Patent ID: 11970814
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  B | IPC B  D

Claim 19:
20. A garment folding machine comprising:
a frame unit defining an external framework of the garment folding machine;
a loading unit configured to receive a garment;
a folding unit configured to convey and fold the received garment; and
an unloading unit configured to collect the folded garment from the folding unit,
wherein the folding unit comprises:
a first folding layer, and
a second folding layer disposed below the first folding layer,

wherein the first folding layer comprises:
a first conveyor configured to convey, from a front end to a rear end of the first conveyor, the garment,
a first conveyor motor configured to provide driving power to the first conveyor, and
a first-conveyor-rear-end garment detection sensor that is disposed at a rear end of the first conveyor and that is configured to detect whether the garment reaches the rear end of the first conveyor,

wherein the first conveyor motor is configured to rotate at a predetermined first rotational speed, and
wherein the first conveyor motor is configured to, based on the first-conveyor-rear-end garment detection sensor detecting a tip of the garment, rotate at a predetermined second rotational speed different from the predetermined first rotational speed.