US 12,378,720 B2
Clothes folding machine
Hyungkyu Youk, Seoul (KR); and Sanghun Bae, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/710,362
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/017373
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 15, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/090740, PCT Pub. Date May 25, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0157459 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0012001 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. D06F 89/00 (2006.01); D06F 89/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 89/02 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment folding machine comprising:
a housing;
a loading unit into which a garment is loaded; and
a folding unit configured to transfer and fold the loaded garment,
wherein the folding unit comprises:
a first conveyor configured to transfer the garment from an upper side toward a lower side based on a gravitational direction;
a second conveyor disposed below the first conveyor and having a rear end changeable in height; and
a folding plate disposed rearward of the second conveyor and configured to fold the garment while rotating.