Automatic glove folding device

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of glove packaging equipment, concretely relates to a glove automatic folding device, including folding frame, packing frame and the transmission mechanism that sets up between packing frame and folding frame, the operating platform of disc structure is rotatively connected on the folding frame, the vertical folding mechanism of longitudinal is equipped with above operating platform, the horizontal folding mechanism that cooperates with longitudinal folding mechanism is equipped with in operating platform side and below it, the output of horizontal folding mechanism is equipped with clamping assembly, clamping assembly sets up on transmission mechanism and removes to the packing station of packing frame from the output of horizontal folding mechanism through transmission mechanism drive. The utility model has realized the whole process automation continuous production of glove from folding to packing, does not need manual intervention, has improved production efficiency greatly, has solved the problem of low efficiency that traditional equipment still needs manual removal glove to packing station after folding completion.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model belongs to the technical field of glove packaging equipment, specifically relating to an automatic glove folding device. Background Technology

[0002] Glove folding is a crucial step in the glove production and packaging process, significantly impacting subsequent packaging, transportation, and sales. Properly folding gloves can significantly reduce their volume within the packaging, allowing more gloves to fit in the same package, lowering packaging costs. Furthermore, folded gloves occupy less space during transport, enabling more products to be loaded onto the same transport vehicle, increasing vehicle load capacity, reducing the number of trips, and thus lowering transportation costs and energy consumption. Neatly folded gloves appear more aesthetically pleasing and standardized on shelves, attracting consumer attention and enhancing the product's overall image and market competitiveness. Especially with the development of society, unmanned glove vending machines have emerged. These innovative retail devices combine automated vending technology with the demand for gloves, utilizing IoT and automated control technologies to enable self-service glove purchases without human intervention, providing consumers with a convenient and efficient shopping experience. Therefore, to ensure rapid dispensing of gloves from unmanned vending machines, neat folding of the gloves is essential. Common glove folding methods include single-layer folding, multi-layer folding, and folding in specific shapes. Multi-layer folding involves folding the glove lengthwise first, then folding it horizontally to create a multi-layered, overlapping structure. This method is often used for gloves requiring tighter packaging, such as medical gloves and industrial protective gloves, to ensure they don't take up too much space inside the packaging and to facilitate subsequent packaging and storage. Traditional glove folding methods rely heavily on manual labor, which is labor-intensive, inefficient, and the folding quality is greatly affected by worker skill and fatigue levels, resulting in high labor costs.

[0003] To improve the efficiency of glove folding, semi-automatic folding equipment is currently used. This equipment, including folding plates and guide devices, assists workers in folding gloves. However, these devices often suffer from limited functionality, low automation, and limited adaptability to different types of gloves. They are difficult to automate and continuously produce gloves from folding to packaging. After folding, the gloves still need to be manually transferred to the packaging station, resulting in low production efficiency. Furthermore, the positioning and fixing of the gloves during the folding process are not precise enough, which can easily lead to inaccurate folding and glove displacement, affecting the folding quality and the appearance of the final product.

[0004] Existing technologies include research on automating glove folding, such as patent CN221163702U – a folding mechanism for a glove packaging machine. This mechanism uses a servo-driven folding device and a folding forming table to achieve multiple folds of the gloves. While it achieves parallel folding at two stations, the tool drive structure is complex, and the folding chamber requires multiple dedicated slots, increasing manufacturing and maintenance costs. Patent CN209160215U – a glove folding and packaging machine – achieves multiple folds of the gloves by setting up multiple folding mechanisms, but its folding process relies on multiple independent drive mechanisms, resulting in a complex overall equipment structure and dependence on fixed workstation lines. For some applications, the folding process requires multiple transfers of gloves, limiting efficiency. CN113682541A, an automatic disposable glove production equipment, uses a pusher plate to linearly push gloves through the gap between positioning clamps. While this allows for multiple folds, each fold requires an independent station and pusher mechanism, resulting in a large footprint and potential glove displacement during transfer. CN218317484U, an automatic glove packaging machine, employs a dual-station design to improve efficiency, but each station still requires three independent folding components operating in a fixed channel. Furthermore, the folded gloves require an additional mechanism to transfer them to the packaging station, leading to idle waiting times during the process.

[0005] In summary, existing automated glove folding equipment suffers from problems such as low folding efficiency, insufficient space utilization, poor transfer stability, and high maintenance costs, making it difficult to guarantee the accuracy and stability of glove folding. Therefore, a new technical solution is needed to address these issues. Utility Model Content

[0006] The purpose of this invention is to provide an automatic glove folding device to solve the problems mentioned in the background art, such as the difficulty in ensuring the accuracy and stability of glove folding in current automated glove folding equipment, low folding efficiency, insufficient space utilization, poor transfer stability, and high maintenance costs.

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution: an automatic glove folding device, comprising a folding frame, a packing frame, and a transmission mechanism disposed between the packing frame and the folding frame. A disc-shaped operating table is rotatably connected to the folding frame. Several workstation areas are distributed circumferentially on the operating table. Each workstation area has a folding opening penetrating the operating table in its center. A longitudinal folding mechanism is vertically disposed above the operating table, located directly above and matching the folding opening. A transverse folding mechanism is horizontally disposed beside and below the operating table, cooperating with the longitudinal folding mechanism. A clamping component is disposed at the output end of the transverse folding mechanism. The clamping component is disposed on the transmission mechanism and is driven by the transmission mechanism to move from the output end of the transverse folding mechanism to the packing workstation of the packing frame.

[0008] Furthermore, a driven gear is provided at the bottom of the operating table with the same center. The driven gear is meshed with a driving gear. The driving gear is fixed to the output end of a rotary motor mounted on the folding frame. The rotary motor drives the operating table to rotate through the driving gear and the driven gear. The operating table is driven by the rotary motor to sequentially switch the folding opening of the work area to directly below the longitudinal folding mechanism. A limiting baffle is fixed on each of the circumferential sides and the radial inner side of the work area.

[0009] Furthermore, the longitudinal folding mechanism includes a vertical insert plate inserted into the folding opening and a drive motor A that drives the vertical insert plate to move up and down. The drive motor A is fixed to the folding frame with its output shaft axis perpendicular to the operating table, and drives the vertical insert plate, which is threadedly connected to the lead screw A, to move up and down through its output end. The vertical insert plate is driven by the drive motor A to the lead screw A to pass through from the upper part of the folding opening to the lower part of the folding opening and extend into the transverse folding mechanism.

[0010] Furthermore, the lateral folding mechanism includes a horizontal insert plate perpendicular to the vertical insert plate and a drive motor B that drives the horizontal insert plate to move left and right. The drive motor B is fixed to the folding frame with its output shaft axis parallel to the plane of the operating table, and drives the horizontal insert plate, which is threadedly connected to the lead screw B at its output end, to move left and right. The horizontal insert plate and the lead screw B are provided with a limiting dust cover with an open end. Inside the limiting dust cover, there is a rectangular cavity that is vertically below the vertical insert plate and connected to a single folding opening. The top of the cavity has an insertion port A that matches the vertical insertion plate and the folding opening, and on each of its opposite sides is an insertion port B that matches the horizontal insertion plate. The two insertion ports B are connected. The horizontal insertion plate passes through the insertion port B located at the closed end of the limiting dust cover and enters the cuboid cavity, where it is perpendicularly fitted to the vertical insertion plate that passes through the insertion port A. The horizontal insertion plate is driven by a drive motor B and a lead screw B to move from the insertion port B at the closed end of the limiting dust cover to the insertion port B at the open end of the limiting dust cover and extends to the open end of the limiting dust cover, where it is mated with the clamping assembly.

[0011] Furthermore, the clamping assembly includes a clamping frame and an upper clamping plate and a lower clamping plate extending horizontally along the clamping frame and engaging with the opening end of the limiting dust cover and cooperating with the horizontal insert plate. The lower clamping plate is driven to slide up and down in the lower region of one end of the clamping frame by a cylinder A fixed to one end of the clamping frame and is movably positioned relative to the upper clamping plate fixed to the upper part of one end of the clamping frame. A slider is fixed to the side of the other end of the clamping frame and is slidably connected to the transmission mechanism through the slider.

[0012] Furthermore, the transmission mechanism includes a support base, a drive motor C for driving the support base to move left and right, a drive motor D for driving the support base to move back and forth, and a fixedly installed transmission frame. The support base is slidably connected to the clamping assembly, and the transmission frame is located at the angle formed by the folding frame and the packing frame placed side by side. A cylinder B is fixed vertically upward on the support base, and the piston rod of the cylinder B is fixed to the bottom end of the clamping frame. The clamping frame slides up and down on the support base driven by the cylinder B. The support base is provided with a slide rail that cooperates with the slider.

[0013] Furthermore, the drive motor C drives the support seat threadedly connected to the lead screw C at its output end to move left and right. A guide plate is fixedly connected to the bottom of the drive motor C. One end of the bottom of the guide plate is threadedly connected to the lead screw D at the output end of the drive motor D. The drive motor D drives the guide plate to move back and forth through the lead screw D. A guide rail groove is fixed to the other end of the bottom of the guide plate. A guide rail is slidably connected to the guide rail groove. The guide rail is fixed on the transmission frame and is set parallel to the lead screw D.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are:

[0015] 1. This utility model achieves fully automated continuous production of gloves from folding to packaging by setting up a folding frame, a packing frame, and a transmission mechanism in conjunction with the operation table, longitudinal folding mechanism, transverse folding mechanism, and clamping components. After the gloves are folded on the operation table, they are directly transferred by the clamping components to the packing station of the packing frame via the transmission mechanism, without manual intervention, which greatly improves production efficiency and solves the problem of low efficiency caused by the need for manual transfer of gloves to the packing station after folding in traditional equipment. Connecting the folding frame and packing frame through the transmission mechanism forms a continuous process from folding to packaging, breaking the limitations of traditional equipment. The relatively independent folding and packaging processes, which previously required manual intervention or additional mechanisms, significantly improve space utilization. Combined with a rotating disc-structured operating table, the folding openings of different workstations can be easily switched to the area directly below the longitudinal folding mechanism, facilitating continuous, uninterrupted folding operations and reducing equipment downtime. The precise combination of longitudinal and transverse folding mechanisms positioned above and beside the operating table allows the gloves to be folded precisely along a preset path, both longitudinally and laterally. Compared to traditional single-direction or simple combination folding methods, this provides more accurate control over the glove's fold shape and... To ensure consistent folding quality, the longitudinal folding mechanism is positioned directly above each folding opening, while the transverse folding mechanism is positioned at a specific location beside the workbench. This ensures precise alignment between the folding mechanism and the folding opening of each workstation, effectively preventing inaccurate folding due to positional deviations between the mechanism and the workstation during the glove folding process. This improves folding accuracy and stability. Compared to the complex tool drive structure, multiple independent drive mechanisms, and multiple independent folding components in existing technologies, this design is relatively simplified, reducing the number of parts and lowering manufacturing and maintenance costs. Furthermore, by placing a clamping component at the output end of the transverse folding mechanism, the glove can be immediately clamped after transverse folding without additional transfer steps, reducing the risk of displacement or damage during transfer and ensuring the integrity and quality of the folded glove. The clamping component is then mounted on the transfer mechanism, which accurately and stably transfers the clamped glove from the output of the transverse folding mechanism to the packing station of the packing rack. This ensures smooth and accurate glove transfer, significantly improving transfer efficiency and glove yield compared to manual transfer or other unstable transfer methods.

[0016] 2. This utility model utilizes a rotary motor to drive an active gear, which in turn rotates the operating table. This ensures that the operating table rotates at a set angle and speed, accurately switching the folding openings of different workstations to directly below the longitudinal folding mechanism. This reduces folding position deviations caused by transmission errors and improves the accuracy of glove folding. By fixing a limiting baffle on each of the circumferential and radial inner sides of the workstation, the glove is positioned and fixed in all directions, effectively preventing displacement or deflection during folding operations. This ensures that the glove is always in the correct folding position, thereby guaranteeing the quality and consistency of folding. The design of rotating the operating table and switching workstations, combined with the longitudinal folding mechanism, transverse folding mechanism, clamping components, and transmission mechanism, forms a highly efficient and continuous automated production system. This reduces manual intervention and improves the automation level and stability of production.

[0017] 3. This utility model adopts a method in which a vertical insert plate is inserted into the folding opening and driven by a drive motor A through a lead screw A to move up and down. This ensures that the vertical insert plate moves up and down at a predetermined speed and stroke, making the longitudinal folding action of the glove accurate and error-free. It achieves precise control over the longitudinal folding of the glove and ensures the consistency of folding quality. On this basis, the design of the vertical insert plate passing through the upper part of the folding opening to the lower part and extending into the transverse folding mechanism allows for better connection between the longitudinal folding and the subsequent transverse folding, providing a good starting condition for subsequent folding operations and further improving the overall folding effect.

[0018] 4. This utility model employs a method where horizontal and vertical insert plates are vertically arranged and driven by a drive motor B via a lead screw B to move left and right. This achieves precise coordination with the longitudinal folding mechanism, allowing the gloves to be folded more comprehensively and regularly, resulting in a neater and more compact shape. Furthermore, the horizontal insert plate passes through the insertion port B on the closed end side of the limiting dust cover to the insertion port B on the open end side, extending to the open end to dock with the clamping component. This ensures that the laterally folded gloves can be smoothly gripped by the clamping component, achieving a seamless connection between folding and clamping, thus improving production efficiency. Furthermore, the limiting dust cover set outside the horizontal insertion plate and lead screw B not only serves to prevent dust and protect the internal mechanism from dust and impurities, extending the service life of the equipment, but also limits the movement of the horizontal insertion plate, ensuring the accuracy and stability of its movement. The design of a rectangular cavity fixed inside the limiting dust cover, with its top insertion port A matching the vertical insertion plate and folding opening, and the opposite side insertion ports B matching the horizontal insertion plate, ensures that the glove remains in a relatively closed and stable space during the folding process, further improving the accuracy and quality of folding.

[0019] 5. This utility model adopts a docking and cooperation setting between the clamping component and the transverse folding mechanism, so that the gloves can be immediately clamped by the clamping component after transverse folding and smoothly delivered to the packaging station with the movement of the transmission mechanism. This achieves efficient coordination between folding and transmission. The lower clamping plate and the upper clamping plate are set to move relative to each other by the cylinder A, so as to achieve reliable clamping of the gloves. It can be flexibly adjusted according to the size and thickness of the gloves to ensure that the gloves will not fall off during transmission. On this basis, the clamping plate frame is slidably connected to the transmission mechanism through the slider, so that the movement of the clamping component during transmission is more stable and smooth, reducing the problem of glove damage or position displacement caused by shaking or jamming.

[0020] 6. This utility model utilizes a support base driven by drive motors C and D to move left and right and forward and backward respectively, enabling the clamping assembly to move flexibly in a two-dimensional plane. This allows for accurate transfer of gloves from the folding rack station area to the packing rack station, adapting to different positional requirements, improving space utilization and production flexibility. Drive motors C and D work independently yet collaboratively, precisely controlling the support base's movement distance and speed through their respective screw transmission mechanisms. This ensures the clamping assembly moves along a predetermined path, guaranteeing transmission accuracy and stability. The telescopic action of cylinder B allows the clamping assembly to be flexibly adjusted according to glove height and transmission position requirements, facilitating glove clamping and placement, and improving operational convenience and flexibility. By rationally arranging the structural relationships between the transmission rack, folding rack, and packing rack, a stable and efficient transmission system is formed, maximizing space utilization. This results in a more compact structure, reduced floor space, shorter transmission distance between folding and packing of gloves, and improved production efficiency, equipment reliability, and service life. Attached Figure Description

[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model;

[0022] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the back cross-section structure;

[0023] Figure 3 for Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the front structure;

[0024] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A top-view structural diagram.

[0025] The components include: 1. Folding frame; 2. Packing frame; 3. Operating table; 301. Workstation area; 4. Folding opening; 5. Rotary motor; 6. Drive gear; 7. Driven gear; 8. Limiting baffle; 9. Longitudinal folding mechanism; 901. Vertical insert plate; 902. Drive motor A; 9021. Lead screw A; 10. Lateral folding mechanism; 1001. Horizontal insert plate; 1002. Drive motor B; 10021. Lead screw B; 11. Limiting dust cover; 12. Rectangular cavity. ; 1201, Socket A; 1202, Socket B; 13, Clamping assembly; 1301, Clamping plate frame; 1302, Upper clamping plate; 1303, Lower clamping plate; 14, Cylinder A; 15, Slider; 16, Support base; 17, Drive motor C; 1701, Lead screw C; 18, Drive motor D; 1801, Lead screw D; 19, Transmission frame; 20, Cylinder B; 21, Slide rail; 22, Guide plate; 23, Guide rail groove; 24, Guide rail; 25, Main control panel. Detailed Implementation

[0026] The following embodiments are used to further illustrate the content of this utility model, and do not limit the application of this utility model.

[0027] Please see Figures 1-4 This utility model provides an automatic glove folding device, including a folding frame 1, a packing frame 2, and a transmission mechanism disposed between the packing frame 2 and the folding frame 1. A disc-shaped operating table 3 is rotatably connected to the folding frame 1. Several workstation areas 301 for placing gloves are distributed around the circumference of the operating table 3. A limiting baffle 8 is fixed on each of the two circumferential sides and the radial inner side of each workstation area 301, and each workstation area 301 has a folding opening 4 that passes through the operating table 3 and is used for folding gloves. A rotary motor 5 is also fixed on the folding frame 1. The output end of the rotary motor 5 is connected to a drive gear 6. The drive gear 6 is meshed with a driven gear 7. The driven gear 7 is concentrically located at the bottom of the operating table 3. The rotary motor 5 drives the operating table 3 to rotate through the drive gear 6 and the driven gear 7. The operating table 3 is driven by the rotary motor 5 to sequentially switch the folding opening 4 of the workstation area 301 to the direct below of the longitudinal folding mechanism 9 located directly above the individual folding opening 4 and matching the folding opening 4.

[0028] The longitudinal folding mechanism 9 includes a vertical insert plate 901 inserted into the folding opening 4 and a drive motor A902 that drives the vertical insert plate 901 to move up and down. The drive motor A902 is fixed to the folding frame 1 with its output shaft axis perpendicular to the operating table 3 and drives the vertical insert plate 901, which is threadedly connected to the lead screw A9021 at its output end, to move up and down. This causes the vertical insert plate 901 to pass through the upper part of the folding opening 4 to the lower part of the folding opening 4 and extend into the transverse folding mechanism 10, which is located horizontally below the side of the operating table 3 and cooperates with the longitudinal folding mechanism 9.

[0029] The horizontal folding mechanism 10 includes a horizontal insert plate 1001 that is perpendicular to the vertical insert plate 901 and a drive motor B1002 that drives the horizontal insert plate 1001 to move left and right. The drive motor B1002 is fixed to the folding frame 1 with its output shaft axis parallel to the plane of the operating table 3 and drives the horizontal insert plate 1001, which is threadedly connected to the lead screw B10021, to move left and right through its output end.

[0030] The horizontal insert plate 1001 and the lead screw B10021 are provided with a limiting dust cover 11 with an open end. Inside the limiting dust cover 11, there is a rectangular cavity 12 that is vertically below the vertical insert plate 901 and is connected to a single folding opening 4. The top of the rectangular cavity 12 has an insertion port A1201 that matches the vertical insert plate 901 and the folding opening 4, and each of its opposite sides has an insertion port B1202 that matches the horizontal insert plate 1001. The two insertion ports B1202 are connected through each other, and the horizontal insert plate 1001 passes through them. The insertion port B1202 located on the closed end side of the limiting dust cover 11 enters the cuboid cavity 12 and is vertically engaged with the vertical insertion plate 901 that passes through the insertion port A1201. The horizontal insertion plate 1001 is driven by the drive motor B1002 and the lead screw B10021 to pass through the insertion port B1202 on the closed end side of the limiting dust cover 11 to the insertion port B1202 on the open end side of the limiting dust cover 11 and extend to the open end of the limiting dust cover 11. The clamping component 13 located at the output end of the horizontal folding mechanism 10 is engaged with it.

[0031] The clamping assembly 13 includes a clamping frame 1301 and an upper clamping plate 1302 and a lower clamping plate 1303 that extend horizontally along the clamping frame 1301 and are connected to the opening end of the limiting dust cover 11 and cooperate with the horizontal insert plate 1001. The lower clamping plate 1303 is driven to slide up and down in the lower part of one end of the clamping frame 1301 by a cylinder A14 fixed to one end of the clamping frame 1301 and is movably arranged relative to the upper clamping plate 1302 fixed to the upper part of one end of the clamping frame 1301. A slider 15 is fixed to the other side of the clamping frame 1301 and is slidably connected to the transmission mechanism through the slider 15, so that the clamping assembly 13 is moved from the opening end of the limiting dust cover 11 to the packaging station of the packaging rack 2 by the transmission mechanism.

[0032] The transmission mechanism includes a support base 16, a drive motor C17 that drives the support base 16 to move left and right, a drive motor D18 that drives the support base 16 to move back and forth, and a fixedly installed transmission frame 19. The support base 16 is slidably connected to the clamping assembly 13, and the transmission frame 19 is located at the angle formed by the folding frame 1 and the packing frame 2 placed side by side.

[0033] A cylinder B20 is fixed vertically upward on the support base 16. The piston rod of the cylinder B20 is fixed to the bottom end of the clamping frame 1301. The clamping frame 1301 is driven by the cylinder B20 to slide up and down on the support base 16. The support base 16 is provided with a slide rail 21 that cooperates with the slider 15.

[0034] The drive motor C17 drives the support seat 16, which is threadedly connected to the lead screw C1701 at its output end, to move left and right. A guide plate 22 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the drive motor C17. One end of the bottom of the guide plate 22 is threadedly connected to the lead screw D1801 at the output end of the drive motor D18, so that the drive motor D18 drives the guide plate 22 to move back and forth through the lead screw D1801. This causes the drive motor C17 to drive the support seat 16 to move back and forth with the movement of the guide plate 22. The other end of the bottom of the guide plate 22 is fixed with a guide rail groove 23. A guide rail 24 is slidably connected to the guide rail groove 23. The guide rail 24 is fixed on the transmission frame 19 and is set parallel to the lead screw D1801, so that the drive motor C17 drives the support seat 16 to move back and forth more smoothly.

[0035] The working principle and usage process of this utility model are as follows: Figures 1-4 As shown, after the automatic glove folding device is assembled, the operator installs the entire device into the glove packaging equipment (the functions and structures of conventional equipment such as glove packaging equipment are well known in the field, and the connection settings are also common knowledge, so they will not be described in detail here, nor are they shown in the attached drawings). The purpose is to achieve fully automated continuous production of gloves from folding to packaging by setting up the folding frame 1, the packing frame 2, and the transmission mechanism in coordination with the operating table 3, the longitudinal folding mechanism 9, the transverse folding mechanism 10, and the clamping component 13. After the gloves are folded on the operating table 3, they are directly transferred by the clamping component 13 to the packing station of the packing frame 2 through the transmission mechanism without manual intervention, which greatly improves production efficiency and solves the problem of low efficiency caused by the need for manual transfer of gloves to the packing station after folding in traditional equipment.

[0036] When gloves need to be folded for packaging, the operator places the gloves to be folded on the workstation 301 on the operating table 3, which is limited by three limiting baffles 8, so that the center of the gloves is at the folding opening 4. Since all motors and cylinders are operated and controlled through the main control panel 25, the operator starts the rotary motor 5 through the main control panel 25, so that the gloves to be folded on the operating table 3 are sequentially switched to the area below the vertical insertion plate 901, so that the folding opening 4 of the gloves is directly below the vertical insertion plate 901. Then, the main control panel 25 controls the drive motor A902, so that the vertical insertion plate 901 moves towards the folding opening 4 under the action of the lead screw A9021, so that the gloves to be folded are folded longitudinally and inserted into the folding opening 4 under the resistance of the vertical insertion plate 901, until the gloves are folded into the folding opening 4. The longitudinally folded glove, inserted through folding opening 4, is pushed into the cuboid cavity 12, thus completing the longitudinal fold. Then, the main control console 25 controls the drive motor A902 to drive the lead screw A9021, controlling the vertical insert plate 901 to move upwards until it returns to its initial state. Simultaneously, the main control console 25 controls the drive motor B1002, causing the horizontal insert plate 1001 (long enough to push the glove out of the limiting dust cover 11, clamping the glove between the upper clamping plate 1302 and the lower clamping plate 1303) to move towards the opening of the limiting dust cover 11 under the action of the lead screw B10021 and enter the cuboid cavity 12 through the insertion opening B1202 on the closed side of the limiting dust cover 11. This allows the longitudinally folded glove within the cuboid cavity 12 to be placed within the horizontal insert plate 1001. Under the resistance, the glove is folded horizontally again. After multiple folds, the glove will continue to move under the horizontal insert plate 1001 and be sent out of the cuboid cavity 12 through the insertion port B1202 at the opening end of the limiting dust cover 11 until it is sent between the upper clamping plate 1302 and the lower clamping plate 1303, thus completing the horizontal folding. At this time, the main control console 25 will control the drive motor B1002 to drive the lead screw B10021 to control the horizontal insert plate 1001 to move towards the closed end of the limiting dust cover 11 until it returns to the initial state. At the same time, the main control console 25 will control the cylinder A14 to adjust the lower clamping plate 1303 below the upper clamping plate 1302 until the glove is firmly clamped between the upper clamping plate 1302 and the lower clamping plate 1303. Then the main control console 25 controls the drive motor B1002 to move the glove between the upper clamping plate 1302 and the lower clamping plate 1303. Motor C17 drives support base 16, which, under the action of lead screw C1701, moves clamping plate frame 1301 holding gloves to the right until it reaches the position corresponding to the packing station of packing rack 2. Then, main control console 25 controls cylinder B20 to adjust the position of clamping plate frame 1301 so that clamping plate frame 1301 is on the same horizontal plane as the packing station. Then, drive motor D18 is controlled so that guide plate 22, under the action of lead screw D1801, drives drive motor C17 and support base 16 to move backward synchronously until the multi-layer folded gloves held between upper clamping plate 1302 and lower clamping plate 1303 are sent into the packing station of packing rack 2 for packing. After the gloves are transferred, support base 16 will move forward under the action of lead screw D1801.Then, under the action of cylinder B20, the clamping frame 1301 and the opening end of the limiting dust cover 11 are aligned on the same horizontal plane. Finally, under the action of lead screw C1701, it moves to the left, so that the upper clamping plate 1302 and lower clamping plate 1303 at the end of the clamping frame 1301 are positioned at the opening end of the limiting dust cover 11, preparing for the conveying of a multi-layer folded glove. This achieves fully automated continuous production of gloves from folding to packaging.

Claims

1. An automatic glove folding device, comprising a folding frame, a packing frame, and a transmission mechanism disposed between the packing frame and the folding frame, characterized in that, The folding frame is rotatably connected to a disc-shaped operating table. The operating table has several workstations distributed around its circumference. Each workstation has a folding opening that passes through the operating table in the center. A longitudinal folding mechanism is vertically positioned above the operating table and matched to the folding opening. A transverse folding mechanism is horizontally positioned beside and below the operating table and cooperates with the longitudinal folding mechanism. A clamping component is provided at the output end of the transverse folding mechanism. The clamping component is mounted on a transmission mechanism and is driven by the transmission mechanism to move from the output end of the transverse folding mechanism to the packaging station of the packaging frame.

2. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The bottom of the operating table is provided with a driven gear at the same center. The driven gear is meshed with a driving gear. The driving gear is fixed to the output end of a rotary motor set on the folding frame. The rotary motor drives the operating table to rotate through the driving gear and the driven gear. The operating table is driven by the rotary motor to sequentially switch the folding opening of the work area to directly below the longitudinal folding mechanism. A limiting baffle is fixed on each of the circumferential sides and the radial inner side of the work area.

3. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The longitudinal folding mechanism includes a vertical insert plate inserted into the folding opening and a drive motor A that drives the vertical insert plate to move up and down. The drive motor A is fixed to the folding frame with its output shaft axis perpendicular to the operating table, and drives the vertical insert plate threaded to the lead screw A at its output end to move up and down.

4. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The vertical insert plate is driven by the drive motor A and the lead screw A to pass through the upper part of the folding opening to the lower part of the folding opening and extend into the horizontal folding mechanism.

5. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The horizontal folding mechanism includes a horizontal insert plate perpendicular to the vertical insert plate and a drive motor B that drives the horizontal insert plate to move left and right. The drive motor B is fixed to the folding frame with its output shaft axis parallel to the plane of the operating table, and drives the horizontal insert plate, which is threaded to the lead screw B at its output end, to move left and right. The horizontal insert plate and the lead screw B are provided with a limiting dust cover with an open end. Inside the limiting dust cover, there is a rectangular cavity that is vertically below the vertical insert plate and connected to a single folding opening. The top of the rectangular cavity has an insertion port A that matches the vertical insert plate and the folding opening, and each of its opposite sides has an insertion port B that matches the horizontal insert plate. The two insertion ports B are connected. The horizontal insert plate passes through the insertion port B on the closed end side of the limiting dust cover and enters the rectangular cavity to be perpendicularly matched with the vertical insert plate that passes through the insertion port A.

6. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The horizontal insert plate is driven by the drive motor B and the lead screw B to pass through the insertion port B on the closed end side of the limiting dust cover to the insertion port B on the open end side of the limiting dust cover and extend to the open end of the limiting dust cover, where it is connected and cooperates with the clamping assembly.

7. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The clamping assembly includes a clamping frame and an upper clamping plate and a lower clamping plate extending horizontally along the clamping frame and engaging with the opening of the limiting dust cover and cooperating with the horizontal insert plate. The lower clamping plate is driven to slide up and down in the lower part of one end of the clamping frame by a cylinder A fixed to one end of the clamping frame and is movably positioned relative to the upper clamping plate fixed to the upper part of one end of the clamping frame. A slider is fixed to the side of the other end of the clamping frame and is slidably connected to the transmission mechanism through the slider.

8. The automatic glove folding device according to claim 7, characterized in that, The transmission mechanism includes a support base, a drive motor C for driving the support base to move left and right, a drive motor D for driving the support base to move back and forth, and a fixed transmission frame. The support base is slidably connected to the clamping assembly, and the transmission frame is located at the angle formed by the folding frame and the packing frame placed side by side.

9. An automatic glove folding device according to claim 8, characterized in that, A cylinder B is fixed vertically upward on the support base. The piston rod of the cylinder B is fixed to the bottom end of the clamping frame. The clamping frame slides up and down on the support base driven by the cylinder B. The support base is provided with a slide rail that cooperates with the slider.

10. An automatic glove folding device according to claim 9, characterized in that, The drive motor C drives the support seat threadedly connected to the lead screw C at its output end to move left and right. A guide plate is fixedly connected to the bottom of the drive motor C. One end of the bottom of the guide plate is threadedly connected to the lead screw D at the output end of the drive motor D. The drive motor D drives the guide plate to move back and forth through the lead screw D. A guide rail groove is fixed to the other end of the bottom of the guide plate. A guide rail is slidably connected to the guide rail groove. The guide rail is fixed on the transmission frame and is set parallel to the lead screw D.

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