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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
Pier Lorenzo Migliorini, Terranuova Bracciolini, IT;
Matec S.R.L., Scandicci, IT;
Abstract
Apparatus for picking up and moving tubular articles such as knitted stockings, comprising:--pneumatic means for picking up at least one article from a heap or container;--pneumatic means for moving the thus picked-up article(s);--means positioned in a first stopping station for holding the most forward portion of at least one article;--optical means for detecting the article portion which results further away from said first stopping station and associated buffer means to operate the retention thereof at a second station located intermediate between the station for picking up the articles and the stopping station;--mechanical means for holding the article in correspondence of a portion thereof at a preset distance from the end thereof being retained in said second station;--means for assessing the thickness of the article end being retained in said second station. (FIG. 1A).
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