WO1999016952A1 - Appareil de conditionnement pour textiles - Google Patents

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WO1999016952A1
WO1999016952A1 PCT/GB1998/002922 GB9802922W WO9916952A1 WO 1999016952 A1 WO1999016952 A1 WO 1999016952A1 GB 9802922 W GB9802922 W GB 9802922W WO 9916952 A1 WO9916952 A1 WO 9916952A1
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tunnel
articles
air
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textile
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Robert Davis
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Pladrest Heating Limited
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Priority claimed from GBGB9720614.8A external-priority patent/GB9720614D0/en
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Priority to AU91798/98A priority Critical patent/AU9179898A/en
Priority to EP98944134A priority patent/EP1019575A1/fr
Publication of WO1999016952A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999016952A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/20—Packaging garments, e.g. socks, stockings, shirts
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B5/00—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating
    • D06B5/12—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating through materials of definite length
    • D06B5/24—Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating through materials of definite length through articles, e.g. stockings
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B15/00—Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours
    • D06B15/09—Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours by jets of gases
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/10—Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means
    • D06F58/12—Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means having conveying means for moving clothes, e.g. along an endless track
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B13/00—Machines and apparatus for drying fabrics, fibres, yarns, or other materials in long lengths, with progressive movement
    • F26B13/10—Arrangements for feeding, heating or supporting materials; Controlling movement, tension or position of materials
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B21/00—Arrangements or duct systems, e.g. in combination with pallet boxes, for supplying and controlling air or gases for drying solid materials or objects
    • F26B21/02—Circulating air or gases in closed cycles, e.g. wholly within the drying enclosure
    • F26B21/04—Circulating air or gases in closed cycles, e.g. wholly within the drying enclosure partly outside the drying enclosure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B3/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat
    • F26B3/02—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by convection, i.e. heat being conveyed from a heat source to the materials or objects to be dried by a gas or vapour, e.g. air
    • F26B3/04—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by convection, i.e. heat being conveyed from a heat source to the materials or objects to be dried by a gas or vapour, e.g. air the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B1/00—Applying liquids, gases or vapours onto textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing or impregnating
    • D06B1/02—Applying liquids, gases or vapours onto textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing or impregnating by spraying or projecting
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B23/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of apparatus or machines, specially adapted for the treating of textile materials, not restricted to a particular kind of apparatus, provided for in groups D06B1/00 - D06B21/00
    • D06B23/14—Containers, e.g. vats
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries 

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  • This invention relates to apparatus for conditioning garments and other textile articles prior to packaging, and to a packaging system for textile articles.
  • apparatus for the conditioning of textile articles prior to packaging comprising an elongate tunnel, conveyor means for moving hanging articles through the tunnel, means for extracting air from the tunnel, for treating the extracted air to adjust the humidity and/or temperature thereof and for reintroducing the treated air back into the tunnel, and at each of a plurality of portions of the tunnel, separate means for extracting air from the tunnel and for blowing the extracted air on to the articles passing through the respective portion.
  • at least one of the separate means is arranged to blow air downwardly on to the articles and to extract air from beneath the articles.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides apparatus for the conditioning of textile articles prior to packaging, comprising an elongate tunnel, conveyor means for moving hanging articles through the tunnel, and means for blowing air downwardly over the articles from above as they move through the tunnel.
  • the means for blowing air are disposed at intervals along the tunnel, each said means being associated with means for extracting air from the tunnel below the articles.
  • Dehumidifying means may be provided for dehumidifying air from within the tunnel and returning the dehumidified air to the tunnel.
  • the tunnel is suitably of rectangular section, and may be bent so as to accommodate a long tunnel in a smaller floor area.
  • the conveyor means is preferably arranged to ensure that each article is separated from the adjacent articles, for example by a distance of 35-50 mm, so that air can pass between the articles.
  • the invention also provides a packaging system for textile articles comprising conditioning apparatus in accordance with the invention and, at the end of the tunnel from which the articles emerge, vacuum packing apparatus for sealing the articles in plastics film under reduced internal pressure. It has been found that use of the apparatus in accordance with the invention enables the textile articles to be vacuum packed for transport, the articles being readily restored to saleable condition by removing them from the packaging and hanging them for a short period of time. Any creases apparent on first removal from the packaging drop out of the article during hanging, without requiring further, labour-intensive, treatment.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of one segment of the tunnel
  • Figure 3 is a side elevation of the segment shown in Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is an end elevation of the same segment.
  • the apparatus illustrated is configured as a transportable ready-to-use unit. It will be appreciated, however, that the apparatus may be constructed as a fixed installation configured quite differently from that shown in the drawings.
  • the apparatus comprises a tunnel 1 formed by partitioning a rectangular enclosure 2 into three parallel sections 3, 4 and 5, one leading into the next, to reduce the overall length of the apparatus.
  • a plurality of modules 6, illustrated in more detail in Figures 2 to 4, are arranged at spaced intervals along the path of the tunnel 1.
  • ducting 7 and 8 runs along with openings into the spaces between the modules 6.
  • the ducting 7 and 8 is linked to dehumidifying apparatus (not shown) which extracts air from the tunnel, for example at one end thereof, or from floor-level or under-floor openings and reduces the moisture content before returning it to the ducting 7 and 8 for reintroduction to the tunnel.
  • Heat may be added or removed from the air during the dehumidifying process, according to the requirements for treating the textile articles.
  • Each module 6, as will be explained in more detail hereinafter, is generally hollow and has a fan 9 in the ceiling part to propel air downwardly from within the hollow section on to the articles being conveyed along the tunnel.
  • the hollow section opens adjacent the floor of the tunnel to admit air.
  • a conveyor track 10 extends through the tunnel from a loading point 1 1 to an unloading point12, or to an alternative unloading point 13. At the end of each of the first two parallel sections 3 and 4 of the tunnel, the track 10 curves round through 180° to enter the next section 4 or 5.
  • the track 10 suitably provides carrying hooks at predetermined intervals along its length, for example 35-50mm, to enable articles to hang as they are conveyed, in the case of garments by hangers of conventional form.
  • the modules 6 are in the form of hollow inverted L-shaped units having an opening 14 near to the floor of the tunnel through which air may be drawn by an electric fan 9 mounted in an opening in the hollow ceiling 15 of the module 6. Air is blown downwardly by the fan 9 out of the hollow unit and passes over the articles as they move along the tunnel. Because the airflow is downwards over the articles, there is no tendency for the articles to flap, ensuring that the shape is not distorted and that unwanted creases are not introduced, while the effectiveness of the drying is maximised. Because the articles are separated one from another along the conveyor, there is no possibility of portions of the articles remaining unaffected by the airflow and thus having an undesirably high local moisture content.
  • Adjacent to the unloading point 12 or 13 is located a vacuum packing machine for use in sealing the garments individually or in batches into plastics bags from which air is first withdrawn to reduce the bulk of the garments. It has been found desirable to leave some air in the bags to act as a cushion to protect the articles during transport. The amount left is such as to avoid pulling the plastics film into intimate contact with the articles, but not so much as to permit the articles to move freely within the bag. Some types of article, for example those containing wadding or other insulating material of high volume, can be compressed to a greater degree.

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention comprend un appareil pour conditionner des articles textiles. Cet appareil comprend un tunnel allongé (1), des moyens de transport (10) pour déplacer des articles suspendus dans le tunnel, des moyens (7,8) pour extraire l'air du tunnel, traiter cet air extrait et régler son humidité et/ou sa température, et pour renvoyer l'air, une fois traité, dans le tunnel. Cet appareil comprend également des moyens séparés (6,9) pour extraire l'air du tunnel et pour souffler cet air extrait sur les articles se déplaçant dans la partie correspondante. Un système de conditionnement pour articles textiles comprend l'appareil de conditionnement décrit ci-dessus et, à l'extrémité du tunnel (1) par où sortent les articles, un appareil de conditionnement sous vide pour emballer hermétiquement les articles dans une fine pellicule de plastique sous pression réduite.
PCT/GB1998/002922 1997-09-30 1998-09-29 Appareil de conditionnement pour textiles WO1999016952A1 (fr)

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AU91798/98A AU9179898A (en) 1997-09-30 1998-09-29 Conditioning apparatus for textiles
EP98944134A EP1019575A1 (fr) 1997-09-30 1998-09-29 Appareil de conditionnement pour textiles

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GBGB9720614.8A GB9720614D0 (en) 1997-09-30 1997-09-30 Conditioning apparatus for textiles
GB9720614.8 1997-09-30
GB9812464.7 1998-06-11
GB9812464A GB2329698B (en) 1997-09-30 1998-06-11 Conditioning apparatus for textiles

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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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GB1597243A (en) * 1977-11-01 1981-09-03 Shishoo R L Method of treating fibrous materials
GB1597242A (en) * 1976-11-01 1981-09-03 Tex Innovation Ab Textile material packaging apparatus
WO1995032330A1 (fr) * 1994-05-20 1995-11-30 Eco Cleansing Products Limited Appareil de sechage

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1597242A (en) * 1976-11-01 1981-09-03 Tex Innovation Ab Textile material packaging apparatus
GB1597243A (en) * 1977-11-01 1981-09-03 Shishoo R L Method of treating fibrous materials
WO1995032330A1 (fr) * 1994-05-20 1995-11-30 Eco Cleansing Products Limited Appareil de sechage

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