CN111778694B - A clothing folding device based on horizontal folding and vertical folding - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a clothes folding device based on transverse folding and longitudinal folding, comprising a frame, a transverse clothes folding mechanism, a longitudinal clothes folding mechanism, a clothes pressing mechanism, a falling mechanism, and a control driving device; a clothes folding plane for clothes to be folded is arranged in the frame; the transverse clothes folding mechanism is installed at the rear side of the clothes folding plane of the frame, the longitudinal folding structure is installed at the front side of the clothes folding plane of the frame, the clothes pressing mechanism is installed at the front and rear sides of the clothes folding plane of the frame, the falling mechanism is installed at the rear side of the clothes folding plane of the frame, and the control driving device is installed at the bottom of the frame; the clothes folding device with transverse folding and longitudinal folding of the invention has a simple structure and low manufacturing cost, can realize fast folding of clothes, and the folded clothes are neat and have fewer wrinkles.

Description

A clothing folding device based on horizontal folding and vertical folding

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a clothing folding device based on transverse folding and longitudinal folding.

Background Art

With the rapid development of science and technology, smart home products have gradually been integrated into people's lives, such as dishwashers and sweeping robots, which have freed people's hands from heavy housework and greatly improved work efficiency and quality of life. Folding clothes is also a very trivial task in daily life. Manual folding is not smooth and clean, and it is time-consuming and laborious, which brings a lot of troubles to people with a fast pace of life and little time for housework.

At present, there are many automatic folding machines on the market. However, folding machines in garment factories are mostly used for assembly line operations. They are large in size, complex in structure, expensive, and have a single type of folding clothes, making them difficult to promote for daily use. Double-pole folding machines and folding plate folding machines are suitable for daily life, but both of these folding machines have problems such as uneven folding, many wrinkles on folded clothes, and low degree of automation.

Therefore, it is necessary to propose a solution to solve the above problems.

Summary of the invention

In order to overcome the related problems in the background technology, the present invention provides a clothing folding device based on horizontal folding and vertical folding, which can realize fast and automatic folding of clothes and the folded clothes are neat and have fewer wrinkles. It has a simple structure and is suitable for daily use.

The present invention proposes a clothing folding device based on transverse folding and longitudinal folding, comprising a frame (1), a transverse clothing folding mechanism (2), a longitudinal clothing folding mechanism (3), a clothing pressing mechanism (4), a falling mechanism (5), and a control driving device; the frame (1) is provided with a clothing folding plane for folding clothes to be folded; the transverse clothing folding mechanism (2) is installed at the rear side of the clothing folding plane of the frame, the longitudinal folding structure (3) is installed at the front side of the clothing folding plane of the frame, the clothing pressing mechanism (4) is installed at the front and rear sides of the clothing folding plane of the frame, the falling mechanism (5) is installed at the rear side of the clothing folding plane of the frame, and the control driving device is installed at the bottom of the frame;

The horizontal clothing folding mechanism (2) comprises two stepping motors (6), two stepping motor brackets (7), two synchronous wheels (8), two synchronous belts (9), two idler wheels (10), an idler wheel bracket (11), two synchronous belt pressure plates (12), two optical axis seats (13), two clothing folding rods (14), a linear guide rail (15), and two linear guide rail sliders (16);

The two clothing-folding-side stepper motors (6) are respectively installed above the clothing-folding plane through two clothing-folding-side stepper motor brackets (7); the two idler wheels (10) are installed between the two clothing-folding-side stepper motors (6) through the idler wheel brackets (11); and the center lines of the idler wheels (10) are parallel to the center lines of the output shafts of the two clothing-folding-side stepper motors (6) and are on the same horizontal plane; the synchronous wheels (8) are respectively installed on the output shafts of the two clothing-folding-side stepper motors (6); and the two synchronous belts (9) are respectively installed on the synchronous wheels (22). and the idler wheel (10); the linear guide rail (15) is installed below the two synchronous belts (9) and is parallel to the synchronous belts (9); the two optical axis seats (13) are respectively installed on the linear guide rail (15) through the two linear guide sliders (16), and the upper ends of the two optical axis seats (13) are respectively installed at the positions below the two synchronous belts (9) through the synchronous belt pressure plates (12); the two clothes folding rods (14) are respectively installed above the clothes folding plane through the optical axis seats (13) and are parallel to the clothes folding plane;

The longitudinal folding mechanism (3) comprises a turning plate (17), a fixing plate (18), two inner spherical bearings (19), an elastic coupling (20), a folding side stepping motor (21), and a folding side stepping motor bracket (22);

The middle part of the fixed plate (18) has a plurality of strip-shaped hollow structures; the hollow structures extend to one end of the fixed plate (18), and the other end of the fixed plate (18) is mounted on the frame (1); the flip plate (17) has a plurality of strip-shaped structures and is adapted to the plurality of strip-shaped hollow structures of the fixed plate (18); the flip plate (17) is mounted below the fixed plate (18); the two ends of the flip plate (17) are respectively connected by two inner spherical bearings (19), a spring The coupling (20) is connected to the folding side stepper motor (21), and the folding side stepper motor (21) is installed on the frame through the folding side stepper motor bracket (22); the center line of the output shaft of the folding side stepper motor (21) is roughly at the intersection of the fixed plate (18) and the falling plate (27); driven by the folding side stepper motor (21), the flip plate (17) is flipped upward through the strip hollow structure of the fixed plate (18);

The drop mechanism comprises two hinges (28), an electric push rod (29), two hinges, a support plate (31), and a drop plate (27); the drop plate (27) is installed inside the frame (1) through the support plate (31), and the support plate (31) is on the same side as the stepping motor (6) on the folding side; the lower surface of the drop plate (27) is connected to the support plate (31) through the two hinges, the lower end of the electric push rod (29) is installed on the frame (1) through the hinge (28), and the upper end is connected to the bottom surface of the drop plate (27) through the hinge (28); under the action of the electric push rod (29), the drop plate (27) can be flipped downward;

The clothing pressing mechanism comprises four steering gear brackets (23), four steering gears (24), four steering discs (25), and four clothing pressing plates (26); two of the four clothing pressing plates (26) are mounted on both sides of one end above the falling plate (27) and close to the supporting plate (31), and the other two of the four clothing pressing plates (26) are mounted on both sides of one end above the fixing plate (18) and close to the frame (1); the four steering gears (24) are respectively mounted on the frame through the four steering gear brackets (23), and the four clothing pressing plates (26) are respectively mounted on corresponding steering gear output shafts through four steering discs; driven by the steering gears (24), the four clothing pressing plates (26) can rotate in the horizontal direction.

Preferably, the control drive device comprises a single chip microcomputer control board, a stepper motor driver, a servo controller, a relay, and a photoelectric limit switch; the stepper motor driver comprises a first stepper motor driver (32) and a second stepper motor driver (33); the first stepper motor driver (32) is connected to the folding side stepper motor (6), and the second stepper motor driver (33) is connected to the folding side stepper motor (21); the servo (24) is connected to the servo controller, and the electric push rod (29) is connected to the relay.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

The present invention provides a clothing folding device based on transverse folding and longitudinal folding, which replaces manual work to automatically and quickly fold clothing, and the folded clothing is more neat and has fewer wrinkles, and is suitable for daily household use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention;

FIG2 is a schematic structural diagram of a horizontal clothing folding mechanism;

FIG3 is a schematic structural diagram of a longitudinal folding mechanism;

FIG4 is a schematic structural diagram of a clothes pressing mechanism;

FIG5 is a schematic structural diagram of a falling mechanism;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a control drive device;

In the figure: 1: frame; 2: horizontal folding mechanism; 3: vertical folding mechanism; 4: pressing mechanism; 5: falling mechanism; 6: stepping motor on folding side; 7: bracket of stepping motor on folding side; 8: synchronous wheel; 9: synchronous belt; 10: idler wheel; 11: idler wheel bracket; 12: synchronous belt pressure plate; 13: optical axis seat; 14: folding rod; 15: linear guide; 16: linear guide slider; 17: flip plate; 18: fixed plate; 19: inner spherical bearing; 20: elastic coupling; 21: stepping motor on folding side; 22: bracket of stepping motor on folding side; 23: steering gear bracket; 24: steering gear; 25: steering disc; 26: pressing plate; 27: falling plate; 28: hinge; 29: electric push rod; 30: hinge; 31: support plate; 32: first stepping motor driver; 33: second stepping motor driver;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but these embodiments do not limit the present invention. Structural, methodological, or functional changes made by ordinary technicians in the field based on these embodiments are all included in the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in Figures 1 to 6, the present invention proposes a clothing folding device based on transverse folding and longitudinal folding, comprising a frame 1, a transverse clothing folding mechanism 2, a longitudinal clothing folding mechanism 3, a clothing pressing mechanism 4, a falling mechanism 5, and a control driving device; a clothing folding plane for folding clothes to be folded is provided in the frame (1); the transverse clothing folding mechanism 2 is installed at the rear side of the clothing folding plane of the frame, the longitudinal folding structure 3 is installed at the front side of the clothing folding plane of the frame, the clothing pressing mechanism 4 is installed at the front and rear sides of the clothing folding plane of the frame, the falling mechanism 5 is installed at the rear side of the clothing folding plane of the frame, and the control driving device is installed at the bottom of the frame; it should be noted that the front side of the clothing folding plane is the clothing inlet side of the external clothing feeding mechanism, the rear side of the clothing folding plane is the side opposite to the clothing folding plane and close to the frame body; the rear side of the clothing folding plane is close to the rear side of the clothing folding plane and between the front side and the rear side of the clothing folding plane;

The horizontal folding mechanism 2 includes two stepping motors 6, two stepping motor brackets 7, two synchronous wheels 8, two synchronous belts 9, two idler wheels 10, an idler wheel bracket 11, two synchronous belt pressure plates 12, two optical axis seats 13, two folding rods 14, a linear guide rail 15, and two linear guide rail sliders 16;

Two stepper motors 6 on the folding side are respectively installed above the folding plane through two stepper motor brackets 7 on the folding side, and two idler wheels 10 are installed between the two stepper motors 6 on the folding side through idler wheel brackets 11, and the center line of the idler wheel 10 is parallel to the center line of the output shaft of the two stepper motors 6 on the folding side and is on the same horizontal plane; synchronous wheels 8 are respectively installed on the output shafts of the two stepper motors 6 on the folding side; two synchronous belts 9 are respectively installed on the synchronous wheels 22 and the idler wheels 10; the linear guide rail 15 is installed below the two synchronous belts 9 and is parallel to the synchronous belts 9; two optical axis seats 13 are respectively installed on the linear guide rail 15 through two linear guide sliders 16, and the upper ends of the two optical axis seats 13 are respectively installed at the lower positions of the two synchronous belts 9 through synchronous belt pressure plates 12; two folding rods 14 are respectively installed above the folding plane through the optical axis seats 13 and are parallel to the folding plane;

The longitudinal folding mechanism 3 includes a flip plate 17, a fixed plate 18, two inner spherical bearings 19, an elastic coupling 20, a folding side stepping motor 21, and a folding side stepping motor bracket 22;

The middle part of the fixed plate 18 has a plurality of strip-shaped hollow structures; the hollow structures extend to one end of the fixed plate 18, and the other end of the fixed plate 18 is mounted on the frame 1; the flip plate 17 has a plurality of strip-shaped structures and is adapted to the plurality of strip-shaped hollow structures of the fixed plate 18; the flip plate 17 is mounted at the lower position of the fixed plate 18; the two ends of the flip plate 17 are respectively connected to the folding side stepper motor 21 through two inner spherical bearings 19 and an elastic coupling 20, and the folding side stepper motor 21 is mounted on the frame through a folding side stepper motor bracket 22; the center line of the output shaft of the folding side stepper motor 21 is approximately at the intersection of the fixed plate 18 and the falling plate 27; driven by the folding side stepper motor 21, the flip plate 17 is flipped upward through the strip-shaped hollow structures of the fixed plate 18;

The drop mechanism 5 includes two hinges 28, an electric push rod 29, two hinges, a support plate 31, and a drop plate 27; the drop plate 27 is installed inside the frame 1 through the support plate 31, and the support plate 31 is on the same side as the stepping motor 6 on the folding side; the lower surface of the drop plate 27 is connected to the support plate 31 through two hinges, the lower end of the electric push rod 29 is installed on the frame 1 through the hinge 28, and the upper end is connected to the bottom surface of the drop plate 27 through the hinge 28; under the action of the electric push rod 29, the drop plate 27 can be flipped downward;

The clothing-pressing mechanism 4 includes four servo brackets 23, four servos 24, four steering discs 25, and four clothing-pressing plates 26; two of the four clothing-pressing plates 26 are installed on both sides of one end above the drop plate 27 and close to the support plate 31, and the other two of the four clothing-pressing plates 26 are installed on both sides of one end above the fixed plate 18 and close to the frame 1; the four servos 24 are respectively installed on the frame through four servo brackets 23, and the four clothing-pressing plates 26 are respectively installed on the corresponding servo output shafts through four steering discs; driven by the servos 24, the four clothing-pressing plates 26 can rotate in the horizontal direction.

There is a preferred solution, in which the control drive device includes a single-chip microcomputer control board, a stepper motor driver, a servo controller, a relay, and a photoelectric limit switch; the stepper motor driver includes a first stepper motor driver 32 and a second stepper motor driver 33; the first stepper motor driver 32 is connected to the stepper motor 6 on the folding side, and the second stepper motor driver 33 is connected to the stepper motor 21 on the folding side; the servo 24 is connected to the servo controller, and the electric push rod 29 is connected to the relay.

As shown in Figure 1, the frame 1 is constructed of national standard aluminum profiles, angle brackets, triangular pressure plates, slider screws, and nuts. When the device is in operation, an external clothing feeding device places the clothes on the folding plane, and the control driving device controls the horizontal folding mechanism 2, the longitudinal folding mechanism 3, and the pressing mechanism 4 to complete the folding work, and the falling mechanism 5 delivers the folded clothes to the collection area.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the synchronous wheel 8 rotates driven by the stepping motor 6 on the clothes folding side, driving the synchronous belt pressing plate 12 on the synchronous belt 9 to move back and forth, thereby driving the clothes folding rod 14 to move back and forth along the linear guide rail 15 to complete the horizontal clothes folding work.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the turning plate 17 is driven by the folding-side stepping motor 21 to quickly rotate to above the falling plate 27 to achieve longitudinal folding of the clothes.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the steering wheel 25 rotates under the drive of the steering gear 24 , thereby driving the pressing plate 26 on the steering wheel 25 to rotate at a fixed angle of 90 degrees, so as to press the upper collar and the lower corners of the clothes and fix the clothes in four directions.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the drop plate 27 is connected to the support plate 31 via two hinges 30 , and is driven by the electric push rod 29 to rotate downward to deliver the folded clothes to the clothes collection area.

As shown in Figure 6, the first stepper motor driver 32 drives the movement of the stepper motor on the folding side, the second stepper motor driver 33 drives the movement of the stepper motor on the folding side, the servo 24 control board controls the movement of the servo, the relay drives the movement of the electric push rod 29, and the photoelectric limit switch controls the limit and reset of the first stepper motor driver 32 and the second stepper motor driver 33.

The working process of the present invention is as follows:

Step 1: Preparation

In the initial state, the control drive device starts, stops and resets according to the feedback signal of the photoelectric limit switch. The folding rod 14 of the horizontal folding mechanism 2 is translated to the appropriate positions on the left and right sides of the folding plane. The flip plate 17 of the longitudinal folding mechanism 3 rotates to below the fixed plate 18. The pressing plate 26 of the pressing mechanism 4 rotates to the outside of the folding surface and is parallel to the linear guide rail 15. The drop plate 27 and the fixed plate 18 are in the same plane, and the clothes are placed on the folding plane by the clothing feeding device.

Step 2: Startup Control

The control driving device drives the stepping motor driver 6 on the folding side, the stepping motor driver 21 on the folding side, the steering gear controller and the relay to start running according to the feedback signal from the clothing feeding device.

Step 3: Folding clothes

The pressing plate 26 of the pressing mechanism 4 rotates by the steering wheel 25 under the drive of the steering gear 24, rotates 90 degrees to the folding platform and is perpendicular to the linear guide rail 15; the four pressing plates 26 respectively press the left and right sides of the upper collar and the corresponding two sides of the lower corners of the clothes to fix the clothes.

The clothes folding rod 14 of the horizontal clothes folding mechanism 2 moves back and forth along the linear guide rail 15 driven by the clothes folding side stepping motor 6 to complete the folding of the horizontal sleeves of the clothes.

The two pressing plates 26 of the pressing mechanism 4 close to the fixed plate 18 rotate 90 degrees to the initial position and are parallel to the linear guide rail 15 .

The turning plate 17 of the longitudinal folding mechanism 3 is driven by the folding-side stepping motor 21 to quickly rotate to above the falling plate 27 to achieve longitudinal folding of the clothes.

The drop plate 27 is driven by the electric push rod 29 to rotate counterclockwise, so that the drop plate 27 turns downward and delivers the folded clothes to the clothes collection area.

The present invention can replace manual labor to automatically fold clothes, avoids the phenomenon that the folded clothes are not neatly folded and the folded clothes have many wrinkles during the folding process, and improves the efficiency of folding clothes.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

Claims (2)

1. Fold clothing device based on transversely folding, vertically turn over, its characterized in that: comprises a frame (1), a transverse clothes stacking mechanism (2), a longitudinal clothes stacking mechanism (3), a clothes pressing mechanism (4), a falling mechanism (5) and a control driving device; a clothes stacking plane for carrying out clothes stacking treatment on clothes to be stacked is arranged in the frame (1); the horizontal clothes folding mechanism (2) is arranged at the rearmost side of the clothes folding plane of the machine frame, the longitudinal clothes folding mechanism (3) is arranged at the front side of the clothes folding plane of the machine frame, the clothes pressing mechanism (4) is arranged at the front side and the rear side of the clothes folding plane of the machine frame, the falling mechanism (5) is arranged at the rear side of the clothes folding plane of the machine frame, and the control driving device is arranged at the bottom of the machine frame;

the transverse clothes folding mechanism (2) comprises two clothes folding side stepping motors (6), two clothes folding side stepping motor brackets (7), two synchronous wheels (8), two synchronous belts (9), two idle wheels (10), one idle wheel bracket (11), two synchronous belt pressing plates (12), two optical axis seats (13), two clothes folding rods (14), one linear guide rail (15) and two linear guide rail sliding blocks (16);

The two clothes folding side stepping motors (6) are respectively arranged above the clothes folding plane through two clothes folding side stepping motor brackets (7), the two idler wheels (10) are arranged between the two clothes folding side stepping motors (6) through the idler wheel brackets (11), and the central lines of the idler wheels (10) are parallel to the central lines of the output shafts of the two clothes folding side stepping motors (6) and are on the same horizontal plane; the synchronous wheels (8) are respectively arranged on the output shafts of the two clothes folding side stepping motors (6); the two synchronous belts (9) are respectively arranged on the synchronous wheel (8) and the idle wheel (10); the linear guide rail (15) is arranged below the two synchronous belts (9) and is parallel to the synchronous belts (9); the two optical axis seats (13) are respectively arranged on the linear guide rails (15) through two linear guide rail sliding blocks (16), and the upper ends of the two optical axis seats (13) are respectively arranged below the two synchronous belts (9) through the synchronous belt pressing plates (12); the two clothes folding rods (14) are respectively arranged above the clothes folding plane through the optical axis seat (13) and are parallel to the clothes folding plane;

The longitudinal clothes folding mechanism (3) comprises a turnover plate (17), a fixed plate (18), two inner spherical bearings (19), an elastic coupling (20), a turnover side stepping motor (21) and a turnover side stepping motor bracket (22);

The middle part of the fixed plate (18) is provided with a plurality of strip-shaped hollow structures; the hollowed-out structure extends to one end of the fixed plate (18), and the other end of the fixed plate (18) is arranged on the frame (1); the turnover plate (17) is provided with a plurality of strip-shaped structures and is adaptive to the plurality of strip-shaped hollow structures of the fixing plate (18); the turnover plate (17) is arranged at the lower position of the fixed plate (18); the two ends of the turnover plate (17) are respectively connected with the turnover side stepping motor (21) through two inner spherical bearings (19) and an elastic coupling (20), and the turnover side stepping motor (21) is arranged on the frame through the turnover side stepping motor bracket (22); the center line of the output shaft of the turnover side stepping motor (21) is approximately at the position where the fixed plate (18) and the falling plate (27) are intersected; the turnover plate (17) is driven by the turnover side stepping motor (21) to realize upward turnover through the strip-shaped hollow structure of the fixed plate (18);

The falling mechanism comprises two hinges (28), an electric push rod (29), two hinges, a support plate (31) and a falling plate (27); the falling plate (27) is arranged in the frame (1) through the support plate (31), and the support plate (31) and the clothes folding side stepping motor (6) are arranged on the same side; the lower surface of the falling plate (27) is connected with the supporting plate (31) through the two hinges, the lower end of the electric push rod (29) is arranged on the frame (1) through a hinge (28), and the upper end of the electric push rod is connected with the bottom surface of the falling plate (27) through the hinge (28); the falling plate (27) can be turned downwards under the action of the electric push rod (29);

The clothes pressing mechanism comprises four steering engine brackets (23), four steering engines (24), four steering wheels (25) and four clothes pressing plates (26); two of the four clothes pressing plates (26) are arranged above the falling plate (27) and close to two sides of one end of the supporting plate (31), and the other two of the four clothes pressing plates (26) are arranged above the fixed plate (18) and close to two sides of one end of the frame (1); the four steering engines (24) are respectively arranged on the rack through the four steering engine brackets (23), and the four clothes pressing plates (26) are respectively arranged on corresponding steering engine output shafts through four steering wheels; the four clothes pressing plates (26) can rotate in the horizontal direction under the driving of the steering engine (24).

2. A garment stacking apparatus based on transverse folding and longitudinal folding as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the control driving device comprises a singlechip control board, a stepping motor driver, a steering engine controller, a relay and a photoelectric limit switch; the stepper motor driver comprises a first stepper motor driver (32) and a second stepper motor driver (33); the first stepping motor driver (32) is connected with the clothes folding side stepping motor (6), and the second stepping motor driver (33) is connected with the turnover side stepping motor (21); steering wheel (24) are connected with steering wheel controller, electric push rod (29) are connected with the relay.