A MACHINE FOR THE PROCESSING OF LINEN ITEMS IN AN INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY, A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MACHINE, AND AN INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY

    公开(公告)号:US20200262652A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16755545

    申请日:2018-10-08

    摘要: The present invention relates to a machine (50) for the processing of linen items (L) in an industrial laundry (1), such as for receiving, reorienting and transferring a linen item (L) from a loader (100) to a movable linen carrier (20), with a transfer mechanism (200) comprising: a carriage (250), a drive (201) for moving said carriage (250) between a loading posi-tion and a discharge position, said carriage (250) including a frame structure (257) with two spaced apart clamping structures (270), each being rotationally connected to the frame structure (257), each clamping structure (270) comprising two spaced apart activata-ble clamps (229), and actuators (251, 280) for said rotation and said activation of said clamps (229).

    A LINEN SPREADER APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230243086A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US17927095

    申请日:2021-04-28

    IPC分类号: D06F67/04

    CPC分类号: D06F67/04

    摘要: The present invention relates to linen spreader apparatus including a conveyor defining a machine direction, a pair of spreader clamps movable transversally to said machine direction towards each other, and away from each other for spreading out a piece of linen, at least one charger station, each charger station delivering a corner of a leading portion of a piece of linen to a respective one of said spreader clamps, a transfer beam for transferring a piece of spread out linen from said at least one pair of spreader clamps to said conveyor, said transfer beam having a leading edge and a trailing edge and being arranged to move back and forth in said machine direction between advanced and retracted positions, said leading edge of said transfer beam located in a region below said spreader clamps in said advanced position, said transfer beam being configured for temporarily holding on to a portion of said piece of linen as the transfer beam moves from said advanced position towards said retracted position, and an elongated transverse abutment structure having an abutment face, for holding a portion of said piece of linen between said leading edge of said transfer beam and said abutment face, pressurised air exits for directing said leading portion of said piece of linen onto said transfer beam when said piece of linen is released from said spreader clamps, wherein said transfer beam is having a main body, wherein said leading edge is movable to and from said main body.

    A LINEN SPREADER APPARATUS
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230220610A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17927210

    申请日:2021-04-28

    IPC分类号: D06F67/04 D06F89/00 D06F95/00

    CPC分类号: D06F67/04 D06F89/00 D06F95/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to linen spreader apparatus including a conveyor defining a machine direction, a pair of spreader clamps movable transversally to said machine direction towards each other, and away from each other for spreading out a piece of linen, at least one charger station, each charger station delivering a corner of a leading portion of a piece of linen to a respective one of said spreader clamps, a transfer beam for transferring a piece of spread out linen from said at least one pair of spreader clamps to said conveyor, said transfer beam having a leading edge and a trailing edge and being arranged to move back and forth in said machine direction between advanced and retracted positions, said leading edge of said transfer beam located in a region below said spreader clamps in said advanced position, said transfer beam being configured for temporarily holding on to a portion of said piece of linen as the transfer beam moves from said advanced position towards said retracted position, and an elongated transverse abutment structure having an abutment face, for holding a portion of said piece of linen between said leading edge of said transfer beam and said abutment face, pressurised air exits for directing said leading portion of said piece of linen onto said transfer beam when said piece of linen is released from said spreader clamps, and one or more gates movable between a first position and a second position, said gates defining a part of said abutment face in said first position.

    AN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING, SPREADING/EXTENDING AND FLATTENING

    公开(公告)号:US20200291566A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16084181

    申请日:2017-03-09

    发明人: Morten LUNDT

    摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus (100) for receiving and spreading out/extending cloth (3), such as pieces of laundry, comprising a set of spreader clamps (120) for releasably receiving a pair of corners of said cloth (3) and for spreading out of said cloth (3), a suction box system (S) including: a suction chute (170) connected with a front portion of a suction chamber (200) and having a mouth for receiving said cloth (3), and a suction fan (119) communicating with a rear portion of said suction chamber (200) via a number of air flow passages (185), the suction fan (119) establishing suction in said suction chamber (200) and said suction chute (170), whereby said suction box system (S) additionally includes a discharge conveyor (C) for the discharge of cloth (3) collected in said suction chamber (200), a discharge gate (320) selectively openable for said discharge, and an air access gate (430) operable for temporarily reducing suction applied by said fan (119) through said air flow passages (185).

    APPARATUS FOR FEEDING AND SPREADING PIECES OF CLOTH

    公开(公告)号:US20180080170A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-22

    申请号:US15564156

    申请日:2016-04-05

    IPC分类号: D06F67/04

    CPC分类号: D06F67/04

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and a method for receiving and straightening four edge pieces of cloth, the apparatus having a machine direction parallel with a delivery direction of the straightened cloth, the apparatus comprising; at least three charger stations, each for receiving a piece of cloth and locating a pair of adjacent fore edge corners of the cloth, a set of spreader clamps for releasably receiving the pair of adjacent fore edge corners, at least two grippers, each for conveying the pair of fore edge corners from the charger station to the set of spreader clamps, where the grippers are configured to move along at least a portion of a first path transversally to the machine direction, wherein at least one central charger station has a first waiting location for the cloth with the corners being located, the waiting location being retracted opposite the machine direction from the set of spreader clamps away from the first path.