公开(公告)号：US12116721B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17624080

申请日：2020-06-04

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Aekyung Chae ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Chanwoo Moon ,  Choongho Lim

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/023

Abstract: Proposed is a clothes folding machine, which includes a case, a loading unit disposed at an upper portion of the case and conveying a clothes item gripped by grippers into the case, a folding unit including a longitudinal-line folder folding both sleeves of the clothes item conveyed by the loading unit along longitudinal lines and a transverse-line folder folding the clothes item along transverse lines several times, and an unloading unit disposed at a lower portion of the case and conveying the clothes item folded by the folding unit outside the case.

公开(公告)号：US12043953B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17329997

申请日：2021-05-25

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kyosoon Chae ,  Keun Joo Kim ,  Sung Hoon Ahn ,  Choongho Lim

IPC: D06F89/02 ,  B65H5/02 ,  B65H37/06

CPC classification number: D06F89/02 ,  B65H5/021 ,  B65H37/06 ,  B65H2553/82

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine having a plurality of folding layers configured to perform a function of folding a garment or a function of conveying the garment using at least one conveyor, and the method includes a wrinkle removing step of operating a conveyor motor to allow the conveyor to drop one end of the garment from the conveyor, thereby removing wrinkles of the garment using a weight of the garment.

公开(公告)号：US11624150B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17329977

申请日：2021-05-25

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Keun Joo Kim ,  Kyosoon Chae ,  Sung Hoon Ahn ,  Choongho Lim

IPC: D06F89/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding machine and a method of controlling the garment folding machine, in which it is possible to effectively prevent damage to a garment by controlling and reducing tension after detecting and determining a situation in which the tension is applied to the garment during a process of conveying or folding the garment, and it is possible to allow the folding machine to smoothly perform vertical folding by disposing the garment at an appropriate position in order to perform the vertical folding.

公开(公告)号：US12116722B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17624699

申请日：2020-03-23

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Aekyung Chae ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Chanwoo Moon ,  Choongho Lim

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/023

Abstract: Proposed is a clothes folding machine, which includes a case, a loading unit disposed at an upper portion of the case, having a plurality of grippers, and conveying a clothes item gripped by the grippers into the case, a folding unit including a longitudinal-line folder folding both sleeves of the clothes item along longitudinal line to overlap and a transverse-line folder configured to fold the clothes item along a transverse line to overlap, and an unloading unit disposed at a lower portion of the case and conveying the clothes item folded by the folding unit outside the case.

公开(公告)号：US11739474B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17332586

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kyosoon Chae ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Sunghoon Ahn ,  Choongho Lim

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine, which may effectively prevent damage to a drive motor and a loss of power caused by an overload of the drive motor by accurately detecting and determining a situation in which garments are lumped during a process of conveying or folding the garments, may effectively prevent damage to the lumped garments and related components, and may significantly reduce the time for which the operation of the folding machine is stopped by accurately specifying the position at which the garments are lumped and then notifying a user of the position to allow the user to take an immediate action.

公开(公告)号：US11970814B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17468144

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kyosoon Chae ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Sunghoon Ahn ,  Choongho Lim

IPC: D06F89/02 ,  B65B63/04

CPC classification number: D06F89/02 ,  B65B63/045

Abstract: A garment folding machine includes: a frame unit defining an external framework of the garment folding machine, a loading unit configured to receive a garment, a folding unit configured to convey and fold the received garment, and an unloading unit configured to collect the garment from the folding unit. The folding unit comprises a plurality of folding layers that are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, where each of the plurality of folding layers includes a conveyor configured to convey the garment, and a conveyor motor configured to provide driving power to the conveyor. A first conveyor motor is configured to, based on the garment being positioned over two or more adjacent conveyors of the plurality of folding layers, operate at a first rotational speed that is different from a second rotational speed of a second conveyor motor disposed above the first conveyor motor.

公开(公告)号：US11680364B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17330005

申请日：2021-05-25

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Choongho Lim ,  Keun Joo Kim ,  Kyosoon Chae ,  Sung Hoon Ahn

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a garment folding machine, which may effectively prevent damage to a drive motor and a loss of power caused by an overload of the drive motor by accurately detecting and determining a situation in which garments are lumped during a process of conveying or folding the garments, may effectively prevent damage to the lumped garments and related components, and may significantly reduce the time for which the operation of the folding machine is stopped by accurately specifying the position at which the garments are lumped and then notifying a user of the position to allow the user to take an immediate action.