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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213420 | Sock A knitted sock has an inner layer 2 comprising a toe end 4 and an outer layer 3 comprising a toe end 7. The inner and outer toe ends are aligned and joined wale stitch to wale stitch to form a composite toe end, which is closed to provide... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 5316188 | Apparatus for stretching tubular material with a least one closed end on a stretcher An apparatus for stretching tubular material with at least one closed end on a stretcher, in particular for stretching stockings, pantyhose, and the like on an elongated stretcher, is described, in which the tubular material is pulled onto the stretcher b... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5094371 | Finishing device for stockings hose A finishing device for setting and finishing stockings hose such as stockings and panty hose through steam treatment while they are loaded onto templates, the finishing device including a pair of templates which intermittently move, a steam setting sectio... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4919315 | Apparatus for finishing pantyhose An apparatus for automatically finishing pantyhose includes pairs of pattern frames on which a pair of pantyhose are fitted and which are respectively mounted on a revolving ring plate which stops at stations for pantyhose inspection, drying, and pulling-... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4903415 | Machine for flaw-checking and drying stockings and the like The machine for flaw-checking and drying stockings and the like comprises a rotatable platform which has elements for supporting stockings, comprising a plurality of vertically arranged fork-like elements each having an elastically contractable base. The ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4726497 | Hosiery processing apparatus and method There is disclosed a method and apparatus for processing hosiery having synthetic fibers that are adapted to be steamed on forms for setting the fibers, in which there is provided a pressing operation for the hosiery for smoothing and reducing for example... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4703877 | Automatic hose-fitting apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for automatically taking off inspected hose from a pattern plate of a hose-inspecting apparatus and fitting them on a pattern plate of a hose-finishing apparatus, to be disposed in the middle of where each one of the inspecting p... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4401244 | Automatic apparatus for superimposing, folding and transferring pairs of stockings to a collection station Apparatus for automatically superimposing and folding collants or stockings and transferring the same to packaging. The apparatus comprises a moving chain carrying grippers having the collants leg tips hanging thereon. The chain travels through a narrow l... | 08/30/1983 |
