KR101784936B1

KR101784936B1 - Apparatus for automatically folding garment

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Publication number: KR101784936B1
Application number: KR1020160017277A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 권오기; 안민규
Original assignee: 권오기; 안민규
Priority date: 2016-02-15
Filing date: 2016-02-15
Publication date: 2017-10-12
Also published as: KR20170095620A

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic folding apparatus for automatically folding clothes, and more particularly, to a folding apparatus for folding clothes by first and second conveying means (10) and (20) Left and right pushing portions 31 for supporting the folded portions of both sides of the garment on the upper left and right sides of the garment 2 fed and fed by the first conveyor means 10, (30) comprising a left and right folding part (41) folding both sides of the garment inward while folded inward; A front and rear pressing portions 51 for supporting portions of the clothes 2 which are folded back and forth on both sides of the clothes conveyed and supplied by the second conveyor means 20; And the front and rear folding portions 61 folding back the front of the clothes in the backward direction by the clothes longitudinal folding means 50. In this way, Feature.

Description

Apparatus for automatically folding garment

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic folding apparatus for automatically folding clothes, and more particularly, to an automatic folding apparatus for clothes automatically folding clothes on both sides and back and forth while intermittently transporting clothes by a conveyor. To a folding device.

In general, clothes, such as T-shirts and pants, are used for packaging, display or display when manufactured and packed in a manufacturing plant, or when clothes are displayed or displayed, by folding the clothes.

That is, as shown in the figure, the t-shirt is taken as an example and folds inward on both sides of the garment, then folds back and forth in the back and forth direction.

As described above, the folding operation of the clothes has conventionally been performed manually.

When the clothes are manually folded as described above, the workability of folding a large amount of clothes is greatly reduced, and a problem of poor merchandising of clothes that are satisfactory in packaging, display, or display can not be attained .

In order to solve such a conventional problem, an apparatus for folding a garment has been disclosed in Japanese Patent Registration No. 20-315954, which comprises a central panel and a pair of right and left panels hinged on both sides of the center panel in a hinged manner, The panel is divided into the center and hinged to be foldable back and forth so that the garment is folded and the left and right panels are folded inward and outward so that both sides of the garment are folded inward and the lower split panel of the center panel is folded back and forth to fold the clothes back and forth Respectively.

Such conventional apparatuses for folding clothes are required to manually fold clothes while folding the left and right panels and the center panel by placing the clothes on the worker, so that the clothes can be folded uniformly, I still had it.

In addition, the device capable of folding the above-described clothes has a limitation in that the size of the center panel and the left and right panels can not be changed, and the clothes can not be folded in various sizes.

In addition, since the clothes can not be used for folding pants or the like other than a T-shirt, the efficiency is limited.

Patent Document 1: Registration No. 20-0315954 Patent Document 2: Registration No. 10-1367346

The present invention has been made to solve all the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent workability by automatically carrying out a process of sequentially folding the side and front and back while intermittently transporting the clothes by the conveyor.

Since the size of the clothes of the present invention can be adjusted on both sides and front and back of the clothes, it is possible to perform various folding operations with one device, thereby providing excellent efficiency.

The present invention comprises first conveying means for conveying and supplying clothes by a conveying belt; Left and right pressing portions for supporting the folded portions of both sides of the garment on the left and right sides of the upper and lower portions of the garment conveyed and fed by the first conveyor means, A garment horizontal folding means comprising: A second conveyor means for conveying and supplying, by means of the conveyance belt, the garment whose both sides of the garment are folded by the garment lateral folding means; A front and rear pressing portion for supporting a portion folded back and forth of the clothes on both sides of the clothes conveyed and supplied by the second conveyor means and a front and rear folding portion for folding the front of the clothes backward while rotating backward from the front of the front and rear pressing portions And a garment vertical folding means.

The left and right pushing portions of the garment lateral folding means of the present invention include right and left slide bodies moving along rails provided in the width direction of the first conveyor means and vertical ends rearward of the vertical assembly grooves of the left and right slide bodies, An adjusting bar for screwing the left and right push bars of the left and right slide bodies to each other by a threaded portion of both sides so as to move the left and right slide bodies against each other by normal and reverse rotation, And is screwed to the vertical end of the left and right push bars to adjust the height of the left and right push bars by the forward and backward rotation to adjust the height of the left and right push bars. The width of the left and right push bars So that the height position can be adjusted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a pressing block is provided at a front upper portion of the right and left push bars of the garment horizontal folding means to move up and down by a lifting cylinder and a lifting and lowering cylinder to press the free ends of the front and rear push bars, And a pressing bar pressing portion for supporting the movement of the clothes during the folding process is further formed.

The left and right folding portions of the garment lateral folding means are provided on both lateral sides along the conveying direction of the first conveying means and are constituted by right and left rotation shafts which are forward and reverse rotated respectively by drive motors and right and left folding shafts connected to the outside of the rotation shafts And the left and right folding bars are alternately rotated inward and outward by the rotation shaft to fold both sides of the garment inward.

The conveyor belt of the first conveyor means can seat a garment, and both sides of the garment are folded inward on both sides, and a seat portion having a size at least larger than the width size of the garment is folded So that they are formed at intervals.

The front and rear press portions of the garment vertical folding means of the present invention include a push rod which presses the portion folded back and forth at both sides of the garment, a horizontal cylinder which operates the projecting and returning operation of the push rod from both sides of the garment to the upper garment position, And a vertical cylinder for moving up and down the push rod.

The front and rear folding portions include front and rear rotation shafts which are installed in the width direction of the second conveyor means and rotate forward and backward by a driving motor and at least one connection portion is provided to the rotary shafts so as to rotate forward between the conveying belts of the second conveyor means, And the front and rear folding bars are folded rearward.

The present invention has the effect of significantly improving the workability compared to the conventional manual work by automatically carrying out the process of sequentially folding the sides and front and back while intermittently transporting the clothes by the conveyor.

In addition, since the sizes of both side and front and back folds of the clothes can be adjusted, various folding operations can be performed by one device, so that the efficiency is also excellent.

1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of an apparatus of the present invention;
2 is a plan view showing the entire configuration of the inventive device.
3 is a front view showing the entire configuration of the inventive device.
Fig. 4 is a side view showing the garment lateral folding means of the inventive device. Fig.
5 is an enlarged view of a portion "B"
6 is an enlarged view of "A"
7 is a perspective view showing the folding bar of the folding means according to the present invention.
Figure 8 is a flow chart of the operation of the folding means in accordance with the invention.
9 is a side elevational view showing the pressing bar pressing portion of the inventive device.
10 is a side view showing the garment longitudinal folding means of the inventive device.
11 is an enlarged view of the main part of Fig.
12 is a main part showing the front and rear folding bars of the garment vertical folding means of the present invention.
13 is a perspective view of Fig. 12; Fig.
Fig. 14 is an operational flowchart of the inventive longitudinal folding means. Fig.
15 is a view showing the folding of clothes according to the apparatus of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The clothes automatic folding apparatus of the present invention automatically carries out the process of folding the sides and front and rear in order while feeding and supplying clothes such as t-shirts or pants by the conveyor.

The present invention comprises the first and second conveyor means 10 and 20, the garment lateral folding means 30 and the garment longitudinal folding means 50 as shown in Figs. 1 to 15.

The first conveyor means 10 intermittently feeds the clothes 2 supplied to the upper portion of the conveyor belt 12 to the clothes lateral folding means 30 and feeds both sides of the clothes to the inner side And the second conveyor means 20 intermittently feeds the garment discharged from the first conveyor means 10 to the garment longitudinal folding means 50 by the conveyance belt 22, And is configured to be automatically discharged after the front of the clothes is folded back and forth by the folding means (50).

The garment horizontal folding means 30 includes left and right pushing portions 31 for supporting the folded portions of both sides of the garment on the right and left sides of the garment 2 fed and fed by the conveyor belt 12 of the first conveyor means 10 And left and right folding portions 41 which are inwardly rotated from both sides of the left and right pushing portions 31 to fold both sides of the garment inward.

The left and right pushing portions 31 include left and right slide bodies 32 and 32 'that move along the rails 36 provided in the width direction of the first conveyor means 10 and vertical attachment grooves 32a L "shaped right and left push bars 33, 33 'which are inserted into and engaged with the rear vertical ends 33a of the right and left slide bodies 32, 32' to support the folded portions of both sides of the clothes, A control bar 34 which is screwed by the screw portions 34a and 34a 'of both side walls between the left and right slide bodies 32 and 32' to move the left and right slide bodies 32 and 32 ' And an adjustment bolt 35 screwed to the vertical end 33a of the right and left push bars to adjust the height of the left and right push bars 33 and 33 ' do.

At this time, the interval between the left and right push bars 33 and 33 'is adjusted according to the position of the lateral folding position of the clothes, and the height of the left and right push bars 33 and 33' will be.

A lifting cylinder 37a and a pushing block 37b for lifting and lowering the lifting cylinder 37b are provided at the front upper portion of the left and right pushing bars 33 and 33 ' (37) for supporting the clothes to prevent movement of the clothes during the process of folding both sides of the clothes by pressing the pressing bar (37).

The left and right folding portions 41 are provided on both sides of the conveying direction of the first conveyor means 10 and are connected to a rotation shaft 43 or 43 ' And the folding bars 44 and 44 'are folded inward and outward while the folding bars 44 and 44' are alternately rotated inward and outward by the rotating shaft.

At this time, the rotary shafts 43 and 43 'and the folding bars 44 and 44' are connected to each other by semicircular connection brackets 45 at both ends thereof, and the rotary shafts 43 and 43 ' A plurality of bands 46 and other supporting members are connected to each other so that the garment 2 can be folded back.

The conveyor belt 12 of the first conveyor means 10 is a means for substantially conveying the garment 2 and can be used to seat the garment 2 and to hold both sides of the garment 2 together when both sides of the garment are folded inwardly A seating part 13 having a size at least larger than the width size of the garment is formed at regular intervals so as to be folded and restored in place.

The conveyor belt 12 is formed of a flexible material having elasticity and restoring force capable of folding and restoring the original position.

The garment longitudinal folding means (50) includes front and rear pressing portions (51) for supporting portions folded back and forth of the garment (2) on both sides of the clothes conveyed and supplied by the second conveyor means (20) And a front and rear folding part 61 folding back the front of the clothes 2 while rotating backward.

At this time, the front and rear pressing portions 51 include pushing rods 52 (52 ') for pushing and supporting portions folded back and forth on both sides of the clothes, and a horizontal cylinder 53 ', 53', and vertical cylinders 54, 54 'installed below the horizontal cylinder and moving up and down the push rod.

That is, the left and right push rods 52 and 52 'are controlled to protrude and retract upward and downward by the horizontal cylinders 53 and 53' and the vertical cylinders 54 and 54 ' 52 and 52 'may be replaced with rods of the horizontal cylinders 53 and 53', or may be separately combined with the rods.

The front and rear folding portions 61 include a rotation shaft 62 installed in the width direction of the second conveyor means 20 and rotating in normal and reverse directions by a drive motor, And a folding bar (63) folding back the front of the clothes (2) backward while rotating between the folding bars (22).

In addition, the first and second conveyor means 10 and 20 move the clothes 2 to the folding position of the clothes lateral folding means 30 and the clothes longitudinal folding means 50 by the sensor operation of the sensor unit (not shown) So that the folding operation of the clothes and the movement control after the folding operation can be controlled.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a rail for raising and lowering the pushing block 37b of the pressing bar pressing portion 37 and 64 is a band for supporting the lower portion of the clothes when the front and back folding of the clothes is operated .

Hereinafter, the operation and operation of the present invention will be described.

In the present invention, a worker places a garment (2) such as a T-shirt or pants on a conveyor belt (12) of a first conveyor means (10).

At this time, in the case of a garment such as a t-shirt, both arms are seated on the seat portion 13 of the conveyance belt 12 while being folded inward.

In this state, the garment 2 is fed and fed to the garment lateral folding means 30 by the first conveyor means 10.

The garment 2 supplied to the garment lateral folding means 30 is folded at both sides of the upper portion and the left and right push bars 33 and 33 'of the left and right pushing portions 31 are positioned.

In this state, the pushing block 37b of the pushing bar pushing portion 37 is lowered by the lifting and lowering cylinder 37a at the upper front portion of the left and right pushing bars 33 and 33 ', and the free end 33b So as to prevent the movement of the clothes.

In this state, the right and left rotary shafts 43 and 43 'of the right and left folding portions 41 are alternately rotated by the driving motor so that the left and right folding bars 44 and 44' And alternately turns from the outside to the inside of the housing 33 '.

The right and left folding bars 44 and 44 'are rotated inwardly so that the left and right folding bars are moved to the left and right pushing bars 33 on both sides of the garment 2 together with both ends of the placing portion 13 of the conveying belt 12, 8 and 15 while both sides of the garment are folded as shown in Figs.

At this time, the seat portion 13 of the conveyance belt 12 is folded inward with both sides of the garment 2 to fold the garment, and then the left and right push bars 33 and 33 ' It is restored.

The width of the garment 2 to be folded is determined by the distance between the right and left push bars 33 and 33. The gap between the right and left push bars 33 and 33 ' When the adjusting bar 34 between the bodies 32 and 32 'is rotated, the left and right slide bodies 32 and 32' screwed by the screw portions 34a and 34a ' So as to adjust the distance between the left and right push bars 33 and 33 'so as to adjust the folded portions on both sides of the clothes, so that the size of the clothes can be selected.

The upper and lower raising and lowering of the right and left push bars 33 and 33 'are also controlled according to the thickness of the garment 2. This allows the adjustment bolts 35 on the left and right slide bodies 32 and 32' The vertical ends 33a of the left and right push bars 33 and 33 'screwed to the adjustment bolts 35 are raised and lowered along the vertical mounting grooves 32a of the left and right slide bodies, 33) (33 ').

The garment 2 is conveyed and discharged by the conveyor belt 12 of the first conveyor means 10 after both sides of the garment are folded inward by the garment lateral folding means 30. [

The garment 20 discharged from the first conveyor means 10 is conveyed and fed to the garment longitudinal folding means 50 by the conveyance belt 22 of the second conveyor means 20 again.

11, 14 and 15, the push bars 52 and 52 'of the front and rear pushing parts 51 are connected to the vertical cylinders 54 and 54' And presses the portion of the garment 2 to be folded back and forth.

The front and rear folding bars 63 are rotated between the conveying belts 22 as shown in Fig. 12 while the rotary shaft 62 of the front and rear folding portions 61 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the drive motor, So that the garment is folded back and forth around the front and rear press bars 52 and 52 '.

When the clothes 2 are folded back and forth, the horizontal cylinders 53 and 53 'of the front and rear press bars 52 and 52' retract from the upper portion of the clothes and move.

The clothes are conveyed by the second conveyor means (20).

At this time, when the garment 2 is to be folded back and forth once, it is conveyed and discharged by the second conveyor means 20, and in the case of folding back and forth twice, the portion to be folded second by the second conveyor means 20 To the lower portion of the front and rear press bars 52 and 52 '.

The front and rear folding bars 52 and 52 'push the front and rear folded back parts back and forth so that the rotating shaft 62 of the front and rear folding part 61 rotates the front and rear folding bars 63, So that the front of the seat 2 is folded rearward again.

After the clothes are folded back and forth, the front and rear press bars 52 and 52 'are retracted to the original position and the clothes 2 that have been folded are discharged by the second conveyor means 20.

Therefore, the present invention is applicable to the clothing lateral folding means 30 and the garment longitudinal folding means 50 while conveying and supplying clothes such as t-shirts and trousers by the first and second conveyor means 10 and 20 as shown in Fig. 15 Since the process of folding the clothes 2 on both sides of the clothes 2 in order is performed automatically, the workability is greatly improved and the sizes of the front and back folds of the clothes 2 can be adjusted, You can work with folding.

10: first conveyor means 12, 22: conveyor belt
13: seat part 20: second conveyor means
30: garment horizontal folding means 31: left and right pushing portions
32 and 32 ': left and right slide bodies 32a: vertical assembling grooves
33, 33 ': left and right push bars 33a:
34: Adjusting bar 35: Adjusting bolt
36: rail 37: push bar pressing portion
37a: lifting cylinder 37b: pushing block
41: left and right folding parts 43, 43 ': left and right rotation axes
44, 44 ': left and right fold bars 50: garment vertical folding means
51: front and rear pressing portions 52, 52 ': pushing rod
53, 53 ': Horizontal cylinder 54, 54': Vertical cylinder
61: front and rear folding section 62:
63: front and rear folding bar

Claims

A first conveyor means (10) for conveying and supplying the clothes (2) by a conveyor belt (12);
Left and right pushing portions 31 for supporting the folded portions of both sides of the garment on the upper left and right sides of the garment 2 fed and fed by the first conveyor means 10, (30) comprising a left and right folding part (41) folding both sides of the garment inward while folded inward;
A second conveyor means (20) for conveying and supplying the garment having both sides of the garment folded by the garment horizontal folding means by the conveyance belt (22);
A front and rear pressing portions 51 for supporting portions of the clothes 2 which are folded back and forth on both sides of the clothes conveyed and supplied by the second conveyor means 20; And a front-to-rear folding portion (61) folding back the front of the front folding portion (50)
The left and right pushing portions 31 of the garment lateral folding means 30 are provided with left and right slide bodies 32 and 32 'that move along the rails 36 provided in the width direction of the first conveyor means 10, L "shaped right and left push bars 33 and 33 'which are inserted into the vertical assembling recesses 32a of the slide body so as to support the folded portions of both sides of the clothes, A control bar 34 which is screwed between the slide bodies 32 and 32 'by screw portions 34a and 34a' of both sides and moves the left and right slide bodies 32 and 32 ' And the left and right slide bodies 32 and 32 'and is screwed to the vertical ends 33a of the right and left pushing bars so that the right and left pushing bars 33 and 33' And the width of the left and right push bars is adjusted in accordance with the position of folding the clothes on both sides and the thickness of the clothes. Clothing automatic folding device, characterized in that configured to adjust the value.

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The method according to claim 1,
A lifting cylinder 37a and a pressing block 37b which is moved up and down by the lifting and lowering cylinder are provided on the front upper portion of the left and right push bars 33 and 33 ' Further comprising a push bar pushing portion (37) for pushing the end (33b) to prevent movement of the clothes during the process of folding both sides of the clothes.

The method according to claim 1,
The left and right folding portions 41 of the garment lateral folding means are horizontally disposed on both sides along the conveying direction of the first conveyor means 10 and are rotatably supported by left and right rotating shafts 43 and 43 ' And left and right folding bars 44 and 44 'connected to the outside of the left and right rotating shafts so that the left and right folding bars 44 and 44' alternately rotate inward and outward by the rotating shaft, And an automatic folding device for folding the automatic folding device.

The method according to claim 1,
The conveyor belt 12 of the first conveyor means 10 is designed to be able to seat the garment 2 and to be folded on both sides of the garment inwardly on both sides and to be restored to its original position, Wherein at least a large-sized seating portion (13) is formed at regular intervals.

The method according to claim 1,
The front and rear pressing portions 51 of the garment vertical folding means are provided with push bars 52 and 52 'for pushing and supporting portions folded back and forth at both sides of the clothes, And a vertical cylinder (54) (54 ') installed below the horizontal cylinder and moving up and down the push rod.

The method according to claim 1,
The front and rear folding portions 61 of the garment vertical folding means are provided with front and rear rotation shafts 62 that are installed in the width direction of the second conveyor means 20 and rotate in the forward and backward directions by a drive motor, And a front-to-back folding bar (63) folding back the front of the clothes (2) while rotating between the conveying belts (22) of the second conveying means.