JP5530900B2 - Posture stabilization device for clothing folding machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a posture stabilization device in a folder for clothing for stopping and stabilizing a hanger when a hanger that hangs and conveys clothing moves in a suspended state.

  In the field belonging to the linen supply industry and the like, a series of operations including processes such as washing of clothes, drying, wrinkling, ironing or folding are performed. A hanger is also conventionally used for this processing operation, and a system that performs all processing automatically is known as disclosed in JP-A-2003-181200 (Japanese Patent No. 3621375). is there.

  In the work process of carrying clothes on a hanger, the hanger is carried in a suspended state, and therefore there is a problem that the hanger rotates or swings around the hanging shaft. In the above-described invention, as a countermeasure against shaking of the hanger, there is provided a defining portion that contacts the hanger left-right surface and regulates the hanger in a certain direction, and the hanger's left-right surface is aligned with the direction perpendicular to the transport rail. Is provided. However, the specified part is a method of contacting the hanger near the suspension shaft, and the contact area is limited, so a sufficient effect cannot be obtained, and the specified part is covered with a flexible material such as a sponge. Because of this, it was pointed out that it took time to stabilize.

  The clothes are conveyed in a suspended state on a hanger, and when they reach a predetermined position, they are put into the next process such as folding, so that the clothes are preferably in a state of being shaped. However, if clothing is thrown into the conveyor from a swinging hanger, the shape of the clothing will be deformed or wrinkled, causing a problem that normal folding cannot be performed. Since the above input process is performed automatically, it is difficult to detect even if there is a problem with the condition of the input clothes, and it is not possible to increase the number of personnel due to this problem, and a fundamental solution can be found. There is no current situation.

JP 2003-181200 A

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above points, and the problem is that when clothes are hung on a hanger moving in a suspended state and transported, the shaking of clothes is reliably stopped and stabilized. It is possible to input. Another object of the present invention is to provide a posture stabilization device in a folder for clothing that allows the clothing to be put into the next state in a state of being in a figured state.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a folding machine for clothes, in which a hanger that hangs and conveys clothes is moved while swinging as a device for stopping and stabilizing the hanger when moving in a suspended state. An anti-sway means that comes into contact with the clothes hung on the hanger and stops and stabilizes is provided in front of the conveyor for loading the clothes, and the anti-sway means passes at least the hanger carrying the clothes. It consists of a curtain frame installed at intervals and a curtain extending over the entire width of the front surface of the clothes hung on the hanger, and a curtain stretched on the curtain frame. receiving a hanger that has been conveyed, the operating position Ru is stabilized to stop the shaking, the retracted position to pass hanger to populate the clothing has stopped the shaking next step In which it took measures that be configured to take.

  The posture stabilization device of the present invention is to stabilize the hanger that is moving while hanging and that is hung while moving and hung while moving. It touches to stop shaking. Therefore, according to the present invention, the anti-sway means for stopping and stabilizing the garment hung on the hanger moving while swaying is provided on the front surface of the conveyor for putting in the garment. By touching almost the entire hanger, the shaking is stopped quickly and the shaking can be surely stopped.

  The anti-sway means has at least a curtain frame installed with an interval for passing a hanger that hangs and conveys clothes, and a width that covers almost the entire width of the front of the clothes hung on the hanger, And curtains stretched around. The curtain does not need to be made of a rigid material that stops the swaying of the garment by itself, but even if it is made of a flexible material, the tension works by tensioning, so the curtain itself However, it demonstrates the anti-sway function. In addition, the curtain, together with the curtain frame on which it is stretched, comes into contact with clothing and stops shaking. As a material for the curtain, for example, a sheet-like material made of a polyamide resin sheet or a woven fabric knitted with polyamide fibers is an example of a lightweight and strong material, but a sheet-like material made of other materials is used. Of course it is also possible.

  Further, it is assumed that the shaking preventing means is configured to take an operation position for receiving the hanger that has been conveyed while hanging clothes and a retreat position for allowing the hanger to pass therethrough. In order to stop shaking and stabilize, it is necessary to contact the clothes hung on the hanger, and in order to put the clothes that have stopped shaking in the next process, it is not necessary that the shaking prevention means become an obstacle, The anti-sway means is moved to the retracted position for the passage of the clothing.

  Furthermore, the anti-sway means moves up and down along each guide post, with a pair of left and right guide posts installed on the front of the conveyor for loading the clothes, maintaining a spacing that allows the clothes hangers to pass through. Left and right moving bodies with possible guide wheels, attached to the above moving body, upper horizontal frame that is long in the left and right direction with the curtain attached at its upper end, and long in the left and right direction with the curtain attached at its lower end It is desirable to have a lower horizontal frame and a vertical movement device provided to move the upper horizontal frame up and down. The upper horizontal frame can be configured to move up and down between the operating position and the retracted position by the vertical movement device.

  The curtain is sheet-like, and has an upper horizontal frame to which the upper end of the sheet-like material is attached and a lower horizontal frame to which the lower end of the sheet-like material is attached, and is installed at an intermediate position lower than the retracted position. It has an intermediate horizontal frame that is long in the left-right direction, and the lower horizontal frame can be set behind the upper horizontal frame in the direction in which the hanger moves. By retracting the lower horizontal frame, when the curtain is lowered and the lower end is sagging, a space for accommodating the lower end in the machine can be obtained.

  Since the present invention is configured and operates as described above, when the clothes are hung and transported on a hanger that moves in a suspended state that enables the entry into the process, the front of the conveyor for loading the clothes is provided. With the stretched curtain, the moving clothes and the hangers hung on the clothes are surely stopped and stabilized, and can be put into the next process. In addition, according to the present invention, even when the clothes are conveyed while swinging in a suspended state, the clothes can be thrown into the next process without changing the shape of the clothes, It is possible to provide a posture stabilization device for a folding machine.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a posture stabilization device 10 in a garment folding machine according to the present invention. Reference numeral 11 denotes a connection rail as a part of a hanger moving means. It is a part which connects the machine 12 and hangs the hook 14 to slide the hanger 15. Reference numeral 13 denotes a feed control unit also called a cut-out gate or the like, which controls to supply the hangers 15 moving along the connection rail 11 one by one.

  The hanger 15 is transported on the connection rail 11 by the hook 14 in a suspended state, and is transferred to the transport rail 16 of the input mechanism 20 described later. W is a garment that is hung on the hanger 15 in a fixed state and conveyed, and enters the conveyance rail 16 that is provided as a part of the hanger moving means on the input mechanism 20 side of the folding machine 12 together with the hanger 15. Then, it is thrown into the loading conveyor 17 (see FIG. 2). A transport mechanism 16a composed of a cylinder device is installed in parallel on the top of the transport rail 16, and the movable element 16b engages with the hook 14 to move the hanger 15. The transport rail 16 and the like are attached to a member 16d supported by a bracket 16c.

  Reference numeral 18 denotes a clothing delivery unit having a small cylinder device, and has a mechanism for operating an operation member 15 a provided on the hanger 15 in order to remove the clothing W moving along the transport rail 16 from the hanger 15. A long arm 19a that rotates up and down, a short arm 19b that rotates integrally therewith, and a drive unit 19 that includes a large cylinder device are provided at the rear end of the clothing transfer unit 18, and when the drive unit 19 is activated, the long arm 19a is provided. Rotates around a gentle curve and conveys the hanger 15. The clothing W moves by engaging with the moving element 16b, and when it is pulled out to a predetermined position above the input conveyor 17 of the input mechanism 20, it is detected by a sensor (not shown) and dropped onto the input conveyor 17. Is. The throwing mechanism 20 includes a transport rail 16, a throwing conveyor 17, a clothing delivery mechanism 18, and a drive unit 19.

  The posture stabilization device 10 of the present invention includes a sway prevention means 21 that comes into contact with the clothes W hung on the hanger 15 that moves while swaying in the front of the input conveyor 17 and stops and stabilizes the sway. doing. The anti-sway means 21 extends over almost the entire width of the curtain frame 22a, b, c installed at least at an interval for allowing the hanger 15 to pass the clothes W to pass through and the front of the clothes W hung on the hanger 15. The curtain 23 has a width and is stretched over the curtain frames 22a, 22b and 22c.

  The anti-sway means 21 includes a pair of left and right guide posts 24l and 24r installed on the front surface of the conveyor 17 into which the garment W is placed, with a spacing that allows the hanger 15 to pass the garment W to pass through, and each guide. A pair of left and right moving bodies 25l and 25r having a plurality of guide wheels 26l and 26r movable up and down along the posts 24l and 24r, and a structure attached to the moving bodies 25l and 25r. Further, the anti-sway means 21 includes an upper horizontal frame 22a that is long in the left-right direction with the curtain 23 attached at its upper end, a lower horizontal frame 22b that is long in the left-right direction with the curtain 23 attached at its lower end, and an upper horizontal frame. In order to move the frame 22a up and down, the guide posts 24l and 24r are provided with a pair of left and right vertical movement devices 27l and 27r provided as movement paths of the guide wheels 26l and 26r, and the upper horizontal frame 22a is retracted from the operating position P1 It is configured to move up and down between positions P2.

  The left and right guide posts 24l and 24r have a length that can cover the predetermined vertical movement range of the upper horizontal frame 22a, and are attached to required positions on the input mechanism side. The left and right guide posts 24l and 24r in the example of FIG. 5 have a pair of front and rear guides 30l and 30r, respectively, along which the four left and right guide wheels 26l and 26r move. Thus, the curtain 23 can be moved up and down by attaching the moving ends of the vertical movement devices 27l and 27r to both ends of the upper horizontal frame 22a that can move up and down together with the guide wheels 26l and 26r. (See FIG. 3).

  In the illustrated example, the curtain 23 is a woven or sheet-like material made of nylon, and the upper end of the sheet-like material is attached to the upper horizontal frame 22a, and the lower end of the sheet-like material is attached to the lower horizontal frame 22b. However, an intermediate horizontal frame 22c that is long in the left-right direction is also installed at an intermediate position lower than the retracted position P2. The intermediate horizontal frame 22c is fixedly installed together with the lower horizontal frame 22b. The upper horizontal frame 22a is in the forefront with respect to the direction in which the hanger 15 moves, and the intermediate horizontal frame 22c is almost directly below the upper horizontal frame 22a. The lower horizontal frame 22b is located rearward by a required distance. With this configuration, the accommodation space 28 for the curtain slack portion is formed at the lower portion and the front portion of the charging portion.

  The operation of the posture stabilization device 10 of the present invention will be described. The clothes W are hung on the hanger 15 and conveyed on the conveyance rail of each part, and approach the input part of the folding machine 12 by the connection rail 11 as shown in FIG. 6A. In the connection rail 11, the feed control unit 13 controls the hanger 15 that moves along the connection rail 11 one by one. On the other hand, in the posture stabilizing device 10 immediately before the throwing portion, the upper horizontal frame 22a of the curtain frame is at the operation position P1 suitable for the size of the clothing W to be received, and is appropriately between the lower horizontal frame 22b. The curtain 23 is stretched by the tension of, and the clothes hung on the clothes W are waiting for the hanger 15 that is being conveyed.

  When the hanger 15 that hangs and transports the clothes W is supplied in a suspended state and reaches the vicinity of the connection point between the connection rail 11 and the transport rail 16, the clothes W hung on the hanger 15 are provided in front of the input conveyor 17. The anti-sway means 21 is in contact (the state shown in FIG. 6B). Accordingly, the garment W comes into contact with the upper horizontal frame 22a and the curtain 23 that is stretched with an appropriate tension. The curtain 23 in contact with the garment W has a width that covers almost the entire width of the front surface of the garment W hung on the hanger 15, so even if the garment W hung on the hanger 15 is swaying during transportation. This acts to immediately stop the shaking of the garment W (see FIG. 7A).

  When the swing of the garment W is stopped, the upper horizontal frame 22a is lowered to the retracted position P2 through which the hanger 15 passes in the posture stabilizing device 10 of the present invention. By the lowering of the upper horizontal frame 22a, the hanger 15 is moved by the mover 16b along the transport rail 16 without being shaken while the clothes W are hung, and comes into contact with the front surface of the input conveyor 17 immediately afterward (state of FIG. 7B). Is). After the upper horizontal frame 22a is lowered, the moving distance until it comes into contact with the input conveyor 17 is very small, and the surface of the input conveyor 17 is parallel to the surface of the anti-sway means 21. As a result of the operation, the garment W is separated from the hanger 15 and is deposited on the input conveyor 17 while being in a state of being shaped.

  When the upper horizontal frame 22a of the curtain frame descends, it becomes a lower end portion 29 that sags at the lower part of the curtain 23, but it is accommodated in the accommodation space 28, so that it does not sag before the input portion. After the garment W passes, the upper horizontal frame 22a returns to the operating position P1 and is ready to receive the garment W to be supplied next. In the above, since it is necessary to arrange the lower horizontal frame 22b in the retracted position, the curtain 23 tends to recede downward, but the posture stabilizing device 10 of the present invention receives the clothing W and stops its shaking. Meanwhile, since the curtain 23 is maintained in a vertical posture by the upper horizontal frame 22a and the intermediate horizontal frame 22c, the anti-swaying effect is also effective.

  According to the posture stabilization apparatus 10 in the folder of the garment of the present invention configured as described above, the anti-sway means for suppressing the swaying by directly touching the entire garment W on the system for carrying the garment W and conveying it. 21 is provided to be retractable. For this reason, the garment W comes into wide contact with the sheet-like curtain 23, can stop shaking in a short time, and can significantly improve the processing capacity of the folder of the garment.

It is front explanatory drawing which shows an example of the attitude | position stabilization apparatus in the folder folding machine which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the left side surface of an apparatus same as the above. It is a left view which shows the principal part of an apparatus same as the above. It is a partial front view which shows an example of the hanger which hangs | hangs clothes similarly and conveys. It is side explanatory drawing which expands and similarly shows the apparatus which moves a curtain up and down. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The effect | action of the attitude | position stabilization apparatus in the folding machine of the clothing which concerns on this invention is demonstrated, A is a side view which shows the state which the hanger approached the insertion part, B is a side view which shows a rocking | fluctuation prevention state. Similarly, the operation according to the present invention will be described, in which A is a front view of a swaying-prevented state, and B is an explanatory view showing a state in which clothes are moved to a throwing-in portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Posture stabilization apparatus in clothing folding machine 11 Connection rail 12 Folding machine 13 Feed control part 14 Hook part 15 Hanger 16 Conveying rail 17 Input conveyor 18 Clothing transfer machine 19 Drive part 20 Input mechanism 21 Anti-sway mechanism 22a Upper curtain frame, 22b Lower curtain frame, 22c Intermediate curtain frame 23 Curtain 24l, 24r Left and right guide posts 25l, 24r Moving body 26l, 26r Guide wheel 27l, 27r Vertical movement device 28 Storage space 29 Lower end 30l, 30r Vertical guide

Claims (3)

In a clothing folding machine, when a hanger that hangs and conveys clothes moves in a suspended state, it is a device for stopping and stabilizing shaking,
It comes in contact with the clothes hung on the hanger that moves while shaking, and is equipped with anti-sway means on the front of the conveyor where the clothes are put in to stop and stabilize the shaking.
The anti-sway means has at least a curtain frame installed with an interval for passing a hanger that hangs and conveys clothes, and a width that covers almost the entire width of the front of the clothes hung on the hanger, Consisting of a curtain stretched on,
Snubber means receiving a hanger, which has been conveyed over the clothing, to take the operating position Ru is stabilized to stop the shaking, the retracted position to pass hanger to populate the clothing has stopped the shaking Next step The posture stabilization apparatus in the clothes folding machine comprised by this. The anti-sway means can be moved up and down along each guide post, and a pair of left and right guide posts installed on the front of the conveyor for loading the clothes while maintaining a space through which the clothes hangers can be passed. The left and right moving bodies having guide wheels, the upper horizontal frame that is attached to the moving body and that has the curtain attached at the upper end thereof, and the lower horizontal that is attached to the lower end of the curtain. The garment according to claim 1, further comprising a frame and a vertical movement device provided to move the upper horizontal frame up and down, and configured to move the upper horizontal frame up and down between the operating position and the retracted position. Posture stabilization device for folding machines. The curtain is sheet-like, and has an upper horizontal frame to which the upper end of the sheet-like material is attached and a lower horizontal frame to which the lower end of the sheet-like material is attached, and is installed on the left and right sides that are installed at an intermediate position lower than the retracted position. The posture stabilization device for a folder for clothes according to claim 2, further comprising an intermediate horizontal frame that is long in a direction, wherein the lower horizontal frame is arranged behind the upper horizontal frame in the direction in which the hanger moves. .

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