Folding device for polo shirts

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR BELT SUPPORTED UPON A FRAME AND HAVING AN UPPER RUN CONTINUOUSLY DRIVEN IN ONE DIRECTION TO MOVE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING PLACED ON SAID RUN AT THE LEADING END THEREOF TOWARDS THE OTHER END, A FOLDING DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUPERIMPOSED FOLDING PLATES NORMALLY RESTING UPON SAID RUN AND BEING OF LESS OVERALL WIDTH THAN THAT OF THE RUN AND UNDER WHICH THE ARTICLES PASS DURING THEIR MOVEMENT ON SAID RUN; THE LEADING ENDS OF SAID PLATES BEING UPWARDLY CURVED TO PERMIT ENTRY THEREUNDER OF SAID ARTICLE; FIXED MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR CENTERING AND MAINTAINING THE PLATES IN FIXED RELATION ON SAID RUN; MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE OVERALL WIDTH OF THE PLATES; A PAIR OF FOLDING BARS COOPERATING WITH AND DISPOSED ABOVE THE FOLDING PLATES, ONE BAR BEING DISPOSED IN ADVANCE OF THE OTHER; AND SAID BARS BEING FIXEDLY MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY IN BRACKETS SECURED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FRAME; EACH BAR HAVING A REAR PORTION EXTENDING FROM ITS BRACKET TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PLATES AND EXTENDING TO A POINT ADJACENT THE FAR SIDE OF THE PLATES, THE OUTER PORTION OF THE BAR HAVING A FORWARD BEND TERMINATING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY ARCUATE PORTION, THE OUTER TIP OF WHICH RESTS ON SAID RUN ADJACENT AND SPACED FROM THE NEAR SIDE OF THE PLATES AND ADAPTED TO PASS UNDER AND RAISE THE NEAR SIDE OF THE ARTICLE ALONG THE FOLDING PLATES, THE ARCUATE PORTIONS OF THE BARS BEING FURTHER ADAPTED TO FOLD THE RAISED SIDE OF THE ARTICLE INWARDLY AND FLAT UPON THE NEAR SIDE OF THE TOP OF THE FOLDING PLATES AS THE ARTICLE IS ADVANCED BY THE RUN UNDER THE FOLDING PLATES; WHEREBY ONE SIDE OF THE ARTICLE WILL BE FOLDED IN ADVANCE OF THE OTHER, BOTH FOLDS BEING PERFORMED WHEN THE ARTICLE EMERGES FROM THE FOLDING PLATES.