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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1990
Richard M Porter, Hartsville, SC (US);
Gilbert L Horton, Kernersville, NC (US);
Herman M Respess, Tobaccoville, NC (US);
Eddie D Poole, Lexington, NC (US);
Terri L McBride, Walkertown, NC (US);
William A Borst, Burlington, NC (US);
Sara Lee Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
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.