Method for determining the shorter and/or longer edge of items of laundry and for feeding items of laundry to a laundry treatment apparatus

• Main Authors: Heinz, Engelbert, Bringewatt, Wilhelm
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.03.2023
• Subjects: CONVEYING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

A method that facilitates the automatic identification of the long edge or the short edge of the item of laundry by determining the lengths or the angles of the edge areas of the item of laundry extending from a lower corner of the item of laundry. It may be derived from the determined angles or len...