Loading mechanism for shirts
AssigneeKornit Digital Ltd.
InventorsAllon Shimoni, Nuriel Amir, David Elul
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Abstract
Apparatus for picking a garment having a front and a back and placing the garment over a pallet such that the front and the back of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet. The apparatus comprises a picking arm to approach the garment and then withdraw towards the pallet; and one or more adherence locations on the picking arm, the adherence location being smaller than the first side, the adherence location for contacting the garment using sticky material and causing adherence of the garment via the sticky material at the contact location, thereby causing the picking arm to pull the front of the garment over the front of the pallet, the back of the garment sliding under the first side onto the back of the pallet.
Claims13
Apparatus for picking a garment having a first side and a second side and fitting the garment on a pallet having a front and a back such that the first side and the second side of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet, the first side having a first side area, the apparatus comprising:
- a picking arm configured to approach the garment and then withdraw towards the pallet;
- at least one adherence location on said picking arm, the adherence location having an adherence area, the adherence area being smaller than the first side area, the adherence location configured for contacting the garment at a contact location on an outer facing surface of the first side of the garment and comprising sticky material, said sticky material being utilizable to cause adherence of the garment, at the contact location, to the adherence location, thereby causing said picking arm to pull said first side over said pallet, wherein said second side slides under said first side onto said back side of said pallet, wherein said contact location comprises an adhesive sticker attached to said garment, said sticky material comprises a coating of adhesive on said adhesive sticker, said adherence location being configured to attach to said adhesive sticker using said coating of adhesive, said adherence location comprises a suction point connected to a vacuum source, and said suction point being configured to apply said suction to said adhesive sticker, the apparatus configured to accommodate a stack of garments and wherein the garment is a top garment in the stack of garments.
Apparatus for picking a garment having a first side and a second side and fitting the garment on a pallet having a front and a back such that the first side and the second side of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet, the apparatus comprising:
- a picking arm configured to approach the garment and then withdraw towards the pallet;
- at least one adherence location on said picking arm, the adherence location for contacting the garment at a contact location on an outer facing surface of the first side of the garment and causing adherence of the garment, at the contact location, to the adherence location, thereby causing said picking arm to pull said first side over said pallet, wherein said second side slides under said first side onto said back side of said pallet, the adherence location comprising a sticker or sticky tape or glue or hot glue, said adherence location further comprising a suction point connected to a vacuum source, and said suction point being configured to apply suction to said garment at said contact location, the apparatus configured to accommodate a stack of garments and wherein the garment is a top garment in the stack of garments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.