Global Patent Index - EP 4217533 A1

EP 4217533 A1 20230802 - A CLOTH PROCESSING PLANT, AND AN INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY INCLUDING SUCH A PLANT

Title (en)

A CLOTH PROCESSING PLANT, AND AN INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY INCLUDING SUCH A PLANT

Title (de)

STOFFVERARBEITUNGSANLAGE UND INDUSTRIELLE WÄSCHE MIT SOLCH EINER ANLAGE

Title (fr)

INSTALLATION DE TRAITEMENT DE TISSU ET BLANCHISERIE INDUSTRIELLE LA COMPRENANT

Publication

EP 4217533 A1 20230802 (EN)

Application

EP 21782917 A 20210922

Priority

  • DK PA202070626 A 20200923
  • EP 2021076024 W 20210922

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022063808A1] 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).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 95/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B07C 5/344 (2006.01); B07C 5/346 (2006.01); B65B 63/02 (2006.01); B65G 15/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/30 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65H 18/22 (2006.01); B65H 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 47/00 (2006.01); D06F 93/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06F 95/00 (2013.01); B07C 5/3412 (2013.01); B07C 5/342 (2013.01); B07C 5/3422 (2013.01); B07C 5/344 (2013.01); B07C 5/346 (2013.01); B65B 63/024 (2013.01); B65G 15/14 (2013.01); B65G 47/30 (2013.01); B65G 47/68 (2013.01); B65H 18/22 (2013.01); B65H 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 47/00 (2013.01); D06F 93/00 (2013.01)

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022063808 A1 20220331; EP 4217533 A1 20230802

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2021076024 W 20210922; EP 21782917 A 20210922