Apparatus for handling hosiery
AssigneeMarvel Specialty Company
InventorClifton Gregory
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Abstract
In a hosiery handling apparatus wherein a string of hosiery is placed on a movable hollow tubular form, and everted through the open end of the form, a reciprocating arm grasps the first in-line hose and breaks it away from the string. The arm then pulls the hose across the top of a horizontal platform to a predetermined, fixed location on the platform. During the pulling operation, frictional resistance (drag) between the hose and platform tends to straighten the hose. An upstanding guide member, formed on the platform, prevents the hose from moving laterally off the platform. After the hose is located on the platform, the platform is tilted downwardly to dump the hose into a neat stack in a tray located beneath the platform. This readies the hose for a subsequent seaming operation.
Claims14
An apparatus for separating, straightening, and stacking hose from a string, comprising:
- a platform for supporting the separated hose;
- means for separating hose and advancing the separated hose along a surface of said platform to a predetermined, fixed location on said platform, means for producing frictional resistance between said platform and hose during pulling serving to straighten said hose;
- receiving means located below said platform for collecting and stacking hose;
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- means for transferring hose from said platform to said receiving means.
In a hosiery handling apparatus for turning, separating, and stacking hose from a string, said apparatus being of a type including a tubular form for storing the hosiery string and everting said hose, and a reciprocating arm for separating a first in-line hose from said string and delivering said hose away from said form along a predetermined path, the improvement comprising:
- a platform disposed in said predetermined path, said arm pulling the separated hose along a surface of said platform to a predetermined, fixed location on said platform, means for producing frictional resistance on said surface to provide drag and to straighten said hose;
- a receptable located below said platform for receiving hose straightened on said platform;
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- means for transferring said straightened hose from said predetermined location on said platform to said receptacle for stacking.
A method of separating, straightening, and stacking hose with respect to a hosiery string containing a number of individual hose separated by a ring of break-away thread, comprising the steps of:
- separating a first in-line hose by breaking its ring of break-away thread;
- pulling the separated hose along a surface of a platform having a relatively high coefficient of friction, causing drag on said hose for straightening;
- positioning the hose at a predetermined, fixed location on the platform;
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- stacking the straightened hose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.