Width folding system of clothes folding machine and folding method thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of electric appliance manufacturing, in particular to a width folding system of a clothes folding machine, which comprises a width folding assembly and a clamping translation device arranged above the width folding assembly. The width folding assembly comprises a clothes carrying table and a width folding part which are arranged up and down, the clothes carrying table is used for placing the middle part of clothes to be folded, and the width folding part is used for folding the parts, falling on the two sides of the clothes carrying table, of the clothes to be folded to the position below the middle part of the clothes to be folded; the clamping translation device is configured to clamp clothes and convey the clothes backwards; the width folding part is provided with a feeding part, and the feeding part extends from the lower portion of the clothes carrying table to the rear portion of the clothes carrying table and gradually inclines upwards from front to back. The invention further provides a folding method of the width folding system.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of electrical appliance manufacturing, and more specifically, to a width folding system of a clothes folding machine and a folding method thereof. Background Art

[0002] A clothes folding machine in the related art, such as patent document CN112746477A discloses a clothes folding machine, comprising a transverse clothes folding component for transversely folding clothes when the clothes clamping mechanism drags the clothes to move. It only passively squeezes and folds the clothes in the width direction of the backward dragging process through the cooperation of the storage plate and the clothes folding plate, which easily causes wrinkles on the surface of the folded clothes. Even if the subsequent process uses the corresponding mechanism to perform downward pressure treatment, the flatness of the clothes is still difficult to be satisfactory, and the clothes before the downward pressure treatment lack pre-treatment in the thickness direction, which affects the subsequent downward pressure effect. In addition, this technology also requires a complex structural design between the storage plate and the clothes folding plate, which makes the overall structure of the clothes folding machine complex and affects the miniaturized space layout. Summary of the invention

[0003] The present invention aims to overcome at least one of the defects of the prior art mentioned above, and one of the purposes is to provide a width folding system of a clothes folding machine for optimizing the folding effect of the clothes in the width direction.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention is to provide a width folding system of a clothes folding machine, including a width folding component and a clamping and translational device arranged above the width folding component, the width folding component is used to place the clothes to be folded and fold the clothes transported backwards in the width direction, and the clamping and translational device is configured to clamp the clothes and transport the clothes backwards; the width folding component includes a clothes carrying platform and a width folding component arranged up and down, the clothes carrying platform is used to place the middle part of the clothes to be folded, and the width folding component is used to fold the parts of the clothes to be folded that fall on both sides of the clothes carrying platform to below the middle part of the clothes to be folded; wherein the width folding component is provided with a feeding part, the feeding part extends from the bottom of the clothes carrying platform toward the rear of the clothes carrying platform and the feeding part gradually tilts upward from front to back.

[0005] The folding mechanism is adapted to move the garment downwards so that the garment can be folded downwards and the folding mechanism can move the garment downwards so that the garment can be folded downwards.

[0006] Furthermore, the width folding component also includes an active width folding mechanism, which is arranged below the feeding part, and is used to fold the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform to the inner side below the clothing platform by driving means; the feeding part is provided with a hollow position, and a driving component of the active width folding mechanism for driving the clothes is correspondingly arranged at the hollow position and the upper surface of the driving component is not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part.

[0007] In this solution, the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translational device and continuously conveyed backwards. When the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrier pass through the area covered by the driving components of the active width folding mechanism, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrier are driven by the active width folding mechanism toward the inner side of the bottom of the clothes carrier and are folded in width. Since the upper surface of the driving component is not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part, the driving component can fully contact the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrier to make the width folding process smooth.

[0008] Furthermore, the active width folding mechanism includes two sets of conveying crawler devices, which are respectively arranged below the feeding part, the hollow positions correspond to crawler components of the conveying crawler devices, the upper surface of the crawler components is not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part, and the conveying crawler devices are configured to transport the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform to the inner side below the clothing platform.

[0009] In this solution, the clamping translation device continuously transports the clothes to be folded backwards, and when the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothes loading platform pass through the coverage area of ​​the conveying crawler device, the two sets of conveying crawler devices on both sides drive the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothes loading platform from both sides of the clothes loading platform toward the inner side of the bottom of the clothes loading platform, so that the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothes loading platform are moved closer to the inner side of the bottom of the clothes loading platform to be folded in the width direction.

[0010] Optionally, the two groups of conveying crawler devices are distributed and extend along the width direction of the clothing platform, and the outer edges of the two groups of conveying crawler devices correspond to the two side edges of the clothing platform or are respectively located outside the two side edges of the clothing platform.

[0011] When the middle part of the clothes to be folded is placed on the clothes loading platform, the parts falling on both sides of the clothes loading platform hang down along the edges of both sides of the clothes loading platform. When the clamping translation device transports the clothes backwards, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes loading platform move backwards along the edges of both sides of the clothes loading platform. The conveying crawler device of this scheme can completely cover the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes loading platform, thereby ensuring that the conveying crawler device can drive the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes loading platform from both sides of the clothes loading platform to the inner side below the clothes loading platform when facing different clothes, thereby forming folding in the width direction.

[0012] Optionally, the conveying crawler devices each include a crawler component and a motor for driving the crawler component.

[0013] Preferably, the track component comprises at least a track and a pair of rollers disposed at both ends of the inner side of the track, and at least one of the rollers is connected to the driving end of the motor.

[0014] Preferably, the track components of the two sets of conveying track devices are driven by one motor.

[0015] This solution can ensure good synchronization when the two groups of conveying crawler devices drive the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the loading platform from both sides, so that the folding effects of the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the loading platform are consistent.

[0016] Furthermore, the width folding component is provided with a guide, and the guide is located in front of the feeding part, and the guide guides the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes loading platform to move backward to the lower inner side of the clothes loading platform.

[0017] Optionally, the front portion of the guide member has a U-shaped portion with an opening facing forward.

[0018] In this solution, a U-shaped portion is provided so that both sides of the front portion of the guide gradually narrow toward the inner side below the clothing platform from front to back, and the clothes are delivered to the clothing platform and the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform naturally hang down on both sides of the U-shaped portion, and the clamping and translational device is started to transport the clothes backward. Then, the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform are gradually gathered to the inner side below the clothing platform under the guidance of the U-shaped portion, thereby promoting width folding.

[0019] Optionally, a supporting portion is further provided on the guide member for supporting the clothing loading platform.

[0020] By providing the supporting part, a gap is formed between the clothes-carrying platform and the width folding component below to form a width folding space suitable for clothes to be folded on both sides of the clothes-carrying platform.

[0021] Optionally, the support portion is provided in the middle portion of the guide member.

[0022] This solution facilitates the formation of a center of gravity arrangement of the clothing platform through the support part, and avoids interference with the parts of the clothing that fall on both sides of the clothing platform when they are transported backwards.

[0023] Furthermore, a lap joint is provided, which is connected to the rear side of the feed portion and is configured to overlap a device corresponding to the next process.

[0024] In this solution, the next process is usually to continue to convey the clothes after the width is folded backwards, and the corresponding device can be a conveying crawler device or a similar device. The upper surface of such a device is usually arranged horizontally, and the connection between the feeding part and the device corresponding to the next process is made to have a flat surface through the lap joint, which helps the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothes loading platform to be smoothly conveyed and transitioned to the next process.

[0025] Furthermore, it also includes two groups of limit members respectively arranged on both sides of the clothing loading platform, the distance between the limit members is not greater than the width of the feeding part, and the limit members are used to limit the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing loading platform to the space between the limit members and the clothing loading platform.

[0026] In the present solution, when the clamping device transports the clothes backwards, the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the clothes loading platform are reliably restricted in the space defined by the limiting members and the two sides of the clothes loading platform and move linearly backwards; because the distance between the limiting members is not greater than the width of the feeding portion, the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the clothes loading platform are always located within the width space of the feeding portion when the clothes are transported backwards, thereby ensuring that the feeding portion can guide the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the clothes loading platform to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothes loading platform upwards, and finally fold the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the clothes loading platform to the inner side below the middle part of the clothes.

[0027] Optionally, the clamping and translating device includes a clamping mechanism and a driving mechanism, and the clamping mechanism is slidably disposed on the driving mechanism and is configured to move forward and backward.

[0028] Optionally, at least two clamping mechanisms are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the clothing loading platform, and the spacing between the two outermost clamping mechanisms covers both sides of the loading platform.

[0029] In this solution, the clothes placed on the clothes loading platform can be linearly clamped by two clamping mechanisms on both sides to ensure the clamping stability of the clothes to be folded.

[0030] Preferably, three clamping mechanisms are provided.

[0031] In this solution, when faced with larger-sized clothes, the front of the clothes can be clamped by three clamping mechanisms at the same time or only the clamping mechanisms on both sides can be used, and the specific adjustment can be flexibly made depending on the adaptability of the clothes; when faced with small-sized clothes, only the middle clamping mechanism can be used for clamping to form a stable clamping force; and when faced with other folding requirements, only two clamping mechanisms on the same side can be used for clamping. In this way, the three clamping mechanisms can achieve reliable clamping of clothes of different widths to ensure good clamping stability when conveying clothes backwards, and also make the overall mechanical structure of the clamping and translation device simple, which is convenient for the miniaturized layout of the entire clothes folding machine.

[0032] Furthermore, the driving mechanism is located above the clamping mechanism, and the clamping mechanism comprises a clamping portion and a clamping support, and the clamping portion is slidably disposed on the driving mechanism via the clamping support.

[0033] Optionally, the clamping support member includes a transverse connecting portion and a longitudinal connecting portion, the transverse connecting portion is slidably arranged on the driving end of the driving mechanism, the upper end of the longitudinal connecting portion is connected to the transverse connecting portion, and the lower end of the longitudinal connecting portion is connected to the clamping portion.

[0034] The transverse connecting part of the present invention forms a stable spacing between different clamping mechanisms, and improves the installation strength of the clamping mechanism through the longitudinal connecting part, and also has a positioning effect on the clamping mechanism, which is convenient for limiting the position coordination between the clamping parts of the clamping mechanism. In this way, the transverse connecting part can be driven back and forth by the driving end of the driving mechanism to stably link the clamping part to transport clothes back and forth.

[0035] Optionally, the transverse connecting parts of the clamping mechanism are sequentially connected along the width of the clothing carrier to form a transverse connecting seat, and the driving end of the driving mechanism is connected to the transverse connecting seat.

[0036] This solution can synchronously drive all clamping mechanisms to move forward and backward to transport clothes by only providing one driving mechanism.

[0037] Preferably, the driving mechanism is provided with a guide rail extending forward and backward and a slider arranged on the guide rail, and the transverse connecting portion is arranged on the slider.

[0038] Preferably, the driving mechanism comprises a motor and a screw rod, the screw rod extends in the front-rear direction, the slider is arranged on the screw rod, and the screw rod drives the slider to slide forward and backward along the guide rail, so that the clamping mechanism transports the clothes forward and backward.

[0039] Optionally, the clamping mechanism is also provided with a position sensor.

[0040] This solution can automatically sense the front and rear conveying positions of the clamping mechanism through a position sensor, so as to realize automatic positioning control of the front and rear conveying process of the clothes.

[0041] Optionally, the front portion of the clothing loading platform has an extension portion, and the extension portion gradually extends downward from back to front.

[0042] This solution allows the portion of the clothes to be folded outside the front side of the clothes loading platform to droop naturally along the extension portion, avoiding the unfavorable situation that the clothes are stuck on the edge of the clothes loading platform when conveying the clothes backwards, so that the folding process is smooth.

[0043] Another object of the present invention is to provide a folding method of the width folding system of the clothes folding machine, comprising the following steps: S1. The clothes to be folded are delivered to the clothes loading platform, and the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device, so that the middle part of the clothes to be folded is placed on the clothes loading platform and the two side parts of the clothes to be folded fall on the two sides of the clothes loading platform; or the clothes to be folded are delivered to the clothes loading platform, and the middle part of the clothes to be folded is first placed on the clothes loading platform and the two side parts of the clothes to be folded fall on the two sides of the clothes loading platform, and then the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device; S2. The clamping and translational device transports the clothes backwards, so that the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform pass through the width folding component from front to back, and the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform are gathered to the inner side below the clothes carrying platform. At the same time, the feeding part guides the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothes carrying platform upwards, and finally folds the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform to below the middle part of the clothes, so that the clothes complete at least one width folding.

[0044] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: by providing a feeding portion that gradually tilts upward from the front to the back, the parts of the clothes to be folded located on both sides of the clothes loading platform are guided upward and moved closer to the bottom of the middle part of the clothes during the process of the clothes to be folded moving backward, so that the thickness of the clothes can be reduced, and the parts of the clothes to be folded that fall on both sides of the clothes loading platform are folded to the bottom of the middle part of the clothes to be folded in cooperation with the width folding component, thereby optimizing the width folding effect; by adding a width active folding mechanism under the clothes loading platform to actively drive the two side parts of the clothes to the loading platform The inner side under the clothing platform is gathered, so that the clothes can be folded in width more efficiently; through the limiters on both sides of the clothing platform and the guide members, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform are gradually brought inward to assist in width folding; in addition, a clamping support member is provided between the clamping part and the driving mechanism of the clamping mechanism, which has a positioning effect on the clamping part, and cooperates with the three clamping mechanisms that are arranged at intervals and the two clamping mechanisms located on the outermost sides to cover both sides of the clothing platform, which can meet the requirements of stable clamping of clothes of different sizes, and the mechanical structure is simple and the layout is compact, which is conducive to the miniaturization of the whole machine. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0045] Figure 1 1 is a structural diagram of a width folding system 12 of a clothes folding machine according to the present invention, which is arranged on a clothes folding machine 1 .

[0046] Figure 2 1 is a structural diagram of the width folding system 12 of the clothes folding machine of the present invention.

[0047] Figure 3 The structure of the width folding assembly 100 of the first embodiment is Figure 1 .

[0048] Figure 4 The structure of the width folding assembly 100 of the first embodiment is Figure 2 .

[0049] Figure 5 1 is a structural diagram of the width folding member 130 of the first embodiment.

[0050] Figure 6 It is a structural diagram of the cooperation between the guide member 132 and the limit member 134 of Example 1.

[0051] Figure 7 It is a structural diagram of the active width folding mechanism 300 of Example 1 set on the supporting connecting member 135.

[0052] Figure 8 The structure of the clamping translation device 200 of the first embodiment is Figure 1 .

[0053] Fig. 9 The structure of the clamping translation device 200 of the first embodiment is Figure 2 .

[0054] Fig.10 2 is a structural diagram of the clamping mechanism 210 of Example 1.

[0055] Figure numerals: clothes folding machine 1, frame 11, width folding system 12 of clothes folding machine, width folding assembly 100, clothes loading platform 120, extension part 121, width folding component 130, feeding part 131, hollow position 1311, guide member 132, U-shaped part 1321, supporting part 1322, lap part 133, limit member 134, supporting connecting member 135, clamping translation device 200, clamping mechanism 210, clamping part 211, clamping support member 212, transverse connecting part 2121, longitudinal connecting part 2122, position sensor 213, driving mechanism 220, second motor 221, screw rod 222, guide rail 223, slider 224, width active folding mechanism 300, track component 310, track 311, roller 312, first motor 320. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0056] The drawings of the present invention are only for illustrative purposes and should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In order to better illustrate the following embodiments, some parts of the drawings may be omitted, enlarged or reduced, and do not represent the size of the actual product; it is understandable to those skilled in the art that some well-known structures and their descriptions in the drawings may be omitted. Example 1

[0057] like Figure 1-3 As shown, this embodiment 1 provides a width folding system 12 of a folding machine. In specific implementation, in order to facilitate the connection of corresponding devices between upper and lower processes, the width folding system 12 of the folding machine is arranged on the frame 11 on the upper front side of the folding machine 1. The width folding system 12 of the folding machine includes a width folding component 100 and a clamping translation device 200 arranged above the width folding component 100. The clamping translation device 200 is arranged on the frame 11. The width folding component 100 is used to place the clothes to be folded and fold the clothes transported backward in the width direction. The clamping translation device 200 is configured to clamp the clothes and convey them backwards; the width folding component 100 includes a clothes carrying platform 120 and a width folding component 130 arranged up and down, the clothes carrying platform 120 is used to place the middle part of the clothes to be folded, and the width folding component 130 is used to fold the parts of the clothes to be folded that fall on both sides of the clothes carrying platform 120 to the bottom of the middle part of the clothes to be folded; wherein, the width folding component 130 is provided with a feeding part 131, the feeding part 131 extends from the bottom of the clothes carrying platform 120 toward the rear of the clothes carrying platform 120 and the feeding part 131 gradually tilts upward from front to back.

[0058] In a specific implementation, in order to ensure that there is a space suitable for width folding between the clothing platform 120 and the feeding part 131, there is a certain distance between the clothing platform 120 and the feeding part 131 in the vertical direction. In addition, in order to avoid too much clothing being supported in the thickness direction of the clothing platform 120, the clothing platform 120 can be in a thinner plate shape so that the parts of the clothing falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 can be fully folded in width. In order to play a role of stable support, a support connector 135 is provided below the feeding part 131, which is used to support the feeding part 131 on the frame 11.

[0059] During implementation, the clothes to be folded are sent to the clothing platform 120, the front part of the clothes is clamped by the clamping and translational device 200, and the middle part of the clothes is placed on the upper surface of the clothing platform 120 and the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 naturally hang down, and the clamping and translational device 200 is started to transport the clothes backward, and then the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 pass through the width folding components 130 under the clothing platform 120 from front to back, and the width folding components 130 fold the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to the bottom of the middle part of the clothes for folding in the width direction, and at the same time, the feeding part 131 which gradually tilts upward from front to back guides the two side parts of the clothes to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothing platform 120 upward, thereby reducing the thickness of the clothes, and the feeding part 131 also extends from front to back to the rear of the clothing platform 120, so that the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 can be finally guided to be close to the lower surface of the middle part of the clothes, thereby optimizing the width folding effect.

[0060] like Figure 3 As shown, the front portion of the clothing loading platform 120 has an extension portion 121, and the extension portion 121 gradually extends downward from the back to the front.

[0061] The extension part 121 allows the part of the clothes to be folded outside the front side of the clothes loading platform 120 to droop naturally along the extension part 121, so as to avoid the unfavorable situation that the clothes are stuck on the edge of the clothes loading platform 120 when conveying the clothes backwards, so as to make the folding process smooth.

[0062] like Figure 3-5 As shown, the width folding component 13 further includes a width active folding mechanism 300, which is arranged below the feeding part 131. The width active folding mechanism 300 is used to fold the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing loading platform 120 to the inner side below the clothing loading platform 120 by driving. The feeding part 131 is provided with a hollow position 1311, and the driving component of the width active folding mechanism 300 for driving the clothes is correspondingly arranged at the hollow position 1311 and the upper surface of the driving component is not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part 131. In order to be able to contact the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing loading platform 120 to play the driving function, the most preferred way is that the upper surface of the track component 310 of the track mechanism of this embodiment is slightly higher than the upper surface of the feeding part 131 at the hollow position 1311.

[0063] During operation, the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device 200 and continuously conveyed backwards. When the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 pass through the area covered by the driving components of the active width folding mechanism 300, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are driven by the active width folding mechanism 300 toward the inner side below the clothing platform 120 to be folded in width. Since the upper surface of the driving component is not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part 131, the driving component can fully contact the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to make the width folding process smooth.

[0064] like Figure 5 , Figure 7 As shown, the active width folding mechanism 300 includes two sets of conveying crawler devices, which are respectively arranged on both sides below the feed part 131. The hollow position 1311 corresponds to the crawler component 310 of the conveying crawler device. The upper surface of the crawler component 310 is not lower than the upper surface of the feed part 131. The conveying crawler device is configured to convey the part of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to the inner side below the clothing platform 120. In specific implementation, the part of the crawler component 310 that contacts the clothes needs to be selected by material so that it will not wear the clothes during the contact with the clothes. In specific implementation, in order to simplify the installation structure, the support connector 135 is also used to install the conveying crawler device. At this time, the support connector 135 is provided with a pair of parallelly arranged on both sides of the crawler component 310, so that the two ends of the crawler component 310 are respectively mounted on the support connector 135.

[0065] During operation, the clamping translation device 200 continuously transports the clothes to be folded backwards. When the clothes that have fallen on both sides of the clothing platform 120 pass through the coverage area of ​​the conveying crawler device, the two sets of conveying crawler devices on both sides drive the clothes that have fallen on both sides of the clothing platform 120 from both sides of the clothing platform 120 toward the inner side below the clothing platform 120, so that the clothes that have fallen on both sides of the clothing platform 120 move closer to the inner side below the clothing platform 120 to be folded in the width direction.

[0066] Among them, Figure 4 , Figure 5 As shown, the outer edges of the two sets of conveying crawler devices correspond to the two side edges of the clothing platform 120 or are respectively located outside the two side edges of the clothing platform 120. In specific implementation, in order to ensure that the crawler mechanism can completely cover the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120, the outer edges of the conveying crawler devices slightly exceed the two sides of the clothing platform 120.

[0067] When the middle part of the clothes to be folded is placed on the clothing platform 120, the parts falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 hang down along the edges of both sides of the clothing platform 120. When the clamping and translation device 200 transports the clothes backward, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 move backward along the edges of both sides of the clothing platform 120. The conveying crawler device of this embodiment can completely cover the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120, thereby ensuring that the conveying crawler device can drive the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 from both sides of the clothing platform 120 to the inner side below the clothing platform 120 for different clothes, thereby forming folding in the width direction.

[0068] like Figure 7 As shown, each conveying crawler device includes a crawler component 310 and a first motor 320 for driving the crawler component 310 .

[0069] The track component 310 at least includes a track 311 and a pair of rollers 312 disposed at both ends of the inner side of the track 311, and at least one of the rollers 312 is connected to the driving end of the first motor. In the best embodiment, the track components 310 of the two sets of conveying track devices are driven by a first motor 320, so that the two sets of conveying track devices can drive the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the loading platform from both sides to have good synchronization, so that the folding effects of the parts of the clothes falling on the two sides of the clothing loading platform 120 are consistent.

[0070] like Figure 3 , Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown, the width folding member 130 is provided with a guide 132, which is located in front of the feeding portion 131. The guide 132 guides the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing loading platform 120 to move backwards toward the lower inner side of the clothing loading platform 120. In a specific implementation, in order to more smoothly guide the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing loading platform 120 to transition to the feeding portion 131, the rear portion of the guide 132 is connected to the front portion of the feeding portion 131.

[0071] When implementing it, Figure 6 As shown, the front portion of the guide member 132 has a U-shaped portion 1321 with an opening facing forward. Due to the U-shaped portion 1321, the two sides of the front portion of the guide member 132 gradually narrow from front to back toward the inner side below the clothing platform 120. When working, the clothes are delivered to the clothing platform 120 and the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform 120 naturally hang down on both sides of the U-shaped portion 1321. The clamping and translation device 200 is started to transport the clothes backward, and the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are gradually gathered to the inner side below the clothing platform 120 under the guidance of the U-shaped portion 1321, thereby promoting width folding.

[0072] like Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown, the guide member 132 is further provided with a support portion 1322 for supporting the clothing loading platform 120 .

[0073] The support part 1322 can improve the support strength of the clothing platform 120, and form a gap between the clothing platform 120 and the guide 132, so that when the clamping translation device 200 conveys the clothes backward, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 can be smoothly conveyed backward through the gap, and at the same time, the clothing platform 120 is raised, so that the clothing platform 120 and the feeding part 131 have a certain distance. The space requirement when the conveying crawler device folds the clothes in width is met. In specific implementation, in order to avoid interference with the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 when conveying backward, the support part 1322 is set in the middle of the guide 132. This setting method also facilitates the clothing platform 120 to form a center of gravity setting through the support part 1322.

[0074] like Figure 3-4 As shown, a bridging piece 133 is also provided, which is connected to the rear side of the feeding part 131 and is configured to overlap a device corresponding to the next process.

[0075] During implementation, the next process after width folding is usually to continue conveying the clothes backwards, and the corresponding device can be a conveying crawler device or a similar device. The upper surface of such a device is usually set horizontally. Therefore, during specific implementation, the connecting part between the lap joint 133 and other devices is set horizontally. The lap joint 133 is used to make the connection between the feed part 131 and the device corresponding to the next process have a flat surface, which helps the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing loading platform 120 to be smoothly conveyed and transitioned to the next process.

[0076] like Figure 3 , Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown, it also includes two groups of limiters 134 respectively arranged on both sides of the clothing platform 120, the distance between the limiters 134 is not greater than the width of the feed part 131, and the limiters 134 are used to limit the part of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to the space between the limiters 134 and the clothing platform 120. In the specific implementation process, in order to simplify the structure, the two groups of limiters 134 can be connected and arranged on both sides of the guide member 132, the rear part of the guide member 132 is connected to the feed part 131, and the lower part of the feed part 131 is supported by the support connecting member 135. At this time, the two sides of the support connecting member 135 are arranged on the frame 11 of the folding machine 1, so that the width folding assembly 100 provided with the above components can be stably installed. In some other embodiments, the limiters 134 can also be separately arranged from the guide members 132, and at this time, the limiters 134 can be directly arranged on the frame 11 of the folding machine 1 to achieve fixation.

[0077] During operation, the clamping device transports the clothes backwards so that the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are restricted in the space defined by the limiting members 134 and both sides of the clothing platform 120 and move backwards. Since the distance between the limiting members 134 is not greater than the width of the feeding portion 131, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are always within the width space of the feeding portion 131 during the transportation process, thereby ensuring that the feeding portion 131 can guide the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothing platform 120 upwards, and finally fold the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to the inner side below the middle part of the clothes.

[0078] like Figure 8-10 As shown, the clamping and translating device 200 includes a clamping mechanism 210 and a driving mechanism 220 . The clamping mechanism 210 is slidably disposed on the driving mechanism 220 and is configured to be movable forward and backward. In a specific implementation, the driving mechanism 220 is disposed on the frame 11 of the clothes folding machine 1 .

[0079] In a specific implementation, in order to improve the clamping effect of the clothes, at least two clamping mechanisms 210 are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the clothing loading platform 120, and the distance between the two clamping mechanisms 210 arranged at the outermost sides covers both sides of the loading platform. The two clamping mechanisms 210 on both sides can form a linear clamping for the clothes placed on the clothing loading platform 120, so as to ensure the clamping stability of the clothes to be folded.

[0080] In a preferred embodiment, Fig.10 As shown, there are three clamping mechanisms 210. At this time, when facing larger-sized clothes, the front of the clothes can be clamped by three clamping mechanisms 210 at the same time or only the clamping mechanisms 210 on both sides can be used, and the specific adjustment can be flexibly adjusted according to the adaptability of the clothes; when facing small-sized clothes, only the middle clamping mechanism 210 can be used for clamping to form a stable clamping force; and when facing some other folding requirements, only two clamping mechanisms 210 on the same side can be used for clamping. In this way, the three clamping mechanisms 210 can achieve reliable clamping of clothes of different widths to ensure good clamping stability when conveying clothes backwards, and also make the overall mechanical structure of the clamping translation device 200 simple, which is convenient for the miniaturized layout of the whole folding machine 1.

[0081] like Figure 8-9 As shown, the driving mechanism 220 is located above the clamping mechanism 210 . The clamping mechanism 210 includes a clamping portion 211 and a clamping support 212 . The clamping portion 211 is slidably disposed on the driving mechanism 220 via the clamping support 212 .

[0082] Among them, the clamping support 212 includes a transverse connection part 2121 and a longitudinal connection part 2122, the transverse connection part 2121 is slidably arranged on the driving end of the driving mechanism 220, the upper end of the longitudinal connection part 2122 is connected to the transverse connection part 2121, and the lower end of the longitudinal connection part 2122 is connected to the clamping part 211.

[0083] The transverse connecting part 2121 is used to form a stable distance between different clamping mechanisms 210, and the longitudinal connecting part 2122 can improve the installation strength of the clamping mechanism 210 and also has a positioning function for the clamping mechanism 210, so as to facilitate limiting the position between the clamping parts 211 of the clamping mechanism 210. When working, the driving end of the driving mechanism 220 drives the transverse connecting part 2121, and then drives the clamping part 211 on the longitudinal connecting part 2122 to move back and forth to transport clothes.

[0084] like Fig.10As shown, in order to simplify the structure, in a specific implementation, the transverse connecting parts 2121 of the clamping mechanism 210 are sequentially connected along the width of the clothing platform 120 to form a transverse connecting seat, and the driving end of the driving mechanism 220 is connected to the transverse connecting seat. In this case, only one driving mechanism 220 is required to synchronously drive all the clamping mechanisms 210 to move forward and backward to transport clothing, thereby reducing the complexity of the overall mechanical structure of the system and making the overall layout of the system compact.

[0085] like Fig. 9 As shown, the driving mechanism 220 is provided with a guide rail 223 extending forward and backward and a slider 224 arranged on the guide rail 223 , and the transverse connecting portion 2121 is arranged on the slider 224 .

[0086] The driving mechanism 220 is driven by the cooperation of the second motor 221 and the screw rod 222. The screw rod 222 extends in the front-to-back direction. The slider 224 is arranged on the screw rod 222. The screw rod 222 drives the slider 224 to slide forward and backward along the guide rail 223, so that the clamping mechanism 210 transports the clothes forward and backward.

[0087] like Figure 8 , Fig.10 As shown, the clamping mechanism 210 is also provided with a position sensor 213, and the position sensor 213 is used to automatically sense the front and rear conveying position of the clamping mechanism 210, so as to realize automatic positioning control of the front and rear conveying process of the clothes.

[0088] In specific applications, when the clothes to be folded are sent to the clothing platform 120 and clamped by the clamping mechanism 210, the middle part of the clothes is clamped, and the two side parts of the clothes, such as the sleeves of a top, are guided to fall on both sides of the clothing platform 120, and the position where they fall is limited by the limiter 134. When the clamping movement mechanism is started and the clothes are conveyed backward, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are slightly gathered toward the inner side of the bottom of the clothing platform 120 through the guidance of the guide member 132. When the clamping translation device 200 continues to convey the clothes backward, the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are moved to the width active folding mechanism under the clothing platform 120. At this time, two sets of conveying crawler devices are used to provide driving force toward the inner side of the clothing platform 120 to the two side parts of the clothes, one on the left and one on the right, respectively, so that the two side parts of the clothes are gradually driven to move toward the inner side of the bottom of the clothing platform 120, thereby realizing the folding of the width of the clothes. As the clamping and translational device 200 continues to transport backward, the structural setting of the feeding part 131 gradually tilts upward from front to back, so that the distance between the clothing platform 120 and the active width folding mechanism in the vertical direction can be gradually reduced, and finally the folded part of the clothes can be folded up and down with the middle part of the clothes.

[0089] The embodiment of the present invention also provides a folding method of the width folding system 12 of the above-mentioned clothes folding machine, comprising the following steps: S1. The clothes to be folded are delivered to the clothing platform 120, and the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device 200, so that the middle part of the clothes to be folded is placed on the clothing platform 120 and the two side parts of the clothes to be folded fall on the two sides of the clothing platform 120; or the clothes to be folded are delivered to the clothing placement platform, and the middle part of the clothes to be folded is first placed on the clothing platform 120 and the two side parts of the clothes to be folded fall on the two sides of the clothing platform 120, and then the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device 200; S2. The clamping and translational device 200 transports the clothes backwards, so that the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 pass through the width folding component 130 from front to back, and the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are gathered to the inner side below the clothing platform 120. At the same time, the feeding part 131 guides the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothing platform 120 upwards, and finally folds the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to below the middle part of the clothes, completing at least one width folding.

[0090] In a specific implementation, when the width folding system 12 of the clothes folding machine is provided with the active width folding mechanism, S2 is specifically:

[0091] The clamping and translation device 200 conveys the clothes backward, so that the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 pass through the width folding component 130 from front to back, and the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 are gathered to the inner side of the lower part of the clothing platform 120. At the same time, the active width folding mechanism actively drives the parts of the clothes gathered to the inner side of the lower part of the clothing platform 120 to be gathered to the inner side of the lower part of the clothing platform 120. During the backward conveying process of the clothes, the feeding part 131 guides the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothing platform 120 upward, and finally folds the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform 120 to below the middle part of the clothes, completing at least one width folding.

[0092] Obviously, the above embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the specific implementation methods of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the claims of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A width folding system for a clothes folding machine, characterized in that: It includes a width folding component and a clamping and translating device arranged above the width folding component; The width folding assembly includes a clothes-carrying platform and a width folding component arranged up and down, wherein the clothes-carrying platform is used to place the middle part of the clothes to be folded, and the width folding component is used to fold the parts of the clothes to be folded that fall on both sides of the clothes-carrying platform to below the middle part of the clothes to be folded; The clamping and translating device is configured to clamp the clothes and convey the clothes backwards; Wherein, the width folding component is provided with a feeding portion, the feeding portion extends from the bottom of the clothing platform toward the rear of the clothing platform and the feeding portion gradually tilts upward from the front to the rear.

2. The width folding system of the clothes folding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The width folding component includes an active width folding mechanism, which is arranged below the feeding part and is used to fold the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing loading platform to the inner side below the clothing loading platform by driving means; the feeding part is provided with a hollow position, and a driving component of the active width folding mechanism for driving the clothes is correspondingly arranged at the hollow position and the upper surface of the driving component is not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part.

3. The width folding system of the clothes folding machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The active width folding mechanism includes two groups of conveying crawler devices, which are respectively arranged below the feeding part. The hollow positions correspond to the crawler components of the conveying crawler devices, and the upper surfaces of the crawler components are not lower than the upper surface of the feeding part. The two groups of conveying crawler devices are configured to convey the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothing platform to the inner side below the clothing platform.

4. The width folding system of the clothes folding machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The two groups of conveying crawler devices are distributed and extended along the width direction of the clothing platform, and the outer edges of the two groups of conveying crawler devices correspond to the two side edges of the clothing platform or are respectively located outside the two side edges of the clothing platform.

5. The width folding system of a clothes folding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The width folding component is provided with a guide, which is located in front of the feeding part. The guide guides the parts of the clothes that fall on both sides of the clothes carrier to move backward toward the lower inner side of the clothes carrier; optionally, the front part of the guide has a U-shaped part with an opening facing forward; optionally, the guide is also provided with a supporting part for supporting the setting of the clothes carrier.

6. The width folding system of a clothes folding machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: A lap joint is also provided, which is connected to the rear side of the feed portion and is configured to overlap a device corresponding to the next process.

7. The width folding system of a clothes folding machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: It also includes two groups of limiters respectively arranged on both sides of the clothing platform, the distance between the limiters is no greater than the width of the feeding part, and the limiters are used to limit the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothing platform to the space between the limiters and the clothing platform.

8. The width folding system of a clothes folding machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The clamping and translating device comprises a clamping mechanism and a driving mechanism. The clamping mechanism is slidably arranged on the driving mechanism and is configured to be movable forward and backward.

9. The width folding system of a clothes folding machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: The driving mechanism is located above the clamping mechanism, and the clamping mechanism includes a clamping portion and a clamping support, and the clamping portion is slidably arranged on the driving mechanism through the clamping support; optionally, the clamping portion is provided with at least two portions spaced apart along the width direction of the clothing platform; optionally, the clamping portion is provided with three portions, wherein the spacing between the two clamping portions arranged at the outermost sides covers both sides of the clothing platform.

10. The width folding method of the width folding system of the clothes folding machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: S1. The clothes to be folded are delivered to the loading platform, and the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device, so that the middle part of the clothes to be folded is placed on the loading platform and the two side parts of the clothes to be folded fall on the two sides of the loading platform; or the clothes to be folded are delivered to the loading platform, and the middle part of the clothes to be folded is first placed on the loading platform and the two side parts of the clothes to be folded fall on the two sides of the loading platform, and then the clothes to be folded are clamped by the clamping and translation device; S2. The clamping and translational device transports the clothes backwards, so that the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform pass through the width folding component from front to back, and the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform are gathered to the inner side below the clothes carrying platform. At the same time, the feeding part guides the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform to gradually approach the lower surface of the clothes carrying platform upwards, and finally folds the parts of the clothes falling on both sides of the clothes carrying platform to below the middle part of the clothes, so that the clothes complete at least one width folding.

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