Sheet-material associating – Associating and folding – Sheet associating
Patent
1985-12-11
1987-07-07
Eickholt, E. H.
Sheet-material associating
Associating and folding
Sheet associating
271 9, 271 183, 493419, B42C 100
Patent
active
046781730
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is provided for automatically and continuously feeding and folding successive textile articles, such as towels and the like, from a supply stack of such textile articles. The apparatus includes a supply mechanism for successively receiving a first stack of textile articles in a non-feeding position, moving the first stack into a feeding position, and receiving a second supply stack of textile articles in a non-feeding position for being moved into the feeding position when the first stack of textile articles is depleted. A folding mechanism successively receives the textile articles and folds the textile articles in the desired folded condition. A robot feeding mechanism with an end effector mechanism designed in accordance with this invention is positioned adjacent the supply mechanism for successively picking-up one textile article only from the top of the stack of textile articles in the feeding position and transporting the textile articles therefrom to the folding mechanism and releasing the textile articles.
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Basinger David M.
Hatley Gary L.
Kiser Billy J.
Moser James N.
Eickholt E. H.
Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc.
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