Method and device for turning out men's stockings outside the relevant operating machine

Abstract

To turn out men's stockings, that is to say socks, outside and at a distance from the relevant operating machine, such as a circular machine for sock manufacture or a toe-sewing machine, use is made of: a device from extracting the sock 3 from the machine 1 by sucking it into a pipe 2 which conveys it to a turning-out station 4 positioned at a distance from the machine 1 and, after turning out, for directing it to the discharge; a turning out station 4 comprising: a chamber 40 having a vertical axis, with an articulated grilled diaphragm 41 for intercepting and positioning the sock 3 vertically and with the cuff 30 at the top; pincers for grasping the cuff 30 from the outside and extending it into a circle; a cup 52 for clamping the cuff 30 thus extended; a turning out tube 5 which is coaxial with the chamber 40, passes into said cup 52 and into the port 43 of said diaphragm 41 and is subject to the double-action pneumatic cylinder 9, in line with the chamber 40, in which tube 5 the sock 3 comes to be accommodated partly hanging, in such a manner that the travel of the tube 5 towards the top causes the actuation of the cup 52, the opening of the diaphragm 41 and the turning out on itself of the sock 3 from the cuff to the toe, passing it through the port (43) of the diaphragm 41; a bell 7 for expulsion of the sock 3 which has been turned out and has the toe in front.

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