Apparatus and method for processing hosiery blanks
AssigneeKayser-Roth Hosiery, Inc.
InventorsEstill G. Frazier, William P. Kiger, Jr.
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Abstract
A hosiery toe closing machine is provided with automatic hosiery donning means for drawing successive hosiery blanks onto successive hosiery carriers as they move into position at a hosiery receiving station of the hosiery toe closing machine. A hot wire slitter is also provided at the hosiery receiving station for longitudinally slitting the leading end of the hosiery blank as it is automatically drawn onto the hosiery carrier. The hosiery donning and slitting devices permit the economical processing of hosiery blanks in preparation for forming pantyhose therefrom.
Claims14
In an automatic hosiery toe closing machine including a plurality of elongate tubular hosiery carriers movable around an endless path, a toe seamer positioned at a fixed location adjacent the path of travel of said hosiery carriers, and a hosiery receiving station positioned in advance of said seamer location, the combination therewith of
- (a) hosiery donning means positioned at said hose receiving station for automatically drawing successive hosiery blanks onto successive ones of said hosiery carriers as they move to said hosiery receiving station, and
- (b) slitting means associated with said hosiery receiving station and being operable in response to movement of said hosiery donning means for longitudinally slitting the leading end of the hosiery blank as it is automatically drawn onto said hosiery carrier.
In an automatic hosiery toe closing machine for processing hosiery blanks in preparation for forming pantyhose therefrom, the hosiery blanks each including a panty portion knit of a heavy denier yarn and a leg portion knit of a light denier yarn, said machine including a plurality of elongate tubular hosiery carriers movable around an endless path, a toe seamer positioned at a fixed location adjacent the path of travel of said hosiery carriers, and a hosiery receiving station positioned in advance of said seamer location, the combination therewith of
- (a) hosiery donning means positioned at said hosiery receiving station for automatically drawing successive hosiery blanks onto successive ones of said hosiery carriers as they move to said hosiery receiving station, the hosiery blanks being drawn onto said hosiery carriers with the panty portion of the leading end thereof,
- (b) slitting means associated with said hosiery receiving station and being operable in response to movement of said hosiery donning means for longitudinally slitting the leading end of the hosiery blank as it is automatically drawn onto said hosiery carrier, and
- (c) detector means positioned adjacent said hosiery carrier and in advance of said slitting means, said detector means being operable to terminate said slitting means when the leg portion of the hosiery blank passes said detector means.
A method of processing hosiery blanks on an automatic hosiery toe closing machine in preparation for forming pantyhose therefrom, said toe closing machine including a plurality of elongate tubular hosiery carriers movable around an endless path, a toe seamer positioned at a fixed location adjacent the path of travel of said hosiery carriers, a hosiery receiving station positioned in advance of said seamer location, hosiery donning means positioned at said hosiery receiving station, and slitting means associated with said hosiery receiving station, said method comprising the steps of
- (a) positioning the leading end of successive hosiery blanks on said hosiery donning means to automatically draw successive hosiery blanks onto successive ones of said hosiery carriers as they move to said hosiery receiving station, and
- (b) slitting the leading end of successive hosiery blanks as the leading end of the hosiery blank is drawn onto said hosiery carrier by said hosiery donning means.
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