JPH0413206B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a folding auxiliary device for folding dress shirts as products for packaging. 61-59977)) provides a more excellent specific device for carrying out the method filed in the patent application.

Traditionally, when selling a dress, the dress was folded into a rectangular shape using a mount as a core.
They put it in packaging bags and offered it for sale. When folding this shirt, it should be folded tightly so that there are no wrinkles, and the collar should be at the center of the top of the mount, and the buttons should be lined up straight below. It is necessary to be present. However, in the past, the collars and buttons were often misaligned or wrinkled when folded, which caused a significant drop in the value of the shirt's trade name.

On the other hand, conventionally, the work of folding this shirt was done by placing the shirt upside down on a folding table.
A mount was placed on top of the mount, and the sides, sleeves, and hem of the shirt were folded to the back so as to wrap around the mount. However, since all of this work was done from the back of the shirt, it was not possible to fold the shirt while checking the condition of the front of the shirt, so all the work had to be done by intuition. Therefore, when viewed from the front when folded, the collars and buttons are often misaligned or wrinkled, and it requires a high level of skill to always fold them neatly when viewed from the front. It was.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a folding auxiliary device that does not require any skill and can always be folded correctly and neatly.

The applicant had previously completed the invention of a method for assisting in the folding of Yoshiyatsu, and filed a patent application on December 28, 1981. (Special Publication No. 61-59977) This method is
Hold a mount on a set table, place a dress shirt face up on top of it, position the dress shirt from the front to a predetermined position with respect to the mount, smooth out the wrinkles, and hold it on the set table. The stand is stacked on the folding table, the dress shirt and the mount are transferred upside down onto the folding table, and the dress shirt is folded from the back on the folding table.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention more efficiently.

Accordingly, the present invention comprises a setting device and a folding device, and the setting device is provided with at least two or more setting tables whose positions can be exchanged with each other, and each setting table is provided with a mount holding means and a shirt holding means. The folding device is provided with at least two or more folding tables whose positions can be exchanged with each other,
Each folding table is provided with a holding means for collectively holding the mount and the shirt, and the one setting table and the one folding table are adjacent to each other,
A feature of the present invention is that the setting table at the adjacent position can be rotated so as to overlap the folding table.

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. In the drawing, 1 is a setting device, and 2 is a setting device.
is a folding device, and both are fixed together.

The setting device 1 includes a plurality of setting tables 4 (three in the embodiment) arranged in a ring shape on a table 3, and these setting tables 4 are rotatably provided around the central axis of the table 3. There is. Then, set table 4
By rotating, each set table 4 sequentially moves through a set position A, a rotation position B, and a standby position C, and exchanges the positions. Further, a sleeve holder 5 is provided at the lower part between the setting tables 4, and rotates together with the setting table 4.

The setting bases 4 are each mounted so as to be inclined rearward, and can be rotated forward using its lower end as a rotation axis. A holding frame 6 is attached to the surface of the setting table 4 so as to be able to move toward and away from the setting table 4, and a suction cup 7 is attached to the surface of the holding frame 6 to suck and hold a mount to be described later. It's summery.

Further, pins 8 for positioning the mounting paper are protrudingly provided on the surface of the setting base 4 on the sides and below the holding frame 6.
The pins 8 on both sides are slidable left and right, and the lower pin 8 can be adjusted in position up and down.

Furthermore, on both sides and both shoulders of the setting table 4,
A shirt holding member 9 is attached, and a hem holding bar 10 is provided at the lower end of the setting table 4.
It is designed to hold a dress shirt, which will be described later, in a predetermined state.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a collar presser member rotatably provided above the setting table 4 at the setting position A, which holds the collar of the dress shirt set on the setting table 4 at a predetermined position.

The folding device 2 extends almost horizontally from the rotating position B of the setting device 1, and has a plurality of (three in the embodiment) folding tables 13 on a frame 12.
, respectively along the length direction of the folding device 2,
It is placed so as to be able to slide in order at a receiving position D, a folding position E, and a finishing position F in the direction away from the setting device 1. The folding table 13 at the finishing position F at the most extreme end can pass through the frame 12 and return to the receiving position D at the rearmost end.

To give an example of a configuration for returning the folding table 13 from the finishing position F to the receiving position D, the rear part of the rail on which the folding table 13 in the finishing position F is placed is tilted downward, and the folding table is moved along the rail. 1
3 into the frame 12 and return the rail to its old position, move the two folding tables 13 at the folding position E and the receiving position D on the folding device 2 to the finishing position F and the folding position, respectively. Slide it to E,
After that, the folding table 13 slipped into the frame 12.
What is necessary is to raise it and place it at the receiving position D at the rear end of the rail.

A recess 14 into which a dress shirt collar fits is formed at the tip of each folding table 13, and grip members 15 are attached to both sides of the upper surface so as to be slidable in the width direction of the folding table 13. .

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment will be explained. 1 and 2 show the initial state of this device. In this state, in the setting device 1, one setting table 4 is stopped at a rotating position B adjacent to the folding device 2, and each setting table 4 is in a state of being rotated backward. Further, all three folding tables 13 are placed side by side on the frame 12.

First, at the set position A in the set device 1, the holding frame 6 of the set table 4 at the set position A is
is moved back so that it touches the setting table 4.
Then, the mount 16 is placed on the holding frame 6, and the lower end of the mount 16 is supported by the pins 8 below the holding frame 6, and the side pins 8 are moved inward so that both side edges of the mount 16 are moved. In this state, the mount 16 is sucked onto the surface of the holding frame 6 with the suction cup 7, and the mount 16 is positioned and held at a predetermined position.

Next, place the dress 17 on top of the mount 16,
Correctly set the position of the collar 17a with respect to the mount 16, and attach the collar presser member 11 to the collar 17a of the shirt 17.
to hold the collar 17a correctly against the mount 16. Next, the dress shirt 17 is spread on the setting table 4, the buttons 17b are arranged in a straight line, and the wrinkles on the surface of the dress shirt 17 are smoothed out.

Then, with the dress shirt 17 properly arranged against the mount 16, hold the dress shirt 17 with the holding member 9.
The shoulders and sides of the person are held on the setting table 3. Further, the hem 17c of the shirt 17 is passed through the hem holding bar 10 and held, and the sleeves 17d are placed on the sleeve rests 5 on both sides of the setting table 4.

After the shirt 17 is correctly set on the setting table 4, the holding frame 6 is pushed out away from the setting table 4. As a result, the dress number 17 becomes the mount 1.
6 and its upper part protrudes forward, and is pulled from both ends by holding members 9, so that even slight wrinkles on its surface are smoothed out and it becomes taut. Perform these tasks while looking at the dresser 17 from the front.
This can be done while checking the positions and conditions of the shirts 6 and 17 from the front, and even slight wrinkles and distortions can be easily eliminated. Moreover, in the state in which the holding frame 6 is pushed out, the final folded state can be determined from the shape of the mount 16 raised on the surface of the shirt 17. Therefore, anyone can easily perform the above-mentioned work without requiring special skill.

Next, the collar presser member 11 is removed from the collar 17a, the setting device 1 is rotated 20 degrees, and the setting table 4 on which the shirt 17 is set is moved to the rotating position B in FIG. As a result, a new shirt 17 is set on the setting table 4 which has been moved from the standby position to the setting position A.

At the rotational position B, the setting table 4 is rotated forward by the cylinder 18 shown in FIG. 4, and stacked on the folding table 13 at the receiving position D, as shown by the chain line in FIG. At this time, the collar 17a of the shirt 17 is attached to the recess 14 of the folding table 13.
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In this state, the gripping member 15 is operated and the mount 16 is
The mount 16 and the shirt 17 are held on the folding table 13 by grasping both sides of the paper along with the shirt 17. Then, release the suction of the suction cup 7 on the set table 4,
By sliding the pin 8 sideways, the holding of the mount 16 by the setting base 4 is released. Furthermore, the holding member 9 is released to release the holding of the dress shirt 17, leaving the dress shirt 17 and the mount 16 on the folding table 13, and the setting table 4 is rotated upward again to return to its old position.

In this state, the shirt 17 is placed upside down on the folding table 13, the mount 16 is further placed thereon, and the mount 16 is gripped by the gripping members 15 from both sides. The positional relationship between the dress shirt 17 and the mount 16 is such that the dress shirt 17 and the mount 16 are correctly set from the front side on the setting table 4 and then transferred to the folding table 13 as they are. The collar 17a and button 17b are located correctly in the center of the mount 16, the surface of the dress shirt 17 is free from wrinkles, and it is fixed in this state with the grip member 15.

Next, as mentioned above, folding table 1 at finishing position F
3 into the frame 12, slide the folding table 13 at the receiving position D and the folding position E forward,
The folding table 13 holding the dress shirt 17 is moved to the folding position E. Further, the folding table 13 that has slid down from the finishing position F returns to the frame 12 at the receiving position D.

Next, at the folding position E, both sides of the shirt 17 are folded back onto the mount 16 according to the usual method, the sleeves 17d are folded up, the hem 17c is folded back, and the shirt 17 is folded with the mount 16 as the core. At this time, since the mount 16 is gripped by the gripping members 15 on both sides of the mount 16, and the shirt 17 is held against the mount 16, the mount 16 will not be misaligned or wrinkled on the front side of the mount 16 during the folding operation. You can always fold it correctly without having to worry about it.
Therefore, if you operate the gripping member 15 to remove it and turn it right side up, you will always have a properly and neatly folded shirt.

As described above, in the present invention, the mount 16 and the shirt 17, which have been correctly set from the front side so as not to wrinkle on the setting table 4, are transferred as they are onto the folding table 13, and then the holding member 15 is moved as they are. Since the mount 16 and the shirt 17 are held inside out on the folding table 13, there will be no wrinkles or misalignment, and anyone can always fold the shirt neatly without any skill. It can be folded, increasing the product value of the shirt.

Further, according to the present invention, the mount 16 and the shirt 17 are set on two or more setting tables 4 and sent one after another to the folding table 13, and then the cloth shirt 17 is folded on the two or more folding tables 13, so that it can be easily assembled in assembly line work. Since the shirt setting process and folding process are carried out separately, it also has the effect that the work can be carried out extremely efficiently.

Although the embodiment shown above shows the most preferred example of the device of the present invention, it is not necessarily limited thereto.

In the embodiment, the setting device 1 includes a setting table 4.
The folding device 2 rotates the folding table 13 in a rotary manner, and the folding device 2 slides the folding table 13 like a conveyor, but the invention is not limited to this. Any structure may be used as long as it has a structure that allows the position to be exchanged and that allows for easy setting and folding operations.

Although the number of folding tables 13 and setting tables 4 is three each in the embodiment, they may be two or four or more. Further, the postures of the folding table 13 and the setting table 4 may be such that they can easily perform the folding operation and the setting operation, respectively, and can easily transfer the shirt 17 from the setting table 4 to the folding table 13. , the posture is not limited to the posture of the embodiment.

Furthermore, in the case where there are three or more setting tables 4 and folding tables 13, in the previous embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the setting work and the folding work are performed with the setting table 4 and folding table 13 in a single position. However, there is no need to be limited to this, and it is also possible to perform assembly line work at two or more positions.
Of course it is possible. That is, the setting work is performed at the standby position C and the set position A in the embodiment,
Folding work can be performed at the folding position E and the finishing position F.

Further, the means for holding the mount 16 and the shirt 17 with respect to the set table 4 are not limited to the suction cup 7, the pin 8, and the holding member 9 having the structure shown in the embodiment.
Any appropriate means capable of holding the image can be used, and the location and number thereof are not limited in any way. Further, as the means for holding the mount 16 and the shirt 17 on the folding table 13, it is possible to employ appropriate means other than the gripping member 15 shown in the embodiment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are perspective views showing an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a plan view of the apparatus, and FIG.
FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the setting table, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken from FIG. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the mounting paper and shirt have been completely set on the setting table. FIG. 6 is a sectional view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 shows a state in which the mount and the shirt have been transferred onto the folding table.
- It is a cross-sectional view. 4... Setting table, 6... Holding frame, 7, 8... Holding means for mount, 9... Holding means for dress shirt, 1
3... Folding stand, 15... Holding means for mount and shirt, 16... mount, 17... shirt.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The setting device 1 is composed of a setting device 1 and a folding device 2, and the setting device 1 is provided with at least two or more setting tables 4 whose positions can be exchanged with each other.
is provided with mount holding means 7, 8 and a shirt holding means 9, while the folding device 2 is provided with at least two or more folding tables 13 whose positions can be exchanged with each other, and each folding table 13 has a mount and a holding means 15 for holding the shirts all at once, so that the one set table 4 and the one folding table 13 are adjacent to each other, and the set table 4 at the adjacent position is overlapped on the folding table 13. An auxiliary device for folding a shirt, which is characterized by being able to rotate. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of setting tables 4 are arranged radially around a central axis at equal intervals and are rotatable around the central axis. , Yishatsu's folding aid. 3. A patent characterized in that the plurality of folding tables 13 are arranged in a straight line and are movable in sequence, and the folding table 13 at the foremost position can return to the rearmost position. A shirt folding assisting device according to claim 1.