Method and device for feeding laundry pieces to a laundry treatment installation

A device for feeding laundry pieces (11) to a laundry treatment installation, the device having an infeed conveyor (21) for transporting a laundry piece (12) in a feeding direction (17), and having a stretching installation (22) which is disposed downstream of the infeed conveyor (21) and has at least a lower belt conveyor (240 and an upper belt conveyor (25) that are disposed on top of one another, wherein the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another are assigned at least one drive by way of which the upper belt conveyor (25) is able to be at least temporarily driven at a higher speed than that of the lower belt conveyor (24),

• wherein each of the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another has a dedicated drive which is configured in such a manner that the upper belt conveyor (25) is at least temporarily able to be driven faster than the lower belt conveyor (24), and
• wherein, in the case of the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another and have in each case a dedicated drive, the drive is variable in terms of speed in order to at least temporarily drive the upper belt conveyor (25) assigned to said dedicated drive.

A device for feeding laundry pieces (11) to a laundry treatment installation, the device having an infeed conveyor (21) for transporting a laundry piece (12) in a feeding direction (17), and having a stretching installation (22) which is disposed downstream of the infeed conveyor (21) and has at least a lower belt conveyor (24) and an upper belt conveyor (25) that are disposed on top of one another, wherein the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another are assigned at least one drive by way of which the upper belt conveyor (25) is able to be at least temporarily driven at a higher speed than that of the lower belt conveyor (24),

• wherein a common drive which is coupled to the belt conveyors (24, 25) with dissimilar transmission ratios in such a manner that the upper belt conveyor (25) is at least temporarily able to be driven so as to be faster than the lower belt conveyor (24) is assigned to the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another, and
• wherein in the case of the common drive of the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another a transmission-type coupling with a corresponding transmission ratio is disposed between the drive and one of the belt conveyors (24, 25).

A device for feeding laundry pieces (11) to a laundry treatment installation, the device having an infeed conveyor (21) for transporting a laundry piece (12) in a feeding direction (17), and having a stretching installation (22) which is disposed downstream of the infeed conveyor (21) and has at least a lower belt conveyor (24) and an upper belt conveyor (25) that are disposed on top of one another, wherein the belt conveyors (24, 25) that are disposed on top of one another are assigned at least one drive by way of which the upper belt conveyor (25) is able to be at least temporarily driven at a higher speed than that of the lower belt conveyor (24),

• wherein belts of the belt conveyors (24, 25) that lie on top of one another in pairs have surfaces which come into contact with the respective laundry piece (11) and are dissimilar in such a manner that said surfaces exert dissimilar friction forces on opposite sides of the respective laundry piece (11) situated in the stretching gap (26).