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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7908987 | Method and device for orienting a tubular knitted articles, such as a sock, angularly around an axis The device comprises: a tubular member (1); means (3, 5, 11) to insert and stretch a tubular knitted article (M) over the outside of said tubular member and over an end thereof; a control unit. It also comprises a crown (101) of detection elemen... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7748332 | Automatic device and method for orienting textile items on blocks An automatic device (1) for orienting tubular textile items (3) on blocks (2), comprising a block (2) for receiving the textile item (3) having a reference (4) with respect to which the item (3) is to be oriented for ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7290409 | Method and device for handling a tubular knitted article, in particular a sock A method to orient a tubular knitted article, such as a sock or the like, with respect to a pocket of fabric, for example the heel or toe pocket of said article. The method comprises the phases of: stretching an article on a tubular member (1) so that an inte... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7058986 | Socks with snap fasteners A sock has a cuff with an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer folded over at least a portion of the inner fabric layer. A snap fastener is secured to the inner fabric layer. A slit or opening extends through the outer fabric layer to expose the snap fastene... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049621 | Apparatus and method for detecting the orientation of textile products such as stockings and socks The orientation of textile articles such as stockings and socks having closed or open toe are detected by a method and apparatus, in a plant for the automatic treatment of articles in which the articles are pneumatically moved. A machine (6) requires the arti... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025011 | Apparatus for automatically orienting hosiery articles for closing toe ends thereof An apparatus for orienting sock blanks or the like so that the open toes of the blanks can be sewn closed includes a device for turning the sock inside out, a sock rotation device for grasping the sock and rotating it until sensors detect that the sock is in the pro... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6986316 | Device for precise placement of the toe of a hosiery item during automated insertion thereof in the conveyor of a sewing machine for closing the toe A device for precise placement of the toe of a hosiery item during automated insertion in the conveyor of a sewing machine for closing the toe, composed of two laminas arranged side by side on a substantially horizontal plane so as to form therebetween a passage for... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6877448 | Sewing method and apparatus for closing an axial end of tubular article A sewing method and apparatus, for closing the axial end of a tubular article, such as a hosiery toe, consisting in moving the article along a guiding path, formed by two adjacent laminas faced by a sewing head, in two opposite directions so as to make the article a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6779472 | Hosiery toe closing apparatus and method An apparatus and method for closing the toe of a hosiery blank includes a hosiery toe closing machine including a sewing head having a sewing needle and a toe seam width guide. The toe seam width guide has a maximum thread guide width greater than 5 mm, preferably i... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6390003 | Feeding a sock tip to a sewing machine The equipment for automatically feeding a sewing machine with a sock tip comprises a device for gripping the sock from the area of formation of the same on a circular machine for socks and at least one device for transferring the gripping device to a pred... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6341570 | Method and apparatus for sewing the toe of a sock A method of sewing the toe of a sock is provided which can automatically take out a sock pattern of knitted fabric from a sock knitting machine and sew up the selvedge at the toe portion of the sock pattern of knitted fabric thus improving both the effici... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6318283 | Method and apparatus for marking fabric A method and apparatus for marking fabric in a permanent or semipermanent manner includes a plurality of foam markers which are compressible to a smaller size. Upon release of external pressure, the foam markers expand to their original shape and volume. ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6283055 | Apparatus and method for automatically feeding tubular articles, particularly hosiery, to a sewing machine adapted to close the tubular articles at one of their axial ends An apparatus for automatically feeding tubular articles comprising elements for feeding an article, which are adapted to fit an axial end of the article which is provided with a border thicker than at least one adjacent portion of the article on grip mean... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6158367 | Apparatus and method for automatically orienting hosiery articles for closing toe ends thereof An apparatus for orienting open-toe sock blanks includes a tube for receiving a sock blank sleeved thereover such that the open toe end of the blank extends beyond the end of the tube, a clamping mechanism for engaging the blank against the tube and for r... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6132166 | Apparatus and method for positioning textile articles Apparatus for positioning textile tubular articles according to a predetermined reference, comprising a structure (1) with, for each article (5) to be formed, two pairs of cylindrical parallel and superimposed rollers (4) rotatable about respective longit... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6129032 | Method and apparatus for sewing textile articles Method and apparatus for sewing textile articles, according to which provision is made for moving a sewing machine from and to article-supporting shapes, so as to cause the legs of the articles to be sewn to transit through an optical control port facing ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6029593 | Method and apparatus for applying a gusset to textile articles such as pantyhose and the like Apparatus for the formation of gussets to be applied in the crotch region of pantyhose articles upon the assembly thereof on a machine having a plurality of shapes (2) over which the stockings to be assembled to form pantyhose articles are fitted in pairs... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5970897 | Method and apparatus for sewing panty hose with backpanel-like gusset inserted A method for sewing panty hose with a backpanel-like gusset inserted includes steps of cutting inner thigh portion of left-and-right aligned cylindrical hose materials and thereafter inserting the backpanel-like gusset material to a position ranging from ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5771830 | Method and apparatus for manipulating a length of flexible material An apparatus is provided for orienting flaccid material such as hose blanks having toe ends and bulkier welt ends while they are being conveyed from a supply point to a receiving point to ensure that blanks arriving at the receiving point are received, fo... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5727488 | Device for holding workpieces for machining operations, especially for sewing The present invention pertains to a device for producing three-dimensional casings, which, for holding blanks that are preferably made of materials having a low bending strength, has a carrier body, on which the blank can be mounted in a detachable manner... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5706748 | Method and machine for sewing two tubular articles especially stockings to form pantyhose articles An improved circular carrousel machine is provided for carrying out the joining seam of two tubular articles, especially women's stockings, to form a pantyhose article. The machine includes at least two paired, flat, superposed shapes (1) for supporting t... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5609118 | Hosiery line closer and loader assembly A hosiery line closer and loader assembly comprises a line closer having a number of carriers which circulate on a carousel and a loader having a transfer mechanism by which hose can be transferred from a hose loading position, adjacent a human operator, ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5570648 | Waist band-forming apparatus and method An apparatus for forming and sewing a waist band to complete a pair of briefs. The apparatus includes a band maker for forming the waist band. The apparatus also includes at least one sewing machine adapted to receive the waist band and a pair of briefs a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5551362 | Automatically seaming two stockings to form a pantyhose article Machine for automatically seaming two stockings to form a pantyhose article, including a plurality of flat, paired shapes, supporting each pair of stockings to be joined, a device for positioning and moving the stockings on the relevant shapes, a device f... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544603 | Apparatus for handling flexible objects An apparatus and method of removing a small number of flexible objects, such as circular knit hosiery blanks from a mass of randomly arranged flexible objects, depositing the flexible objects on a turntable in spaced apart relation, removing individual fl... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5511501 | Method and apparatus for handling flexible objects An apparatus and method of removing a small number of flexible objects, such as circular knit hosiery blanks from a mass of randomly arranged flexible objects, depositing the flexible objects on a turntable in spaced apart relation, removing individual fl... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5460108 | Method and apparatus for the automatic loading of a machine for sewing gussets on pantyhose-type hosiery articles Apparatus for the automatic loading of a machine for sewing gussets on pantyhose-type hosiery articles, comprising: a bodice-supporting tubular head (100) provided inside with an annular electrical resistance (9) and a suction conduit (8); means for verti... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5398626 | Process and device for preparing stockings for closing the toe portion thereof A chain feeder for a looping machine for closing a toe portion of a stocking formed of elastic yarns includes two identical bars forming a slot therebetween for receiving a folded toe portion of the stocking to be sewn, each bar having a first segment sta... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5373977 | Method for transferring pantyhose from a line closer machine to a toe-closer machine and apparatus for the implementation thereof Apparatus for transferring a pantyhose article from a Line Close machine to a Toe-Closer machine. A tensioning structure is disposed below the banister of the Line-Closer machine to put in tension the legs of the pantyhose, which hang down from said banis... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5345889 | Method for automatically sewing two stockings to form a pantyhose article and machine to carry out said method Automatically sewing two stockings to form a pantyhose article by putting the stockings on two corresponding flat, paired, juxtaposed shapes, moving the shapes close to each other with the stockings fitted thereon and cutting a longitudinal portion of the... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345886 | Arrangement for and method of producing pantyhoses An arrangement for producing a pantyhose from prefabricated hose-shaped individual parts has at least one template movable in working stations and composed of two tensioning arms for pulling corresponding prefabricated pantyhose parts of a pantyhose, the ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5247893 | Stretchable stitchbonded fabric A stretchable stitchbonded fabric, suitable for forming into conformable apparel, fitted furniture covers or the like, is stitched with elastic yarns to form at least two longitudinal regions of differing stretchability, each region having minimum stretch... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5207166 | Method and apparatus for making pantyhose with a comfort gusset In order to insert into tights comfort gussets which reach to the waistband of the tights, a line closing apparatus for the machine sewing of a pair of tights is used which has an extra form provided in the sets of forms of the apparatus, and a tubular pr... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5207165 | Method for varying the curvature of the sewn tip of stockings with a sewing machine and device for carrying out said method A method and device are provided to change the curvature of the seam of the tip of stockings wherein a sewing machine is utilized in correspondence with a rotating, circular, horizontal plane for supporting the flattened tip of the stocking to be sewn wit... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5165355 | Method and apparatus for handling hosiery blanks A system for automatically producing pantyhose garments from elongated tubular fabric blanks, each having a toe end portion and a welt or band end portion. Randomly oriented blanks are sequentially removed from a supply reservoir, oriented in a predetermi... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5161474 | Method of serging trouser-fly piece with slide fastener stringer attached thereto An improved method of serging a trouser-fly piece on a serging machine having a trimming cutter is disclosed wherein a continuous trouser-fly blank assembly is fed intermittently into a first feed path extending toward the serging unit at a predetermined ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5014634 | Hosiery toe closing method and apparatus The toe end of a hose blank has a looper line bead and is toe closed by movement past a seamer along a seam line located by reference to the head, the blank being mounted on a toe closer carrier of conventional form. Opposed blades of the carrier execute ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4903621 | Hosiery toe closing method and apparatus The toe end of a hose blank has a looper line bead and is toe closed by movement past a seamer along a seam line located by reference to the bead, the blank being mounted on a toe closer carrier of conventional form. Opposed blades of the carrier execute ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4862815 | Pantihose manufacture For the manufacture of pantihose, a gusset inserting machine is coupled to a hosiery machine such as a boarding or toe closing machine, for automatic transfer of gussetted pantihose to the latter machine, by a first transfer mechanism which strips pantiho... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4704976 | Method and apparatus for forming and presenting bias cut gussets in the formation of panty hose garments 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° subsequently to form strips having a wid... | 11/10/1987 |
