Patent ID: 8820594

Claim:
A folding system for a fabric product, comprising: an information obtaining device configured to obtain first information held by the fabric product; a folding device including; a platen member for putting the fabric product thereon, a width adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a width directional length of the platen member, and a folding mechanism configured to fold the fabric product on the platen member; a width controlling device configured to control the width adjusting mechanism by using the first information obtained by the information obtaining device; a first storage device configured to store a first association table for associating the first information with second information; and a second information deriving device configured to check the first information obtained by the information obtaining device against the first association table and derive the second information associated with the first information therefrom, the width controlling device being further configured to control the width adjusting mechanism by using the second information derived by the second information deriving device, and the first information including identification information for the fabric product.