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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1994
Pier L Migliorini, Terranuova Bracciolini, IT;
Solis S.R.L., Tavarnuzze, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for positioning the foot portion of tubular knitted articles for each article includes, a hosiery support rotating about a longitudinal axis and one or more corresponding photocells for detecting one or more marks suitably inserted in the fabric of the article. The hosiery support is made up of two coaxial elements, with the free end of the element of the hosiery support being in correspondence with the stocking foot and being so shaped as to form a flaring element for the corresponding pad. The pad is coaxial to the hose and is connected to a driving member to drive the pad into rotation together with a corresponding stocking or hosiery portion. The pad is engaged to a corresponding cylinder actuator with a horizontal axis, to allow it to move close to and respectively away from the hosiery support. Mounted in the vicinity of the free end of each hosiery support is a rubber-coated presser roller idly rotatable about an axis parallel to the axis of hose and intended to compress the fabric of the stocking foot on the respective support during the rotation thereof.