Method of, and apparatus for, folding items of laundry

摘要

During the transverse-folding operation of items of laundry, a number of layers are positioned one above the other so as to overlap one another. In order to achieve optimum folding quality, the aim is for layers of equal length to overlap, which is only rarely possible in practice. It is usually the case that the layers are of unequal length, and this gives rise to a difference in overlap. The invention makes provision for the difference in overlap to be eliminated, or at least to be minimized, in that it is determined whether a difference in overlap is present and the difference in overlap which may be established is corrected for the transverse-folding operation of the next-following item of laundry, which allows established differences in overlap to be compensated for automatically at least for the most part.

主权项

1. A method of folding items of laundry (10), wherein the items of laundry (10), in a folding apparatus (12), are folded transversely at least once in relation to the direction (16) of passage through the folding apparatus (12) and, in the process, are at least halved lengthwise, as seen in the through-passage direction (16), as a result of overlapping layers of the item of laundry (10) being formed, wherein it is determined whether at least one difference in overlap is present and any difference in overlap which may be determined is corrected for the following item of laundry (10).