Method and apparatus for handling hosiery blanks
US5165355A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05D2305/10
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for automatically producing pantyhose garments from elongated tubular fabric blanks, each having a toe end portion and a welt or band end portion. Randomly oriented blanks are sequentially removed from a supply reservoir, oriented in a predetermined manner, and conveyed to a positioning and transferring assembly which orients, removes creases and pleats and properly positions a pair of blanks on the clamping assemblies of a pantyhose seaming machine. The pair of clamped blanks have the welt end portions severed, and severed edges seamed by sewing instrumentalities to define the panty portion of a pantyhose garment. The pantyhose are transferred to a machine where the toe ends are closed by seaming.
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