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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1982
Vincente A Silla, Generalisimo Franco, ES;
Solis S.r.l., Travarnuzze, IT;
Abstract
Described is a process for transferring a hosiery garment formed with leg portions joined to a body portion and with a central opening to one end on which a patch is to be affixed, from a garment-making machine to a patch-sewing machine having garment support suction means, by the steps of: separating the leg portions of the garment while the garment is still on the garment-making machine; moving the body of the garment away from the garment-making machine; gripping and holding the garment by the opening; releasing the body and leg portions; widening the opening; removing the garment from the garment-making machine; displacing and rotating the garment until it is aligned with the support suction means; displacing the garment and disposing the opening on the support suction means of the patch sewing machine for sewing a patch thereon. Also disclosed is apparatus for carrying out the process comprising a pair of suction tubes to separate the leg portions, garment gripping means for gripping the garment through its opening which member has a ring member to surround the mouth of the tubular suction support means of a patch-making machine and means for transferring the garment gripping means to the support means.