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US 2003/0052141 A1Published application
Folding apparatus for folding pieces of linen
AssigneeJensen AG Burgdorf
InventorsMartin Rauch, Jorn Munch Jensen
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AssigneeJensen AG Burgdorf
InventorsMartin Rauch, Jorn Munch Jensen
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A first belt conveyor (5) and a second belt conveyor (8) form a first transverse folding station (4) having a folding channel (16) formed between folding sides (14; 15) of the belt conveyors (5; 8). If a fault occurs in said folding channel by virtue of the fact that a piece of linen (39) bunches together into a coil and cannot be transported further, this is detected by means of a delivery sensor (38), the belt conveyors (5, 8) are stopped and the second belt conveyor (8) is pivoted outwards about a pivot axle (12) so that the width of the folding channel (16) at its upper end can be increased to at least 80 mm and the piece of linen can be readily removed. Arranged below the folding channel (16) is a third belt conveyor (23) having a folding section (29) which slopes sharply downwards for receiving a piece of linen and belongs to an upper support side (28) which can be pivoted upwards before a second fold carried out with reversal of the direction of movement of the third belt conveyor (23).
Folding apparatus for folding pieces of linen and transporting them in a conveying direction, comprising a first transverse folding station (4) which comprises at least one first belt conveyor (5) having a plurality of pulleys (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) rotatable about parallel axles and at least one closed conveyor belt (6) which is transported over said pullies and, with a first folding side (14), bounds on one side a folding channel (16) having a draw-in gap (17), which folding channel (16) in an operating state has an operating width which is at least approximately constant over its length, characterized in that said width can be switched from the operating state into a fault elimination state in which the width of the folding channel (16) corresponds at least at one end thereof to a fault elimination width which is at least 80 mm.
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