Y shaped on the loading conveyor 3 is fed back, the chuck devices 5 and 5 immediately return to the use position and wait for the next clothing to be shaped. is doing. Then, after the clothing Y is shaped on the loading conveyor 3 in the same manner as described above, the shaped clothing is fed and folded in order, and the final folded clothing Y4 is dropped from the gate plate 27 onto the discharge conveyor 28 (the previous one) Laminate on clothing). When a predetermined number (for example, 3 to 5) of folded garments are stacked on the discharge conveyor 28, the discharge conveyor 28 is operated to discharge the stacked clothes from the discharge conveyor 28.

  On the other hand, when the chest folding shown in FIG. 11 is selected as the clothing folding method, the operation is as follows. The shaped garment Y ′ transferred to the first conveyor 11 (shown by the chain line in FIG. 2) is transferred from the first conveyor 11 to the second conveyor 12 in the shaped state shown in FIG. A position that passes between the second conveyor 12 and the third conveyor 13 and straddles the fourth conveyor 14 and the fifth conveyor 15 in the inverted orientation shown in FIG. 11B (the hem folding device 26 is folded in FIG. 11C). (The position where it can be folded along line L2) and temporarily stopped there, the sleeve folding device 25 on the fifth conveyor 15 is used to fold the sleeves Yd and Yd along the folding lines L1 and L1 in FIG. (The clothing is in the state of Y5 in FIG. 11C). Immediately after that, the fifth conveyor 15 reversely travels and at the same time, the hem folding device (air blow type) 26 operates to fold the portion near the hem Ye at the folding line L2 in FIG. Passing between the conveyors 14 (clothing is in the state of Y6 in FIG. 11D), and when the clothes Y6 completely reaches a predetermined position on the sixth conveyor 16, the sixth conveyor 16 stops. After that, the width folding device 23 performs valley folding at the fold lines L3 and L3 in FIG. 11 (D) and width-folds like a garment Y7 in FIG. 11 (E). Subsequently, the sixth conveyor 16 travels, The clothing Y7 is folded at the fold line L4 in FIG. 11 by the folding device 24 (the state becomes the final folded clothing Y8 in FIG. 11F), and passes through the seventh conveyor 17 and the eighth conveyor 18 to the ninth conveyor. 19 is conveyed to the lower surface side (on the gate plate 27). When the final folded clothing Y8 reaches a predetermined position on the gate plate 27, the gate plate 27 is opened, and the final folded clothing Y8 is dropped onto the discharge conveyor 28. In the same manner, the final folded clothes Y8 are sequentially dropped from the gate plate 27 onto the discharge conveyor 28 (stacked on the previous clothes), and a predetermined number (for example, 3 to 5) of folded clothes are placed on the discharge conveyor 28. When stacked, the discharge conveyor 28 operates to discharge the stacked clothing from the discharge conveyor 28.

  In this embodiment, the clothing shaping supply device (the loading conveyor 3 and the shaping assisting device 4) is used as a part of the clothing folding machine 1, but in other embodiments, the clothing shaping supply device is used for shaping. It can also be used when the clothing Y to be supplied is supplied to the press machine side.

It is a schematic front view of the clothing folding machine provided with the clothing shaping supply apparatus of the example of this application. It is a top view of the front half part of the clothing folding machine with the clothing shaping supply apparatus of FIG. It is a left view of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2 (the chuck device is in an open state). FIG. 5 is an operation change diagram from the state of FIG. 4 (chuck device is in a closed state). It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the chuck apparatus from the state of FIG. FIG. 7 is an operation change diagram from the state of FIG. 6 (the chuck device is in a retracted state). It is a schematic front view of the clothes folding machine with the conventional clothing shaping supply apparatus. It is a top view of the front half part of the clothing folding machine with the clothing shaping supply apparatus of FIG. It is a 1st folding process drawing performed with the clothing folding machine of FIG. 1 or FIG. It is a 2nd folding process drawing performed with the clothing folding machine of FIG. 1 or FIG.

1 is a clothes folding machine, 2 is a machine frame, 3 is a loading conveyor, 4 is a shaping assisting device, 5 is a sub-collar holding means (chuck device), 6 is a displacement operating means, 7 is a vacuum device, 53 is a cradle, 54 is a chuck piece, 56 is a telescopic cylinder, 61 is a telescopic cylinder, Y is clothing, Ya is a body, Yb is a collar, Yc is a collar, Yd is a sleeve, and Ye is a hem.

Claims (1)

A clothing shaping supply device for supplying clothing (Y) with sleeves such as yukata and gown to the next process side with the sleeve (Yd) side leading and the sleeves (Yd, Yd) widened and shaped There,
Having a loading conveyor (3) on which clothes (Y) can be placed with both sleeves (Yd, Yd) spread in the working position;
A pair of left and right under-collar holding means (5, 5) capable of detachably holding the left and right under-collar (Yc, Yc) portions of clothing (Y) on the top of the carrying conveyor (3), and the respective collars Displacement actuating means (6) for displacing the lower holding means (5, 5) between a use position on the loading conveyor (3) and a retreat position for retreating above the loading conveyor (3). While equipped with a shaping aid (4)
The under-collar holding means (5, 5) are arranged so that the left and right under-collar (Yc, Yc) portions of the garment (Y) placed on the carrying conveyor (3) are in front of the under-collar (Yc). While using a chuck device having a cradle (53) and a chuck piece (54) that can be held from the side,
When placing the clothes (Y) on the loading conveyor (3), the cradle (53) of each of the sub-collar holding means (5, 5) waiting in the open state at the use position; Each of the lower collar (Yc, Yc) portions can be inserted and held between the chuck pieces (54),
A clothing shaping supply device characterized by the above.

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