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US 12,312,723 B2Granted
Creasing apparatus
AssigneeJuki Corporation
InventorsNorio Yanagisawa, Takeshi Asami, Yu Ikoshi
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Abstract
A creasing apparatus includes a top plate having an upper surface supporting a fabric, a robot manipulator, a folding assembly mounted on the robot manipulator and configured to make a crease on the fabric by pinching the fabric from above, and a control device configured to control the robot manipulator and the folding assembly.
Claims6
A creasing apparatus comprising:
- a top plate having an upper surface supporting a fabric;
- a robot manipulator;
- a folding assembly mounted on the robot manipulator and configured to make a crease on the fabric by pinching the fabric from above;
- a control device configured to control the robot manipulator and the folding assembly;
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- a camera mounted on the robot manipulator and configured to be able to photograph the fabric, wherein
- the control device is configured to control the robot manipulator based on image data of the fabric acquired by the camera to allow a target portion of the fabric on which the crease is to be made and the folding assembly to face each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.