EP 2853633 B1 20170201 - Method for folding laundry
Title (en)
Method for folding laundry
Title (de)
Verfahren zum Falten von Wäschestücken
Title (fr)
Procédé destiné au pliage de pièces de linge
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 102013016075 A 20130927
- DE 102013020912 A 20131212
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2015094195A1] In apparatuses for automatically folding items of laundry, items of laundry of different lengths usually are folded in an irregular sequence, resulting in idling and/or delays in particular in the longitudinal-folding station (13). The invention provides for determining the length of each item of laundry (10) upstream of the longitudinal-folding station (13) and for accelerating short items of laundry as they are transported through the longitudinal-folding station (13), whereas larger items of laundry are slowed down in the longitudinal-folding station (13). Following completion of the longitudinal-folding operation, the respectively folded item of laundry is located at the end of the longitudinal-folding station (13) and, immediately following completion of the longitudinal folding, is transported away out of the longitudinal-folding station (13). This avoids unnecessary idling times, and for relatively long items of laundry to be folded longitudinally during continuous, relatively slow onward transportation through the longitudinal-folding station (13).
IPC 8 full level
D06F 89/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B65B 63/04 (2013.01 - US); D06F 89/00 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2853633 A2 20150401; EP 2853633 A3 20150819; EP 2853633 B1 20170201; DE 102013020912 A1 20150423; US 2015094195 A1 20150402; US 9347172 B2 20160524
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 14003198 A 20140916; DE 102013020912 A 20131212; US 201414496035 A 20140925