An automatic glove folding process and apparatus

Abstract

The present application relates to glove production technical field, specifically disclose a kind of glove automatic folding equipment, comprising: rack;Incoming conveying line, set in the middle of rack, for the folding gloves to be input equipment and distribute to both ends;Two folding lines, by rack symmetrically arranged at both ends of incoming conveying line, each folding line includes: feeding belt line, for receiving glove from incoming conveying line distribution;First visual inspection mechanism, erected in feeding belt line upstream, for appearance detection, identify OK piece and NG piece;Second visual inspection mechanism, erected in feeding belt line downstream;Two parallel robots, for sucking, transfer glove;Two glove folding mechanisms, respectively correspond the discharge position of two robots.The present application realizes double-line parallel, independent running continuous folding operation, improves the whole line capacity, realizes OK piece and NG piece automatic identification and shunting, realizes the continuous cross-over of multiple gloves Stacking and integrated transplanting.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of glove manufacturing technology, specifically to an automatic glove folding process and equipment. Background Technology

[0002] In the production and packaging of gloves, neatly folding the finished gloves is a crucial pre-processing step before they enter the boxing stage. The neatness of the folding directly affects the success rate of subsequent boxing and packaging quality. Currently, glove folding mainly relies on manual operation or semi-automatic equipment. Manual folding suffers from low efficiency, high labor intensity, and poor folding consistency, making it difficult to meet the needs of large-scale production. Existing semi-automatic folding equipment often adopts a single-line operation mode, that is, the gloves are conveyed, inspected, picked up, and folded sequentially through a single conveyor line. This single-line serial operation mode has significant limitations:

[0003] 1. Low efficiency and limited capacity expansion in single-line operations: Existing equipment mostly adopts a single-line serial operation mode, where the conveying, inspection, picking, and folding of gloves are all completed sequentially on the same line, resulting in limited processing capacity. When one line fails or requires maintenance, the entire machine must be shut down, affecting production continuity. At the same time, the single-line layout makes it difficult to balance the load, easily creating bottlenecks at certain stages and restricting further increases in the overall line capacity.

[0004] 2. Outdated defective product handling methods affect the level of automation: Traditional equipment often uses manual removal or complex mechanical sorting mechanisms to handle detected defective products. Manual removal interrupts production and is inefficient; complex mechanical sorting mechanisms increase equipment complexity, cost, and potential failure points, and are difficult to seamlessly integrate with the main conveyor line, making defective product handling a weak link in the overall automation of the production line.

[0005] 3. Separation of folding and stacking processes makes it difficult to guarantee stack uniformity: Existing equipment typically folds a single glove first, and then stacks multiple gloves using a separate stacking mechanism. This separate design not only increases the equipment footprint and process flow time, but also makes it prone to displacement, wrinkling, or loosening during the transfer of folded gloves to the stacking mechanism, resulting in uneven stacking and affecting the subsequent boxing quality. Furthermore, the lack of an effective stacking retention mechanism means that the folded gloves are prone to popping out or deforming during transfer, requiring manual intervention to straighten them.

[0006] 4. Single-sided folding mechanisms have limited operation and cannot achieve cross-stacking: Traditional folding mechanisms mostly use single-sided or simultaneous double-sided folding, which can only fold gloves symmetrically and cannot achieve alternating left-right cross-stacking. When multiple gloves need to be stacked together, the lack of an effective alternating folding mechanism makes it difficult to ensure the neatness of the stack. Summary of the Invention

[0007] To address the aforementioned problems in the prior art, this invention provides an automatic glove folding process and equipment.

[0008] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution of the present invention is as follows:

[0009] An automatic glove folding process includes the following steps:

[0010] S1, Incoming material conveying and distribution: Gloves are continuously conveyed to the middle of the equipment through an incoming material conveyor line. According to the preset distribution strategy, the gloves are alternately distributed to the first folding line and the second folding line located at both ends of the incoming material conveyor line.

[0011] S2, Dual-line independent conveying and visual inspection: Gloves assigned to two folding lines enter the corresponding feeding belt lines respectively. The first visual inspection mechanism set upstream of each feeding belt line independently performs appearance inspection on the gloves, identifies OK and NG parts in real time, and removes NG parts online.

[0012] S3, Dual-line Independent Vision Positioning: The gloves that have completed the inspection continue to move along their respective feeding belts to the downstream positioning station, where the second vision inspection mechanism performs precise posture and position positioning on the gloves.

[0013] S4, Dual-line independent material picking and folding and NG part outflow: Based on the detection results of S2 and the positioning information of S3, the parallel robot configured on each folding line only performs the material picking action on gloves identified as OK parts, picks them up and places them on the corresponding glove folding mechanism for cross folding; for gloves identified as NG parts, they continue to move forward with the feeding belt to the end and flow out naturally.

[0014] S5, Dual-line independent discharge: The folded glove stacks completed by the two folding lines are removed by their respective connecting and transferring mechanisms. The glove stacks are collected to the corresponding synchronous belt fixture line and conveyed to the next station.

[0015] Preferably, the cross-folding process in step S4 includes: the lifting and loading mechanism supports the gloves to descend step by step, and two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms operate alternately to fold multiple gloves into a stack.

[0016] An automatic glove folding device, comprising:

[0017] frame;

[0018] The material conveyor line, located in the middle of the frame, is used to input gloves to be folded into the equipment and distribute them to both ends of the material conveyor line;

[0019] Two folding lines are symmetrically arranged at both ends of the incoming material conveyor line via a frame. Each folding line includes:

[0020] The feed belt is mounted on the frame and is used to receive gloves distributed from the incoming material conveyor.

[0021] The first visual inspection unit is installed upstream of the feeding belt line and is used for appearance inspection to identify OK and NG parts.

[0022] The second vision inspection unit is installed downstream of the feeding belt line and is used to accurately position the gloves;

[0023] Two parallel robots are arranged along one side of the feeding belt via a frame, and the robots transfer gloves by rotating suction cups;

[0024] Two glove folding mechanisms, each corresponding to the unloading position of one of the two robots, are used to fold OK parts;

[0025] Two synchronous belt fixture lines are respectively set below the two glove folding mechanisms to receive the gloves folded by the corresponding folding lines;

[0026] The control system is electrically connected to each module of the incoming material conveyor line and the folding line.

[0027] Preferably, the end of the feeding belt is provided with an NG part collection area, and the end of the feeding belt is an open structure, so that NG parts flow naturally into the NG part collection area along with the feeding belt.

[0028] Preferably, the control system is used to coordinate the material distribution and the independent parallel operation of the two folding lines; the control system sends picking instructions only to OK parts and not to NG parts based on the recognition results of the first vision detection mechanism.

[0029] Preferably, the glove folding mechanism:

[0030] Folding racks, each of which forms a folding loading position to accommodate gloves for folding;

[0031] Two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms are symmetrically arranged within the folding rack about the folding loading position, and are used to perform the flipping action;

[0032] A connecting and transplanting mechanism is arranged laterally within the folding compartment frame to transport the folded gloves to the synchronous belt fixture line.

[0033] A lifting and loading mechanism is vertically slidably disposed within a folding compartment frame to support gloves and coordinate with a folding and flipping mechanism to fold gloves at different vertical heights.

[0034] Preferably, the lifting and loading mechanism includes a lifting drive assembly and a loading assembly. The loading assembly slides with the folding rack and descends step by step along the vertical guide rail under the drive of the lifting drive assembly. The loading assembly has a support surface for supporting multiple gloves in sequence during the descent and for laterally removing the completed glove stack after folding.

[0035] Preferably, each folding and flipping mechanism includes a folding drive assembly and a folding actuator. The folding actuators of the two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms are symmetrically arranged about the folding loading position. After the lifting loading mechanism descends to a certain height, the two sets of folding actuators alternately fold the gloves from both sides to achieve cross-stacking of multiple gloves.

[0036] Preferably, the connecting and transplanting mechanism includes a transverse transplanting component and a connecting hopper. The connecting hopper is movably disposed below the folding loading position for receiving the folded glove stack. A pressing component is provided at the top of the connecting hopper for limiting the glove stack from above after it is moved into the connecting hopper, preventing the gloves from popping out of the connecting hopper. An opening and closing component is provided at the bottom of the connecting hopper.

[0037] Preferably, the folding rack includes a rack base plate, a hollow plate, a feeding plate, and a functional frame. The functional frame is L-shaped and has multiple working cavities inside. The working cavities are used to accommodate the swinging of the folding actuator of the folding and flipping mechanism and to provide sliding guide rails for the loading components of the lifting and loading mechanism.

[0038] The beneficial effects of this invention are as follows:

[0039] 1. By setting up two independent folding lines with symmetrically arranged frames at both ends of the incoming material conveyor line, each folding line is equipped with an independent feeding belt, vision inspection mechanism, parallel robot and glove folding mechanism, and the control system coordinates the material distribution and parallel operation. The two folding lines can process gloves at the same time, and the production efficiency is nearly doubled compared to a single line. When one folding line is suspended due to maintenance or failure, the other line can still operate independently, ensuring the continuity of production. The control system alternately distributes gloves to both ends according to the preset strategy, balancing the load of the two lines, avoiding congestion on a single line, and significantly improving the overall capacity and operational stability of the line.

[0040] The resulting technical effect is that it enables continuous folding operations with two parallel and independent lines, thereby increasing the overall production capacity of the line.

[0041] 2. By setting up a two-level vision inspection system consisting of a first vision inspection mechanism and a second vision inspection mechanism, and configuring a control system to send picking instructions only to OK parts based on the inspection results, while NG parts flow out naturally with the end of the feeding belt, the first vision inspection mechanism completes the initial appearance screening upstream, and the second vision inspection mechanism performs precise positioning downstream, providing accurate picking coordinates for the parallel robot; NG parts automatically flow into the collection area with the end of the open structure feeding belt, avoiding subsequent process delays or packaging quality problems caused by defective products, thus improving the automation level and finished product yield of the entire line;

[0042] The resulting technical effect is that it enables automatic identification and sorting of OK and NG parts, and the rejection of defective products can be completed without manual intervention.

[0043] 3. A glove folding mechanism is constructed by setting up a folding rack, two symmetrically arranged sets of folding and flipping mechanisms, a lifting and loading mechanism, and a connecting and transferring mechanism. The folding actuators of the two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms alternately operate after the lifting and loading mechanism descends to a certain height. The lifting and loading mechanism descends step by step to support multiple gloves, and the two sets of folding actuators alternately fold the gloves from both sides, forming a neat, cross-layered stack. After folding, the loading component moves the gloves laterally to the connecting hopper, the pressing component limits their movement from above to prevent popping out, and the opening and closing component cooperates to complete the release. This integrated design combines folding, stacking, and transferring processes into one, significantly improving folding efficiency and stack neatness, providing high-quality stacked gloves for subsequent boxing processes.

[0044] The technical effect achieved is that multiple gloves can be continuously and cross-stacked and transplanted in one piece. Attached Figure Description

[0045] To facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art, the present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0046] Figure 1 This is a process flow diagram of the present invention;

[0047] Figure 2 This is a first-angle schematic diagram of the overall structure in this invention;

[0048] Figure 3 This is a second-angle schematic diagram of the overall structure in this invention;

[0049] Figure 4 This is a structural diagram of the material conveyor line in this invention.

[0050] Figure 5 This is an installation structure diagram of the first visual inspection mechanism in this invention;

[0051] Figure 6This is an installation structure diagram of the second vision detection mechanism in this invention;

[0052] Figure 7 This is a diagram showing the installation structure of the robot in this invention;

[0053] Figure 8 This is a diagram showing the installation structure of the rotating suction cup of the robot in this invention;

[0054] Figure 9 This is a structural diagram of the glove folding mechanism in this invention.

[0055] Figure 10 This is an installation structure diagram of the folding compartment rack in this invention;

[0056] Figure 11 This is a side view of the folding storage rack in this invention;

[0057] Figure 12 This is an installation structure diagram of the folding and flipping mechanism in this invention;

[0058] Figure 13 This is an installation structure diagram of the connecting and transplanting mechanism in this invention;

[0059] Figure 14 This is a structural diagram of the opening and closing component in this invention.

[0060] Figure 15 This is an installation structure diagram of the loading component in this invention;

[0061] Figure 16 This is a diagram showing the installation structure of the glove folding mechanism and the timing belt fixture line in this invention.

[0062] Figure 17 This is a structural diagram of the second vision inspection mechanism and the frame in this invention.

[0063] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:

[0064] 1. Incoming material conveyor line; 2. Feed belt conveyor; 3. First vision inspection mechanism; 4. Second vision inspection mechanism; 5. Robot; 6. Glove folding mechanism; 7. Synchronous belt fixture line; 8. Control system;

[0065] 61. Folding rack; 62. Folding and tipping mechanism; 63. Connecting and transplanting mechanism; 64. Lifting and loading mechanism;

[0066] 611. Warehouse rack bottom plate; 612. Hollow core plate; 613. Material feeding plate; 614. Functional rack;

[0067] 621. Folding drive assembly; 622. Folding actuator;

[0068] 631. Lateral transfer assembly; 632. Connecting hopper; 633. Pressing assembly; 634. Opening and closing assembly;

[0069] 641. Lifting drive assembly; 642. Loading assembly. Detailed Implementation

[0070] To further illustrate the technical means and effects adopted by the present invention to achieve its intended purpose, the specific implementation methods, structures, features, and effects of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0071] In the description of this application, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms such as "inner" and "outer" are based on the orientation or position shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing this application and simplifying the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or a specific orientational structure and operation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this application.

[0072] Example 1:

[0073] Reference Figures 1-17 The present invention discloses an automatic glove folding device, comprising:

[0074] In order to achieve overall support and modular layout of the equipment, in this embodiment: rack.

[0075] In order to achieve continuous input and bidirectional distribution of gloves, in this embodiment: the material conveyor line 1 is set in the middle of the frame and is used to input the gloves to be folded into the equipment and distribute them to both ends of the material conveyor line.

[0076] To achieve parallel dual-line conveying and automatic rejection of NG parts, in this embodiment: two folding lines are symmetrically arranged at both ends of the incoming material conveying line 1 via a frame. Each folding line includes: a feeding belt 2, which is set on the frame to receive gloves distributed from the incoming material conveying line 1. An NG part collection area is set at the end of the feeding belt 2. The end of the feeding belt 2 is an open structure, and NG parts flow naturally into the NG part collection area along with the feeding belt 2.

[0077] In order to achieve automatic identification of OK and NG parts, in this embodiment: the first vision inspection mechanism 3 is installed upstream of the feeding belt 2 for appearance inspection and identification of OK and NG parts.

[0078] In order to achieve precise positioning of OK parts, in this embodiment: the second vision inspection mechanism 4 is installed downstream of the feeding belt 2 and is used to precisely position the gloves.

[0079] In order to achieve automatic picking up and transfer of OK parts, in this embodiment: two parallel robots 5 are arranged along one side of the feeding belt 2 via a frame, and the robots 5 transfer the gloves by rotating suction cups.

[0080] To achieve automated cross-folding of OK parts, in this embodiment: two glove folding mechanisms 6, corresponding to the unloading positions of two robots 5, are used to fold OK parts. The glove folding mechanism 6 includes: a folding rack 61, which forms a folding loading position to accommodate gloves for folding. The folding rack 61 includes a rack base plate 611, a hollow plate 612, a unloading plate 613, and a functional frame 614. The functional frame 614 is L-shaped and has multiple working cavities inside. The working cavities are used to accommodate the swinging of the folding actuator 622 of the folding and flipping mechanism 62 and to provide a sliding guide rail for the loading component 642 of the lifting and loading mechanism 64.

[0081] To achieve symmetrical folding and cross-stacking of gloves, in this embodiment: two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms 62 are symmetrically arranged within the folding rack 61 about the folding loading position, and are used to perform folding actions. The folding and flipping mechanism 62 includes a folding drive assembly 621 and a folding actuator 622. The folding actuators 622 of the two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms 62 are symmetrically arranged about the folding loading position. After the lifting loading mechanism 64 descends to a certain height, the two sets of folding actuators 622 alternately operate to fold the gloves from both sides, thereby achieving cross-stacking of multiple gloves.

[0082] To achieve lateral transfer and compression retention of the folded glove stack, in this embodiment: a transfer mechanism 63 is laterally disposed within the folding bin 61 to transport the folded gloves to the synchronous belt fixture line 7. The transfer mechanism 63 includes a lateral transfer component 631 and a transfer bin 632. The transfer bin 632 is movably disposed below the folding loading position to receive the folded glove stack. A pressing component 633 is disposed at the top of the transfer bin 632 to limit the glove stack from above after it is moved into the transfer bin, preventing the gloves from popping out of the transfer bin. An opening and closing component 634 is disposed at the bottom of the transfer bin 632. The opening and closing component 634 includes two baffles, symmetrically distributed and slidably disposed at the bottom opening of the transfer bin 632. Opening and closing cylinders are disposed on the opposite outer walls of the transfer bin 632 to drive the baffles to slide.

[0083] To achieve vertical support and gradual descent of the gloves during the folding process, in this embodiment: a lifting and loading mechanism 64 is slidably disposed vertically within the folding rack 61, used to support the gloves and cooperate with the folding and flipping mechanism 62 to fold the gloves at different vertical height positions. The lifting and loading mechanism 64 includes a lifting drive assembly 641 and a loading assembly 642. The loading assembly 642 is slidably engaged with the folding rack 61 and descends gradually along the vertical guide rail under the drive of the lifting drive assembly 641. The loading assembly 642 has a support surface, used to support multiple gloves sequentially during the descent and to laterally remove the completed glove stack after folding.

[0084] In order to achieve the collection and transportation of folded glove stacks, in this embodiment: two synchronous belt fixture lines 7 are respectively set below the two glove folding mechanisms 6 to receive the glove stacks completed by the corresponding folding lines.

[0085] In order to achieve coordinated control and intelligent scheduling of the whole machine, in this embodiment: the control system 8 is electrically connected to the incoming material conveyor line 1 and each module of the folding line. The control system 8 is used to coordinate the material distribution and the independent parallel operation of the two folding lines. According to the recognition result of the first vision detection mechanism 3, the control system 8 only sends picking instructions to OK parts and does not send picking instructions to NG parts.

[0086] The automatic glove folding process in this embodiment includes the following steps:

[0087] S1, Incoming material conveying and distribution: Gloves are continuously conveyed to the middle of the equipment through an incoming material conveyor line 1. According to the preset distribution strategy, the gloves are alternately distributed to the first folding line and the second folding line located at both ends of the incoming material conveyor line 1.

[0088] S2, Dual-line independent conveying and visual inspection: Gloves assigned to two folding lines enter the corresponding feeding belt line 2 respectively. The first visual inspection mechanism 3 set upstream of each feeding belt line 2 independently performs appearance inspection on the gloves, identifies OK and NG parts in real time and removes NG parts online.

[0089] S3, Dual-line independent visual positioning: The gloves that have completed the inspection continue to move forward along their respective feeding belts 2 and reach the downstream positioning station, where the second visual inspection mechanism 4 performs precise posture and position positioning on the gloves.

[0090] S4, Dual-line independent material picking and folding and NG part outflow: Based on the detection results of S2 and the positioning information of S3, the parallel robot 5 configured on each folding line only performs the material picking action on gloves identified as OK parts, picks them up and places them on the corresponding glove folding mechanism 6 for cross folding; for gloves identified as NG parts, they continue to move forward with the feeding belt 2 to the end and flow out naturally. The cross folding process in step S4 includes: the lifting loading mechanism 64 supports the gloves to descend step by step, and the two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms 62 alternately operate to fold multiple gloves into a stack;

[0091] S5, Dual-line independent discharge: The gloves stacks folded by the two folding lines are removed by their respective connecting and transferring mechanisms 63, and converged to the corresponding synchronous belt fixture line 7, and conveyed to the next workstation.

[0092] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way. Although the present invention has been disclosed above with reference to preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make some modifications or alterations to the above-disclosed technical content to create equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent changes, and alterations made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention shall still fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic glove folding process, characterized in that, Includes the following steps: S1, Incoming material conveying and distribution: The gloves are continuously conveyed to the middle of the equipment through an incoming material conveying line (1). According to the preset distribution strategy, the gloves are alternately distributed to the first folding line and the second folding line located at both ends of the incoming material conveying line (1). S2, Dual-line independent conveying and visual inspection: Gloves assigned to two folding lines enter the corresponding feeding belt lines (2) respectively. The first visual inspection mechanism (3) set upstream of each feeding belt line (2) independently inspects the appearance of the gloves, identifies OK and NG parts in real time and removes NG parts online. S3, Dual-line independent visual positioning: The gloves that have completed the inspection continue to move forward along their respective feeding belts (2) and reach the downstream positioning station, where the second visual inspection mechanism (4) performs precise posture and position positioning on the gloves. S4, Dual-line independent material picking and folding and NG part outflow: Based on the detection results of S2 and the positioning information of S3, the parallel robot (5) configured on each folding line only performs the material picking action on the gloves identified as OK parts, picks them up and places them on the corresponding glove folding mechanism (6) for cross folding; for the gloves identified as NG parts, they continue to move forward with the feeding belt (2) to the end and flow out naturally. S5, Dual-line independent discharge: The folded glove stacks completed by the two folding lines are removed by their respective connecting and transferring mechanisms (63), and the glove stacks are gathered to the corresponding synchronous belt fixture line (7) and transported to the next station.

2. The automatic glove folding process according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cross-folding process in step S4 includes: the lifting loading mechanism (64) supports the gloves to descend step by step, and the two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms (62) alternately operate to fold multiple gloves into a stack.

3. An automatic glove folding device, used to implement the automatic glove folding process according to any one of claims 1-2, characterized in that, include: frame; The material conveyor line (1) is located in the middle of the frame and is used to input the gloves to be folded into the equipment and distribute them to both ends of the material conveyor line (1); Two folding lines are symmetrically arranged at both ends of the incoming material conveyor line (1) via a frame. Each folding line includes: The feeding belt (2) is set on the frame and is used to receive gloves distributed from the incoming material conveyor (1); The first visual inspection unit (3) is installed upstream of the feeding belt line (2) and is used for appearance inspection to identify OK parts and NG parts; The second vision inspection mechanism (4) is installed downstream of the feeding belt line (2) and is used to accurately position the gloves; Two parallel robots (5) are arranged along one side of the feeding belt (2) via a frame. The robots (5) transfer the gloves by rotating a suction cup. Two glove folding mechanisms (6) correspond to the unloading positions of two robots (5) and are used to fold OK pieces; Two synchronous belt fixture lines (7) are respectively set below the two glove folding mechanisms (6) to receive the gloves folded by the corresponding folding lines; The control system (8) is electrically connected to the incoming material conveyor line (1) and each module of the folding line.

4. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The end of the feeding belt (2) is provided with an NG part collection area. The end of the feeding belt (2) is an open structure, and the NG parts flow naturally into the NG part collection area along with the feeding belt (2).

5. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The control system (8) is used to coordinate the material distribution and the independent parallel operation of the two folding lines. According to the recognition result of the first vision detection mechanism (3), the control system (8) only sends a material picking instruction to OK parts and does not send a material picking instruction to NG parts.

6. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The folding mechanism (6) for each glove: A folding rack (61) is provided, which has a folding loading position for accommodating folded gloves. Two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms (62) are symmetrically arranged in the folding rack (61) about the folding loading position of the folding rack (61) to perform the flipping action; The connecting and transplanting mechanism (63) is arranged laterally in the folding bin frame (61) and is used to transport the folded gloves to the synchronous belt fixture line (7). The lifting and loading mechanism (64) is vertically slidably disposed within the folding rack (61) to support the gloves and cooperate with the folding and flipping mechanism (62) to fold the gloves at different vertical height positions.

7. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The lifting and loading mechanism (64) includes a lifting drive assembly (641) and a loading assembly (642). The loading assembly (642) is slidably engaged with the folding rack (61) and descends step by step along the vertical guide rail under the drive of the lifting drive assembly (641). The loading assembly (642) has a support surface for supporting multiple gloves in sequence during the descent and for laterally removing the completed glove stack after folding.

8. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The folding and flipping mechanism (62) includes a folding drive assembly (621) and a folding actuator (622). The folding actuators (622) of the two sets of folding and flipping mechanisms (62) are symmetrically arranged about the folding loading position. After the lifting loading mechanism (64) descends to a certain height, the two sets of folding actuators (622) alternately operate to fold the gloves from both sides, thereby realizing the cross-stacking of multiple gloves.

9. An automatic glove folding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The connecting and transplanting mechanism (63) includes a transverse transplanting component (631) and a connecting hopper (632). The connecting hopper (632) is movably disposed below the folding loading position for receiving the folded glove stack. A pressing component (633) is provided on the top of the connecting hopper (632) for limiting the glove stack from above after it is moved into the connecting hopper (632) to prevent the gloves from popping out of the connecting hopper (632). An opening and closing component (634) is provided on the bottom of the connecting hopper (632).

10. An automatic glove folding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The folding rack (61) includes a rack base plate (611), a hollow plate (612), a feeding plate (613), and a functional frame (614). The functional frame (614) is L-shaped and has multiple working cavities inside. The working cavities are used to accommodate the swinging of the folding actuator (622) of the folding and flipping mechanism (62) and to provide a sliding guide rail for the loading assembly (642) of the lifting and loading mechanism (64).

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