EP4424903A4 - Garment folding machine and method for controlling the garment folding machine - Google Patents

Garment folding machine and method for controlling the garment folding machine

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Publication number: EP4424903A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: folding machine; garment folding; controlling; garment; machine
Prior art date: 2021-11-02
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP22890333.2A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP4424903B1 (en

EP4424903A1 (en

Inventor

Sanghun Bae

Hyungkyu YOUK

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

LG Electronics Inc

Original Assignee

LG Electronics Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2021-11-02

Filing date

2022-11-01

Publication date

2025-03-12

2022-11-01 Application filed by LG Electronics Inc filed Critical LG Electronics Inc

2024-09-04 Publication of EP4424903A1 publication Critical patent/EP4424903A1/en

2025-03-12 Publication of EP4424903A4 publication Critical patent/EP4424903A4/en

2026-04-01 Application granted granted Critical

2026-04-01 Publication of EP4424903B1 publication Critical patent/EP4424903B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2042-11-01 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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Classifications

- 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
- D06F89/00—Apparatus for folding textile articles with or without stapling
- D06F89/02—Apparatus for folding textile articles with or without stapling of textile articles to be worn, e.g. shirts
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A41H43/00—Other methods, machines or appliances
- A41H43/02—Handling garment parts or blanks, e.g. feeding, piling, separating or reversing
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A41H43/00—Other methods, machines or appliances
- A41H43/02—Handling garment parts or blanks, e.g. feeding, piling, separating or reversing
- A41H43/025—Folding, unfolding or turning over
- A41H43/0257—Folding
- 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
- D06F89/00—Apparatus for folding textile articles with or without stapling

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Textile Engineering (AREA)
Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)

EP22890333.2A 2021-11-02 2022-11-01 Garment folding machine and method for controlling the same Active EP4424903B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
KR1020210149017A KR20230063685A (en)	2021-11-02	2021-11-02	Folding machine for clothes and controlling method thereof
PCT/KR2022/016930 WO2023080602A1 (en)	2021-11-02	2022-11-01	Clothes-folding machine, and method for controlling clothes-folding machine

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP4424903A1 EP4424903A1 (en)	2024-09-04
EP4424903A4 true EP4424903A4 (en)	2025-03-12
EP4424903B1 EP4424903B1 (en)	2026-04-01

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP22890333.2A Active EP4424903B1 (en)	2021-11-02	2022-11-01	Garment folding machine and method for controlling the same

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP4424903B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR20230063685A (en)
WO (1)	WO2023080602A1 (en)

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KR20250131433A (en)	2024-02-27	2025-09-03	엘지전자 주식회사	Laundry treating apparatus

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2021
- 2021-11-02 KR KR1020210149017A patent/KR20230063685A/en active Pending
2022
- 2022-11-01 EP EP22890333.2A patent/EP4424903B1/en active Active
- 2022-11-01 WO PCT/KR2022/016930 patent/WO2023080602A1/en not_active Ceased

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US5211320A (en) *	1991-04-22	1993-05-18	G. M. Pfaff Aktiengesellschaft	Device for bending over fabrics to be sewn
US5934523A (en) *	1997-07-16	1999-08-10	Southland Equipment Company, Inc.	Universal automatic long sleeve folding device
JP4152727B2 (en) *	2002-11-11	2008-09-17	株式会社プレックス	Clothing folding machine
KR20200028826A (en) *	2018-09-07	2020-03-17	엘지전자 주식회사	Laundry Treating Apparatus
CN110258094A (en) *	2019-06-21	2019-09-20	深圳市鸿铭科技有限公司	A kind of automatic clothes folding machine and from fold clothing method
WO2021002566A1 (en) *	2019-07-04	2021-01-07	엘지전자 주식회사	Clothes folding machine

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EP4424903B1 (en)	2026-04-01
KR20230063685A (en)	2023-05-09
EP4424903A1 (en)	2024-09-04
WO2023080602A1 (en)	2023-05-11

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