Hanger and clothes folding machine

Abstract

A hanger according to the present invention is a hanger for hanging a garment thereon, including: a main body section; a suspension section at which the hanger is suspended, the suspension section being connected to the main body section; and a pair of arm sections for supporting the garment in a suspended state from inside, the pair of arm sections being linked to the main body section, wherein, from a state of supporting the garment spread, the arm sections transform to fold at least a part of the garment.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a hanger and a garment folding apparatus capable of automatically folding garments.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Folding garments in households is listed as one of relatively stressful housekeeping works. Various electric and electronic housekeeping apparatuses have been developed and generally used, but no apparatus for automatically holding garments has been put to practical use. Therefore, people engaged in housekeeping strongly desire the development of an apparatus for alleviating the work of folding garments.[0003]For industrial use, apparatuses for folding garments, especially shirts, for cleaning business are known. Patent Document No. 1 discloses an apparatus which works as follows. A garment is spread on a table with the front side up and with both side parts being hung down. Folding plates are slid to below the garment from both sides to fold the hung-down side parts of the garment. Patent Document No. 2 discloses an apparatus w...

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Benefits of technology

[0028]With the hanger and garment folding apparatus according to the present invention, a garment is automatically folded while being suspended on a hanger, whereby an automated folding operation is realized without incurring manual work such as placing the garment into the folding apparatus. Moreover, since the garment is folded while in a suspended state, the floor area occupied by the garment folding apparatus is reduced.

Problems solved by technology

Various electric and electronic housekeeping apparatuses have been developed and generally used, but no apparatus for automatically holding garments has been put to practical use.

However, an apparatus having such a structure needs to include a large working table on which the garment can be spread horizontally, which requires a large floor area.

In addition, the work of spreading the garment on the table needs to be done manually and is inefficient.

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