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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1988
David W Milton, Middletown, OH (US);
Cintas Corporation, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for inspecting and hangering an open-necked garment such as a shirt comprises an inspection station having a garment form in the shape of the shoulders of a shirt, and lighting fixtures positioned beneath the garment form so that when a shirt is placed on the garment form the lighting fixtures shine light from the interior of the shirt through the shirt to permit visual inspection of tears, holes, stains and other defects. Hangers are automatically fed to the inspection station immediately adjacent the garment form with the hook portion of the hanger extending through the open neck of the shirt. Once the inspection operation is completed, an automatic hanger take-away device removes the hanger, and the shirt draped over the hanger and garment form, from the inspection station for further processing.