CLAMP FOR AN ITEM OF LAUNDRY

摘要

Clamps are employed for feeding items of laundry to a laundry treatment machine, for example. There are well-known arrangements where the items of laundry are fed from a laundry hamper, dryer or the like to a mangle feeder using clamps in a largely or entirely mechanized and automated manner. However, it has been shown that the handling of the clamps in such an arrangement is relatively complicated and thus time-consuming. The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a clamp that can be easily actuated and which can enhance performance and reliability when items of laundry are fed, for example, to a mangle or the like. This is achieved by configuring at least one clamping element of the clamp as a clamping lever having an insertion aid with guidance means for the sliding insertion of a section of the item of laundry into a clamp mouth.

主权项

1. A clamp (18) for an item of laundry (10) having a clamp housing (26), a clamp mouth (32), and at least one movable clamping element, wherein the at least one clamping element is configured as a clamping lever (37, 38) with an insertion aid having a guidance means for the guided insertion of a section (24) of the item of laundry (10) into the clamp mouth (32).