US3884402A - Apparatus for folding shirts or similar articles of clothing for packing - Google Patents

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US3884402A
US3884402A US471612A US47161274A US3884402A US 3884402 A US3884402 A US 3884402A US 471612 A US471612 A US 471612A US 47161274 A US47161274 A US 47161274A US 3884402 A US3884402 A US 3884402A
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Heinrich Knappe
Karl-Heinz Nolte
Reinhold Kempelmann
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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
    • D06F89/02—Apparatus for folding textile articles with or without stapling of textile articles to be worn, e.g. shirts
    • D06F89/023—Apparatus for folding textile articles with or without stapling of textile articles to be worn, e.g. shirts of shirts

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for folding shirts or similar articles of clothing for packing, wherein a plurality of folding devices each designed to receive a shirt or similar article of clothing are adapted to be moved to a plurality of folding stations during their synchronized rotation and a plurality of folding means are provided for the mechanical folding of the shirts or similar articles of clothing.
  • a further disadvantage consists in that the above described arrangement of the folding means prevents, orat least, renders difficult the mechanical folding of shirts or similar articles of clothing having long sleeves.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned initially which is less expen sive to produce and less subject to breakdowns than the above-mentioned known devices. It should also cost less to maintain and be easier to repair than the aforementioned machines. In addition, this device should make it possible to fold shirts or similar articles of clothing having long sleeves while improving the quality of the folds.
  • the device according to the invention is characterized in that the folding means required for the mechanical folding of the shirts or similar articles of clothing about a folding element corresponding to the folded size of the article are mounted in a stationary manner in the folding stations and in each folding station there is located only the folding means required for the folding operation to be effected in that particular station.
  • the term mounted in a stationary manner signifies that the folding means are mounted in or on the framework of the machine but are also adapted to be moved, for example, in and out of the operating folding the shirts or similar articles of clothing about an element corresponding to the folded size of the same,
  • a plate for example, a plate, enables the folding means to be guided and controlled more easily with the result that the quality of the folds is regularly of a high standard.
  • a particularly advantageous configuration of the invention consists in that the folding means provided in the folding stations are arranged laterally of the supporting position of the folding devices and are adapted to be moved from this position into the working position.
  • This is particularly advantageous in the case of the device according to patent application Ser. No. 440,610, filed Feb. 7, 1974 by Martin Kannegiesser and Heinrich Knappe which comprises folding devices arranged on the edges of the arms of at least one multiarmed turnstile adapted to rotate about a horizontal axis, because in this case the space in which the folding devices are adapted to rotate in synchronism and. in which, parts of the articles to be folded, for example, the long sleeves of shirts, hang down from the folding devices, is free of machine parts during the movement of the folding devices. Furthermore, as a result of this arrangement of the folding means, the maintenance costs of the machine are further reduced and repairs to the folding means and their drive and control elements are further facilitated.
  • the folding means for producing the lengthwise folds to be displaceably mounted in the longitudinal direction of the folding de vices for movement into the operating position and, secondly, for the folding means for producing the transverse folds to be displaceably mounted in the transverse direction of the folding devices for movement into the operating position.
  • folding means are displaceable on guide rails or the like. This constitutes an advantage because it enables the folding means and the clamping sections of the same to be moved easily in the operating and starting positions, for example, free of any vibration.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of one of the folding devices adapted to rotate in synchronism, showing its attachment points on the rotary mechanism of the machine, two turnstiles and a part of the folding means arranged in a folding station and adapted to fold a shirt (not represented) in a lengthwise direction.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of another of the folding devices adapted to rotate in synchronism with its attachment points on the rotary mechanism of the device, two turnstiles and a part of the folding means arranged in one of the folding stations for folding a shirt (not shown) in a transverse direction.
  • folding device 32 table plate 33 folding plate (folding means) 84 base plate (for 55 etc.)
  • tread rollers of 84 86 guide rail 87 arrow (direction of displacement of 84)
  • the part of the device according to the invention which is represented in the drawings and which is designed for the mechanical folding of shirts and similar articles of clothing consists of the folding device 11 5 which is arranged on the ends of the arms 40, 41, of two multi-armed turnstiles which are not represented in further detail in the drawings. These turnstiles are arranged adjacent to each other with mutual spacing and are adapted to rotate in a synchronized manner about two axes which are offset with respect to each other.
  • the folding device consists essentially of the frame 39 to which the table plate 32 is secured and the folding plate 33 of the folding means about which the shirt or similar article of clothing (not represented) is mechanically folded.
  • the shirt or similar article of clothing is folded lengthwise, inter alia, by means of folding elements in the form of folding rods 34-37 (FIG. 1), which are known per se and which are arranged in pairs.
  • the folding rods 34-37 are adapted to be displaced in the direction of the arrow 83 by way of the drive means and bearings provided in the housing 80 and to be returned in the opposite direction, that is, they are adapted to be moved from the starting position represented to the operating position and back to the starting position.
  • Tread rollers 81 are provided on the housing 80 and guide rails 82 are arranged in the frame 79 of the machine for the displacement of the housing 80 and the folding rods 34-37 in the direction of the arrow 83 and back in the reverse direction.
  • the housing and the folding rods 34-37 are displaced by means of elements known per se which are not represented in the drawings.
  • the shirt or similar article of clothing which is not represented in the drawings is folded crosswise, inter alia, by means of folding elements in the form of clamping arms 51, 52, which are secured to a swivel arm 57.
  • This swivel arm 57 is adapted to be swivelled about a swivel axis 55 provided on the base plate 84 in the direction of the arrow 59 and back in the opposite direction (FIG. 2).
  • the base plate 84 and the parts mounted therein, that is, the clamping arms 51, 52, is displaceable in the direction of the arrow 87 and back in the opposite direction. Hence it is adapted to be moved from the starting position to the operating position and back to the starting position.
  • Tread rollers 85 are provided on the base plate 84 and guide rails 86 are provided in the frame 79 for the displacement of the base plate 84 and the parts mounted thereon in the direction of the arrow 87 and back in the reverse direction.
  • the base plate 84 and the clamping arms 51, 52, are displaced by means of elements known per se which are not shown in the drawings.
  • each folding station is only provided with the operating elements required in that station and the feature consisting in that the operating elements are arranged laterally of the folding devices and are adapted to be moved from this starting position into the operating position
  • the folding means for folding shirts or similar articles of clothing for packing for example, the means for pinning and/or clipping the same, protection is also claimed for this application.
  • An apparatus for folding shirts or similar articles of clothing for packing wherein a plurality of folding devices (11) receive a shirt or similar article of clothing and are adapted to move to a plurality of folding stations, the apparatus having means for the mechanical folding of shirts or similar articles of clothing comprisa. a first folding means (34-37) for folding the shirt or similar article of clothing in a direction parallel to its lengthwise axis;
  • a second folding means (51, 52, 55, and 57) for folding the shirt or similar article of clothing in a direction transverse to its lengthwise axis after said shirt has been folded in the lengthwise direction;
  • a device wherein the first folding means (34-37) for effecting the lengthwise folds may be moved in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the folding devices (11) to bring said first folding means into the operating position.
  • a device wherein the second folding means (51, 52, 55 and 57) for effecting the transverse folding operations may be moved in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the folding devices (11 to bring the second folding means into the operating position.
  • a device wherein the first 5 and second folding means (34-37; 51, 52, 55 and 57) rails.

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US4572169A (en) * 1984-04-03 1986-02-25 Kenneth D. Driver Removable lower leg brace
US5934523A (en) * 1997-07-16 1999-08-10 Southland Equipment Company, Inc. Universal automatic long sleeve folding device
US6062444A (en) * 1997-04-08 2000-05-16 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Folded surgical gown for aseptic donning apparatus and method for producing same

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US2639065A (en) * 1947-06-02 1953-05-19 Forse Corp Shirt folding apparatus
US3391839A (en) * 1964-08-27 1968-07-09 Nat Packaging Products Method and apparatus for packaging shirts
US3464602A (en) * 1968-06-12 1969-09-02 Mc Graw Edison Co Shirt unloader and delivery apparatus

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US2639065A (en) * 1947-06-02 1953-05-19 Forse Corp Shirt folding apparatus
US3391839A (en) * 1964-08-27 1968-07-09 Nat Packaging Products Method and apparatus for packaging shirts
US3464602A (en) * 1968-06-12 1969-09-02 Mc Graw Edison Co Shirt unloader and delivery apparatus

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4572169A (en) * 1984-04-03 1986-02-25 Kenneth D. Driver Removable lower leg brace
US6062444A (en) * 1997-04-08 2000-05-16 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Folded surgical gown for aseptic donning apparatus and method for producing same
US5934523A (en) * 1997-07-16 1999-08-10 Southland Equipment Company, Inc. Universal automatic long sleeve folding device

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