Method and apparatus for automatically wrapping utensils in a napkin

摘要

An apparatus and method for automatically rolling a napkin around a set of dining utensils, wherein the apparatus can repeat the method quickly to individually wrap a plurality of sets of utensils in napkins. The apparatus comprises a housing for a first transfer unit for receiving a set of unwrapped utensil and a napkin and configured to automatically deliver the unwrapped utensils and napkin to a platform for wrapping. A lift plate holds a plurality of napkins and delivers a single napkin to unwrapped silverware. A rolling assembly rotatable around the unwrapped utensils and the napkin is configured to hold the utensils and to roll the napkin around the unwrapped utensils and to deliver the wrapped utensils to a second transfer unit configured to provide the wrapped utensils to a bin for storage.

主权项

1. An apparatus for automatically wrapping a napkin around a set of utensils, the apparatus comprising:
a housing; a utensil dispensing unit configured to hold a plurality of utensils and configured to selectively dispense a first utensil and a second utensil different from the first utensil to a first transfer unit; a lift unit for storing a plurality of napkins and configured to automatically deliver a selected napkin to the first transfer unit; the first transfer unit configured to receive and prepare the first and second dispensed utensils and napkin for rolling and the first transfer unit further configured to automatically deliver the prepared utensils and napkin to a rolling unit; the rolling unit for wrapping the utensil in a napkin, the rolling unit configured to hold automatically hold the utensils and configured to wrap the napkin around the utensils; and a second transfer unit configured to automatically receive wrapped utensils from the rolling unit.