Folding assistance device and folding apparatus including folding assistance device
AssigneeTotofolder Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsYusuke Maeshima, Haruo Kojima
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Abstract
There are provided a folding assistance device capable of reliably folding a fabric formed of a relatively rigid nonwoven fabric, as compared with a fabric formed of cotton or synthetic fiber, and a folding apparatus including the folding assistance device. A folding assistance device (10) includes a pressing portion (20) that is attached to a folding apparatus (200) including a gauge (211) defining a folding position for folding a fabric (W) and presses the gauge to fold the fabric at the folding position with the fabric interposed therebetween, and a driving portion (30) that drives the pressing portion to come into contact with the gauge.
Claims19
A folding assistance device comprising:
- a pressing portion that is attached to a folding apparatus including a folding portion and a gauge that defines a folding position for folding a fabric and presses the fabric towards the gauge to fold the fabric at the folding position with the fabric interposed therebetween, wherein in a case when the fabric is folded at the folding position, the folding portion presses an upper edge of the folded fabric and the pressing portion presses a side edge of the folded fabric;
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- a driving portion that drives the pressing portion to come into contact with the gauge.
A folding assistance device for folding a fabric comprising:
- a pressing portion that is attached to a folding apparatus including a folding portion, a gauge that defines a folding position for folding a fabric, and a conveyor that transports the fabric and presses the fabric towards the gauge to fold the fabric at the folding position with the fabric interposed therebetween, wherein in a case when the fabric is folded at the folding position, the folding portion presses an upper edge of the folded fabric and the pressing portion presses a side edge of the folded fabric;
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- a driving portion that drives the pressing portion to come into contact with the gauge,
- wherein the fabric is transported by the conveyor while being pressed against a pair of the gauges by the pressing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.