Sara Lee Corporation

August A Pike

Cecil R Bell

Willie M Lathery

Richard M Porter

Donald G Bell

J Reid London

Thomas J Costello

Lee A Efird

Stephen K Shaw

A Russell Edwards

Harold Setliff

A system for forming substantially diamond-shaped gussets to be used in the production of panty hose garments wherein the gussets are formed by severing a circular knit tube along a bias angle of approximately 30.degree. subsequently to form strips having a width corresponding to the desired width of a gusset. The strip then is severed along a prescribed angle of approximately 30.degree. to define a gusset wherein the fabric wales extend parallel to a line extending from one point to the diagonally opposite point of the diamond-shaped gusset. The gusset is then transferred and oriented for subsequent sewing to hosiery blanks in the forming of panty hose.

Method and apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the

Apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the formation

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

August A Pike