Patent ID: 7174840

Claim:
Manipulator used to reverse the edges of slash pockets, designed to operate with a semi-finished product (SE) made of a piece of fabric (T) laid on a worktop (P) with seams (C 1 and C 2 ) to fix the edge (F), the reinforcement (R) and the facing (M), all of them being previously folded with reversed-T shape, and with the pocket cut (TT) in parallel central position with respect to the seams (C 1 and C 2 ), characterized by the fact that it comprises: a reversal station (SR) with a through slot ( 2 ) on the worktop (P); pick-up means ( 1 , 1 a, B 1 ) used to pick up the semi-finished product (SE) from a pick-up station (SP) located on the worktop (P) and transfer it to the reversal station (SR); fastening means ( 4 , 4 a ) used to fasten the semi-finished product (SE) at the reversal station (SR); reversal means (MR) actuated at the reversal station (SR) to reverse the edges (F), the reinforcements (R) and the facing (M) under the worktop (P); an opposite pair of movable jaws ( 5 ) supported by a frame ( 3 ) that actuate over the worktop in the slot ( 2 ), designed to cooperate with the reversal means (MR) to favor the contact reversal of the edges (F), the reinforcements (R) and the facing (M) under the worktop (P); a shutter ( 9 ) actuated in the slot ( 2 ) designed to favor the correct reversal of the edges (F), the reinforcements (R) and the facing (M) under the worktop (P); actuators used to operate the pick-up means ( 1 , 1 a, B 1 ), the fastening means ( 4 , 4 a ), the reversal means (MR), the opposite pair of jaws ( 5 ) and the shutter ( 9 ); an electronic control unit used to start and stop the aforementioned actuators based on the signals received by suitable sensors or proximity switches associated with the mobile elements of the manipulator.