Patent ID: 6711808
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
A pinch grip hanger mechanism for automatically dispensing pinch grip hangers and opening pinch grips to enable insertion of a garment by an operator, the mechanism comprising:a magazine for holding a plurality of pinch grip hangers, each hanger having a support bar and first and second pinch grips; a push plate which engages a single hanger as it is dispensed from the magazine, said push plate reciprocating from a hanger feed position to a hanger stop position in a first direction; first and second pinch grip cylinders for projecting first and second rams onto the first and second pinch grips of the hanger and opening said hanger pinch grips, the first and second pinch grip cylinders being actuated at the hanger stop position; and a triggering means for automatically retracting the first and second pinch grip cylinders following insertion of a garment by the operator.