US2801101A - Apparatus for folding bed sheets and other sheets of supple material - Google Patents

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US2801101A
US2801101A US363150A US36315053A US2801101A US 2801101 A US2801101 A US 2801101A US 363150 A US363150 A US 363150A US 36315053 A US36315053 A US 36315053A US 2801101 A US2801101 A US 2801101A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F89/00—Apparatus for folding textile articles with or without stapling
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for folding sheets of supple material, more particularly for folding bed sheets, and it is in this latter purpose which is more especially dealt with in the following description and explanations, it being understood, however, that the invention is in no way limited thereto.
  • One object of the invention is to provide for an apparatus for the folding in two of sheets of supple material such as bed sheets, the positioning of the fold in the middle of the length of the sheet being performed automatically, whatever may be said length.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide for an apparatus for the folding in four of sheets of supple material such as bed sheets, the positioning of the first fold in the middle of the length of the sheet and the positioning of the second fold in the middle of the length of the sheet already folded in two being both automatically performed, whatever may be the length of the sheet to be folded.
  • Fig. 1 is a profile view of one embodiment of an apparatus for the folding in four, a part of the frame-work having been removed so as to show the inside;
  • Fig. 2 shows the essential components of the apparatus during the first stage of folding
  • Fig. 3 shows the essential components of the apparatus during the second stage of folding
  • Fig. 4 shows the essential components of the apparatus during the third stage of folding
  • Fig. 5 shows the essential components of the apparatus during the fourth and last stage of folding
  • Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of an apparatus for the folding in two, at the beginning of the folding stage
  • Fig. 7 shows the apparatus of Fig. 6 during the folding
  • Fig. 8 shows another embodiment of an apparatus for the folding in two, at the beginning of the folding stage
  • Fig. 9 shows the apparatus of Fig. 8 during the fold- Fig. 10 shows, at a larger scale, a detail of the apparatusses shown in Figs. 1 to 9.
  • the folding apparatus shown in Fig. 1 comprises a frame-work 1 mounted on casters 2.
  • a conveyor 3 for carrying the sheets to be folded coming, for instance, from a drying and ironing machine not shown in the drawing.
  • This conveyor consists of belts or strips of webbing 4 passing over rollers 5, 6 and 7, the latter being the driving roller.
  • the said conveyor is so mounted as to be able to swivel as a whole round an axis coinciding with that of the rollers.
  • a spindle 8 rotating in the frame 1.
  • arms 9 (only one of which is visible on the drawing), bearing a cross-bar 10 which forms the movable pick-up means which can work in conjunction with a fixed stop bar 10a, capable of being heated to complete the drying of this part of the sheet.
  • the arms 9 are integral with arms 11 carrying a deflector shutter 12 which constitutes the shifting means.
  • a pinion 13 engaged with a chain 14, the ends of which are connected to the plungers 15a and 16a of two electromagnets 15 and 16.
  • the excitation circuits of the electromagnets 15 and 16 are controlled by contactors 17 and 18 actuated by means detecting the passage of the sheets over the conveyor 3 (see Fig. 10).
  • These detector means consist of one or more discs 19 penetrating slightly into the spaces between the strips of webbing 4.
  • One at least of the said discs carries a counterweight 20 to bring back the discs as a whole into the so-called off position corresponding to the closing of the contactor 18 and the opening of the contactor 17.
  • one of the discs carries a control finger 21 so arranged as to actuate a lever 22 which, in turn, controls the operation of the contactors 17 and 18.
  • Each of these levers comprises an upper arm 23a and a lower arm 23b.
  • a supporting cross-bar 25 is fitted, which can work in conjunction with the cross bar 11) for tightening the two ends of the sheet.
  • a tightening cylinder 26 is mounted on the ends of the lower arms 23!.
  • the two levers 23 are connected by a rod 27 with the plunger 28a of an electromagnet 28, the circuit of which is controlled through an electronic relay 29.
  • This relay is actuated by a photo-electric cell 30 which intercepts the luminous rays coming from an electric lamp 31.
  • a delivery conveyor 32 Opposite the feed conveyor 3 and slightly lower than it is a delivery conveyor 32 comprising one or several flexible belts 33 passing over three rollers 34, 35 and 36, the latter being the driving roller.
  • the two conveyors 3 and 32 are driven by a common belt 37 from a pulley 38 integral with a wheel 39, which is driven by an electric motor 40 through a belt 41.
  • the arrangement of the relay 7 .23 is such that, as soon as the cell 30 ceases-to be excited,
  • the shifting shutter 12 presses the loop D of the folded sheet D against the ascending side of the conveyor 32 on which the second fold begins to form owing to the lower part of the said loop moving upwards again.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 show an embodiment of a folding apparatus by means of which the desired result can be achieved.
  • This' device (which is here assumed to be intended to make a centre fold in a sheet D) comprises a feed conveyor 50, a delivery conveyor 51 on which the fold is made,'and pick-up and tightening means placed in front of the conveyor 50, above the conveyor 51.
  • the pick-up and tightening means comprise a fixed stop bar 52 and a mobile shutter 53 which can work in conjunction with the stop bar 52.
  • the shutter 53 is mounted on the shaftof a pinion 13 engaged'with a chain 14 the ends of which are connected to plungers iSa and 16a of two electromagnets and 16, the circuits of which are controlled from contactors 17 and 18 actuated from a detecting disk 19, the arrangement of this part of the apparatus being the same as in Fig. 10.
  • the shutter 53 When the front end of the sheet D engages between the members 52 and 53 (Fig. 6), the shutter 53 is actuated and presses against the bar 52, thus gripping the said As the sheet continues to be. carried along .by the conveyor 50, a loop forms and falls on to the conveyor 51, the bottomor fold Da of the said loop As soon as the-rear end of the sheet D passed the disk 19, the shutter 53 is moved away from the stop bar 52. At this moment, the rear end of the sheet drops from the conveyor 50, a fold will be made half way along the length of the sheet whatever maybe the length of the sheet.
  • these various devices can be arranged cascadewise so as to make multiple folds.
  • Apparatus for folding sheets of supple material of the kind of bed sheets comprising: a frame-work; an intake conveyor having a delivery end and mounted on the frame-work for bringing in the sheets to be folded; a delivery conveyor having an intake end and mounted on the frame-work for evacuating the folded sheets; movable pickup means located under the delivery end of the pick-up means and the movable supporting means; shift ing means so arranged as to move, towards the delivery "conveyor, the lower part of the hanging sheet already folded in two, for allowing said sheet to begin a second told on said delivery conveyor; first control means operatively connected with the movable pick-up means and with the shifting means for actuating them; first detector means located on the delivery end of the intake conveyor to detect the passage of the front and rear ends of each sheet over the intake conveyor, connected to said first control means and so arranged as to actuate the control means with retardrnent, on detecting the passage of the front end of the sheet, and immediately, on detecting the passage of the rear
  • the movable pick-up means comprise a shaft pivoted on the frame-work, two arms connected to said shaft and a pick-up cross-bar connected to the free ends of the two arms;
  • the fixed stop means consists of a cross-bar arranged to work in conjunction with the said pick-up bar;
  • the shifting means comprise a shutter parallel to the movable pick-up cross-bar and two arms to the ends of which the shutter is fixed said arms being connected to said shaft so that the shutter and the pick-up bar swivel as a unit.
  • shifting means comprise a pinion forming one piece with the said pick-up means and shifting means, a chain engaged with the said pinion, at least one plunger connected to one end of the chain and an electromagnet winding to actuate the plunger and electrically connected to the first detector means.
  • the first detector means comprises at least one switch so arranged as to be actuated by the passage of the sheet on the intake conveyor.
  • the first detector means comprise: at least one disk so arranged as to be touched by each sheet passing over the intake conveyor and capable of rotating when it is touched by said sheet; a control finger carried by the said disk; a pivoted lever capable of being actuated by said control finger; at least one contactor connected to the first control means and so arranged as to be actuated by the said lever when the said disk has rotated by a given angle in relation to a given starting position, and a counterweight fixed on the disk to keep it in the starting position and to bring it back to the said position when the disk, which has rotated under the action of the passage of a sheet, is no more touched by the sheet.
  • Folding apparatus in which the holding means and the supporting means comprise: two arms pivoted on the frame-work; a cross-bar forming the supporting means fixed on the arms and in conjunction with which the pick-up means operates; and an idler roller forming the holding means, turning on the free ends of the two arms and able to be moved towards the delivery conveyor.
  • the second detector means comprise: a source of light so arranged as to send a light beam in the travel of the descending folded length of the hanging sheet; a photoelectric cell arranged so as to be excited by the said source of light when the length of sheet does not intercept the light beam coming from the said source of light; an electric amplifier connected to the said cell and to the second control means and 50 arranged as to actuate the latter when the cell is not excited.
  • the intake conveyor comprises parallel endless belts passing over a front and rear roller and wherein the first detector means penetrates between two of said belts.
  • Folding apparatus in which the rollers of the intake conveyor rotate in a frame which is pivoted on the frame-work round an axis substantially coincident with the axis of the roller of the delivery end, so that entrance to the said conveyor can be adjusted at different heights.
  • Folding apparatus for folding sheets of supple material of the kind of bed sheets, comprising: a framework; an intake conveyor having a delivery end and mounted on the frame-work for bringing in the sheets to be folded; movable pick-up means located under the delivery end of the intake conveyor for picking up the front part of each sheet brought in by the intake conveyor; fixed stop means, in conjunction with which can work the movable pick-up means for temporarily clamping the front part of said sheet; control means operatively connected to the pick-up means for actuating them; detector means located on the delivery end of the intake conveyor to detect the passage of the front and rear ends of each sheet over the intake conveyor, connected to said control means and so arranged as to actuate the control means with retardment, on detecting the passage of the front end of the sheet, and immediately, on detecting the passage of the rear end of the sheet; and a delivery conveyor located under the pick-up and the stop means for the sheet which folds itself on said delivery conveyor while the front part of the sheet remains clamped by the pick up and stop means and for
  • an apparatus for the folding of sheets of supple material of the kind of bed sheets comprising: a framework; an intake conveyor having a delivery end and mounted on the said frame-work for bringing in each sheet to be folded; clamping means located under the delivery end of the conveyor for maintaining temporarily at least the front part of the sheet brought in by said conveyor; control means positively connected to said clamping means for actuating the latter; and detector means responsive to the passage of the sheet on the conveyor and connected to the control means for actuating the latter; the provision of a single bearing conveyor extending under the clamping means so as to receive the sheet to allow the free formation of the fold of the sheet, the displacement of said fold during the leading of the rear part of the sheet, until the forward end of the sheet is released from the clamping means, under the action of the detector means, and the evacuation of the sheet folded in two.

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US3229973A (en) * 1963-02-15 1966-01-18 Broadbent & Sons Ltd Thomas Machines for the automatic folding of laundry flatwork
DE1560137B1 (de) * 1964-04-24 1972-05-31 Schmale Carl Kg Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von textilen Stoffbahnabschnitten

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GB587593A (en) * 1944-09-30 1947-04-30 D & J Tullis Ltd Machine for use in folding textile and other sheet material
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US1607407A (en) * 1925-12-24 1926-11-16 Alba Corp Sheet-folding machine
US2022351A (en) * 1930-08-20 1935-11-26 American Laundry Mach Co Folding machine
GB587593A (en) * 1944-09-30 1947-04-30 D & J Tullis Ltd Machine for use in folding textile and other sheet material
US2464823A (en) * 1946-06-17 1949-03-22 American Laundry Mach Co Folding machine
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DE1208285B (de) * 1959-08-17 1966-01-05 Mc Graw Edison Co Einschiebefaltvorrichtung fuer Waesche od. dgl.
US3229973A (en) * 1963-02-15 1966-01-18 Broadbent & Sons Ltd Thomas Machines for the automatic folding of laundry flatwork
DE1560137B1 (de) * 1964-04-24 1972-05-31 Schmale Carl Kg Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von textilen Stoffbahnabschnitten

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