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US 4,067,272 AGranted
Device for stacking articles of clothing in a sewing unit
AssigneeRockwell-Rimoldi S.p.A.
InventorNerino Marforio
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Abstract
A garment stacking device in which a plurality of garments are stacked in a vertical position over a stacking bar in which a thrust element is provided to cooperate with the other elements of the stacking device to hold the lower ends of the stacked garments free of the zone where a newly inserted end is to fall from each succeeding garment being stacked.
Claims4
A garment stacking device for a sewing unit having a work surface along which a garment is advanced as it is sewn and from which it descends for reception by said stacking device, the improvement comprising:
- a. a fixed stacking bar (5) attached in spaced relation to one end of said work surface;
- b. a plate (2) mounted for reciprocating movement on the underside of the work surface for engaging and moving a garment descending from the latter into engagement with said stacking bar;
- c. means (14) interconnected with said stacking bar and movable between positions for engaging and folding that portion of a garment extending from the work surface over said stacking bar;
- d. clamping means (21) operatively connected to said stacking bar for clamping a garment thereto after presentation by said folding means;
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- e. thrust means disposed beneath said fixed stacking bar and operatively connected to said folding means for moving the ends of the stacked garments furthest removed from said fixed stacking bar to a position spaced from the garment descent zone so as to maintain this zone clear during the descent of each successive garment.
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