Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a cabinet comprising an opening, a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, an inner case disposed in the cabinet and configured to provide an accommodation space, a supply part configured to communicate with the inner case to supply at least one of air or moisture to the accommodation space, and a mount part disposed on at least one of the inner case or the door and configured to place the laundry in the accommodation space. The mount part comprises a support part disposed on at least one of the inner case or the door to support a surface of the laundry, and a pressing part. The pressing part comprises a pressing body rotatably coupled to one of the inner case, the door, or the support part, and a position change part and a position change part.

Abstract: Cover element for an ironing surface includes: a first layer of fabric which extends substantially for the entire surface development of said element, the first layer being constituted by a fabric with fibers that resist, without undergoing any damage or alteration, temperatures above about 180° C., for at least 5 minutes; and at least one underlying support layer, which is positioned below the first layer and which includes an impermeable polymeric membrane.

Abstract: Provided is a clothing shaking device for clothing care apparatus, the care apparatus includes a cabinet, the shaking device includes a driving member, a first connecting member, a second connecting member, a beam and a connecting structure arranged on the beam, when the driving member drives the first connecting member to rotate and thus drives the second connecting member to move, a swimming structure can apply acting force to the connecting structure to make the connecting structure and the beam move back and forth together. Through the connection between the swimming structure and the connecting structure, when the driving member drives the first connecting member to rotate and thus drives the second connecting member to move, while driving the beam to move back and forth, the movement amplitude of the beam in the direction perpendicular to the beam can be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are drying system and method for restoring clothes shrunk after washing and drying of the clothes. The clothes drying system includes: an air injection part for injecting air into the drying system; a drying tube of which the volume is expandable by the air injected through the air injection part; a jig put on the outer surface of the drying tube; and a fixing part attached to the clothes and fixing the clothes and jig so that the clothes put on the outer surface of the jig is not shrunk while being dried.

Abstract: A tufting machine for selectively forming tufts of yarns, including different color or type yarns, for forming patterned tufted articles such as carpets. A series of needles are reciprocated into and out of a backing material being fed through the tufting machine and are engaged by a series of gauge parts so as to pick-up loops of yarns from the needles. The gauge parts will be selectively controlled by activators to extend or retract the gauge parts to positions or elevations sufficient to pick-up or not pick-up loops of yarns from the needles. The feeding of the yarns to the needles further will be controlled to back-rob yarns not picked-up by the gauge parts, while the backing feed will be controlled to enable formation of tufts at an increased rate over the pattern stitch rate for the pattern of the tufted article being formed.

Abstract: Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate patch library systems that may enable the storage and retrieval of patch configuration information. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate augmented-reality features such as projecting assistive visual elements or virtual UI elements into an operational area. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.

Abstract: A system for mounting a covering (e.g., a fabric material) upon a frame is constructed from a plurality of elongated frame parts. Each frame part has two mitered ends and a channel formed therein. The related mounting method includes the steps of: (a) using a jig to hold the fabric material against the frame; (b) inserting a plurality of retaining splines within respective channels so as to capture the fabric material within the channels between one retaining spline and a corresponding floor of the channel, whereby a plurality of corner pleats are formed; and (c) using a tool to invert each corner pleat into a corner joint formed between respective adjacent frame parts so as to form an internal fold at each corner of the frame.

Abstract: A method that provides to partially automate the feeding of pieces of laundry to an insertion machine by steps which necessitate long distances to be traveled being performed manually. With large pieces of laundry such as, for example, tablecloths and bed sheets, for complete automation a large amount of space is required and the clamps holding corners of the pieces of laundry are required to travel long distances. To achieve this, it is provided to temporarily store the respective piece of laundry after it has been separated and before it is delivered to an insertion machine. It is furthermore provided that in a first corner of the piece of laundry is supplied or held ready by an automatic separator for an operator to manually locate the second corner of the piece of laundry. Partial automation can be achieved without the cycle time being adversely affected owing to manual handling processes.

Abstract: A system iron includes a body. The body includes therein a steam generator for generating steam and an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body. The ironing plate includes therein steam nozzles for spraying the steam generated by the steam generator to an outside, a first fan for discharging air to the outside of the ironing plate or sucking air into the ironing plate, and a second fan for cooling an iron placed on the ironing plate.

Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet; an inner door disposed to be rotatable in a front surface of the cabinet and provided with an opening; an outer door disposed to form a space in which clothes are mounted between a front surface of the inner door and the outer door, the outer door disposed to rotate with respect to the cabinet together with the inner door or with respect to the inner door separately from the inner door; a heating plate disposed on a rear surface of the outer door; a holding device disposed in an upper portion of the space between the inner door and the outer door and formed to hold one end of the clothes; and a pair of clips disposed under the holding device in the space between the inner door and the outer door and formed to hold both sides of the clothes.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to automation of pallet loading. In one example, a method includes positioning, by a material manipulator, an opening of a product; inserting a product loading assembly of a pallet loading system through an opening of the product, where the product loading assembly can hold the product during manipulation of the product and the pallet loading system can position the product for loading on a pallet; and transferring the product onto the pallet using the product loading assembly. The product can be a portion of a product or a garment or portion of a garment. The product can be smoothed on a surface of the pallet. The pallet can secure the product to the pallet by a pallet clamp. The product on the pallet can be embellished by processing equipment or workstation.

Abstract: A method of generating a coiled actuator fiber that includes twisting a fiber to generate a twisted fiber; wrapping the twisted fiber around a core yarn or fiber to generate a coil in the twisted fiber, which generates a coiled twisted fiber; setting the coiled twisted fiber by heat or chemical treatment; and removing at least a portion of the core yarn or fiber to generate a coiled actuator fiber.

Abstract: A garment steaming device includes a housing having a reservoir for containing liquid therein, a head portion connected to the housing, and a steam generator contained within the head portion, the steam generator being in fluid communication with the reservoir for generating steam from the liquid contained in the reservoir. The steam generator includes a first layer and a second layer and at least one heating element sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer and the second layer define a steam flowpath that is configured such that steam flows back and forth between the first layer and the second layer before exiting the steam generator.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to transporting and sewing material in, e.g., automation of sewing robots. An automated sewing process feed control system is disclosed in which a material aligner is utilized. An omni-chain material aligner can include a circular roller chain in which the rollers allow for a controlling force to be applied to a material. An omni-belt material aligner can include a belt with attached perpendicular rollers which allow feed control and active motorized steering control. The material aligner can control the pressure applied onto the material to facilitate control of feeding the material.

Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus includes a frame, a hanger body movable relative to the frame, a vibrating body including a predetermined central axis, a first eccentric portion supported by the vibrating body and capable of rotating about a first rotation axis spaced apart from the central axis, a second eccentric portion supported by the vibrating body and rotatable about a second rotation axis spaced apart from the central axis, and a hanger driving unit disposed in the vibrating body and connected to the hanger body at a position spaced apart from the central axis. Centrifugal forces of the first and second eccentric portions with respect to the first and second rotation axes, respectively, reinforce each other when the vibrating body generates a rotational force about the central axis, and oppose each other when the vibrating body does not generate the rotational force.

Abstract: In selected examples, a garment includes an article of clothing, a processor, memory storing instructions, biometric and/or environmental sensors configurable and readable by the processor, and a short range radio frequency (RF) transceiver (e.g., a Bluetooth® transceiver). When the processor executes the instructions, it may configure the garment to establish an RF link with a communication device, enabling the processor to receive from the communication device sensor configuration information, and configure the sensors accordingly. The processor may also collect sensor data, and transmit the data over the RF link from the garment to the communication device. The communication device may be a mobile device, e.g., a smartphone/tablet. The garment may be a “master” coupled through wired/wireless links to “slave” garments, and allow the communication device to communicate with the slaves. The communication device may connect the master/slaves to various networks and other computing devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portable textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate (4) intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT) for treating the textile. The heatable soleplate (4) comprises a soleplate opening (H). The device comprises a module (MD) comprising an image sensor (5) for taking an image of the textile to be treated through the soleplate opening (H), and a control unit (8) configured for a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of the algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile, and for b) controlling, based on the classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The module (MD) and the control unit (8) are integrated within the portable textile treatment device.

Abstract: A hanger cover extends between a first end and a second end. The hanger cover includes a pair of wings coupled together, each of the pair of wings having a pair of substantially parallel branches spaced apart by a channel and joined at a junction, wherein the pair of wings are rotatable relative to one another.

Abstract: A tray for an ironing board to store small articles during an ironing process. The ironing board has two stands, one stand of the two stands has two legs, wherein the two stands can be folded for storage and unfolded for use. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body has three spaced apart compartments, wherein spacings between two adjacent compartments of the three compartments are larger than the width or diameter of the two legs, wherein the tray is configured to be mounted to the ironing board, such that the two legs are received in the spacings between the three compartments when the two stands are folded. The tray can be fastened to an iron tray of the ironing board.