EP3073009A1 - Procede et dispositif d'acheminement de linge - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif d'acheminement de linge Download PDF

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Publication number: EP3073009A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: laundry; conveyor; belt; belt conveyor; separating element
Prior art date: 2015-03-23
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EP16000186.3A

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Lars Herzog

Jörg Sielmann

Engelbert Heinz

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Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH and Co

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Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH and Co

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2015-03-23

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2016-01-27

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2016-09-28

2016-01-27 Application filed by Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH and Co filed Critical Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH and Co

2016-09-28 Publication of EP3073009A1 publication Critical patent/EP3073009A1/fr

2022-08-17 Application granted granted Critical

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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
- D06F67/00—Details of ironing machines provided for in groups D06F61/00, D06F63/00, or D06F65/00
- D06F67/04—Arrangements for feeding or spreading the linen

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the invention relates to a method for feeding items of laundry to a laundry treating machine or a treatment area of a laundry treating machine according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to an apparatus for feeding laundry items to a laundry treating machine or a treatment area of a laundry treating machine according to the preamble of claim 7.
the feeding of laundry items to a laundry treatment machine or to a treatment area of a laundry treatment machine takes place predominantly via feed conveyors.
individual items of laundry are placed in a spread state on, for example, designed as a belt conveyor feed conveyor or stored.
the laundry items are then transported by the at least one feed conveyor to the laundry treating machine or to the treatment area of the laundry treating machine.
Such laundry treatment machines may be, for example, a folding device or a defect.
the laundry items are stored manually or mechanized on a laying area of the feed conveyor or belt conveyor. This placement of the laundry item on the laying area often leads to unwanted wrinkling of the laundry.
the subsequent treatment to quality loss For example, if the subsequent laundry treating machine is a defect, it happens that the laundry is fed the wrinkle with wrinkles and mangled accordingly.
folding devices If the laundry item with wrinkles of the folding device is supplied, it comes to the subsequent folding also affect the Falttries.
the invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus, whereby a wrinkling when feeding laundry is avoided or at least reduced.
a method for achieving this object comprises the measures of claim 1. Accordingly, if necessary, a piece of laundry is brought into contact only with a part of its front edge region with the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor. As a result, depending on the item of laundry or other influencing factors, the area of the direct support of the item of laundry on the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor can be reduced or varied. It is envisaged that the process will extend to both single-lane or multi-lane laundry laundry machines. As a result of this adaptation or reduction of the contact of the respective item of laundry, wrinkling during feeding is at least reduced.
the front edge region is fed in particular only to the flat feed plane of the conveyor belt and the remaining part of the laundry item is drawn to this level.
the necessary tightening force of the belt conveyor is transmitted to the laundry by the frictional resistance of the surface of the conveyor belts.
the belt conveyor Are associated with suction, which fix the laundry by a suction pressure.
the invention further provides that when placing the laundry article on the belt conveyor, the coming into contact with the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor part of the front edge region of the laundry article, as well as with the conveyor belt of the belt conveyor may not come into contact part of the front Edge region of the laundry item in the transport direction of the belt conveyor are behind each other, wherein the coming into contact with the belt conveyor part of the laundry is located in front of the not coming into contact with the belt conveyor part of the laundry article.
the part of the item of laundry lying behind this part is drawn onto the belt conveyor by the contact of the part of the item of laundry initially deposited on the belt conveyor.
the present invention further provides that when the laundry article is placed on the belt conveyor, the size, in particular the length of the part of the laundry which may not come into contact with the belt conveyor in the transport direction, is changed as required.
This length of the non-contacting with the belt conveyor portion of the laundry article may be determined by the nature of the item of laundry.
the item of laundry is placed on a laying area located at the front end of the belt conveyor, preferably in the front deflection area of the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor.
a laying area located at the front end of the belt conveyor, preferably in the front deflection area of the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor.
Another particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention provides that at least over a part of the front deflection region, preferably where the at least one conveyor belt wraps around the front drum of the belt conveyor, the front edge region of the item of laundry is at least partially spaced from the belt conveyor.
the front edge region of the item of laundry is at least partially spaced from the belt conveyor.
that part of the front edge region of the item of laundry which is possibly spaced from the same in the front deflection region of the belt conveyor of at least one conveyor belt, in the size, preferably length, can be changed.
Such a spacing of the front edge region of the item of laundry from the belt conveyor in the front deflection region causes the item of laundry not to wrap around the drum and to be drawn onto the belt conveyor in a fold-forming state.
At least the laying region of the belt conveyor is associated with at least one separating element, which is positioned between the respective laundry article and the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor as needed to reject part of the front edge region of the laundry article of at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor and / or to space.
This at least one separating element can also be a one-piece or multi-part deflector. This separating element or this deflector extends in one-line laundry treatment machines over the entire working width, in particular of the belt conveyor. In multi-lane laundry treating machines, a plurality of dividers or deflectors are provided which extend across the width of the respective web.
the separating element is movable, in particular pivotable or displaceable, preferably the at least one separating element can be brought into an active position and an inactive position. It is provided, for example, that the separating element can be guided around the drum of the conveyor belt on a circular segment-like section with a, in particular the same radius of curvature as the drum.
the active position is formed when the separating element is positioned such that at least a part of the laundry item when placed on the conveyor belt comes into contact with the separating element or is deposited on the separating element.
the separating element can be moved manually or automatically from one position to another.
a multi-lane feed conveyor which has a plurality of, in particular individually associated separating elements, the individual separating elements can be brought independently of each other in different positions.
the present invention further provides that the separating element is assigned to a laying area for placing the laundry items on the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor.
the separating element is assigned to a laying area for placing the laundry items on the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor.
a feed conveyor with multiple conveyor belts or belt conveyors is assigned a single separating element, which can be assigned to all laying areas equally.
the present invention further provides that the separating element is assigned a region of a front drum seen in the transport direction of the belt conveyor for deflecting the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor.
the laundry items can be fed directly to the lay-up area.
the separating elements are assigned to the belt conveyors at other positions along the conveyor.
a particular embodiment of the invention further provides that the separating element is designed as a separating plate extending preferably only over part of the laying area, which can be positioned at a small distance above the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor.
the separating plate may for example be rod-shaped, planar or preferably slightly curved.
a slightly curved separating plate preferably has a radius of curvature adapted to the drum, so that it is pivoted about the same at a constant distance from the drum or can be pivoted from one position into another position.
the distance between the separating plate and the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor or the drum is chosen so that they just do not touch, on the other hand, the transition from the partition to the belt conveyor is kept low, so that the piece of laundry, which pulled from the conveyor belt on the partition is, in turn, no wrinkles.
the separating element or separating plate is preferably made of a plastic with a smooth surface, a polished sheet metal or a coated sheet metal in order to keep the frictional resistance between the separating element or separating sheet and the laundry as low as possible.
the separating element extends from the outside around at least part of the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor deflected by the front drum, preferably the separating element in the area of the at least one conveyor belt of the belt conveyor deflected by the drum, a curved, preferably arcuate one or part-circular course.
the drum adapted course of the separating element the separating element can be well combined with the drum and thus simplifies the relative movement between the separating element and the drum, in particular from an active position to an inactive and vice versa.
the separating plate is positioned in front of the drum, the laundry article is pulled over this separating plate and thus spaced from the conveyor belt, before it is supplied to the influence of the belt conveyor.
the garment does not come in contact with the curved portion of the conveyor belt or the drum when placed on the drum. Since this has hitherto led to the formation of wrinkles, the use of the separating plate leads to an avoidance of wrinkles and thus to an increased quality of treatment of the item of laundry.
the invention further provides that the separating element is movable relative to the belt conveyor, in particular pivotable or displaceable, preferably by an adjustment drive associated with the separating element.
This adjusting drive can be controlled by a control unit, depending on the requirement or nature of the treatment machine and the laundry items to be treated.
the control unit can work manually or in a preprogrammed mode. However, it is also conceivable that the adjustment drive is operated directly manually.
the Fig. 1 schematically shows a folding machine 11 designed as a laundry treatment machine.
the folding machine 11 are in the Fig. 1 Laundry items not shown folded several times in succession, both longitudinally and transversely folded.
the folding machine 11 has a belt conveyor 16, which serves as a feed conveyor for feeding the laundry items to be folded to the treatment area, namely folding area 13, of the folding machine 11.
the laundry items are thus transported by the belt conveyor 16 in the direction of passage 14 to the folding area 13 and also in the direction of passage 14 through the folding area 13 and thereby provided with longitudinal and / or transverse folds.
the Fig. 2 schematically shows another laundry treating machine, namely an input machine 18 for supplying spread laundry 21 to a subsequent defect 12.
the input machine is in the Fig. 2 only partially shown. Shown are in the Fig. 2 only one as a feed conveyor belt conveyor 16 and in the embodiment shown subsequent input conveyor.
the belt conveyor 16 transports the spread laundry article 21 in the direction of passage to the input conveyor 19, from which the laundry article 21 is fed the defect 12.
the belt conveyors 16 of the folding machine 11 shown here and the input machine 18 have a plurality of closely spaced, narrow circumferentially driven conveyor belts 17 (FIG. Fig. 2 ). However, the belt conveyors 16 can also have only one over their entire working width continuous conveyor belt 17.
the belt conveyors 16 shown are deflected by two spaced cylindrical drums 22 and 23. One of these drums 22 and 23 is rotationally driven. The axes of rotation the drums 22, 23 extend transversely to the passage direction 14. A front drum 22 is located at the beginning of the belt conveyor 16 and a rear drum 23 at the end of the belt conveyor 16th
single-lane belt conveyors 16 are shown. These extend over the entire working width of the folding machine 11 and the input machine 18. However, the invention is also suitable for multi-lane folding machines 11 and input machines 18. Then, a plurality of belt conveyors 16 are arranged side by side, by each of a belt conveyor 16, a web is formed. In multi-lane operation, the belt conveyor 16 are operated independently. It is also conceivable to make a switch to one-lane operation. Then all adjacent belt conveyor 16 are simultaneously operated synchronously.
the respective item of laundry 21 is placed either manually or mechanized or automatically at spread front edge portion 20 on a front laying area 25 in the front drum 22 of the belt conveyor 16.
at least a part of the front edge region 20 of the laundry article 21 is brought into contact with the upper run of the conveyor belt 17 or the adjacent conveyor belts 17 of the belt conveyor 16.
the laundry item 21 hangs with adjacent corners of a transversely to the direction of passage 14 extending leading edge of staples.
the laundry item 21 is placed on the upper run of the belt conveyor 16 with the front edge region 20 adjoining the spread front edge in the laying area 25.
the Fig. 3 to 5 show an enlarged detail A shown in the Fig. 1 and 2 , as a side view of the front drum 21 and the laying area.
a front edge region 20 of the item of laundry 21 is deposited on the deposit area 25 of the top tower of the belt conveyor 16.
a separating element 26 when placing the front edge region 20 of the item of laundry 21 on the belt conveyor 16 between the item of laundry 21 and the conveyor belts 17.
this is formed as a sheet-metal sheet, which is adapted to the curvature of the drum 21 curvature over an angular range of z. B. 90 ° is arranged around the drum 22.
the separating element 26 is parallel over the entire length of the drum 22 extends.
the separating element 26 has a different shape or is associated with the feed conveyor 16 only over a partial area of the drum 22 or over a restricted area.
the partition 26 is shown in an inactive position in which it does not contact the garment 21.
the designed as an arcuate, in particular quarter-circular, plate member 26 is associated with the drum 22 of the belt conveyor 16 so that it is about the axis of rotation of the front drum 22 from the inactive position ( Fig. 3 ) into the active position ( Fig. 4 ).
the separating element 26 is swiveled by 90 ° in the direction of rotation of the drum 22, so that it covers an upper, front quarter of the shell of the drum 22 with a slight distance.
the thin sheet-like separator 26 spaces the front edge portion 20 of the laundry 21 from the conveyor belts 17 of the belt conveyor 16. With the active separator 26, the laundry 21 thus slides along the stationary separator 26, but does not depart from that portion of the belt conveyor 16 or its conveyor belts 17 taken away, which is covered by the separating element 26 ( Fig. 4 ).
the laundry item 21 is placed only with the front part of the edge region 20 just behind the front drum 22 on the upper run of the belt conveyor 16, namely the conveyor belts 17, wherein the spreading, transversely to the direction of passage 14 extending front edge of the laundry article 21 in the direction of passage 14th seen behind the front drum 22 is located.
only a front part of the front edge region 20 of the item of laundry 21 running transversely to the passage direction 14 lies on the upper run of the belt conveyor 16.
the other, subsequent part of the front edge portion 20 of the garment 21 is not active on the belt conveyor 16, but on the separating element 26 with active separating element 26. In this way, the laundry item 21 slides on further transporting in the direction of passage 14 on the quarter-circle in the embodiment shown separating element 26 along.
At least the garment 21 dressed surface of the separating element 26 with low coefficient of friction provided by, for example, this surface is polished or provided with a coating of smooth plastic or ceramic.
the separating element 26 can be brought continuously into any intermediate positions.
An intermediate position shows the Fig. 5 , In this, a front part of the front edge region 20 of the item of laundry 21 is already in the area of the front drum 22 on the upper run of the belt conveyor 16.
the designed as a quarter-circular plate separating element 26 is for this purpose approximately at 45 ° relative to the representation in the Fig. 4 pivoted back.
the partition 26 is thereby located approximately in the middle between the inactive and the active position.
a more or less large part of the front edge region 20 of the laundry article 21 may be in contact with the application region 25 of the belt conveyor 16, depending on the type or material of the item of laundry 21 to be folded or mangled be brought, in particular if the garment 21 is placed manually or by hand in the front portion 20 on the laying area 25 of the belt conveyor 16.

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