An automatic fold and sew apparatus

By designing an automatic folding sewing machine, the automatic folding, tensioning, and correction of fabrics were achieved, solving the problems of low production efficiency and high cost in existing technologies, thereby improving production efficiency and reducing costs.

CN117822218BActive Publication Date: 2025-11-07DONGGUAN YANGQIAO ELECTRONIC AUTOMATION EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202310426116.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-04-19
Publication Date
2025-11-07
Estimated Expiration
2043-04-19

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Technical Problem

In the existing technology, manual intervention is required in the transfer process of each station during the production of a single piece of fabric, resulting in low production efficiency, low precision and high cost, which cannot meet production requirements.

Method used

Design an automatic folding sewing machine, including a conveying device, a folding device, a tensioning device, a correction device, and a feeding device, to realize the automatic folding, tensioning, and correction of fabric through mechanization, reducing manual intervention.

Benefits of technology

It has improved production efficiency, reduced production costs, and enabled highly efficient and automated production of fabrics.

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Abstract

The present application relates to sewing equipment technical field, especially to an automatic folding sewing equipment, including conveying device, folding device, tightening device, correction device and discharging device, the folding device is arranged in the conveying device, the conveying device includes support and several conveying belts, the folding device includes pressing plate, mounting plate, rotating motor, shaft and several rod pieces, the pressing plate is arranged in the support and is located above the conveying belt, the mounting plate is arranged in the support, the rotating motor is arranged in the mounting plate and drives the shaft to rotate, several rod pieces are arranged in the shaft, the length direction of the rod piece is same with the conveying direction, one rod piece is located between two adjacent conveying belts. Through setting the folding device in the conveying device, the production requirement of turning up the end of the cloth while conveying is realized, the cloth is straightened and transferred to the correction device through the tightening device, the precise adsorption of the discharging device is met, the production efficiency and the production automation requirement are improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the sewing equipment technical field, especially to an automatic folding sewing equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] As Figure 11 , the end of the single cloth is folded and then folded in the middle, the folded cloth enters the sewing equipment, and the production process is as follows: end folding, cloth tightening, cloth correction, discharging to different sewing stations, and the current production situation is that the transfer link between each station needs the participation of production workers, the production mode with manual participation has the disadvantages of low production efficiency and low production precision, resulting in high production cost, which cannot meet the production requirements and needs to be improved. SUMMARY

[0003] In order to overcome the low production efficiency in the prior art, the purpose of the present application is to provide an automatic folding sewing equipment, which improves production efficiency, reduces labor and reduces production cost.

[0004] To achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the present application is as follows:

[0005] An automatic folding sewing equipment, comprising a conveying device, a folding device, a tightening device, a correcting device and a discharging device;

[0006] The folding device is arranged on the conveying device, the tightening device is used to receive the cloth conveyed from the conveying device and tighten and transfer the cloth to the correcting device, and the discharging device transfers the cloth on the correcting device to the next process;

[0007] The conveying device comprises a support and a plurality of conveying belts arranged on the support, and the distance between two conveying belts is arranged;

[0008] The folding device comprises a pressing plate, a mounting plate, a rotating motor, a rotating shaft and a plurality of rod members, the pressing plate is arranged on the support and above the conveying belt, the mounting plate is arranged on the support, the rotating motor is arranged on the mounting plate and drives the rotating shaft to rotate, a plurality of rod members are arranged on the rotating shaft, the length direction of the rotating shaft is arranged to intersect the conveying direction, the length direction of the rod member is the same as the conveying direction, and one rod member is located between adjacent two conveying belts.

[0009] Further, the automatic folding sewing equipment further comprises a welding device, the welding device is arranged on the conveying device, and the welding device and the folding device are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction.

[0010] Further, the taut device comprises a first transverse driving element, a first lifting driving element, a first mounting plate and a tensioning assembly, the tensioning assembly is arranged on the first mounting plate, the first lifting driving element drives the first mounting plate to lift, and the first transverse driving element drives the first lifting driving element to reciprocate so that the tensioning assembly transfers the cloth of the conveying device to the correcting device.

[0011] Further, the tensioning assembly comprises two oppositely arranged clamping jaw assemblies, each clamping jaw assembly comprises a spacing adjustment driving element, a bottom supporting plate, an upper clamping plate and an upper clamping plate driving element, the spacing adjustment driving element is arranged on the first mounting plate and drives the bottom supporting plate to slide along the first mounting plate, and the upper clamping plate driving element is arranged on the bottom supporting plate and drives the upper clamping plate to move close to or away from the bottom supporting plate.

[0012] Further, the correcting device comprises a second transverse driving element and a correcting assembly, the second transverse driving element drives the correcting assembly to reciprocate between the taut device and the discharging device.

[0013] Further, the correcting assembly comprises a rotating device, a rotating disc, a fourth transverse driving element, a movable plate, a fourth lifting driving element and a material supporting plate, the second transverse driving element drives the rotating seat to move horizontally, the fourth transverse driving element is arranged on the rotating seat and drives the movable plate to move horizontally, and the fourth lifting driving element is arranged on the movable plate and drives the material supporting plate to move.

[0014] Further, the discharging device comprises a third transverse driving element, a third lifting driving element and a suction accessory, the third transverse driving element drives the third lifting driving element to move horizontally, the third lifting driving element drives the suction accessory to lift, and the suction accessory is used for sucking the cloth to be transferred.

[0015] Further, the suction accessory comprises a connecting plate and a vacuum suction element arranged on the connecting plate, and the vacuum suction element is slidingly connected to the connecting plate.

[0016] Further, the connecting plate is provided with a long hole, the length direction of the long hole is consistent with the radial direction of the connecting plate, and the vacuum suction element slides along the long hole.

[0017] The present application has the following beneficial effects: by arranging the folding device on the conveying device, the production requirement of folding the end of the cloth while conveying is realized, the cloth is straightened by the taut device and is transferred to the correcting device, the precise suction and transfer of the discharging device to the next process are met, and the production efficiency and the production automation requirement are improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the present application;

[0019] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the conveying device and the folding device structure of the present application;

[0020] Figure 3 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0021] Figure 4 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0022] Figure 5 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0023] Figure 6 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0024] Figure 7 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0025] Figure 8 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0026] Figure 9 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0027] Figure 10 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0028] Figure 11 Structure diagram of the folding device of the present application;

[0029] The reference signs include:

[0030] 1 - conveying device 2 - folding device 20 - pressing plate

[0031] 21 - mounting plate 22 - rotating motor 23 - rotating shaft

[0032] 24 - rod 25 - assembly 3 - tensioning device

[0033] 31 - first horizontal driving member 32 - first lifting driving member 33 - first mounting plate

[0034] 34 - tensioning assembly 341 - spacing adjustment driving member 342 - bottom supporting plate

[0035] 343 - upper clamping plate 344 - upper clamping plate driving member 4 - correcting device

[0036] 41 - second horizontal driving member 42 - correcting assembly 421 - rotating device

[0037] 422 - rotating disc 423 - fourth horizontal driving member 424 - movable plate

[0038] 425 - fourth lifting driving member 4251 - side plate driving member 4252 - bottom plate driving member

[0039] 426 - material supporting plate 4261 - side plate 4262 - bottom plate

[0040] 5 - material feeding device 51 - third transverse driving member 52 - third lifting driving member

[0041] 53 - suction accessory 531 - connecting plate 5311 - long hole

[0042] 532 - vacuum suction member 6 - welding device 61 - welding block lifting driving member

[0043] 62 - welding rod 7 - cutting device DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] For the convenience of those skilled in the art, the present application is further described below in conjunction with the embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and the content mentioned in the embodiments is not a limitation of the present application.

[0045] Please refer to Figures 1 to 10 , the automatic folding sewing equipment of the present application comprises a conveying device 1, a folding device 2, a tensioning device 3, a correcting device 4 and a material feeding device 5.

[0046] The folding device 2 is arranged on the conveying device 1, the tensioning device 3 is used to receive the cloth conveyed from the conveying device 1 and place the cloth on the correcting device 4, and the material feeding device 5 transfers the cloth on the correcting device 4 to the next process.

[0047] The conveying device 1 comprises a support and a plurality of conveying belts arranged on the support, and the distance between two conveying belts is arranged.

[0048] The folding device 2 comprises a pressing plate 20, a mounting plate 21, a rotating motor 22, a rotating shaft 23 and a plurality of rod members 24, the pressing plate 20 is arranged above the conveying belts on the support, the mounting plate 21 is arranged on the support, the rotating motor 22 is arranged on the mounting plate 21 and drives the rotating shaft 23 to rotate, the plurality of rod members 24 are arranged on the rotating shaft 23, the length direction of the rotating shaft 23 is arranged to intersect the conveying direction, the length direction of the rod members 24 is the same as the conveying direction, and one rod member 24 is arranged between the adjacent two conveying belts.

[0049] Specifically, in the embodiment, the single-layer cloth to be processed enters the feeding end of the conveying device 1. A cutting device 7 is arranged at the feeding end of the conveying device 1. The cutting device 7 cuts the cloth according to the processing requirements, so that the cloth of a preset specification enters the main conveying section of the conveying device 1. Two sets of folding devices 2 are arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying device 1. The two sets of folding devices 2 respectively fold the opposite ends of the cloth. Each folding device 2 includes a pressing plate 20, a mounting plate 21, a rotating motor 22, a rotating shaft 23, and a plurality of rod members 24. When the cloth to be processed is conveyed to a preset station, the pressing plate 20 holds the cloth, the rotating motor 22 drives the rotating shaft 23 to rotate, and the plurality of rod members 24 synchronously rotate to fold the end of the cloth. Preferably, the position of the mounting plate 21 relative to the support is adjusted to satisfy the folding of cloths of different specifications. According to needs, the position of the mounting plate 21 is adjusted during the folding process of the same cloth to meet the folding requirements of different parts of the cloth, i.e., two folds, three folds, or four folds. The folded cloth is conveyed to the discharging end of the conveying device 1. The taut device 3 grabs the cloth and straightens the opposite ends of the cloth, so that the flatness of the cloth meets the production requirements. Then, the taut device 3 places the cloth on the correcting device 4. The correcting device 4 adjusts the placement angle of the cloth to meet the adsorption of the discharging device 5 and transfer to different sewing stations.

[0050] By arranging the folding device 2 on the conveying device 1, the production requirement of folding the end of the cloth during conveying is realized. By straightening the cloth with the taut device 3 and transferring it to the correcting device 4, the precise adsorption of the discharging device 5 to the next process is realized, thereby improving the production efficiency and the production automation requirement.

[0051] The folding device 2 further includes a sliding rail 25 arranged on the support. The mounting plate 21 is slidingly connected to the sliding rail 25.

[0052] The automatic folding and sewing equipment further includes a welding device 6 arranged on the conveying device 1. The welding device 6 and the folding device 2 are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction. Preferably, the welding device 6 is arranged on the sliding rail 25 and is adjusted to different positions according to production needs. The welding device 6 includes a welding block lifting drive member 61 and a welding rod 62. The welding block lifting drive member 61 drives the welding rod 62 to ascend and descend, so that the welding rod 62 is in contact with or away from the cloth to be processed, thereby ensuring the smooth production.

[0053] The tightening device 3 comprises a first transverse driving member 31, a first lifting driving member 32, a first mounting plate 33, and a tensioning assembly 34. The tensioning assembly 34 is arranged on the first mounting plate 33. The first lifting driving member 32 drives the first mounting plate 33 to lift. The first transverse driving member 31 drives the first lifting driving member 32 to reciprocate so that the tensioning assembly 34 transfers the cloth of the conveying device 1 to the correcting device 4. The first transverse driving member 31 adopts a servo motor driving structure to drive the tensioning assembly 34 to move horizontally. The first lifting driving member 32 adopts a servo motor driving structure to drive the tensioning assembly 34 to move longitudinally, so that the tensioning assembly 34 approaches or moves away from the correcting device 4, and the transfer of the cloth is completed.

[0054] The tensioning assembly 34 comprises two oppositely arranged clamping jaw assemblies. Each clamping jaw assembly comprises a spacing adjustment driving member 341, a bottom supporting plate 342, an upper clamping plate 343, and an upper clamping plate driving member 344. The spacing adjustment driving member 341 is arranged on the first mounting plate 33 and drives the bottom supporting plate 342 to slide along the first mounting plate 33. The upper clamping plate driving member 344 is arranged on the bottom supporting plate 342 and drives the upper clamping plate 343 to approach or move away from the bottom supporting plate 342. Preferably, an adjusting hole is formed on the first mounting plate 33. The adjusting hole is in a strip shape and penetrates the first mounting plate 33 along the thickness direction of the first mounting plate 33. The bottom supporting plate 342 is slidingly connected to the adjusting hole. That is, after the end of the cloth is clamped by the upper clamping plate 343 and the bottom supporting plate 342, the bottom supporting plate 342 moves reversely under the action of the spacing adjustment driving member 341 to straighten the cloth, so that the effect of tightening is achieved.

[0055] The correcting device 4 comprises a second transverse driving member 41 and a correcting assembly 42. The second transverse driving member 41 drives the correcting assembly 42 to reciprocate between the tightening device 3 and the discharging device 5. The straightened cloth is placed in the correcting assembly 42. The second transverse driving member 41 drives the correcting assembly 42 to move horizontally, so that the cloth is transferred to the lower side of the discharging device 5. The discharging device 5 is transferred to each sewing station.

[0056] The correcting assembly 42 comprises a rotating device 421, a rotating disc 422, a fourth horizontal driving member 423, a movable plate 424, a fourth vertical driving member 425 and a material supporting plate 426, the second horizontal driving member 41 drives the rotating seat 421 to move horizontally, the fourth horizontal driving member 423 is arranged on the rotating seat 421 and drives the movable plate 424 to move horizontally, the fourth vertical driving member 425 is arranged on the movable plate 424 and drives the material supporting plate 426 to move, the rotating device 421 drives the rotating disc 422 to rotate, and is adjusted to a proper angle, the fourth horizontal driving member 423 finely adjusts the movable plate 424 in the horizontal direction, the material supporting plate 426 comprises side plates 4261 and a bottom plate 4262, the fourth vertical driving member 425 comprises side plate driving members 4251 and a bottom plate driving member 4252, the side plate driving members 4251 drive the side plates 4251 to move vertically, the side plate driving members 4251 are slidingly connected to the movable plate 424, so that the side plates 4251 move relative to the central axis of the movable plate 424, thereby adjusting the distance between the two side plates 4251, and the bottom plate driving member 4252 drives the bottom plate 4262 to move vertically, thereby further satisfying the purpose of clamping and fixing different specifications of the cloth and achieving the purpose of flexible production.

[0057] The discharging device 5 comprises a third horizontal driving member 51, a third vertical driving member 52 and a suction accessory 53, the third horizontal driving member 51 drives the third vertical driving member 52 to move horizontally, the third vertical driving member 52 drives the suction accessory 53 to move vertically, and the suction accessory 53 is used for sucking the cloth to be transferred, the third horizontal driving member 51 drives the suction accessory 53 to move back and forth in different horizontal positions, and the cloth on the suction accessory 53 is transferred to different work stations.

[0058] The suction accessory 53 comprises a connecting plate 531 and vacuum suction members 532 arranged on the connecting plate 531, the vacuum suction members 532 are slidingly connected to the connecting plate 531, the connecting plate 531 comprises a middle part and four edge parts, the four edge parts are arranged in a ring shape around the central axis of the middle part, and the vacuum suction members 532 are arranged on the edge parts and located below, thereby facilitating the suction of the cloth.

[0059] The connecting plate 531 is provided with a long hole, the length direction of the long hole 5311 is consistent with the radial direction of the connecting plate 531, and the vacuum suction members 532 slide along the long hole 5311, when different specifications of the cloth are produced, the positions of the vacuum suction members 532 in the long hole 5311 are manually adjusted, the purpose of suction of different specifications of the cloth is satisfied, and the purpose of flexible production is achieved.

[0060] The above merely describes the preferred embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, the specific implementation manners and application scopes can be changed according to the idea of the present application, and the content of the description should not be understood as a limitation of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus characterized by: It comprises a conveying device (1), a folding device (2), a tightening device (3), a correcting device (4) and a discharging device (5); The folding device (2) is arranged on the conveying device (1), the tightening device (3) is used for receiving the cloth conveyed from the conveying device (1) and tightening and transferring the cloth to the correcting device (4), and the discharging device (5) transfers the cloth on the correcting device (4) to the next process; The conveying device (1) comprises a support and a plurality of conveying belts arranged on the support, and the distance between two conveying belts is arranged. The folding device (2) comprises a pressing plate (20), a mounting plate (21), a rotating motor (22), a rotating shaft (23) and a plurality of rod members (24), the pressing plate (20) is arranged on the support and above the conveying belts, the mounting plate (21) is arranged on the support, the rotating motor (22) is arranged on the mounting plate (21) and drives the rotating shaft (23) to rotate, the plurality of rod members (24) are arranged on the rotating shaft (23), the length direction of the rotating shaft (23) is arranged to intersect the conveying direction, the length direction of the rod member (24) is the same as the conveying direction, and one rod member (24) is arranged between two adjacent conveying belts. The correcting device (4) comprises a second horizontal driving member (41) and a correcting assembly (42), the second horizontal driving member (41) drives the correcting assembly (42) to reciprocate between the tightening device (3) and the discharging device (5). The correcting assembly (42) comprises a rotating device (421), a rotating disc (422), a fourth horizontal driving member (423), a movable plate (424), a fourth lifting driving member (425) and a material supporting plate (426), the second horizontal driving member (41) drives the rotating seat (421) to move horizontally, the fourth horizontal driving member (423) is arranged on the rotating seat (421) and drives the movable plate (424) to move horizontally, and the fourth lifting driving member (425) is arranged on the movable plate (424) and drives the material supporting plate (426) to move; the rotating device (421) drives the rotating disc (422) to rotate, is adjusted to a suitable angle, the fourth horizontal driving member (423) finely adjusts the movable plate (424) in the horizontal direction, the material supporting plate (426) comprises a side plate (4261) and a bottom plate (4262), the fourth lifting driving member (425) comprises a side plate driving member (4251) and a bottom plate driving member (4252), the side plate driving member (4251) drives the side plate (4251) to lift, the side plate driving member (4251) is slidingly connected to the movable plate (424), so that the side plate (4251) can move relative to the central axis of the movable plate (424), thereby adjusting the distance between the two side plates (4251), and the bottom plate driving member (4252) can drive the bottom plate (4262) to lift.

2. The automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: The automatic folding sewing equipment further comprises a welding device (6), the welding device (6) is arranged on the conveying device (1), and the welding device (6) and the folding device (2) are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction.

3. The automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by: The tightening device (3) comprises a first transverse driving member (31), a first lifting driving member (32), a first mounting plate (33) and a tensioning assembly (34), the tensioning assembly (34) is arranged on the first mounting plate (33), the first lifting driving member (32) drives the first mounting plate (33) to lift, and the first transverse driving member (31) drives the first lifting driving member (32) to reciprocate so that the tensioning assembly (34) transfers the cloth of the conveying device (1) to the correcting device (4).

4. The automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that: The tensioning assembly (34) comprises two oppositely arranged clamping jaw assemblies, each clamping jaw assembly comprises a spacing adjusting driving member (341), a bottom supporting plate (342), an upper clamping plate (343) and an upper clamping plate driving member (344), the spacing adjusting driving member (341) is arranged on the first mounting plate (33) and drives the bottom supporting plate (342) to slide along the first mounting plate (33), and the upper clamping plate driving member (344) is arranged on the bottom supporting plate (342) and drives the upper clamping plate (343) to move close to or away from the bottom supporting plate (342).

5. The automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by: The discharging device (5) comprises a third transverse driving member (51), a third lifting driving member (52) and a suction accessory (53), the third transverse driving member (51) drives the third lifting driving member (52) to move horizontally, the third lifting driving member (52) drives the suction accessory (53) to lift, and the suction accessory (53) is used for sucking the cloth to be transferred.

6. The automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: The suction accessory (53) comprises a connecting plate (531) and a vacuum suction piece (532) arranged on the connecting plate (531), and the vacuum suction piece (532) is slidingly connected to the connecting plate (531).

7. The automatic fold-seam sewing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: The connecting plate (531) is provided with a long hole, the length direction of the long hole (5311) is consistent with the radial direction of the connecting plate (531), and the vacuum suction piece (532) slides along the long hole (5311).

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