Device for the oriented collection of stockings, panty-hose and like articles
AssigneeCalzificio Golden Lady S.a.s. di Grassi Nerino & C.
InventorSergio Zaglio
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Abstract
In an arrangement for collecting and stacking hosiery articles in general, such as stockings, panty-hose and the like, coming from a circular hosiery knitting machine, an improvement consisting in that the suction plate of the temporary collection space has two arrays of perforations, one with more closely spaced holes and the other with widely spaced, longitudinally arranged holes, so as to create a whirling motion of air and a differential pressure field which aids in distending the articles so as to have them orderly dropping onto a rod-like supporting member positioned beneath said temporary collection space.
Claims9
Apparatus for the orderly collection of articles such as stockings, panty-hose and the like, in a temporary collection space shorter in length than said article to be collected, and for the subsequent deposit of said articles on a support, comprising
- (a) an elongated body inserted in a pneumatic conveyance duct, said body defining a temporary collection space for one article at a time entering said space from an inlet end thereof;
- (b) control means for opening the lower portion of said space along the entire length thereof;
- (c) a supporting member arranged beneath said lower portion of said space for receiving in substantially centered position the articles falling downwardly from said space upon opening of said lower portion;
- (d) means for originating a dragging air stream within said conveyance duct and through said temporary collection spce and means for cutting off said air stream down-stream of said body;
- (e) said temporary collection space having a length substantially shorter than the length of said article;
- (f) a perforated diaphragm defining the top of said space and arranged at an angle in said body so that said space is progressively narrowed from said inlet end towards the end opposite to said inlet end, whereby the perforations in said diaphragm become pregressively clogged as said article fills said space;
- (g) said supporting member being spaced from said lower portion substantially beneath the center thereof and transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of said body.
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