公开(公告)号：US20250012001A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18710362

申请日：2022-11-07

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hyungkyu YOUK ,  Sanghun BAE

IPC: D06F89/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding machine including a housing, a loading unit into which a garment is loaded, and a folding unit configured to transfer and fold the loaded garment, in which the folding unit includes a first conveyor configured to transfer the garment from an upper side toward a lower side based on a gravitational direction, a second conveyor disposed below the first conveyor and having a rear end changeable in height, and a folding plate disposed rearward of the second conveyor and configured to fold the garment while rotating, thereby folding the garment with a small number of conveyor belts by changing rotation directions of the conveyor belts during the process of transferring the garment.

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：US12104314B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17778646

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jeongyun Kim ,  Keunjoo Kim

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding apparatus, i.e., a folding apparatus that serves to fold a garment during a process of conveying the garment. A folding assembly constituting the garment folding apparatus includes a vertical folding layer having a conveyor and configured to vertically fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, a horizontal folding layer disposed below the vertical folding layer, having a conveyor, and configured to horizontally fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, and sensor units provided in the vertical folding layer and the horizontal folding layer and configured to detect the garment so as to check whether the garment is loaded, a length of the garment, and whether the garment is folded.

公开(公告)号：US12024814B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17058633

申请日：2018-05-28

Applicant: TOTOFOLDER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yusuke Maeshima

IPC: D06F89/02 ,  B65G47/34

CPC classification number: D06F89/023 ,  B65G47/34 ,  B65G2201/0229

Abstract: A sleeve-folding assistance device for assisting a back-revealing sleeve-folding device is provided. The sleeve-folding assistance device includes a pair of right and left sleeve guide portions which disposes a body portion of a garment having the body portion and both sleeve portions on a loading conveyor to transport the garment from a front to a rear, and moves to approach both sides of the loading conveyor so as to guide both sleeve portions of the garment hung down on both sides of the loading conveyor to a sleeve-folding device for performing back-revealing sleeve-folding, in which when the pair of right and left sleeve guide portions approaches both sides of the loading conveyor and transports the body portion from the front to the rear on the loading conveyor, the pair of right and left sleeve guide portions lifts both sleeve portions of the garment, respectively.

公开(公告)号：US11993892B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17203077

申请日：2021-03-16

Applicant: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： Nasib AlHaffar ,  Juan Manuel Huerta ,  Abdel Hamad

IPC: D06F89/02 ,  G06F18/214 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06V20/52

CPC classification number: D06F89/02 ,  G06F18/214 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06T1/0014 ,  G06V20/52

Abstract: A laundry folding appliance includes one or more folding panels mechanically coupled to a cabinet and at least partially defining a folding surface for receiving articles of clothing. An actuating assembly selectively pivots the folding panels to fold the articles of clothing and a camera assembly is positioned in view of the folding surface. A controller obtains one or more images using the camera assembly, identifies the laundry articles positioned on the folding surface by analyzing the one or more images using a laundry identification model, adds the laundry articles to a closet inventory list, and subsequently provides a clothing recommendation selected from the closet inventory list based at least in part on a recommendation model.

公开(公告)号：US11932986B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US18189438

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: Monotony.ai, Inc.

Inventor： Stuart E. Schechter ,  Benjamin D. Bixby ,  Kevin M. LeBlanc ,  Wilson J. Mefford ,  Elliot Sinclair Pennington ,  Laura E. Schwartz ,  Jesse Sielaff ,  Madeline R. Hickman ,  Carter J. Ithier ,  Samuel Duffley

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/023

Abstract: A device for autonomously folding a deformable article includes a rotatable platform configured to receive the deformable article and at least one movable elongation in operable communication with at least one elongation drive. The at least one movable elongation is configured to raise and lower from the surface of the rotatable platform, move parallel to the surface, and manipulate the deformable article to thereby fold the deformable article at one of the one or more fold lines. The device includes a table drive configured to rotate the rotatable platform about a central axis such that the at least one elongation aligns with one of the one or more fold lines, and at least one sensor configured to detect the deformable article position and orientation on the rotatable platform. A controller is in operable communication with the at least one elongation drive, the table drive, and the at least one sensor.

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：US11680365B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17929840

申请日：2022-09-06

Applicant: Monotony.ai, Inc.

Inventor： Stuart E. Schechter ,  Benjamin D. Bixby ,  Kevin M. LeBlanc ,  Wilson J. Mefford ,  Elliot Sinclair Pennington ,  Laura E. Schwartz ,  Jesse Sielaff ,  Madeline R. Hickman ,  Carter J. Ithier ,  Samuel Duffley

IPC: D06F89/02

CPC classification number: D06F89/023

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously folding a deformable laundry article are described. A folding device includes a rotatable platform configured to receive the article. A rotatable blade is suspended above the surface and a clamp rod is disposed parallel to a longitudinal axis of the blade. The clamp rod is configured to raise and lower from a surface of the rotatable platform, slidably move parallel to the surface, and clamp the deformable article to the surface in a lowered position. The blade is configured to raise and lower from the surface of the rotatable platform, slidably move parallel to the surface, slide under an unclamped portion of the article, lift the unclamped portion above the clamp rod, pass the unclamped portion over the clamp rod, and lower the free end to a resting position atop another portion of the article to fold the article.

公开(公告)号：US20230036912A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17784479

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Keunjoo KIM ,  Jeongyun KIM

IPC: D06F89/02 ,  D06F89/00 ,  B65G15/22

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding apparatus, which serves to fold a garment during a process of conveying the garment, the garment folding apparatus including a loading assembly configured to load the garment, a folding assembly configured to fold the loaded garment while conveying the garment, and an unloading assembly disposed below the folding assembly and configured to unload a completely folded garment, in which the folding assembly comprises a vertical folding assembly configured to actively fold the garment deployed on a conveyor by using a drive motor, such that a vertical folding operation is performed along a rectilinear trajectory, which makes it possible to reduce a required operation space and contribute to miniaturization of the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20220396913A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-15

申请号：US17778646

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jeongyun KIM ,  Keunjoo KIM

IPC: D06F89/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a garment folding apparatus, i.e., a folding apparatus that serves to fold a garment during a process of conveying the garment. A folding assembly constituting the garment folding apparatus includes a vertical folding layer having a conveyor and configured to vertically fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, a horizontal folding layer disposed below the vertical folding layer, having a conveyor, and configured to horizontally fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, and sensor units provided in the vertical folding layer and the horizontal folding layer and configured to detect the garment so as to check whether the garment is loaded, a length of the garment, and whether the garment is folded.