EP3751045B1 - Procédé et dispositif d'acheminement de linge à une calandre ou similaire - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif d'acheminement de linge à une calandre ou similaire Download PDF

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EP3751045B1
EP3751045B1 EP20179487.2A EP20179487A EP3751045B1 EP 3751045 B1 EP3751045 B1 EP 3751045B1 EP 20179487 A EP20179487 A EP 20179487A EP 3751045 B1 EP3751045 B1 EP 3751045B1
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Engelbert Heinz
Wilhelm Bringewatt
Jürgen Sielermann
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
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    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the invention relates to a method for feeding laundry items to a mangle or the like according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for feeding laundry items to a mangle or the like according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • Washed laundry especially flat laundry, is mangled or otherwise smoothed after washing and, if necessary, subsequent dewatering and/or drying.
  • the laundry is washed and dried in batches.
  • the laundry items are smoothed, or in particular ironed, individually, while they are spread out. This is why feeding laundry items to the mangle or the like requires several consecutive work steps.
  • a device for separating and stacking items of laundry is known. Each individual item of laundry is pulled across a conveyor by a clamp (26) holding one corner of the same, and the rear end of the item of laundry is gripped by a second clamp. When a clamp is released, the item of laundry is rotated by the driven conveyor and is spread out by blow nozzles so that it lies on the conveyor without creases. An edge of the item of laundry is formed next to or on the edge of the conveyor, running in the direction of transport, which is then gripped at opposite ends by a double clamp. The double clamp then pulls the spread-out item of laundry down from the conveyor in a transverse direction and places it on a stacker.
  • the US 2008/0092415 A1 discloses a device for separating and stacking towels. Each separated piece of laundry is pulled across a support by a clamp holding one corner of the same. Along the support, an opposite A pair of clamps holding the ends of a transverse edge of the towel can be moved. The pair of clamps places the stretched-out towel on another base that runs across the first base. From this base, a double clamp that can be moved across the same pulls the spread-out towel onto a stacker.
  • the invention is based on the object of creating an automatic, in particular fully automatic, method for feeding laundry items to a mangle or the like as well as a corresponding device which ensure a high throughput and a high level of reliability.
  • a method for solving this problem has the measures of claim 1.
  • the automatically separated item of laundry is reliably and automatically assigned to a clamp that holds a longitudinal edge section of the item of laundry extending from a corner of a front transverse edge.
  • the clamp transfers at least one beginning of a transverse edge region of the item of laundry extending from the transverse edge to a belt conveyor running transversely to the feed direction.
  • the transverse edge region of the item of laundry is pulled from the clamp onto the belt conveyor transversely to the feed direction.
  • the belt conveyor transports at least the transverse edge area of the laundry item lying on it, preferably the entire laundry item, in front of a transfer conveyor. During or after this, the belt conveyor centers the laundry item, namely at least one transverse edge area lying on the belt conveyor, in the middle of the transfer conveyor.
  • the item of laundry is then placed, preferably by the belt conveyor, with the transverse edge area and the transverse edge leading it onto the transfer conveyor, which aligns at least the transverse edge of the item of laundry at right angles to the input direction, before the item of laundry is either transported directly to the mangle by the transfer conveyor or transferred to a subsequent feed conveyor, which finally transports the item of laundry to the mangle or the like and feeds it into it.
  • the clamp holds the longitudinal edge section extending from a corner of the transverse edge stretched.
  • the transverse edge region of the item of laundry is formed.
  • the transverse edge region extends out from the clamp as a result of the longitudinal edge section being held stretched in the clamp.
  • the clamp for holding the longitudinal edge section in an extended position is designed as a double clamp with two spaced clamp jaws.
  • the region of the longitudinal edge section lying between the clamp jaws is thus held in an extended position, in particular approximately in a straight line, between the clamp jaws.
  • the method can be advantageously further developed by assigning a guide means to the belt conveyor.
  • the guide means is preferably arranged upstream of the belt conveyor transversely and/or at right angles to the input direction with respect to a conveying direction of the belt conveyor, in that the guide means is located laterally in front of the belt conveyor with respect to the feed direction.
  • the guide means guides the transverse edge area of the respective item of laundry transversely, in particular at right angles or at least approximately at right angles, to the feed direction when the transverse edge area is pulled onto the belt conveyor. This leads to at least an approximate alignment or pre-alignment of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry perpendicular to the feed direction.
  • the guide means is preferably designed as at least one alignment drive.
  • the transverse edge area of the item of laundry is fixed to the belt conveyor, preferably its upper run.
  • This fixing is preferably carried out pneumatically by means of negative pressure or suction air.
  • the transverse edge area of the item of laundry is held on the upper run at the latest after it has been pulled onto the upper run of the belt conveyor, preferably already during the pulling onto the upper run of the belt conveyor, so that the transverse edge area of the item of laundry is taken along by the upper run of the belt conveyor by a drive of the belt conveyor, in particular its upper run, transversely to the feed direction and is thereby pulled onto the belt conveyor.
  • the belt conveyor can also move the transverse edge area and thus the item of laundry in the middle of the belt conveyor in a substantially slip-free manner. Center the transfer conveyor so that the center of the laundry item comes in front of the center of the respective track of the transfer conveyor.
  • the width of the item of laundry namely the dimension of the item of laundry transverse to the feed direction, to be determined in the area of the belt conveyor, in particular on the belt conveyor.
  • This width of the item of laundry transverse to the feed direction preferably corresponds to the length of its transverse edge.
  • transverse edge means that the relevant front edge of the item of laundry extends transverse to the feed direction. In the case of rectangular items of laundry, this can be either the long side (longitudinal side) or the short side (transverse side). The invention is therefore not limited to the long or short side as the transverse edge.
  • the upper run of the belt conveyor is moved in a targeted manner, taking the item of laundry with it as a result of the front transverse edge area of the item of laundry being fixed on the upper run of the belt conveyor.
  • This targeted movement of the belt conveyor, in particular its upper run with the respective item of laundry is carried out in such a way that the item of laundry is centered in front of the transfer conveyor and/or the item of laundry is centered with respect to the respective delivery path of the item of laundry on the transfer conveyor with respect to its feed or delivery path.
  • Another advantageous embodiment of the method provides for the course of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry on the transfer conveyor to be determined by sensors. This can be done by a row of consecutive sensors running transversely to the feed direction, preferably a sensor strip, above or below the upper run of the transfer conveyor, but also by at least one camera, a light barrier or the like. By subsequently driving several adjacent belts of the transfer conveyor in a targeted, independent manner, the front transverse edge of the item of laundry is then shifted in such a way that it runs at right angles to the feed direction.
  • the independent drive of all or groups of several adjacent belts of the transfer conveyor is controlled by the result of the previous sensory determination and/or scanning of the course of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry after the belt conveyor has placed the front transverse edge of the item of laundry on the start of the transfer conveyor.
  • the respective item of laundry is fed and transferred to a mangle or the like with the transverse edge of the item of laundry running exactly at right angles to the feed direction and/or aligned in a straight line or at least approximately in a straight line.
  • a device for solving the problem mentioned at the beginning has the features of claim 8.
  • the at least one clamp is designed in front of the conveyor for holding a longitudinal edge section of the item of laundry starting from a corner of the transverse edge
  • the conveyor is designed as a belt conveyor running transversely to the input direction for receiving the front transverse edge area of the item of laundry and for moving it transversely to the feed direction.
  • a transfer conveyor following the belt conveyor in the feed direction is provided for aligning the front transverse edge of the respective item of laundry at right angles to the feed direction.
  • its belt conveyor extends transversely to the feed direction in front of and/or over the transfer conveyor. This allows the item of laundry with a transverse edge area to be reliably and automatically deposited by the belt conveyor onto the beginning of the feed conveyor, preferably in the middle of the transfer conveyor.
  • Another possible design of the device provides for an upper run of the belt conveyor to receive and/or fix the front transverse edge area of the respective laundry item.
  • the laundry item can be centered in front of the transfer conveyor with its transverse edge area fixed on the upper run of the belt conveyor.
  • fixing the front transverse edge area of the laundry item on the upper run of the belt conveyor supports the Transfer of the transverse edge area from the clamp, especially the double clamp, to the upper run of the belt conveyor.
  • the belt conveyor is assigned a measuring device for determining the length of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry. Viewed in the feed direction, this length of the front transverse edge corresponds to the width or length of the item of laundry, depending on whether the item of laundry is to be fed lengthwise or crosswise to the mangle or the like.
  • a drive of the belt conveyor can be controlled depending on the determined length or width of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry in such a way that the item of laundry can be centered in the middle of the transfer conveyor by moving the upper run of the belt conveyor in one direction or the other transverse to the feed direction. This centering can be carried out precisely and based on the length or width of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry previously determined by the measuring device.
  • a preferred development of the device provides for the belt conveyor to be assigned at least one guide means, preferably at least one alignment drive, located in front of the start of the same.
  • This at least one guide means is assigned to the belt conveyor in such a way, in particular arranged upstream, that the clamp or double clamp pulls the transverse edge area of the respective item of laundry through the at least one guide means during transport to the belt conveyor, in particular when pulling it onto it, transversely to the feed direction, whereby the latter aligns the front transverse edge at least approximately transversely to the feed direction.
  • the belt conveyor already pre-aligns the front transverse edge of the item of laundry.
  • the device is designed such that the transfer conveyor has several conveyor belts lying next to each other transversely to the feed direction for transporting the respective item of laundry in the feed direction and/or to the feed conveyor following the transfer conveyor.
  • the conveyor belts lying next to each other or groups of several conveyor belts lying next to each other can be driven independently of each other. This enables the front transverse edge of the respective item of laundry to be automatically aligned at a right angle to the feed direction and thus also to the transfer conveyor and/or to the feed conveyor, preferably a sandwich feed conveyor.
  • the transfer conveyor is assigned a detection device for detecting the course of the front transverse edge of the respective item of laundry relative to the feed direction.
  • This detection device can be used to determine any deviations of the front transverse edge from the right-angled course to the feed direction and/or any sagging of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry that may still be present. If this determination determines that the front transverse edge is not at right angles to the feed direction on the transfer conveyor and/or that the front transverse edge still has an unacceptably large sag, the sagging and/or any non-right-angled course of the front transverse edge of the respective item of laundry to the feed direction can be automatically eliminated by a targeted drive of the adjacent conveyor belts or groups of several adjacent conveyor belts.
  • the device shown in the figures is used for the fully automatic feeding of laundry items to a mangle or other laundry treatment device, for example a folding machine.
  • This device is also particularly suitable for carrying out the method according to the invention for feeding laundry items to a mangle or the like.
  • an item of laundry 10 is shown as an example.
  • This item of laundry 10 is a flat item of laundry, for example a tablecloth, a bed sheet, a duvet cover, a pillowcase or possibly also a napkin.
  • the invention is not limited to this.
  • the laundry items 10 are fed to the device as a pile of laundry after washing and, if necessary, drying and/or loosening.
  • the device has a gripper 12 that can be moved up and down along an ascending transport path 11, which is formed, for example, by a shuttle cylinder.
  • the gripper 12 is designed to grip any point, preferably a single item of laundry 10, from the pile of laundry. Occasionally, several items of laundry 10 are picked out of the pile of laundry by the gripper 12 at the same time. For this reason, a separator 13 is arranged downstream of the gripper 12.
  • a first item of laundry 10 or several items of laundry 10 reach the separator 13, which carries out a final separation of possibly several items of laundry 10 that have been simultaneously gripped by the gripper 12.
  • the transport path 11 and the separator 13 please refer to the EN 10 2016 012 274 A1 reference is made.
  • a separated item of laundry 10 is fed or provided by the separator 13 to a subsequent transport system 14.
  • a first movable clamp of this transport system 14 grips the individual item of laundry 10 provided by the separator 13 from any point on an edge, preferably a corner or corner area.
  • the item of laundry 10 is reoriented by means of the movable clamps of the transport system 14. This occurs in such a way that a last clamp 15 of the transport system 14 can grip a longitudinal edge section 18 of a longitudinal edge 19 of the item of laundry 10, which extends from a corner 16 of a front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10.
  • This longitudinal edge section 18 laterally delimits a transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 extending from the front transverse edge.
  • the clamp 15 is designed as a double clamp with two spaced-apart clamp jaws. As a result, the clamp 15 is able to hold adjacent ends of the longitudinal edge section 18 stretched with its spaced-apart clamp jaws. The part of the longitudinal edge section 18 located between the two clamp jaws of the clamp 15 is thus held stretched, preferably in an approximately straight line, by the clamp 15.
  • the clamp 15 can be moved longitudinally on a transport path 21, which is formed, for example, by a shuttle cylinder, to a subsequent clamp 22, which is preferably also designed as a double clamp with two spaced clamp jaws for holding the longitudinal edge section 18 of the laundry item 10 in an extended position.
  • This clamp 22 can be moved transversely, in particular at right angles, to the feed direction 23 of the laundry item 10 to the mangle (not shown in the figures) or another laundry machine.
  • the clamp 22 can be moved along a further transport path 24, which can also be formed by a shuttle cylinder.
  • This transport path 24 also runs transversely, preferably at right angles, to the feed direction 23, namely horizontally.
  • the transport track 24 and the clamp 22 which can be moved along it are arranged above a conveyor which is preferably designed as a belt conveyor 25.
  • the length of the belt conveyor 25 corresponds to the length of the front transverse edge 17 of the largest item of laundry 10 to be fed to the mangle or the like.
  • the width of the belt conveyor 25 is selected such that it can accommodate the front transverse edge region 20 of each item of laundry 10. As a result, the width of the belt conveyor 25 corresponds at least to the length of the longitudinal edge section 18 of each item of laundry 10.
  • the belt conveyor 25 has a conveyor belt which is narrow relative to its length and can be driven in a rotating manner, the upper run 26 of which is designed to accommodate the transverse edge region 20 of the respective item of laundry 10.
  • the upper run 26 is specifically moved in the longitudinal direction of the belt conveyor 25 transversely to the Feed direction 23, in particular running at right angles to the feed direction 23, movable.
  • the belt conveyor 25 is assigned a measuring device for determining the length of the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 pulled up on the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25. Based on the length of the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 determined by this measuring device, the drive of the belt conveyor 25 is controlled for the automatic centering and/or centering of the item of laundry 10 relative to a subsequent transfer conveyor 40 or the like.
  • a suction surface 27 that runs the entire length of the belt conveyor 25 for fixing a transverse edge strip of the item of laundry 10 that adjoins the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10.
  • the suction surface 27 lies in a vertical plane below the front side edge of the belt conveyor 25 and, in the embodiment shown, has a uniform grid of suction holes 28 that can be subjected to negative pressure.
  • a guide means is assigned to the beginning of the belt conveyor 25, from where the transverse edge area 20 of the respective laundry item 10 can be fed to it ( Fig. 2 to 4 ).
  • the guide means is located in front of the start of the belt conveyor 25.
  • the guide means shown in the figures is designed as an alignment drive 29. It has an alignment conveyor 30, a retainer 31 and a sensor curtain 32.
  • the alignment conveyor 30 runs in the feed direction 23. Its conveyor belt 33 is provided with at least one continuous row of suction holes 34.
  • the suction holes 34 can be supplied with suction air to fix the item of laundry 10 on an upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33.
  • the upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33 lies approximately in a common horizontal plane with the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25.
  • the retainer 31 is arranged above the upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33 of the guide means.
  • the retainer 31 has at least one pull-on brush 36, which is preferably formed by at least one brush strip made of, for example, rubber or plastic and is thus elastically deformable.
  • the width of the pull-on brush 36 corresponds approximately to the width of the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25.
  • the pull-on brush 36 is attached to a swivel arm 37, which is pivoted by a suitable swivel drive from the upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33 from the position shown in, for example, the Fig.3 shown swung down active position, whereby a beginning of the transverse edge region 20 of the laundry item 10 can be positioned between the upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33 and the lower side of the winding brush 36 at the beginning of the winding of the same onto the belt conveyor 25.
  • the sensor curtain 32 is arranged behind the retainer 31, in particular behind its pull-on brush 36.
  • the sensor curtain 32 is generated by several sensors of preferably the same type arranged next to or behind one another, in particular closely behind one another, in the feed direction 23, whereby the sensors can belong to a sensor strip 38.
  • Sensor beams 39 emanating from each of the successive sensors, preferably the sensor strip 38, are in the Fig.3 shown visibly by parallel lines.
  • the sensor curtain 32 formed in this way is located in a vertical plane that runs longitudinally to the feed direction 23.
  • the sensor beams 39 are directed at the upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33 or a gap or a detection plate between the upper run 35 of the conveyor belt 33 and the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25. In this way, they detect the position of the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 relative to the rear side edge of the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25 when the item of laundry 10 is pulled onto the belt conveyor 25.
  • the sensor bar 38 detects the course of the transverse edge area 20 when it is pulled onto the belt conveyor 25, and the alignment drive 29 actively influences this course and corrects it if necessary.
  • the transfer conveyor 40 is arranged behind and below the belt conveyor 25.
  • the transport direction of the transfer conveyor 40 runs in the feed direction 23.
  • the transfer conveyor 40 is formed from several narrow conveyor belts 41, which are preferably arranged next to one another at a small distance transversely to the feed direction 23.
  • At least the front transverse edge region 20 of the respective item of laundry 10 can be transferred from the belt conveyor 25 to an upper run 42 of the transfer conveyor 40 lying in a horizontal plane, in particular pulled up, and can be deposited with the leading front transverse edge 17 on the upper run 42 of the transfer conveyor 40, preferably the upper runs of the adjacent, narrow conveyor belts 41 of the transfer conveyor 40 ( Fig. 7 to 9 ).
  • the Fig.8 shows the case where after transferring or pulling at least part of the front transverse edge area 20 of the laundry item 10 onto the transfer conveyor 40, the front transverse edge 17 of the laundry item 10 in question does not yet run at right angles to the feed direction 23.
  • the front transverse edge 17 of the laundry item 10 is reoriented by the transfer conveyor 40 so that the front transverse edge 17 runs at right angles to the feed direction 23 of the transfer conveyor 40 ( Fig.9 ).
  • each conveyor belt 41 of the transfer conveyor 40 or alternatively groups of several conveyor belts 41 of the transfer conveyor 40 can be driven individually and independently of one another.
  • the right-angled alignment of the front transverse edge 17 of the respective item of laundry 10 to the feed direction 23 is controlled by sensors not shown in the figures, for example light barriers, which are arranged, for example, above the transfer conveyor 40 in a row running at right angles to the feed direction 23.
  • the targeted and needs-based independent drive of the conveyor belts 41 or groups of several conveyor belts 41 takes place in such a way and for as long as it takes until the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 is detected by all sensors in the row of several adjacent sensors running transversely to the feed direction 23.
  • the laundry item 10 is transported further by the transfer conveyor 40 in the feed direction 23, either directly to the mangle or the like or - according to the embodiment shown - to a feed conveyor 43 following the transfer conveyor 40, which then transports the laundry item 10 to the mangle or another laundry treatment machine and feeds it into it, in particular feeds it in.
  • the feed conveyor 43 can be designed as a sandwich conveyor with superimposed partial conveyors.
  • a single item of laundry 10 is picked up from the pile of laundry by the gripper 12 and fed to the separator 13.
  • the separator 13 carries out a complete separation of possibly several items of laundry 10 picked up simultaneously by the gripper 12.
  • the separator 13 holds a single item of laundry 10 at any point at the beginning of the transport system 14, in particular a first clamp 15 thereof.
  • the clamp 15 is preferably designed as a double clamp, in such a way that it can be taken over by a clamp 22 that can be moved along the transport path 21 running transversely to the feed direction 23.
  • the two spaced-apart clamp jaws of the clamp 22 designed as a double clamp grip adjacent ends of the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 in such a way that the section of the transverse edge region 20 held between the clamp jaws is stretched out between the clamp jaws. At least one of the two clamp jaws of the double clamp 22 is moved relative to the other clamp jaw in such a way that the distance between the two clamp jaws increases and the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 held between the spread-apart clamp jaws is thereby pre-tensioned. The clamp 22 then holds the transverse edge region 20 stretched out between its two clamp jaws.
  • the item of laundry with the longitudinal edge section 18 is located in front of the start of the belt conveyor 25 and also in front of the alignment drive 29 assigned to it.
  • the pivot arm 37 holding the pull-on brush 36 of the alignment drive 29 is pivoted upwards.
  • the pull-on brush 36 of the latter is moved against the upper side of the transverse edge region 20, until the flexible lower edge of the pull-on brush 36 rests elastically on the transverse edge region.
  • the transverse edge region 20 is transversely directed, i.e. in a direction parallel to the longitudinal edge section 18, at the bottom by the upper run 35 of the alignment conveyor 30 and at the top by the lower edge of the pull-on brush 36 of the retainer 31 of the alignment drive 29.
  • the sensor curtain 32 is assigned to the alignment drive 29. Preferably, this is arranged downstream of the retainer 31 when viewed in the direction of pulling the transverse edge area 20 onto the belt conveyor 25.
  • the sensor curtain 32 senses the laundry item 10 onto the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25, the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 is measured without contact, namely the distance of the front transverse edge 17 in the area of the sensor curtain 32 to the rear transverse edge of the belt conveyor 25 as seen in the feed direction 23.
  • the distance of the transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 to the rear transverse edge of the belt conveyor 25 is corrected by moving the alignment conveyor 30 of the alignment drive 29 in or against the feed direction 23. This ensures that the clamp 22 pulls the transverse edge region 20 of the laundry item 10 onto the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25 at a right angle to the feed direction 23.
  • the strip of the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 located on the upper run 35 of the alignment conveyor 30 is fixed to the upper run 35 by applying negative pressure to the suction hole 34 in the conveyor belt 33. Due to this fixation, the item of laundry 10 can also be pulled along under the lower edge of the pull-on brush 36 of the retainer 31 when the transverse edge region 20 is aligned.
  • the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 can be fixed on the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25 by means of negative pressure and/or suction.
  • the laundry item 10 is centered by the latter to a longitudinal center line of the transfer conveyor 40 running in the feed direction 23. This is done by moving the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25 transversely to the feed direction 23. Opposite longitudinal edge sections 18 of the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 are detected by sensors assigned to the belt conveyor 25 and the upper run 26 is moved in such a way that the distances between the opposite longitudinal sections 18 of the transverse edge region 20 are equidistant from the longitudinal center axis of the transfer conveyor 40 running in the feed direction 23. In this way, the item of laundry 10 is automatically centered in relation to the longitudinal center line of the transfer conveyor 40 running in the feed direction 23.
  • the item of laundry is automatically centered by the belt conveyor 25 to the longitudinal center line and thus the track center of the transfer conveyor 40.
  • the automatic centering can also be carried out based on the result of a previous length or width measurement of the front transverse edge 17 of the length of the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10.
  • it can also be provided, namely if the laundry items 10 have patterns, for example, to position the laundry items 10 from the belt conveyor 25 specifically off-center in front of the transfer conveyor 40.
  • the belt conveyor 25 is moved in the feed direction 23 with the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 fixed on the upper run 26, thereby transferring the transverse edge region 20 of the item of laundry 10 from the upper run 26 of the belt conveyor 25 to the beginning of the transfer conveyor 40, specifically to the upper run 42 of the transfer conveyor 40 formed jointly by the upper runs of the adjacent narrow conveyor belts 41.
  • the belt conveyor 25 is moved in the feed direction 23 over the beginning area of the transfer conveyor 40.
  • the negative pressure applied to the suction holes 28 of the suction surface 27 is preferably also removed.
  • the laundry item 10 can now be transported further by the transfer conveyor 40 in the feed direction 23.
  • the course of the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 can be determined after the transverse edge area 20 has been placed on the beginning of the transfer conveyor 40. If the front transverse edge 17 does not run at right angles to the feed direction 23, this front transverse edge 17 is automatically aligned by a targeted drive of the adjacent conveyor belts 41 of the transfer conveyor 40 so that the front transverse edge 17 of the item of laundry 10 runs at right angles to the feed direction 23 ( Fig.9 ). If necessary, any sagging of the front transverse edge of the item of laundry 17 can also be eliminated in an analogous manner. The respective item of laundry 10 is then centered on the track center or longitudinal center line of the transfer conveyor 40 and can be transported further in the feed direction 23 with the front transverse edge 17 running at a right angle to the feed direction 23 precisely aligned and positioned.
  • the respective item of laundry 10 is transported from the transfer conveyor 40 to the feed conveyor 43 and transferred to it.
  • the item of laundry 10 is then transported from the feed conveyor 43 to the mangle or other laundry treatment device and fed into it.
  • the method according to the invention is not only limited to the device described above according to the Fig. 1 to 9 It can also be carried out using other devices designed to enable all or, where appropriate, only the essential steps of the method described to be carried out.

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  1. Procédé pour amener des pièces de linge (10) à une calandre ou similaire, les pièces de linge (10) étant séparées automatiquement, chaque pièce de linge (10) séparée étant étalée et transportée avec un bord transversal (17) s'étendant transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23) au moins depuis un convoyeur d'amenée (43) à la calandre ou similaire, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de linge (10) séparée, maintenue par une pince (22) sur une section de bord longitudinal (18) partant d'un coin (16) du bord transversal (17), est transférée par la pince (22), avec au moins une zone (20) de bord transversal partant du début du bord transversal (17), jusqu'à un convoyeur à courroie (25) s'étendant transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23), le convoyeur à courroie (25) transportant la pièce de linge (10) devant un convoyeur de transfert (40) et la centrant par rapport au milieu du convoyeur de transfert (40) s'étendant dans la direction d'amenée (23) et la pièce de linge (10) est déposée avec la zone (20) de bord transversal sur le convoyeur de transfert (40), qui oriente le bord transversal (17) de la pièce de linge (10) perpendiculairement à la direction d'amenée (23).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un moyen de guidage (29) est associé au convoyeur à courroie (25), de préférence disposé en amont, à partir duquel la zone (20) de bord transversal de chaque pièce de linge (10) est guidée et/ou orientée transversalement et/ou perpendiculairement à la direction d'amenée (23) lors de la mise en place sur le convoyeur à courroie (25) .
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la zone (20) de bord transversal de chaque pièce de linge (10) est apte à être fixée sur le convoyeur à courroie (25), de préférence sur son brin supérieur (26), en particulier de manière pneumatique.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la zone (20) de bord transversal de la pièce de linge est déposée par une pince (22) sur le brin supérieur (26) du convoyeur à courroie (25) par remontée transversale à la direction d'amenée (23) d'au moins une partie initiale de la zone (20) de bord transversal sur le brin supérieur (26) du convoyeur à courroie (25).
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, par un entraînement du convoyeur à courroie (25) avec le brin supérieur (26) du convoyeur à courroie (25) s'étendant transversalement, de préférence à angle droit, par rapport à la direction d'amenée (23), la pièce de linge (10), reposant avec au moins une partie de la zone de bord transversal avant (20) sur le brin supérieur (26), de préférence maintenue et/ou fixée, est transportée de manière centrale devant le transporteur de transfert (40) et est alors centrée.
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, dans la zone du convoyeur à courroie (25), en particulier sur le convoyeur à courroie (25), la largeur de la pièce de linge (10) et/ou la longueur de son bord transversal avant (17) est déterminée et, en fonction de la largeur ou de la longueur déterminée, chaque pièce de linge (10) est centrée au milieu devant le transporteur de transfert (40) par un déplacement ciblé du brin supérieur (26) du convoyeur à courroie (25).
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le parcours du bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10) sur le convoyeur de transfert (40) est déterminé de préférence par des capteurs, et, par un entraînement indépendant ciblé subséquent de bandes transporteuses (41) juxtaposées du convoyeur de transfert (40), le bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10) est déplacé de telle sorte qu'il s'étende perpendiculairement à la direction d'amenée (23).
  8. Dispositif pour amener des pièces de linge (10) à une calandre ou similaire, avec un séparateur (13) pour séparer automatiquement les pièces de linge (10), un convoyeur, au moins une pince (22) pour saisir chaque pièce de linge (10) séparée et pour la transférer au convoyeur, et avec un convoyeur de transfert (40) qui transporte la pièce de linge (10) dans la direction d'amenée (23) ainsi qu'optionnellement un convoyeur d'amenée (43) qui suit le convoyeur de transfert (40), caractérisé en ce que ladite au moins une pince (22) est formée en amont du convoyeur pour maintenir une section de bord longitudinal (18) de la pièce de linge (10) partant d'un coin (16) d'un bord transversal (17) s'étendant transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23), le transporteur étant conçu sous la forme d'un convoyeur à courroie (25) s'étendant transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23) pour recevoir une zone (20) de bord transversal de la pièce de linge (10) partant du bord transversal avant (17) et pour déplacer celle-ci transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23), et, vu dans la direction d'amenée (23), le convoyeur à courroie (25) orienté transversalement est suivi du convoyeur de transfert (40), qui est conçu pour orienter le bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10) perpendiculairement à la direction d'amenée (23).
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la pince (22) est réalisée sous la forme d'une pince double, de préférence avec deux mâchoires de pince espacées, pour maintenir étirée la section de bord longitudinal (18) de la pièce de linge (10) partant d'un coin (16) du bord transversal avant (17).
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 8 ou la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur à courroie (25) s'étend transversalement, notamment à angle droit, par rapport à la direction d'amenée (23), en amont et/ou au-dessus du convoyeur de transfert (40).
  11. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 8 à 10, caractérisé en ce qu'un brin supérieur (26) du convoyeur à courroie (25) est conçu pour recevoir et/ou fixer la zone de bord transversal avant (20) de chaque pièce de linge (10).
  12. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 8 à 11, caractérisé par un dispositif de mesure pour déterminer la longueur du bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10), qui est associé au convoyeur à courroie (25), et un entraînement du convoyeur à courroie (25) est apte à être commandé en fonction de la longueur déterminée du bord transversal avant (17) de la pièce de linge (10) de telle sorte que, par un déplacement correspondant du brin supérieur (26) du convoyeur à courroie (25) transversalement, en particulier à angle droit, par rapport à la direction d'amenée (23), la pièce de linge soit apte à être centrée au milieu devant le convoyeur de transfert (40).
  13. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 8 à 12, caractérisé en ce qu'un moyen de guidage, de préférence un entraînement d'alignement (29), se trouvant avant le début du convoyeur à courroie (25), est associé à ce dernier de telle sorte que la pince (22), de préférence la double pince, tire la zone (20) de bord transversal de chaque pièce de linge (10) lors d'un transport vers le convoyeur à courroie (25), de préférence pour la mettre en place sur celui-ci, transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23) à travers le moyen de guidage et que celui-ci oriente alors le bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10) au moins approximativement transversalement, en particulier perpendiculairement, à la direction d'amenée (23).
  14. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 8 à 13, caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur de transfert (40) présente plusieurs courroies transporteuses (41) juxtaposées transversalement à la direction d'amenée (23) pour le transport de chaque pièce de linge (10) dans la direction d'amenée (23), et les courroies transporteuses (41), ou les groupes de plusieurs courroies transporteuses (41) juxtaposées, sont aptes à être entraînés indépendamment les unes des autres de façon à orienter à angle droit le bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10) par rapport à la direction d'amenée (23).
  15. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 8 à 14, caractérisé par au moins un dispositif de détection pour détecter le parcours du bord transversal avant (17) de chaque pièce de linge (10) par rapport à la direction d'amenée (23), qui est associé au convoyeur de transfert (40) .
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