Positioning device for tubular hose
AssigneeSolis S.r.l.
InventorVinicio Gazzarrini
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Abstract
A device for automatic positioning of the tip of a tubular stocking which is to be sewn together with the heel portion onto a pneumatic inverter tube which has an open mouth, the stocking being provided with an indexing mark thereon, the device includes a stocking support which is axially rotatable relative to the inverter tube and is disposed substantially coaxially and an indexer responsive to the indexing mark on the stocking to activate a control to hold the stocking over the tubular support to assure proper orientation of the stocking for sewing.
Claims7
A device for automatic positioning of the tip of a tubular stocking which is to be sewn together with the heel portion thereof onto a pneumatic inverter tube having an open mouth forming part of a pneumatic inverter of a machine for sewing stocking tips, the stocking having an indexing mark thereon, comprising in combination:
- a rotatable tubular stocking support disposed substantially coaxially with and loosely around said inverter tube whereby said tubular support is axially rotatable with respect to said inverter tube;
- drive means operable to rotate said tubular support;
- control means operable to control the operation of said rotating means in response to a control signal;
- and,
- index responsive means connected to said control means and operable to generate the control signal for said control means in response to a predetermined relative positioning of the indexing mark on the stocking to move and to hold a stocking disposed over said tubular support in the predetermined relative position whereby the stocking will be properly oriented for sewing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.