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US 4,359,956 AGranted
Apparatus for toe closure of hosiery
AssigneeTomotake Nakahira
InventorTatsuo Sakonishi
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Abstract
Knit hose are successively fed in a suspended position with their toe portions on top, to a first station at which the odds and ends of the toe portions are individually removed thereby to align the end lines of the toe portions. The hose are conveyed to a second station where the toe portions are individually closed by first linking, stitching and finally the hose are conveyed to a third station at which the first linking stitches are covered with second linking stitches.
Claims4
A method of closing the toe portion of hosiery comprising:
- feeding a circular knit hose in a vertical position with said toe portion on top;
- gripping opposed sides of said circular knit hose between first and second opposed elements of an endless conveying device with an upward extending portion of said toe portion extending thereabove;
- transferring said circular knit hose gripped in said endless conveying device in a continuous linear motion past first, second and third stations;
- removing odds and ends of an upper distal part including odds and ends of said upward extending portion in said first station, and leaving a shortened upward extending portion extending above said endless conveying device;
- closing said shortened upward extending portion in said second station with first linking stitches;
- stitching said upward extending portion in said third station with second linking stitches which cover said first linking stitches;
- and then
- discharging said circular knit hose from said endless conveying device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.