Device for removing merely partially turned stockings on a stocking turning machine

Abstract

A device for a stocking turning machine for automatically separating only partially turned stockings from completely turned stockings. Each stocking which leaves the automatic stocking turning machine is conducted by a chute into a pneumatically operating ejection tube which bears two photocells with corresponding reflectors. The adjustable distance between the two photocells is such that when the stocking in question has been completely turned, its toe and the stocking welt simultaneously darken the two photocells. A cylinder is then actuated in such a manner that a guide chute which is connected to it assumes a deflection position shown in solid lines in the drawing, whereby the stocking falls into the container, whereupon the guide chute again returns into its starting position. If the stocking has not been completely turned, the two photocells are not simultaneously darkened; thus the cylinder is not actuated, the guide chute remains in the vertical position, and the stocking falls into the other container.

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