Bizarre Patents
A method to tenderize meat with an explosive shockwave.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210603 | Glove inverter The present invention is a device that provides a trouble free method to invert glove appendages expeditiously; especially but not exclusively, industrial, heavy duty, lined, rubber gloves; to facilitate efficient cleaning and subsequent rapid drying of the lining, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6638202 | Bag turning device An inverting cone mounted to an expansion box for turning a bag assembly having an assembly opening, an assembly extended length, and an assembly width. The inverting cone has an inlet separated from an outlet by a length. The inverting cone inlet is smal... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6296159 | Device for turning tubular textile products inside out A device has been realized for turning tubular textile products inside out, in which a tubular body (22), designed for the purpose, is moved between an idle position and a working position for executing this operation. Active means of suction on the tubul... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5992712 | Method and apparatus for processing hose material Panty hose sewing processes can be fully automatized (allowing unattended operation) by providing a processing apparatus which is enabled to perform working steps from the pickup of hose material to the opening of the welt portion by using suction air flo... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5954244 | Apparatus for processing socks An apparatus for processing socks in nested pairs includes the frame and a plurality of processing stations which may include a trimming station, a pressing station, a printing station, and a doffing station as well as a nesting station. The nesting stati... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5884822 | Method and apparatus for picking up and moving tubular articles 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 fi... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5839628 | Folding attachment for shirt backs A device attached to a shirt having excess material in the waist area comprising a central member and two wing members hingedly attached at each end of the central member, where each wing member is folded back against the central member to form a single, ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5791532 | Process for reversing and end-shaping inflatable bodies A process is disclosed for reversing and end shaping inflatable bodies made of coated or uncoated fabric, in particular airbags, by using a device having a reversing pipe that receives the body or airbag; a die provided with a compressed air connection an... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5699942 | Automatic sleeve invertor An apparatus for automatically inverting a garment piece for a sweat suit or the like. The apparatus includes an elongated tube for receiving the garment piece over the front end of the tube. A gripper arm is located adjacent to the rear end of the tube a... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5628435 | Device for inverting tubular fabrics A device for inverting tubular fabrics having a base with a back and a front and a plurality of turning arms, each arm having a centerline, a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal ends of each turning arm are fixedly attached to the base so that the... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5597098 | Machine for turning stockings the right way out, with high operating reliability Machine for turning stockings the right way out which has a first pair of rollers that have mutually parallel axes, are arranged laterally on opposite sides with respect to a median plane, and are rotatable about their respective axes with mutually opposi... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5507421 | Turn and cut machine for reverse-folding tubular textile material and methods of operation The turn and cut machine includes a feed tray for advancing flat tubular feedstock textile material. Grippers open the leading end of the tubular material to define an opening. Clamp elements are advanced into the opening to clamp opposite side portions o... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5405064 | Automated turning and pressing apparatus and method Method and apparatus for automated inverting and pressing of apparel components. A turning apparatus is provided for inverting run-stitched shirt collars or other apparel components and an automated pressing apparatus is provided for aligning a two-dimens... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5392970 | Device for turning hosiery items inside out with high operating reliability Device for turning hosiery items inside out including elements for gripping a hosiery item and moving it along an advancement direction so that the top of the hosiery item is orientated in the advancement direction, and opening elements that engage the ho... | 02/28/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5127558 | Method and device for turning out men's stockings outside the relevant operating machine To turn out men's stockings, that is to say socks, outside and at a distance from the relevant operating machine, such as a circular machine for sock manufacture or a toe-sewing machine, use is made of: a device from extracting the sock 3 from the machine 1 by... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5106000 | Necktie handling apparatus Apparatus for use in turning inside out a stitched, hollow necktie assembly includes a guide comprising a hollow tube (2) of which part (4) of the wall is cut away over a shaped length extending from an intermediate part of the tube to a first end region ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4799613 | Method and apparatus for sensing the preferred side of garment portions Apparatus for use in an automated garment making process detects whether a garment portion on a continuously moving conveyor is right side up by use of a photodetector. If the garment portion is not right side up, the photodetector signals a control unit ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4739910 | Apparatus and method for inverting a child's training pant or the like Apparatus and method are provided for inverting a child's training pant or the like. The apparatus generally comprises a pair of mutually facing, diverging conveyor belt assemblies and a pair of suction systems respectively associated with the conveyor be... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4627557 | Apparatus for reversing hose Apparatus for turning hose such as socks and stockings inside out, consisting of a drive unit with a gripping device which grips the toe of the hose and moves it between a pair of rotatable rollers which clamp onto the hose. A descending blade is arranged... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4564133 | Apparatus and method for rapid loading of pantyhose onto a stocking finishing medium Apparatus for rapid loading of pantyhoses onto a stocking finishing medium having a pneumatic reversing mechanism including two tubes for receiving the legs of the pantyhoses. The apparatus includes a carrousel structure including at least two intermitten... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4516703 | Apparatus for reversing hose Apparatus for reversing or turning hose inside out comprises a pair of contra-rotating rollers 3 and 4, resiliently urged towards each other to form a nip therebetween into which the hose is introduced from its closed or toe cap end by a pick-up and conve... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4509666 | Stocking turning device A stocking turning device comprises a pair of belts (9, 10) of a lower pair, which grip the toe of a previously-sewn stocking having an indent or pocket at its closed end, and fit it on to a flat bar or batten (6) disposed vertically. The belts (11, 12) o... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4487546 | Device for transferring tubular fabrics from support hangers to a rigid body and inverting the fabric A device for transferring tubular fabrics, particularly panty hose, the opening or mouth of which is fitted on support hangers which are spaced apart from one another and hold the mouth at an open position, and for transferring such tubular fabrics onto a... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4381068 | Continuous method and device for making a sleeve with a turned back edge The present invention relates to a continuous method and device for obtaining from a long length of tubular knitted element, a sleeve with a turned back edge. The method consists in guiding the knitting by way of a tubular guide, with one end of said elem... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4281781 | Hose everting method and apparatus therefor An improved method of everting a knitted sleeve-like portion of wearing apparel or the like, such as a hose precursor before the toe end is stitched, which includes drawing such sleeve over the free end of a cylindrical mounting tube and over and past a t... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4249972 | Method for manufacturing girdles A method and apparatus for manufacturing lined latex girdles in which one end of a fabric sheath which will form the liner of a latex girdle is sewn or otherwise held closed together and slipped over an annular rectangular frame, with the closed end of th... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4098440 | Collar point former A device for turning tubes and collar points is disclosed in which two symmetric members are pivotally attached in scissors, or tong-like fashion. The members terminate at opposed, abutting end portions, which are separable by a scissors movement of the m... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4047649 | Apparatus for handling hosiery In a hosiery handling apparatus wherein a string of hosiery is placed on a movable hollow tubular form, and everted through the open end of the form, a reciprocating arm grasps the first in-line hose and breaks it away from the string. The arm then pulls ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3991919 | Turning machines for pillow cases and similar articles A machine for turning pillowcases and similar articles comprises a conveyor for feeding a pillowcase to a table, a photo electric cell or cells for stopping the conveyor and positioning the pillowcase on the table from the first photo electric cell to the... | 11/16/1976 |
