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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2022
Herbert Kannegiesser Gmbh, Vlotho, DE;
Wilhelm Bringewatt, Porta Westfalica, DE;
Engelbert Heinz, Vlotho, DE;
Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH, Vlotho, DE;
Abstract
Laundry items are spread out and deposited on a feed conveyor which inserts the laundry item into a mangle. The front edge of the laundry item is stretched by a spreading device, wherein spreading clamps are moved apart on the basis of a measured length of the front edge. Until now, the front edge length item has been measured at the spreading device, which increases the duration of the spreading operation. The invention measures the front edge length upstream of the spreading device when the laundry item is still hanging in two loading clamps of a loading station. So that the front edge length can be contactlessly determined from the lowest point of the sag of the front edge, the distance between the loading clamps is a greater distance than previously. As a result, a V-like sag is formed, the lowest point of which can be contactlessly determined.