JPH0683760B2 - Shirt folding machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shirt folding machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a folding machine of a shirt, a cleaned shirt or the like is folded into a fixed width.
As shown in FIG. 12, folding plates 31 and 32 that slide below the pedestal 30 are provided on both sides of the pedestal 30 formed by the folding width of the shirt, and both sides of the shirt hung from both sides of the pedestal 30. Each folding plate 31, 32 that slides a part
There are some that are alternately folded on the back side of the pedestal.

In such a folding machine, in order to take out the folded shirt from the pedestal 30, it is necessary to pull out the shirt in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the folding plate. Therefore, in the longitudinal direction of the pedestal 30. A pulling-out means (not shown) for pulling out the shirt is provided on the end side.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional folding machine, both side edges of the pedestal 30 and side edges of the folding plates 31, 32 facing the pedestal are formed in parallel, respectively, and The pedestal and the folding plates are arranged horizontally, and both side portions of the shirt are folded back in parallel along the sides of the pedestal 30.

However, in such a structure, when the shirt is pulled and pulled out in the longitudinal direction of the pedestal, the portion of the shirt on the side opposite to the pulling direction is gradually displaced laterally as shown in FIG. There is a problem that the width of the shirt becomes wider than a predetermined width, and the end S ′ of the shirt tends to protrude outward as shown in FIG. 14 when the shirt is folded vertically.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a method of reducing the width of the side of the pedestal 30 at that portion in consideration of the above-mentioned protrusion and folding the end portion of the shirt in advance with a small width dimension is a method. Conceivable. However, with this method,
Unnaturalness will occur in the part where the folding width is reduced and the other part is connected, and wrinkles will easily occur, and the pattern set on the back of the shirt will interfere with both side edges of the shirt, and the pattern setting work There is a problem that makes it difficult.

In consideration of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a folding machine capable of reliably pulling out the end of the shirt from the pedestal without changing the folding width of the shirt. Has an aim.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, among the sides of the folding plate facing the pedestal, the side portion on the rear end side with respect to the pulling-out direction of the shirt is
A structure was adopted in which the side part on the tip side was retracted from the pedestal.

[0009]

In the above structure, when the shirt is folded by the folding plate, the side portion on the rear end side with respect to the pulling-out direction of the shirt is moved to the side portion on the front end side by the amount of retreat of the side portion of the folding plate. Compared to this, it is folded back at the outer position and folded with the remainder left.

When the shirt is pulled out from this state, the rear end side portion of the folded shirt is pulled out through the side of the front end side of the folding plate approaching the pedestal, so that the inward direction of the pedestal The outward force is prevented by receiving the force.

[0011]

1 to 5 show a shirt folding machine according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, the cradle for setting the shirt is a fixed cradle 2 fixed to the outer frame 1.
And a movable receiving base 3, and the movable receiving base 2 is connected to a guide bar 6 of an elevating frame 5 provided so as to be movable up and down with respect to a base 4.

The fixed pedestal 2 and the movable pedestal 3 are formed such that the width dimension thereof is a folding width of a shirt, and the upper and lower surfaces of the movable pedestal 3 are arranged with both pedestals 2 and 3 arranged as shown in FIG. The upper half of the shirt S and the lower half of the shirt are set on the upper surface of the fixed pedestal 2.

On both sides of the movable pedestal 3 and the fixed pedestal 2, there are five folding plates A, B, C, D and E located below the respective pedestals and two folding plates. F and G are arranged. The folding plates A to G are connected to the guide shafts 7 and 8 and the drive cylinders 9 and 10 provided above the receiving bases 2 and 3, and the guide shafts 7 and 8 are guided and the drive cylinders 9 and 10.
Is set so as to slide from a position distant from the pedestals 2 and 3 to a position where the pedestals 2 and 3 overlap with each other.

Of the above guide shafts and drive cylinders, the guide shafts 8 and drive cylinders 10 of the folding plates F and G are fixed to the outer frame 1, and the guide shafts 7 and drive cylinders 9 of the folding plates A to E are the same. The movable pedestal 3 is connected to the sliding member 11 attached to the guide shaft 6 of the elevating frame 5, and the folding plates A to E and the movable pedestal 3 are integrally moved up and down with respect to the fixed pedestal 2. It is like this.

The folding plates A to E and the folding plates F and G are placed above and below the respective folding plates with respect to each other and to the lower surface of each of the pedestals 2 and 3 with a gap through which the cloth of the folded shirt can be inserted. The drive cylinders 9 and 10 are alternately arranged in the direction, and the operating amounts of the drive cylinders 9 and 10 are set so that the side edges of the folding plates A to G are slid until the side edges of the pedestals 2 and 3 are opposite to each other. ing.

In the above structure, the fixed pedestal 2 and the movable pedestal 3 are provided.
When the folding plates A to G are slid while the shirt is set on, the upper half of the shirt is folded under the movable pedestal 3 and the lower half is folded under the fixed pedestal 2. When the movable pedestal 3 and the folding plates A to E are raised together with the elevating frame 5, the shirt between the fixed pedestal 2 and the folding plates F and G is pulled out in the longitudinal direction of the pedestal 2. Therefore, in this structure, the movable pedestal 3, the folding plates A to E, and the elevating frame 5 are the pulling means 12 for pulling out the shirt from the fixed pedestal 2.
Make up.

Of the folding plates, the five folding plates A to E on the movable pedestal 3 side are formed such that the side edges facing the pedestal are parallel to the side edges of the pedestal. As shown in FIG. 5b, the sides of the folding plates F and G on the fixed cradle 2 side are
It is formed by forming a step with respect to the side of the pedestal 3 between the front and rear ends in the drawing direction. That is, each folding plate F, G
The side edges 13 and 14 of the front side are the side edges 13b and 14b on the rear end side with respect to the pulling-out direction of the shirt.
Compared with a and 14a, it is formed so as to be retracted by a distance T with respect to both sides 17 and 17 of the fixed cradle 2, and the side edges 13a, 13b and 14a and 14b are inclined sides 15, It is connected by 16. In addition, each side portion 13
The a, 13b, 14a, and 14b are formed in parallel with the side edge 17 of the pedestal 2 in the range excluding the inclined sides 15 and 16.

On the other hand, between each of the pedestals 2 and 3 and the base 4, a shirt transfer device 18 for moving the shirt set at the rear end of the fixed pedestal 2 to the tip of the movable pedestal 3 and a fixed pedestal. A template supply device 19 for supplying the template is provided on the table 2.

Further, the elevating frame 5 is provided with a forward / backward moving cylinder 21 for moving the sliding member 20 connecting the movable pedestal 3 and the folding plates A to E along the guide rod 6, and A vertical folding table 22 is provided at the end of the vertical folding table 22 for folding back the lower half of the shirt hanging from the movable receiving table 3 which moves the guide rod in the length direction.

The folding machine of this embodiment has the above-described structure, and the shirt set is such that, as shown in FIG. The shirt S is placed in a state where both sides are hung from both sides of the pedestal 2, and the shirt is moved to the tip of the movable pedestal 3 by the transport device 18.

Next, the folding plates A to E, F, and G on both sides of the movable pedestal 3 and the fixed pedestal 2 are slid in order from the upper one, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the shirt hangs down. The folded portion is folded under each pedestal 2 and 3.

In this case, below the fixed pedestal 2,
Since there are steps on the side edges 13 and 14 of the folding plates F and G, the rear side edge portions 13b and 14b are worn by the amount of retreat T compared to the front edge side portions 13a and 14a. It will be folded back at the outer position. Therefore, the hem portion of the shirt folded at the side portion on the rear end side has a small amount of folding back, and the surplus portion 23 remains in the folded state as shown in FIG.

Then, the elevating frame 5 is raised from the above state, and the movable pedestal 3 is pulled up as shown in FIG. 9, and the lower half of the shirt folded between the fixed pedestal 2 and the folding plates F and G. The part is pulled out in the longitudinal direction of the pedestal 2.

In this case, the hem of the shirt having the surplus portion 23 is inclined sides 15 and 16 approaching the side of the fixed pedestal 2.
Since it is pulled out after passing through the side portions 13a, 14a on the tip side, the pulling force is applied to the shirt inward direction from the inclined sides 15, 16 as shown in FIGS. , The movement to expand outward is suppressed.

As a result, the shirt is pulled up together with the movable pedestal 3 in a shape in which the lower half portion is folded with a predetermined width dimension, and then the movable pedestal 2 is moved toward the vertical folding table 22 to vertically fold it. It is then folded into a fixed shape.

In the above example, the side edges 17 of the fixed cradle 2 are parallel to each other.
When 7 is formed on the inclined side in the direction away from the folding plates F and G toward the rear end within the range where it does not interfere with the pattern, the end of the shirt can be folded into a small width dimension, and the shirt can be spread more reliably. Can be prevented.

Further, the side edges 13 and 14 of the folding plates F and G of the above embodiment are formed by two side edge portions which are connected to each other through the inclined edges 15 and 16 in the central portion. Even if the whole is formed into a uniform inclined side that gradually recedes from the fixed pedestal 2 from the front end to the rear end, the same operation as above can be obtained.

Further, the pulling-out of the shirt is performed by pulling up the upper half of the shirt by the movable pedestal 3, but the pulling-out means having another structure is used to pull the shirt horizontally with the fixed pedestal 2. You may choose to remove it.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the rearward side of the side of the folding plate is retracted from the cradle, and when pulling out the shirt, the inward force is applied to the folded shirt by the front side. Since it is made to work, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent the shirt from spreading and losing its shape, and to reliably pull out the shirt with a fixed width from the pedestal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view showing a shirt folding machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an enlarged main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 1, and b is a plan view of a pedestal and a folding plate.

FIG. 6 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 7 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 8 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 9 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 10 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 11 is a state diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 13 is an operation state diagram of a conventional example

FIG. 14 is a front view showing a folded state of the shirt.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Fixed Cradle 3 Movable Cradle 5 Elevating Frame 12 Extraction Means 13 and 14 Sides 13a and 14a Tip Side Sides 13b and 14b Rear End Sides 15 and 16 Inclined Sides 17 Sides A, B, C, D, E, F, G folding plate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Folding plates that slide below the pedestal are provided on both sides of a pedestal formed by the folding width of the shirt, and the shirt on the pedestal is pulled in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the folding plate. In a shirt folding machine equipped with a pulling-out means, among the sides facing the pedestal of the folding plate,
The side part on the rear end side with respect to the pull-out direction of the shirt,
A shirt folding machine characterized in that the side portion on the front end side is retracted from the pedestal.