JPH0568799A - Shirt folding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a structure of setting a shirt spreadable on a receptacle table and inserting the two sleeves of the shirt automatically between the receptacle table and folding plates. CONSTITUTION:Folding plates F, G to slide to under a receptacle table 2 are installed on both sides of the table 2, and a pair of sleeve insert rods 15, 16 elevating and sinking are furnished in gaps 7, 7 between the two side edges of table 2 and the plates F, G. A shirt holding tool 23 to put the shirt in pressure attachment to the table 2 is furnished on the oversurface of the table 2. The shirt is set spread on the table 2, and the sleeve insert rods 15, 16 are sunk in the condition that the shirt is secured by the shirt holding tool 23, and the sleeves are inserted into the gaps 7, 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shirt folding machine, and more particularly to a structure which allows a shirt to be set on a pedestal mechanically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a folding device for a shirt such as a shirt, as shown in FIG. 15, a shirt S is spread on the upper surface of a cradle 41 formed by the folding width of the shirt with the collar and buttons facing upward. , Both sides of the shirt and both sides of the body are hung in the gap 44 between the pedestal 41 and the tables 42, 43 on both sides thereof, and the folding plates 45 arranged under the tables 42, 43 are received. There is one in which the hanging shirt portion is alternately folded back by sliding it below the table 41.

In the folding machine having the above structure, when a shirt is set, an operator manually inserts both sleeves of the shirt into a gap 44 between the pedestal 41 and the folding plates 45 and 46,
Both sleeves are hung from the side of the pedestal 41.

[0004]

However, the sleeves of the ironed shirt are finished in a three-dimensional tubular shape, and both sleeves are hung downward and the shoulders are passed through the gap 44. However, there is a problem in that the insertion work is often interrupted by being caught at the entrance portion of the clearance 44.

On the other hand, if the clearance 44 is increased, the sleeve can be inserted easily, but the size of the entire machine is increased and the sliding amount of the folding plates 45 and 46 is increased, so that the working time is increased. There is a problem that causes it.

Although the shirt is set on the pedestal 41 in a buttoned state, once the sleeve is inserted into the gap 44, the shirt may be repeatedly touched on the sleeve to prevent it from losing its shape. Can not be done. For this reason, the slack of the fabric that occurs when the shirt that is three-dimensionally ironed is folded flat cannot be sufficiently removed when the pedestal is set, and folding causes many wrinkles on the shirt. was there.

However, the method in which the shirt is flatly corrected before being set on the cradle and then the sleeve of the shirt is set through the gap 44 while keeping the corrected state takes a lot of time and labor. There is a problem of reducing productivity.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a sleeve can be mechanically inserted between a cradle and a folding plate in a state where the shirt is spread and set on the cradle, and the shirt is automatically set. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a shirt folding machine that can be performed accurately.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a pair of sleeve insertion rods above the pedestal, which are held at the intervals between the both sides of the pedestal and the folding plates. The pair of sleeve insertion rods are connected to the lifting mechanism, and the cradle is provided with a shirt retainer for crimping the shirt onto the top surface of the cradle.

[0010]

In the above structure, the shirt is set between the pedestal and the sleeve insertion rod with the sleeve expanded, and the shirt is fixed to the pedestal by the shirt retainer. Next, the sleeve insertion rod is lowered to insert the shirt sleeve between the pedestal and the folding plate.

In this structure, since the shirt retainer fixes the shirt, it is possible to prevent the shirt from being displaced or deformed due to the forced insertion of the sleeve.

Further, since the shirt can be set on the pedestal in an expanded state, it is possible to accurately perform correction work such as slack removal of the cloth at the time of setting.

[0013]

1 to 5 show a shirt folding machine according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, the cradle for setting the shirt is a fixed cradle 2 fixed to the outer frame 1.
And a movable receiving base 3, and the movable receiving base 2 is connected to a guide rod 6 of an elevating frame 5 provided so as to be movable up and down with respect to a base 4.

The fixed pedestal 2 and the movable pedestal 3 are formed so that the width dimension thereof is a folding width of a shirt.
1, the upper half of the shirt S is set on the upper surface of the movable pedestal 3 and the lower half of the shirt is set on the upper surface of the fixed pedestal 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, tables 8 and 9 of the same height are provided on both sides of the fixed pedestal 2 with predetermined gaps 7 and 7 in the width direction, respectively. Two folding plates F and G are arranged on the lower side of 8 and 9. On the other hand, on both sides of the movable pedestal 3, five folding plates A, B, C, D and E are arranged below the pedestal 3.

The folding plates A to E, F and G are connected to the guide shafts 10 and 11 and the drive cylinders 12 and 13 provided above the pedestals 2 and 3, and the guide shafts 10 and 11 are guided. And the actuation of the drive cylinders 12 and 13,
It is set to slide from a position apart from 3 to a position below the pedestals 2 and 3.

Of the above guide shafts and drive cylinders, the guide shafts 11 and drive cylinders 13 of the folding plates F and G are fixed to the outer frame 1, and the guide shafts 10 and drive cylinders 12 of the folding plates AE are the same. , The movable pedestal 3 is connected to the sliding member 14 attached to the guide shaft 6 of the elevating frame 5, and the folding plates A to E and the movable pedestal 3 move up and down integrally with respect to the fixed pedestal 2. It is like this.

Further, the folding plates A to E and the folding plates F and G
Are arranged alternately in the up-down direction with a gap between the folding plates and the lower surface of the pedestals 2 and 3 through which the cloth of the folded shirt can be inserted.
The operation amounts of 2 and 13 are set so that the side edges of the folding plates A to G slide until they coincide with the opposite side edges of the pedestals 2 and 3.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, above the fixed receiving base 2 is connected by the connecting plate 17 to the dimension of the gaps 7, 7 between both sides of the fixed receiving base 2 and the tables 8, 9. Is provided with a pair of sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 holding
An elevating mechanism 18 for vertically moving the pair of sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 is connected to the connecting plate 17.

The elevating mechanism 18 includes vertical guide shafts 20 and 20 for guiding the connecting plate 17 via a linear guide bush 19 and the first cylinder 2 connected to the connecting plate 17.
1 and a second cylinder 22 fixed to the outer frame 1, and the piston rod of the second cylinder 22 is connected to the first cylinder 21. In this mechanism, when the second cylinder 22 expands and contracts, the first cylinder 21 and the sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 move up and down together, and at the same time, the first cylinder 21
By expanding and contracting, the sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 move with a large stroke, and the gaps 7 and 7 move up and down.

At the tip of the fixed pedestal 2, a rotatable shirt holder 23 is provided. The shirt retainer 23 includes a retainer plate 24 having a cushioning material 25 such as a sponge on its surface, a support rod 26 rotatably supporting the retainer plate 24 on the outer frame 1, and a support rod 26 connected to the support rod 26. When the cylinder 27 is operated, the pressing plate 24 is pressed against the upper surface of the pedestal 2 to fix the front body portion of the shirt to the pedestal.

Further, between the receiving trays 2 and 3 and the base 4, the pattern feeding device 28 for feeding the template inserted into the back surface of the shirt to the fixed receiving tray 2 and the fixed receiving tray 3 are set. Shirt transport device 2 for moving the shirt to the tip of the movable pedestal 2.
9 and 9 are provided.

The pattern supply device 28, as shown in FIG.
A storage box 30 for the template R, a reversing mechanism 31 for reversing the template R taken out of the storage box 30 to face the lower surface of the fixed pedestal 2, and a template holding tool 3 for holding the inverted template R.
2 and the pattern holding tool 32 is attached to the base 34 of the shirt conveying device 29.

On the other hand, in the shirt conveying device 29, as shown in FIG. 9, a pedestal 34 is movably attached to a rail 33 laid along the arrangement direction of the pedestals 2 and 3, and the pedestal 34 is attached.
Is provided with a shirt grasping tool 35 for grasping the shoulder portion of the shirt set on the fixed pedestal 2. When the pedestal 34 moves on the rail 33, the shirt and the pattern of the fixed pedestal 2 are moved to the movable pedestal 3 Transport to the tip of.

Further, the elevating frame 5 is provided with a forward / backward moving cylinder 36 for moving the sliding member 14 connecting the movable pedestal 3 and the folding plates A to E along the guide rod 6, and In the vicinity of the end, a vertical folding table 37 is provided to fold back the lower half of the shirt hanging from the movable pedestal 3 that moves the guide rod in the length direction.

The folding machine of this embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, and its operation will be described below.

First, before starting the work, the sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 are
In a state where the pattern R is lowered, the pattern R is taken out from the storage box 30 by the pattern supply device 28 and is faced to the lower side of the fixed pedestal 2, and the collar portion of the pattern R is projected from the groove of the pedestal 2. Set with.

After that, the reversing mechanism 31 of the paper pattern supply device 28.
After returning to above the storage box 30, the sleeve insertion rods 15, 16
Are lifted as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, and a gap is formed between the fixed base 2 and the upper surface thereof. Further, the elevating frame 5 is lowered slightly so that the movable pedestal 3 is set to be slightly lower than the fixed pedestal 2.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the shoulder portion is inserted between the sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 and the pedestal 2 while the shirt is expanded, and the collar of the shirt is inserted into the collar portion of the pattern R. At the same time, both sleeves are spread over the upper surfaces of the left and right tables 8 and 9 and set.

In the state of this set, since the shirt is placed on the pedestal 2 in a flat state, the shirt can be moved many times to correct the positional deviation and remove the slack of the cloth. Correcting work for folding the shirt without wrinkles can be performed accurately.

Next, the shirt holder 23 is rotated to crimp the shirt onto the upper surface of the fixed pedestal 2 and then the lifting mechanism 1
The second cylinder 22 of No. 8 is contracted, and the first cylinder 21 is expanded. As a result, as shown in FIG.
The pair of sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 largely descends downward, and the sleeves of the shirt are inserted into the gaps 7 and 7 by the movement of the sleeve insertion rods 15 and 16 and hang downward.

In this case, since the shirt retainer 23 secures the front body of the shirt, the button portion of the shirt is prevented from being pulled leftward or rightward by the insertion of the sleeve, and the shirt is prevented from being displaced. Are set correctly.

Next, the shirt S set as described above
Is gripped by the gripping tool 35 and moved to the tip of the movable pedestal 3 by the shirt transport device 29. At the time of this movement, since the movable pedestal 3 is lower than the fixed pedestal 2, as the pattern R moves, the pattern R rides on the upper surface of the movable pedestal 3 and faces the back surface of the shirt as shown in FIG. It

Next, the elevating frame 5 is raised to make the heights of the movable pedestal 3 and the fixed pedestal 2 coincide with each other, and in that state, the folding plates A to E on both sides of the movable pedestal 3 and the fixed pedestal 2 are placed. Slide F, G in order from the upper side, and as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, attach both sides of the hanging sleeves and body of the shirt
Fold under each cradle 2, 3.

After that, the elevating frame 5 is raised, and as shown in FIG.
When the movable pedestal 3 is pulled up as shown in FIG.
The lower half of the shirt folded between the folding plates F and G is pulled out in the longitudinal direction of the pedestal 2.

After the lower half of the shirt is completely pulled up in this way, the movable pedestal 3 is then moved toward the vertical folding table 37, whereby the shirt is vertically folded and folded into a fixed shape.

In the above embodiment, the lifting mechanism 1
The first cylinder 21 and the second cylinder 22 of 8 can also be replaced by one cylinder. In addition, the lifting mechanism 18
For the driving unit of the above, other driving mechanism that operates mechanically or electrically without using a cylinder can be used.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, since both sleeves of the shirt are mechanically inserted between the pedestal and the folding plate by the pair of sleeve insertion rods, the shirt is set on the pedestal in an expanded state. Therefore, the shirt can be set efficiently.

Further, since both sleeves of the shirt can be set on the pedestal in a state where the sleeves are two-dimensionally expanded, correction work such as slack removal of the fabric can be surely performed, and stable folding work without wrinkles can be performed. There are advantages.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view showing a shirt folding machine for a shirt.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a fixed pedestal portion of the above.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing a paper pattern supply device and a shirt conveying device.

FIG. 9 is a partially longitudinal front view showing the shirt transport device.

FIG. 10 is a working state diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an operational state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 12 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 13 is an operational state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 14 is an operational state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Fixed cradle 3 Movable cradle 5 Lifting frame 7 Clearance 8, 9 Table 15, 16 Sleeve insertion rod 17 Connecting plate 18 Lifting mechanism 23 Shirt holder 27 Rotating cylinder A, B, C, D, E, F, G Folding board S shirt

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A foldable shirt which is provided with a plurality of folding plates on both sides of a cradle formed by the folding width of the shirt with gaps in the width direction, and the folding plates can be slid below the cradle. In the machine, above the pedestal,
A pair of sleeve insertion rods, which are held at the gap between both sides of the pedestal and the folding plate, are provided, the pair of sleeve insertion rods are connected to the lifting mechanism, and the shirt is crimped onto the upper surface of the pedestal. A shirt folding machine characterized by being equipped with a shirt pressing tool.