KR102006085B1 - Apparatus for manufacturing disposable protective garments and surgeon gowns - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, to a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus which processes each of the components for forming a disposable protective garment by a separate processing module, And to prevent infiltration of viruses, liquids, chemicals, etc. into the sewing line.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPOSABLE PROTECTIVE GARMENTS AND SURGEON GOWNS [0002]

The present invention relates to a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, to a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus which processes each of the components for forming a disposable protective garment by a separate processing module, And to prevent infiltration of viruses, liquids, chemicals, etc. into the sewing line.

Uniforms should have the symbolism and aesthetics that can represent the images of corporations and various organizations, as well as the functionality that enables them to work in safer and more comfortable conditions for workers engaged in special environments. Among them, the clothing of medical practitioners is required to be cleaned by selecting the material that minimizes the infection of the pathogen in both the patient and the healthcare worker, along with the design which gives the patient a sense of security.

Therefore, various surgical instruments provided in the operating room of the hospital are disinfected to prevent the patient from being infected by the pathogenic bacteria during the operation, and the doctor or the nurse is required to prevent the contamination by the patient's blood or secretion Disinfected surgical wounds and surgical wounds.

Conventional surgical gowns or surgical gowns are provided by sewing to connect individual components such as gown body, neckline, sleeves, and other accessories (such as snap buttons, zippers, wrists, and ankle).

However, conventionally, a surgical garment having a sewing line (or a sewing line) takes a long time by sewing a sleeve, a leg, a neckline, and other accessories sequentially to the body after cutting each constitution, A foreign body such as blood, viruses, chemicals, etc. of a patient is infiltrated to infect pathogens in other patients.

Accordingly, the present inventor has developed a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus which can shorten the processing time and has no sewing line, so as to solve the problems of the conventional disposable surgical garment described above.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0034937 Korean Patent No. 10-0907619

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device by processing each component by a separate processing module, And to provide a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus capable of shortening the processing time.

An object of the present invention is to provide a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus that prevents foreign matter from penetrating through a sewing line to prevent contamination of the underwear by using a folding and seaming apparatus, thereby preventing pathogens from infecting other patients .

A disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a unwinder for supplying a fabric; A slitter for cutting the width of the fabric; A running cutter for cutting the length of the fabric; A cutter module for cutting the fabric with each constituent constituting the disposable protective garment; A mounting module for mounting each of the above cut-out configurations; One or more processing modules for processing each of the configurations; And a coupling module for coupling the processed components to each other, wherein each of the components includes at least one of a body, an arm, a cap, and an accessory.

In one embodiment, the body comprises: a body fabric; And a pair of leg fabrics connected to the lower surface of the body trunk.

In one embodiment, the body includes: a body fabric including a cut surface having a length corresponding to the width of the cap; An arm fabric opposite to both sides of the body fabric; And a pair of leg fabrics connected to the lower surface of the trunk fabric.

In one embodiment, the body may include a body fabric having an upper portion cut into a V (V) shape and an elliptical hole formed on a lower side of the cut surface; A leg fabric connected to the lower surface of the body fabric in a gownless manner; And an arm member connected to both sides of the body to be opposite to each other.

In one embodiment, the cutter module includes a twin head portion for cutting the fabric into the respective components; A first cutter guide portion for guiding movement of the twin head portion in the width direction of the fabric; And a second cutter guide portion for guiding the movement of the first cutter guide portion in a longitudinal direction of the far end, wherein the twin head portion includes: a pair of cutters for cutting the respective configurations symmetrically; And a cutter head located at one side of the pair of cutters and engaged with the first cutter guide part.

In one embodiment, the cutter module further includes an inkjet marking portion to be cut.

In one embodiment, the processing module includes: an arm processing unit for folding or seaming the arm; An accessory processing unit for taping the double-sided tape on one side of the accessory; And a hat processing unit for folding or seaming the hat; Or the like.

In one embodiment, the accessory processing portion includes: a first adhesive portion that is taped along the transverse direction of the accessory; A second adhesive portion for taping along the longitudinal direction of the accessory; A first adhesive guide portion for guiding the movement of the first and second adhesive portions; And a second adhesive guide unit vertically coupled to the first adhesive guide unit to guide movement of the first adhesive guide unit.

In one embodiment, the coupling module includes a folding unit for folding the body.

In one embodiment, the disposable garment manufacturing apparatus further comprises a zipper feeding module for preparing and providing the zipper for attaching a zipper to the front surface of the body, A pair of fingers for mounting and fixing both ends; And a frame coupled to one side of the pair of fingers to guide movement of the pair of fingers. And a joint coupled to the head to move the head.

In one embodiment, the disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus further comprises a moving module for moving the respective components from the mounting module to the processing module or from the processing module to the combining module .

According to the present invention, each component is processed by a separate processing module, and then each component is bonded around the body by using the liquid type over-bonding adhesive, resulting in the effect of shortening the process time.

Further, by using the folding and seaming device, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from penetrating through the seal wire to contaminate the undergarment, thereby preventing infection of pathogens to other patients.

1 is a sectional view of a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of a cutter module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view of an accessory processing portion according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view of a zipper supply module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exploded view of a disposable garment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exploded view of a disposable garment according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, a detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. The embodiments of the present invention are provided to fully explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shapes and sizes of the elements in the drawings and the like can be exaggerated for clarity.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention. However, the following examples are provided only for the better understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited by the examples.

≪ Disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus >

FIG. 1 (a) is a sectional view of a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (b) is a side view of a disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for manufacturing a disposable protective clothing according to the present invention comprises an unwinder 10, a slitter 20, a running cutter 30, a cutter module 40, a mounting module 50, And a coupling module 70.

The unwinder 10 is a module for supplying a fabric to the slitter 20, and can be used to release a fabric wound around the core using a roll. The slitter 20 is a module for cutting the width of the fabric provided by the unwinder 10, wherein the width of the fabric can mean a plane perpendicular to the direction in which the fabric is fed by each module. Therefore, the slitter 20 can cut the fabric in a direction parallel to the traveling direction of the fabric. The running cutter 30 is a module for cutting the length of the fabric cut by the slitter 20 and is cut by a cutter positioned in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the fabric.

In addition, since the unwinder 10, the slitter 20, and the running cutter 30 use the existing known techniques, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a perspective view of a cutter module 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the cutter module 40 is a module for cutting a fabric with each constitution constituting a disposable protective garment. The cutter module 40 includes a slit 20 and a running cutter 30, , Arms, hats, and accessories.

In one embodiment, the body may include a torso, an arm, and a leg. 5 is an exploded view of a disposable garment according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5, it may include a body fabric including a cut surface having a length corresponding to the width of the cap, an arm fabric opposite to both sides of the body fabric, and a pair of leg fabrics connected to the lower surface of the body fabric . Thus, the cutter module 40 can cut the body, accessories and hats.

6 is an exploded view of a disposable garment according to another embodiment of the present invention. A trunk fabric having an upper portion cut into a V (V) shape and having an elliptical hole at the lower side of the cut surface, a leg fabric connected to the lower surface of the trunk fabric in a gownless manner, and an arm fabric connected opposite to both sides of the trunk fabric upper portion At this time, the cutting module 40 can skip the hat cutting. In other words, it is noted that the disposable protective garment according to another embodiment does not include a hat.

In another embodiment, the body may include a pair of leg fabrics connected to the bottom of the body fabric and the body fabric. At this time, the cutter module 40 can cut the arm, the accessory, and the cap fabric separately in addition to the body fabric.

The cutter module 40 may include a cutter support portion (not shown), a twin head portion 41, a first cutter guide portion 42, and a second cutter guide portion 43.

The cutter supporting portion can serve to mount and fix the fabric when the twin head portion 41 cuts the fabric. Thus, the cutter support may include a vacuum (not shown).

The twin head portion 41 may include a pair of cutters 41a and 41b and a cutter head 41c in a configuration in which the width and length of the cut tail is cut corresponding to the configuration of each configuration. The pair of cutters 41a and 41b are configured to symmetrically cut the respective components and move symmetrically with reference to the imaginary center line of the first cutter guide portion 42. [ The cutter head 41c is located at one side of the pair of cutters 41a and 41b and can be engaged with the first cutter guide portion 42. [

The first cutter guide portion 42 can guide the movement of the twin head portion 41 in the width direction of the original and the second cutter guide portion 43 is positioned perpendicular to the first cutter guide portion 42 And guides the movement of the twin head portion 41 in the longitudinal direction of the fabric. Here, the width direction means a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the fabric. That is, when the moving direction of the fabric is the x-axis direction, the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the far end is the y-axis direction, and the width direction is the y-axis direction.

The first cutter guide portion 42 moves the cutters 41a and 41b in the width direction of the original and the second cutter guide portion 43 moves the pair of cutters 41a and 41b in the length direction of the original end By moving the pair of cutters 41a and 41b, the pair of cutters 41a and 41b can cut the configuration of each configuration symmetrically.

In one embodiment, when the cutter module 40 cuts the body, the first cutter guide portion 42 is positioned in the direction perpendicular to the imaginary center line with respect to the virtual center line along the longitudinal direction at the center of the cutter And cutters 41a and 41b may be provided on the upper and lower virtual center lines, respectively. The cutter 41a on the upper side can cut the left side of the body on the right side of the body and the cutter 41b on the lower side based on the imaginary center line.

Accordingly, the cutting time can be shortened by cutting not only the body but also the arms, legs, hats, accessories, and the like symmetrically with respect to the body.

In addition, the cutter module 40 may further include an ink jet (not shown) and a sensing portion (not shown). The inkjet may be placed separately on one side of the pair of cutters 41a, 41b, or may be located inside the pair of cutters 41a, 41b. The inkjet can display the reference when ink is sprayed on the cut surface and the respective components are combined by the transport module to be described later. In one embodiment, the sensing portion senses the body and the inked portion of the arm so that the movement module 90 can correspondingly combine the inked portions when engaging the arm in the arm processing with the body .

The twin head unit 41 can automatically cut each configuration according to the cut data transmitted from the external computer.

The mounting module 50 is structured to mount each component cut by the cutter module 40, so that the moving module 90, which will be described later, can more easily transfer each component to the processing module. Further, the mounting module 50 may further include a vacuum (not shown).

The processing module processes each configuration and is characterized in that it includes at least one of an arm processing portion 61, an accessory processing portion 62, and a hat processing portion 63.

The arm processing portion 61 is provided with a pair of later-described members, and can be processed by folding or seaming the right arm fabric and the left arm fabric, respectively. (Not shown) for supporting the arm fabric, a folding section (not shown) for folding the arm fabric, and an arm moving section (not shown) for moving the folded arm fabric to the coupling module 70 ).

The accessory processing portion 62 is configured to attach a double-sided tape to the edge of the accessory fabric covering the zipper located on the front side of the disposable protective garment and the surgical gown.

3 is a perspective view of an accessory processing portion 62 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, the accessory processing portion 62 includes a support portion (not shown), a first adhesive portion 62a, a second adhesive portion 62b, a first adhesive guide portion 62c, and a second adhesive guide portion 62d ).

The first adhesive guide portion 62c can move the first and second adhesive portions 62a and 62b in the width direction of the accessory end and the second adhesive guide portion 62d can move the first adhesive guide portion 62c So that the first adhesive guide portion 62c is moved in the longitudinal direction of the accessory fabric.

The first and second adhesive portions 62a and 62b can adhere tapes along the width and length direction of the accessory end, respectively. The first and second adhesive portions 62a and 62b can be coupled to the first adhesive guide portion 62c and are movable in directions different from each other due to different taping directions of the accessories.

In another embodiment, the accessory processing portion 62 may be provided with a three-axis robot arm. A three-axis robot arm head is provided with an adhesive (not shown) to allow the three-axis robotic arm to move and attach the double-sided tape to the edge of the accessory fabric.

In yet another embodiment, the accessory processing portion 62 may be provided with a single-axis robotic arm. At this time, the one-axis robot arm head includes a head turn device, and can change the direction of the adhesive portion (not shown) provided on the head.

The hat processing section 63 is positioned on the same line as the coupling module 70 and includes a support portion (not shown) to which the cap fabric is fixed and fixed, a shaping portion (not shown) that seals the edge of the cap fabric, (Not shown) that moves the cap fabric in the cap 70 and moves the seamed cap fabric to the coupling module 70.

The processing module may be different in the configuration of the processing portion provided by the configuration in which the cutter module 40 cuts.

In one embodiment, when the cutter module 40 cuts the body (including arms and legs), hats and accessories, the processing module may include an accessory processing portion 62 and a hat processing portion 63 .

In another embodiment, if the cutter module 40 cuts the body (including arms and legs), the accessory may only include the accessory processing portion 62.

In another embodiment, when the cutter module 40 cuts a body (including a leg), an arm, an accessory, and a cap, the processing module includes an arm processing portion 61, an accessory processing portion 62, ).

The coupling module 70 includes a support portion (not shown) for supporting the body fabric and coupling the components to each other, and a folding portion (Not shown).

The support can be located on the same line as the cutter module 40 and the mounting module 50 and can combine configurations such as arms, legs, accessories, zippers, hats, etc. with respect to the body. The folding portion can form the front and back surfaces of the body of the disposable protective clothing by folding the cut body fabric. At this time, the folding unit may include a body and an arm folding unit 71, and a leg folding unit 72. In the case of the legs, the legs and the arms are folded in the vertical direction with respect to the body and the arms, so that they are preferentially processed before they are transferred to the body and the arm folding part 71 .

And, the coupling module 70 may include a bonding portion (not shown). The adhesive portion may be provided by any one of an adhesive and an ultrasonic wave. At this time, the adhesive may be an adhesive of this liquid type or more. In addition, the ultrasonic bonding method can be performed by ultrasonic bonding when the arm, the accessory, and the cap fabric are joined to the folded body fabric by transmitting ultrasonic waves. Note that the adhesive portion may be located at the head of the articulated robot arm used as the transfer module.

The apparatus for manufacturing a disposable garment according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a zipper supply module 80. 4 is a perspective view of a zipper supply module 80 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the zipper supply module 80 may be provided with a multi-joint robot arm in a configuration in which a zipper is prepared and provided for attaching the zipper to the front surface of the body folded by the coupling module 70. Thus, the zipper feed module 80 may include a joint portion and a head portion, and the head portion may be provided with a pair of fingers 81 and a frame 82.

The pair of fingers 81 can mount and fix both ends of the zipper. The frame 82 can have a finger 81 on one side and a joint on the other side, and the pair of fingers 81 So as to guide the movement of the finger 81.

Accordingly, the zipper supply module 80 is configured such that the pair of fingers 81 move the opposite ends of the zipper in opposite directions along the frame 82 to increase the zipper to the maximum length, The adhesive material on the front surface of the body can be provided at the applied position.

The disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention may further include a movement module 90. The transfer module 90 is a configuration for transferring each configuration from the mounting module 50 to the processing module and from the processing module to the combining module 70. The folded, seamed or taped configuration of the processing module can then be coupled to the folded body in the coupling module 70. Then, the movement module 90 may be provided as a articulated robot arm.

The disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention may further include a transfer module (not shown). The transfer module connects the respective components of the disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus and can connect any one or more of the twin cutter head 40, the mounting module 50, and the connection module 70.

In one embodiment, the transport module may be provided as a conveyor, which is positioned above the support of each of the twin cutter head 40, the mounting module 50 and the coupling module 70, .

≪ Disposable protective clothing manufacturing method >

< Example  1>

The method of manufacturing a disposable protective garment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of providing a fabric, cutting the fabric into a body, accessories and a hat including the arms and legs, Moving the body, accessory, and cap fabric positioned in the mounting module to the coupling module, the accessory processing portion and the hat processing portion respectively; processing each fabric in the accessory processing portion and the hat processing portion; Folding and moving the moved body fabric, moving the accessory and cap fabric to the mating module, and then coupling the accessory and the cap to the folded body in the mating module.

Here, in the cutting step, the trimming of the body fabric may be performed in such a manner that arms are included on both sides of the body portion, and legs are included on the lower side. 5 is an exploded view of a disposable protective garment cut by a cutter module according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the cutting module can cut a half of a width of an arm portion at a boundary portion between an arm and a body, and cut a portion where a cap can be coupled to the center of the body.

Folding and processing the body fabric folds the arms, legs and torso, respectively, wherein the torso can be folded in the same direction as the arms. That is, the legs may be formed to have the same width as the width of the body, the folding lines may be formed in the longitudinal direction, and the arms and the body may be formed with folding lines in the direction perpendicular to the folding lines of the legs.

< Example  2>

A method of manufacturing a disposable protective garment according to another embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of providing a fabric, cutting the fabric into a body and accessories including the arms and legs, transferring the fabric to the mounting module Moving each of the body and accessory fabrics positioned in the mounting module to the coupling module and the accessory processing portion respectively, processing each fabric in the accessory processing portion, folding the arm and leg portions of the body fabric moved from the mounting module, And moving the accessory fabric to the coupling module after the transfer module has moved, and then coupling the accessory to the folded body in the coupling module.

Referring to FIG. 6, cutting the body is characterized in that the trunk, arms, and legs are cut at once. It should be noted that the disposable protective garment according to another embodiment does not include a hat but is manufactured in the form of a gown.

< Example  3>

A method of manufacturing a disposable protective garment according to another embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of providing a fabric, cutting the fabric into a body, an arm, an accessory, and a hat, the fabric including a leg, A step of moving the body, the arm, the accessory, and the cap fabric positioned in the mounting module to the coupling module, the arm processing section, the accessory processing section, and the hat processing section respectively, and the arm processing section, the accessory processing section, A step of folding and moving the body fabric moved from the mounting module, a step of moving the arm, the accessory and the cap fabric of the moving module to the coupling module, Accessories, and hats.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

10: Unweeder
20: Slitter
30: Running Cutter
40: Cutter module
41: Twin Head
41a, 41b: a pair of cutters
41c: Cutter head
42: first cutter guide portion
43: First cutter guide portion
50: Mounting module
61: arm processing section
62: Accessory processing section
62a: first adhesive portion
62b: second adhesive portion
62c: first adhesive guide portion
62d: second adhesive guide portion
63: hat processing section
70: Coupling module
71: trunk and arm folding part
72: leg folding part
80: Zipper Feeding Module
81: a pair of fingers
82: frame
90: Moving module

Claims (10)

Unwinder to supply fabric;
A slitter for cutting the width of the fabric;
A running cutter for cutting the length of the fabric;
A first cutter guide for cutting the fabric with each constitution constituting the disposable protective clothing, a twin head part for cutting the fabric with the fabric, and a first cutter guide for guiding movement of the twin head part in the width direction of the fabric, And a second cutter guide portion for guiding movement of the first cutter guide portion in the longitudinal direction of the fabric, wherein the twin head portion includes a pair of cutters for symmetrically cutting the respective components, A cutter module including a cutter head positioned to be engaged with a first cutter guide portion;
A mounting module for mounting each of the above cut-out configurations;
One or more processing modules for processing each of the configurations; And
And a combining module for combining the processed components,
Each of the above-
A body, an arm, a cap, and an accessory.
Disposable protective clothing manufacturing equipment.
The method according to claim 1,
The body,
Body fabric; And
And a pair of leg fabrics connected to a lower surface of the trunk fabric.
The method according to claim 1,
The body,
A trunk fabric including a cut surface having a length corresponding to the width of the cap;
An arm fabric opposite to both sides of the body fabric; And
And a pair of leg fabrics connected to the lower surface of the trunk fabric.
The method according to claim 1,
The body,
A trunk fabric having an upper portion cut into a V (V) shape and an elliptical hole formed on a lower side of the cut surface;
A leg fabric connected to the lower surface of the body fabric in a gownless manner; And
And an arm fabric facing each of the opposite sides of the trunk fabric.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The processing module includes:
An arm processing unit for folding or seaming the arm;
An accessory processing unit for taping the double-sided tape on one side of the accessory; And
A hat processing unit for folding or seaming the hat; Wherein the protective clothing is made of a synthetic resin.
The method according to claim 6,
The accessory processing portion
A first adhesive portion for taping along the transverse direction of the accessory;
A second adhesive portion for taping along the longitudinal direction of the accessory;
A first adhesive guide portion for guiding the movement of the first and second adhesive portions; And
And a second adhesive guide unit vertically coupled to the first adhesive guide unit to guide movement of the first adhesive guide unit.
The method according to claim 1,
The coupling module comprises:
And a folding unit folding the body.
The method according to claim 1,
The disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus comprises:
And a zipper feeding module for preparing and providing the zipper for attaching a zipper to the front surface of the body,
The zipper supply module includes:
A pair of fingers for mounting and fixing both ends of the upper zipper; And a frame coupled to one side of the pair of fingers and guiding movement of the head; And
And a joint part coupled to the head to move the head.
The method according to claim 1,
The disposable protective clothing manufacturing apparatus comprises:
Further comprising a movement module for moving each of the components from the mounting module to the processing module or from the processing module to the combining module.

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