122results about "Folding apparatus" patented technology

Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously shuffling a plurality of platters through a plurality of tiered folding bays are described. Each of the platters includes a platter coupling, and the plurality of tiered folding bays each include a bidirectionally driven receiving coupling, at least one of a sliding folding rod and blade, and a lifting mechanism configured to separate the platter coupling from the receiving coupling. The system includes a loading elevator for loading a platter and unfolded laundry article disposed thereon into a bay, and an unloading elevator for lowering a platter and a folded laundry article thereon to an unloading station for handing off to packing. A return conveyor returns each emptied platter to a repositioning station for receiving another spread laundry article for folding. The loading elevator, unloading elevator and each of the plurality of folding bays includes a pair of driven conveyors for transferring platters.

An adaptive fabric folding system and methods for folding a subject fabric article are provided. The system includes a turnover device; a fold line adjuster configured to adjust a fold line of the subject fabric article; a pleat generator; and a fold line fixing device. The pleat generator includes an adjustor adjusting a width of a pleat of the subject fabric article and a fabric feeding device. The turnover device is configured to flip a margin of the subject fabric article delimited by a preset fold line. The fold line adjuster is configured such that a lateral movement of the guiding portion changes a width of margin of the subject fabric article that engages with a curved surface of the turnover device to alter the fold line. The pleat generator is configured to create and regulate widths of pleats while moving the subject fabric article.

The invention provides a rapid clothes folding method based on image recognition. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a clothes image and performing clothes type recognition on the clothes image; determining a corresponding clothes folding method according to the identified clothes type, and sending a clothes folding instruction to a clothes folding machine; the clothes folding machine executes clothes folding operation according to the clothes folding instruction and places the folded clothes. Clothes images are collected in real time through a camera, feature data such as contours and lengths are extracted and matched with a pre-training model, the types of clothes such as short-sleeve jackets and trousers are accurately recognized, and recognition tags are generated. Then, a matched folding sequence is called from a preset method library, an instruction sequence containing a mechanical arm moving path and folding point coordinates is generated, sleeve infolding is optimized for complex structures such as long-sleeve upper garments, a dynamic adjustment instruction is fed back in real time through a sensor, and it is ensured that folding is accurate and free of wrinkles.

The present invention relates to a clothes folding machine comprising: a frame part forming an external skeleton; a folding part which is mounted to the frame part, holds clothes, and folds the held clothes; and a holder which is disposed in front of the folding part and holds the clothes before the clothes are held by the folding part. The holder forms an upwardly convex curved surface, thus preventing wrinkles from occurring in the clothes held by the holder and preventing the occurrence of creases in the folded clothes.

The invention relates to a planning apparatus (1) for determining an ablation probe parameter. A thermal energy determination unit determines, in a first part of a planning procedure, a first thermal energy distribution by using a thermal energy function like a Bioheat equation such that a temperature-based condition is fulfilled, which is indicative of a desired treatment outcome for a subject (18). An ablation probe parameter determination unit determines, in a second part, the ablation probe parameter by using a second thermal energy function, which relates a second thermal energy distribution to be caused by the ablation probe (22) to b) the ablation probe parameter, such that a deviation between the first thermal energy distribution and the second thermal energy distribution fulfils a predefined deviation criterion. This dissection into two parts allows for an improved adaptability of the determination of the ablation probe parameter to different types of ablation procedures.

An autonomous laundry folding system includes a folding device including a rotatable platform configured to receive a laundry article on a surface thereof and an elongation configured to fold the laundry article on the rotatable platform. The system includes a controller in communication with the folding device and a remote device running a user application for communicating instructions to the folding device to fold the laundry article. The user application includes a graphic display comprising one or more images of the laundry article being displayed on a display screen of the remote device to a user of the remote device, and a user input field configured to receive a user input comprising at least one of an article type identification and a folding preference.

The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus and, more specifically, the clothes treating apparatus including: a frame unit forming an external frame; a loading unit into which clothes are introduced; a folding unit which folds the clothes inserted into the loading unit; and a banding unit which is installed on the frame unit and arranges a band sheet around the clothes folded by the folding unit. Therefore, the folded form of the folded clothes can be retained.

The invention provides an automatic clothes folding and storage device, and relates to the technical field of clothes storage, the automatic clothes folding and storage device comprises a clothes hanger for hanging clothes and a clothes folding machine box for automatically folding and storing the clothes, a clothes inlet is formed in the front side face of the clothes folding machine box, and a clothes hanging cloak is arranged at the position, above the clothes inlet, of the front side face of the clothes folding machine box; a second sliding groove is formed in the bottom face of the inner wall of the clothes hanging cloak, and the inner wall of the second sliding groove is rotationally connected with a third threaded lead screw. After winding is completed, the lifting rack moves forwards in cooperation with transmission of a second servo motor and a second threaded lead screw, and clothes which are wound and stacked into a cylinder shape stretch into a storage box from a clothes stretching opening to be automatically stored; clothes stretching into the storage box from the clothes stretching opening are cut into the winding shaft rod from the surface of the winding baffle through the vertically-arranged clothes dividing clamping strips to be blocked, and the clothes are matched with the lifting rack to horizontally move inwards, so that the clothes are flatly placed in the storage box.

A robot apparatus is disclosed. The robot device includes: an insertion unit that inserts a deflated airbag into an interior of a garment; an inflation unit that feeds gas into the airbag to inflate the airbag and thus inflate the garment; a deflation unit that exhausts gas from the airbag to deflate the airbag; and an extraction unit that extracts the deflated airbag from the inside of the garment.

Provided is a folding assistance device and a folding apparatus including the folding assistance device that can certainly fold a cloth formed from non-woven fabric that is stiffer than a cloth formed from cotton or synthetic fiber.　A folding assistance device (10) is attached to a folding apparatus (200) provided with a gauge (211) defining a folding position for folding a cloth (W), folds the cloth at the folding position, and includes a pressing part (20) that clamps and presses the cloth against the gauge, and a driving part (30) that drives the pressing part so as to bring in contact with the gauge.

The present invention discloses an automatic wardrobe arrangement. The extraction and transfer module comprises a clothes hanging rod, an extraction device for hangers, a transfer device, an identification position for identifying long clothes and a clothes hanger recovery rod arranged on a transfer path. The hangers are hinged in multiple sections and have a dead point at the hinge and a structure capable of controlling the destruction of the dead point. The hangers can support clothes before the dead point is destroyed and can be pulled out after the dead point is destroyed. The folding module comprises a clothes folding device for folding non-long clothes transferred and pulled out of the hangers onto a storage board. The collection module comprises a conveyor belt for stacking used storage boards and a retractable long clothes hanging rod. After the long clothes hangers are transferred to a designated position, the long clothes hanging rod extends out and receives the long clothes hangers. The conveying module comprises a conveying device for providing a storage board for the folding device and stacking the used storage board on the conveyor belt. The supplementing module comprises a supplementing device for supplementing the conveying device with unused storage boards. The present invention can arrange long clothes and non-long clothes separately without laying the clothes flat.

This invention discloses a gripper device for folding work clothes, comprising: a main frame connected to a robot arm; a clamping mechanism mounted on the main frame for clamping folding hangers; and hanger hooks for holding the hanger hooks of the folding hangers. The clamping mechanism includes a clamping telescopic cylinder, the cylinder of which is hinged to the main frame. The clamping mechanism also includes a linkage assembly consisting of a pair of hanger extension rods and a connecting rod. One of the hanger extension rods is configured as a V-shaped drive linkage, with its apex rotatably connected to the main frame. One end of the rod is rotatably connected to the piston rod of the clamping telescopic cylinder and movably connected to the other hanger extension rod (which serves as a driven rod) via the connecting rod. The other end of the rod cooperates with the hanger extension rod (which serves as a driven rod) to clamp the folding hanger. This simplifies the clamping mechanism for clamping folding hangers and enables rapid switching between the open and closed states of the folding hanger.

The utility model discloses an auxiliary device for folding and storing protective clothing, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The protective clothing folding and storing auxiliary device comprises a bearing plate, sleeve placing plates are hinged to the two sides of the bearing plate respectively, a clothing and trouser placing plate is hinged to the side, located between the two sleeve placing plates, of the bearing plate, and the clothing and trouser placing plate comprises thigh plate pieces and shank plate pieces; one side of the thigh plate is connected with a hinge, the thigh plate is hinged to one side of the shank plate through the hinge, supporting legs are installed at the corners of the thigh plate and the shank plate respectively, the bottom faces of the supporting legs are flush with the bottom face of the bearing plate, and the thigh plate is hinged to one side of the shank plate through the hinge. A clothes and hat placing plate is hinged to the side, away from the clothes and trousers placing plate, of the bearing plate, a groove is formed in the top face of the bearing plate, a folding plate is arranged in the groove and comprises a plate body, and the plate body is hinged to one side of the inner wall of the groove.

A method for folding laundry is provided, where a robot approaches the clothes, identifying the type of clothing and key points for folding the clothing with a camera, and then uses a scoop and pusher pad assemblies to grab and manipulate the articles of clothing. The robot uses gripper arms and pinch grippers to grasp and move the clothing items, with the help of a camera that guides the folding process by guiding the manipulation devices to the key points on the clothing. The robot then moves the folded clothing items to a desired location using the scoop.

The application relates to the clothes processing technical field and discloses an elastic turning plate mechanism of an automatic clothes folding machine, which comprises a folding channel, a turning plate assembly and a transmission assembly. The turning plate assembly comprises two folding turning plates which are respectively arranged on the two sides of the folding channel and can be turned over to the inner side and the outer side of the folding channel. The transmission assembly comprises a transmission part which is connected to the two folding turning plates to make the two folding turning plates turn over synchronously. One folding turning plate is arranged on each side of the folding channel, the two folding turning plates are connected through the transmission part, and the two folding turning plates can turn over synchronously through the transmission part. When the folding turning plates are turned over to the inner side of the folding channel, the clothes in the folding channel are folded. In this way, the two folding turning plates are mechanically connected through the transmission part and can turn over synchronously, a plurality of electric telescopic rods are not needed to make the two folding turning plates turn over, and electrical faults are reduced to a certain extent.

Methods, system and apparatus for the scheduling the retrieval, delivery and laundering of customer loads of laundry. The system may receive laundry service orders from customer, schedule couriers or delivery services for the transportation of bags of laundry from the customer to a washer located at a laundry facility. The washer may be located at a residential laundry facility or a commercial laundry facility. The system may provide the washer with instruction for performing the laundering tasks and track the progress of each load of laundry through the process by having the washer scan unique identifiers attached to the laundry bags, washing machines and dryers.

The present disclosure relates to a clothes folding device including: a loading assembly which pushes in the clothes and seats the clothes on a loading conveyor for transportation; a folding assembly which transports the clothes forward or backward and performs the folding of the clothes; an unloading assembly which is provided below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged from the folding assembly. The unloading assembly comprises: an upper unloading layer where the clothes finally folded by the folding assembly is primarily dropped and seated and which comprises an unloading conveyor; a rotation drive unit which drives such that the unloading conveyor rotates; an upper front-rear drive unit which moves the upper unloading layer in a forward and backward direction; a lower unloading layer where the clothes seated on the upper unloading layer are secondarily dropped and seated; and an up and down drive unit which moves the lower unloading layer in an up or down direction.

The present invention discloses a clothes feeding device and a clothes folding machine for a clothes folding machine, including a folding part arranged on the clothes folding machine. Above the folding part, there is a clothes feeding frame. Clothes feeding partitions are slidably penetrated through both inner side walls of the clothes feeding frame, and first telescopic rods are arranged on both sides of the clothes feeding frame; A clothes storage frame is sleeved on the upper end surface of the clothes feeding frame. A sliding rod frame is slidably penetrated through both sides of the chute opening. Storage partitions are arranged on both inner ends of the sliding rod frame. A second telescopic rod is arranged on the rear surface of the clothes storage frame. The telescopic end of the second telescopic rod can push out the lowest storage partition in the clothes storage frame from the row plate slot opening, and the clothes above the lowest storage partition will fall on the lower clothes feeding partition. A circulating support assembly is arranged between the inside of the clothes storage frame and the storage partition. The air discharged through the clothes blowing holes can form an air isolation layer between the clothes and the clothes feeding partition, and the next piece of clothing can be sorted and placed during the folding process of the folding part of the clothes folding machine, thereby improving the clothes folding efficiency.

Devices, systems, and methods for repositioning a deformable laundry article are described. For example, a robotic device includes a conveyor configured to transfer the deformable laundry article outside of a work volume, two or more lifters including grippers individually anchored about the perimeter of the work volume, two or more sensors disposed at fixed locations about the work volume, and a memory storing data indicative of repositioned deformable laundry articles. A controller is in operative communication with the memory, the two or more sensors, and the two or more lifters. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the sensors, identify grip points on the deformable laundry article suspended above the conveyor, instruct a lifter to grip and lift an identified grip point to the suspension height, determine whether the deformable laundry article is repositioned, and instruct the lifters to lower the repositioned deformable laundry article onto the conveyor.

The application relates to the technical field of clothes folding machines, and discloses a loading driving device for a clothes folding machine, which comprises a first track, a second track, a first running beam, a transmission belt, a steering wheel, a first driving motor, a second driving motor, a first clamping part and a second clamping part. The first running beam can slide forward and backward relative to the first track and the second track. The transmission belt is wound around the first track and the second track. A plurality of steering wheels are arranged on the first running beam, the steering wheels make the transmission belt turn and tightly contact the front and back sides of the first running beam. The first driving motor is arranged on the first track and is drivingly connected to the transmission belt. The second driving motor is arranged on the second track and is drivingly connected to the transmission belt. The first clamping part and the second clamping part are slidingly connected to the first running beam and are drivingly connected to the transmission belts on the two sides of the running beam. The application further discloses a clothes folding machine.

An intelligent clothes drying and folding device, which lowers to the appropriate position through the coordination of a pulley assembly and a slide rail, moves the clothes drying rack along the circular slide rail via the coordination of the ring slide rail and the synchronous belt, moves the next clothes drying rack to the current position, and continues to dry the next piece of clothing. When the clothes are finished drying and need to be folded, the motor on the connecting rod drives the gear to rotate the support rod 90 degrees to the positioning block position. The motor rotates, and the gear meshing drives the cam to rotate, which in turn moves the slide rod. The rack on the slide rod meshes with the small gear on the folding plate, causing the left, right, and lower folding plates to flip 180 degrees in turn, completing the folding of the clothes. As the number of clothes increases, the baffle moves down along the slide rail. The combined action of the spring and the pawl allows the baffle to adapt to the storage of clothes of different thicknesses. When all the clothes are folded, the device descends, and the clothes in the storage box can be removed. It has the advantages of easy operation, high intelligence, and simple structure.

The fitted sheet folding aid provides a simple, compact, easy to use tool which helps a person to neatly and repeatedly fold up freshly laundered fitted bedsheets of any size for placement into storage on laundry day. The unit is easily manufactured, stores compactly and has adaptability in construction to enable attachment to a variety of horizontal or vertical household surfaces.

The present invention relates to a clothing treatment apparatus. The clothing treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: an insertion part into which clothes are inserted; a loading plate on which the clothes inserted through the insertion part are seated; and an inner paper supply module which supplies a sheet of inner paper having a folding line formed therein to the clothes seated on the loading plate. The inner paper supply module may include: an inner paper chamber in which sheets of inner paper are accommodated and the inner paper is discharged through a discharge part formed on one side thereof; a feeding guide part having a transfer passage through which the inner paper discharged from the discharge part is transferred; and a rotating part which is rotatably coupled to the feeding guide part, and seats, on the clothes, the inner paper transferred through the transfer passage.

The invention discloses a clothes stacking and storing all-in-one machine which comprises a rack, a clothes grabbing device, a power device, a clothes stacking rod lifting device, a clothes stacking rod horizontal movement driving device, a movable platform, a fixed platform, a long rod, a movable plate connecting piece, a clothes classified storage device and a weighing device, wherein the clothes grabbing device, the power device, the clothes stacking rod lifting device, the clothes stacking rod horizontal movement driving device, the movable platform, the fixed platform, the long rod, the movable plate connecting piece, the clothes classified storage device and the weighing device are arranged in the rack. According to the full-automatic clothes folding and storing device, clothes can be folded and stored in a classified mode, after the clothes are folded, the clothes are automatically classified and stored in the corresponding positions, the full-automatic process of clothes folding and storing can be achieved, and the clothes folding and storing efficiency is greatly improved. The clothes folding machine is simple in structure and easy to implement, the equipment cost of the clothes folding machine is effectively reduced, and application and popularization are facilitated.

The present invention discloses a clothes folding machine and a control method thereof. The clothes folding machine comprises a first folding conveying mechanism and a second folding conveying mechanism; the first folding conveying mechanism has a first conveying surface, the second folding conveying mechanism has a second conveying surface, the first conveying surface and the second conveying surface are arranged opposite to each other to form a first conveying channel; the first folding conveying mechanism also comprises a third conveying surface connected to the first conveying surface, the second folding conveying mechanism comprises a fourth conveying surface connected to the second conveying surface, the third conveying surface and the fourth conveying surface are arranged opposite to each other to form a second conveying channel connected to the first conveying channel. The clothes of the clothes folding machine of the present invention are conveyed from the first conveying channel to the second conveying channel, so that the clothes can be temporarily stored in the second conveying channel and will not fall outside the first folding conveying mechanism to affect the operation of the clothes folding machine.

The invention relates to the technical field of electric appliance manufacturing, and aims to provide a clothes folding machine which comprises a rack, a clamping translation device, a width folding assembly, a clothes conveying system and a first lifting clamping device, and the clamping translation device, the width folding assembly, the clothes conveying system and the first lifting clamping device are arranged on the rack. The clamping translation device is configured to clamp and move clothes back and forth; the width folding assembly is used for folding the clothes moving backwards in the width direction; the clothes conveying system comprises a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism which are arranged up and down; part of the clothes folded in the width direction is moved backwards to the upper surface of the first conveying mechanism through a clamping translation device, and then the first conveying mechanism conveys the clothes backwards to the surface of the second conveying mechanism; the first lifting clamping device is configured to clamp clothes and adjust the clothes in a lifting manner relative to the upper surface of the second conveying mechanism; the second conveying mechanism is matched with the first lifting clamping device to fold the clothes folded in the width direction in the length direction at least once. The invention also aims to provide a clothes folding method of the clothes folding machine.

Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously shuffling a plurality of platters through a plurality of tiered folding bays are described. Each of the platters includes a platter coupling, and the plurality of tiered folding bays each include a bidirectionally driven receiving coupling, at least one of a sliding folding rod and blade, and a lifting mechanism configured to separate the platter coupling from the receiving coupling. The system includes a loading elevator for loading a platter and unfolded laundry article disposed thereon into a bay, and an unloading elevator for lowering a platter and a folded laundry article thereon to an unloading station for handing off to packing. A return conveyor returns each emptied platter to a repositioning station for receiving another spread laundry article for folding. The loading elevator, unloading elevator and each of the plurality of folding bays includes a pair of driven conveyors for transferring platters.