The disclosure relates to a method and system for handling, buffering and lowering the height (H) of heaps (10 - 15) of one or more tangled and/or intertwined and/or bundled items (20) of textile by means of one or more handling stations (1, 2) and one or more motorized transport devices (30, 31, 32).
The disclosure relates to a method for separating one or more heaps (10) of one or more tangled and/or intertwined and/or bundled items (20) of textile by means of one or more handling stations (1, 2, 3) receiving the heap(s) and/or the textile item(s) (20) and one or more transport devices (30, 32) for transporting each heap (10) and/or textile item (20) to and/or through and/or from and/or between the handling station(s). The disclosure further relates to a system (100) for separating one or more heaps (10) of one or more tangled and/or intertwined and/or bundled items (20) of textile.
The present disclosure relates to a cloth gripping device (1) having two opposite gripping surfaces (50a) defining between them an elongated gap (3) for gripping a piece of cloth (2). The cloth gripping device (1) comprises a frame (10), two linkages (20) arranged opposite one another, and an actuator (60). Each of the two linkages (20) comprises at least one actuation link (30) movable back and forth in a longitudinal direction (30e) relative to the frame (10) between an advanced position and a retracted position, a pair of opposite connector links (40) having each a distal end (41) and a proximal end (42), the proximal ends (42) being pivotally connected to the frame (10), a gripping link (50) having a proximal end (52) and a distal end (51), the proximal end (52) of the gripping link (50) being pivotally connected to the at least one actuation link (30) and the distal end (51) being pivotally connected to each of the connector links (40), the distal end (51) of the gripping link (50) having a surface portion extending along the gap (3) to define one of the gripping surfaces (50a). The actuator (60) is configured for driving said actuation links (30) of said two linkages (20) back and forth in said longitudinal direction (30e). Moreover, each linkage (20) is configured such that when the actuation link(s) (30) move(s) along said longitudinal direction from said retracted position towards said advanced position then the gripping link (50) turns relative to the actuation link (30) for said two gripping surfaces (50a) to approach one another.
The present invention relates to a method for the processing of clean/washed rectangular laundry items (5), comprising the steps of receiving and holding on to one corner (2) of each laundry item (5) by a movable clamp (52) of a laundry item transfer mechanism (50), draping, by means of said clamp (52), a length (L) of a side (6, 7) of the laundry item (5) adjacent to said one corner (2) over clamping jaws (63, 65, 73, 75) of two clamping devices (60, 70), by inserting said clamp (52) into a gap (400) between opposite jaws (63, 65, 73, 75, 64, 66, 74, 76) of said two clamping devices (60, 70), followed by a relative movement between said clamp (52) and said clamping devices (60, 70), holding on to said side (6, 7) of said laundry item (5) by said clamping devices (60, 70), and releasing said corner (2) from said clamp (52), locating two adjacent corners (1, 2; 3, 2) of said laundry item (5) by sliding at least one of said two clamping devices (60, 70) along said side (6, 7), to move said two clamping devices (60, 70) away from each other, then advancing said laundry item (5) held by said clamping devices (60, 70) in a first machine direction (D1), preferably with a trailing portion (T) of said laundry item (5) lying against a receiving surface (80), and then optionally carrying out an alignment of said laundry item (5) relative to said receiving surface (80) by a movement of said two clamping devices (60, 70) relative to one another along said first machine direction (D1).
The disclosure relates to a method and system (100) for handling and transporting laundry in bags/sacks (10, 20, 30) by means of laundry handling stations (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and a transport system (7) for transporting the bags/sacks to, through and/or from and/or between the laundry handling stations. The method comprises receiving one or more containers (8) of dirty unsorted laundry at a first laundry handling station (1), emptying the container(s) (8) of dirty unsorted laundry and putting dirty unsorted laundry into the laundry handling station by removing dirty unsorted laundry from each container, and handling the dirty unsorted laundry in the first laundry handling station and then transporting the laundry from the first laundry handling station to a second laundry handling station (2).
A gripper head adapted to grip, hold and release a piece of cloth, including a first part and a second part with respective conveyor belts, an actuator, such as a hydraulic actuator, a pneumatic actuator or a motor, connected with the second part and configured for turning the second part relative to the first part to apply in a cloth nipping position a first clamping force on a piece of cloth, and a controller connected with the actuator and configured to control the actuator for the second part to selectively apply in a cloth nipping position a second, higher clamping force when the conveyor belts are temporarily stopped with a nipping zone filled by a portion of the piece of cloth.
The present invention relates to a device (1) for capturing a selected portion of a clean or dirty laundry item, in particular a linen or a towel item, the device including a first conveyor belt (10) and a second conveyor belt (50), separated from each other by an elongated gap (80) and configured to convey the laundry item (2) across the gap (80) in a first direction (P), a gripper (100) arranged to capture the selected portion (3, 3', 3") from above and/or below when the selected portion (3, 3', 3") passes the gap (80), the gripper (100) being moveable to remove the laundry item (2) captured by the gripper (100) from the second conveyor belt (50), and a controller (C) configured to activate the gripper (100) for the capturing when the selected portion (3, 3', 3") passes the gap (80) and for the moving of the gripper (100).
The present invention relates to gripper head (1) adapted to grip, hold and release a piece of cloth (2), comprising a first part (11) and a second part (33) with respective conveyor belts (6,6'), an actuator (100), such as a hydraulic actuator, a pneumatic actuator or a motor, connected with the second part (33) and configured for turning the second part (33) relative to the first part (11) to apply in a cloth nipping position a first clamping force on a piece of cloth (2), and a controller (C) connected with the actuator (100) and configured to control the actuator (100) for the second part (33) to selectively apply in a cloth nipping position a second, higher clamping force when the conveyor belts (6, 6') are temporarily stopped with a nipping zone Z filled by a portion of the piece of cloth (2).
The present invention relates to a processing plant (1) for processing pieces of cloth (C) entering the plant (1) at a receiving end (5), said plant (1) characterised in a compacting device (30) configured to receive a succession of said pieces of cloth (C) and to reduce one by one the footprint of each piece of cloth (C) by compaction, a succession of said compacted pieces of cloth (C) continuously advanced by a conveyor (4) from said compacting device (30) to a discharge end (6) of said plant (1), and in at least one of: a separator device (20) arranged downstream of said receiving end (5) and configured for separating pieces of cloth (C) in a batch (B) from each other to form said succession of pieces of cloth (C) received by said compacting device (30), an apparatus (40) arranged upstream said discharge end (6) and configured to receive said succession of compacted pieces of cloth (C) from said compacting device (30) and for identifying each piece of cloth (C), an apparatus (50) arranged upstream said discharge end (6) and configured to receive said succession of compacted pieces of cloth (C) from said compacting device (30) and for detecting foreign matter associated with each piece of cloth (C), and a sorter station (60) at said discharge end (6), for sorting said compacted pieces of cloth (C) continuously advanced to said dis-charge end (6) into a receptacle or bin (66) assigned to each piece of cloth (C).
D06F 95/00 - Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machinesMobile laundries
B07C 5/34 - Sorting according to other particular properties
B07C 5/342 - Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
B07C 5/344 - Sorting according to other particular properties according to electric or electromagnetic properties
B07C 5/346 - Sorting according to other particular properties according to radioactive properties
B65B 63/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
B65G 15/14 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts the load being conveyed between the belts
B65G 47/30 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors
B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
B65H 18/22 - Mechanisms in which power is applied to web roll, e.g. to effect continuous advancement of web by friction band
B65H 29/00 - Delivering or advancing articles from machinesAdvancing articles to or into piles
D06F 47/00 - Apparatus of the press type for expelling water from the linen
D06F 93/00 - Counting, sorting, or marking arrangements specially adapted for laundry purposes
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A LAUNDRY DELIVERY APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DELIVERING LAUNDRY
A laundry delivery apparatus and a method for picking up a piece of laundry (7), e.g. a towel, from a pile of laundry (10) and presenting the piece of laundry (7) at a delivery chamber (5) to an operator using the laundry delivery apparatus (1), the laundry delivery apparatus (1) comprising: • A first manipulator arm (8), a second manipulator arm (9), a conveyor (2), a second surface (3), a nipping region (4) defined between the conveyor (2) and the second surface (3), a delivery chamber (5), an upper sensor (11), and a lower sensor (6), the laundry delivery apparatus (1) being configured to retain and suspend a piece of laundry (7) above a delivery chamber (5) upon detecting a trailing edge of the piece of laundry (7) at a predetermined distance from the nipping region (4) using the upper sensor (11), the laundry delivery apparatus (1) being configured to release the retained and suspended piece of laundry (7) upon detection of a human hand within the delivery chamber (5), the human hand being detected by the lower sensor (6).
A method for gripping, moving and releasing a piece of cloth with a gripper that is initially placed with opposed, movable, coherent, flexible surface parts in contact with the piece of cloth, and the surface parts are moved with respect to each other and with respect to the gripper in a gripping action, in order to pinch and hold on to the piece of cloth. The gripper with the piece of cloth pinched between the surface parts is moved to a different location, wherein the surface parts move in a reverse direction in order to release the piece of cloth. While in contact with the piece of cloth, the opposed surface parts are moved along a path which brings the surface parts both closer to each other and moves them in a direction away from the piece of cloth.
A method for gripping, moving and releasing a piece of cloth(2) with a gripper (1) is disclosed. A gripper (1) initially is placed with opposed, movable,coherent, flexible surface parts (3) in contact with the piece of cloth (2), and the surface parts (3) are moved with respect to each other and with respect to the gripper (1) in a gripping action, in order to pinch and hold on to the piece of cloth (2), and the gripper (1) with the piece of cloth (2) pinched between the surface parts (3) is moved to a different location, and here the surface parts (3) are caused to move in a reverse direction in order to release the piece of cloth (2). While in contact with the piece of cloth (2)for the gripping action, the opposed surface parts (3) are moved along a path which brings the surface parts both closer to each other and moves them at least with respect to the gripper in a direction away from the piece of cloth to be grippe.
Method for rolling up definite lengths of a mats (4) in a unidirectional rolled roll (5), where mats are advanced one after another into a rolling mechanism (3) in flattened out condition and released from the mechanism in rolled up condition, wherein a rolled up mat is ejected from the rolling mechanism and caused to roll out therefrom on top of a succeeding flattened out mat (4) which advances towards the rolling mechanism. Also a mat rolling station (3) for performing the method is provided, where a ramp conveyer (2) is provided which is configured to advance a flattened mat towards the rolling mechanism. At the rolling mechanism, bending conveyers (16, 17, 18) are provided for advancing the forwardly moving mat sections into a circular bend on the ramp conveyer, and further a difference of surface speeds of the bending conveyers and the ramp conveyer is controllable by a signal provoked by the advance of a succeeding mat on the ramp conveyer before the rolling mechanism.
Method for rolling up definite lengths of a mats (4) in a unidirectional rolled roll (5), where mats are advanced one after another into a rolling mechanism (3) in flattened out condition and released from the mechanism in rolled up condition, wherein a rolled up mat is ejected from the rolling mechanism and caused to roll out therefrom on top of a succeeding flattened out mat (4) which advances towards the rolling mechanism. Also a mat rolling station (3) for performing the method is provided, where a ramp conveyer (2) is provided which is configured to advance a flattened mat towards the rolling mechanism. At the rolling mechanism, bending conveyers (16, 17, 18) are provided for advancing the forwardly moving mat sections into a circular bend on the ramp conveyer, and further a difference of surface speeds of the bending conveyers and the ramp conveyer is controllable by a signal provoked by the advance of a succeeding mat on the ramp conveyer before the rolling mechanism.
Method for rolling up definite lengths of a mats in a unidirectional rolled roll, where mats are advanced one after another into a rolling mechanism in flattened out condition and released from the mechanism in rolled up condition. A rolled up mat is ejected from the rolling mechanism and caused to roll out therefrom on top of a succeeding flattened out mat which advances towards the rolling mechanism. A mat rolling station for performing the method is provided, where a ramp conveyer is provided which advances a flattened mat towards the rolling mechanism. At the rolling mechanism, bending conveyers are provided for advancing the forwardly moving mat sections into a circular bend on the ramp conveyer. A difference of surface speeds of the bending conveyers and the ramp conveyer is controllable by a signal provoked by the advance of a succeeding mat on the ramp conveyer before the rolling mechanism.
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