Machine for flaw-checking and drying stockings and the like

Machine for flaw-checking and drying stockings, pantyhose and like articles, comprising at least one rotatable platform, a plurality of vertically arranged fork-like elements mounted on said platform for supporting the articles, at least one insertion and inspection station for inserting the articles on said fork-like elements and for detecting flaws thereon, means for intermittently driving said platform to cause said fork-like elements to temporary face said insertion and inspection station, at least one drying station including a chamber internally provided with heating means, and at least one removal station for removing dried articles from said fork-like elements, wherein said fork-like elements have each an elastically contractable base for facilitating insertion and removal of the articles, said fork-like elements being formed of metallic tubes folded in the shape of an inverted U and being arranged vertically along planes tangent to a circumference which is concentrical to said platform, means being provided for connecting said tubes with compressed-air delivery means, said tubes having upper curved portions which are substantially flattened along said vertical plane of arrangement of said fork-like elements and are provided with a plurality of upwardly directed holes, said drying station being located on part of said rotatable platform and having said heating means consisting of infrared-ray elements, which are actuatable only upon rotation of said platform.