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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Jeongyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Keunjoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a garment folding apparatus, i.e., a folding apparatus that serves to fold a garment during a process of conveying the garment. A folding assembly constituting the garment folding apparatus includes a vertical folding layer having a conveyor and configured to vertically fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, a horizontal folding layer disposed below the vertical folding layer, having a conveyor, and configured to horizontally fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, and sensor units provided in the vertical folding layer and the horizontal folding layer and configured to detect the garment so as to check whether the garment is loaded, a length of the garment, and whether the garment is folded.