Sara Lee Corporation

Richard M Porter

Gilbert L Horton

Cecil R Bell

Tom Rushing

Willie M Lathery

Donald G Bell

J Reid London

Lee A Efird

Thomas J Costello

A Russell Edwards

Stephen K Shaw

David E Hauber

Monica Jacobs

Harold Setliff

August A Pike

Robert A Fanara

W Richard Davis

Richard L Rice

Eric G Wintemute

Eddie D Poole

William A Borst

Terri L McBride

Herman M Respess

John J Richardson

Carton

In a system for measuring the cross stretch along selected areas of a tubular portion of a hosiery article to determine whether the degree of stretch falls within selected parameters, a pair of arms having designated arcuate portions over which a selected area of the article to be tested is positioned. A fluid cylinder displaces a first arm relative to a second arm to stretch the selected area of the article and therefore apply a force to the second arm. When a prescribed force is reached, a control means, in response to a signal from a load cell coupled to the second arm, records the linear displacement of the first arm and reverses the operation of the fluid cylinder.

Cross stretch measuring system

A hollow container or carton for an article formed of a single blank which has been suitably shaped and provided with selected fold lines. The carton is provided with a bottom structure which may readily snap open to provide access to the carton. The uppermost edges of both the carton front panel and the rear panel define parabolic curves and the carton side panels include tabs having curved outer edge portions conforming to the uppermost edges of the front and rear panels for alignment therewith and securement thereto.

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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Hartsville, SC, United States of America

Richard M Porter