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US 5,004,132 AGranted
Method and apparatus for producing socks
AssigneeNeuville Industries, Inc.
InventorsGeorge E. Hollowell, Hugh D. Sample
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AssigneeNeuville Industries, Inc.
InventorsGeorge E. Hollowell, Hugh D. Sample
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A method and apparatus for finishing socks is disclosed which utilizes a boarding or blocking machine of the type having a plurality of sock boarding (blocking) forms which are movable within a track. Socks to be block (boarded) are applied to the boarding forms with a free yarn end or string still attached to each sock. Clipping assemblies are mounted on either side of the track in position to automatically sever the extending string as each boarding form moves past the clipping assemblies. A vacuum system is associated with each clipping assembly to continuously remove the severed strings and other loose materials resulting from the clipping operations. By employing the clipping asemblies in combination with and in association with the boarding machine, the previously required, separate, string severing operations can be eliminated.
A method of finishing socks utilizing a blocking machine of the type having a plurality of movable, flat sock blocking forms to receive previously knit socks having a free yarn end and to transport the socks through the blocking machine, comprising the steps of:
A method of finishing socks, comprising:
In an automatic blocking machine of the type comprising an endless track, a plurality of flat, sock blocking forms movable with the endless track and means to block knit in the greige socks after the socks have been applied serially to the sock blocking forms, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.