US 11,851,300 B2
Loading mechanism for shirts
Ohad Snir, Kiryat-Ono (IL); Nuriel Amir, Yokneam Ilit (IL); and Haggai Abbo, Kiryat Ono (IL)
Assigned to Kornit Digital Ltd., Rosh HaAyin (IL)
Appl. No. 17/268,964
Filed by Kornit Digital Ltd., Rosh HaAyin (IL)
PCT Filed Dec. 30, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IL2018/051412
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/039422, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/719,783, filed on Aug. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309008 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B41F 23/04 (2006.01); B65H 3/20 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41F 19/00 (2006.01); B41F 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/20 (2013.01) [B41F 15/18 (2013.01); B41F 19/004 (2013.01); B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B65H 2701/174 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for picking a garment having a first layer and a second layer and fitting the garment on a pallet having a front and a back such that the first layer and the second layer of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet, the apparatus comprising:
a pallet, the pallet having said front and said back and wherein the first layer and the second layer of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet when the garment is fitted onto the pallet;
a picking arm, the picking arm being a robot arm configured to approach the garment when the garment is on a stack prior to fitting on the pallet, the picking arm being configured to subsequently withdraw towards the pallet;
at least one adherence location on said picking arm, the adherence location being smaller than the first layer, the adherence location for contacting the garment at a contact location on an outer facing surface of the first layer of the garment and causing adherence of the garment, at the contact location, to the adherence location, thereby causing said picking arm to pull said garment, through said first layer over said pallet, wherein said uncontacted second layer slides under said first layer onto said back side of said pallet.