"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699194 | Method and machine for treating textile articles Textile articles to be treated are fed on to shapes fitted to supporting members. Gliding independently each other on a platform of the boarding or semi-boarding machine, and positioned in mutual contact at respective sides along a polygonal pathway defined by a gui... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7166225 | Methods for filtering fluids A fluid filtering device includes a plurality of filtering wells and an angling mechanism which adjusts the angle of the membranes within the filtering wells relative to a line of a centrifuge where the line is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of a centrifuge a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7076897 | Method and apparatus for loading articles such as stockings, socks and the like onto the shapes of an ironing machine The invention refers to a method and apparatus for loading articles such as stockings, socks and the like onto an ironing machine being provided with relevant support shapes; the apparatus (1) comprises: a tubular chamber (3) with an inlet section (... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7033403 | Spray dyeing of garments A method of dyeing a fabric is provided. The method includes removing folds from the fabric, spraying a dye on a first side of the fabric, and exposing the fabric to a migration and fixation process prior to the dye drying on the first side so that the dye migrates ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6681967 | Method and device to stretch socks in boarding machines This method is applied in men stocking boarding units including an implement bearing several boarding shapes and suited to be led into a steam boarding chamber defined by two shells, movable with respect to each other into a mutual opening and closing pos... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648190 | Equipment for the inspection and steam pressing of knitted products The equipment comprises a carousel (2) provided with a plurality of forms (3) designed to receive the products and stations, outside the carousel, for the loading and inspection (9) of the product, for setting (11) in a chamber and for discharge (13). On ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5727294 | Apparatus and method for continuoulsy knitting, shrinking and transferring the blanks to a remote location A continuous and uninterrupted process for knitting a plurality of cylindrical blanks, automatically transferring the knit blanks sequentially to a shrink apparatus, continuously shrinking the blanks for a predetermined period of time, and automatically t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5709326 | Method and apparatus for inspecting and shaping pantyhose There are provided a device and a method for shaping and inspecting pantyhose for defects comprising flat stretchers for stretching the pantyhose, the stretchers being arranged in pairs one beside the other and so that they can be brought into a mutually ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5706987 | Hosiery boarding machine and method An automatic boarding machine and method provides convenience, precision and efficiency of operation. Boarding forms are horizontally positioned for easy loading and ergonomic advantage. Microprocessor controls allow variable speed and cycle times while i... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5605260 | Machine for the control and boarding of stockings and tights Machine for the control and boarding of stockings and tights with automatic loading and unloading of material, comprising a circular transfer type base 1 carrier for the forms 2, which can be fixed with foot inclined between approximately 5 and 15 degrees... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5438775 | Method and machine for automatically ironing and stacking men's socks A machine for ironing and stacking men's socks comprising:--a circular plate 1 with a central horizontal shaft 12;--an electric motor 2;--a plurality of socks-supporting flat shapes 10 equally spaced apart along a circumference of the plate 1, projecting ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5261579 | Process and device for smoothing tubular, extensible material A process and a device for smoothing tubular, extensible material with at least one closed end, especially for shaping stockings or tights, is described, with at least one apparatus to feed in and stretch the material on an elongated stretcher being provi... | 11/16/1993 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4658995 | Sock boarding method and apparatus An apparatus for drying and removing flaccid articles (socks) from boarding forms and stacking the flaccid articles in a layed out fashion comprising: an essentially enclosed heating chamber having first and second slit-like openings; first, second, third... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4524889 | Hosiery processing method A hosiery processing method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a support frame; a plurality of hosiery carrying forms; an endless drive chain having a mechanism for carrying the forms; a drive for continuously driving the chain; and a fla... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4515299 | Method for handling hosiery A method and apparatus (12) for handling hosiery is disclosed. A generally flat form (14) dimensioned to be inserted into hosiery is supported for motion on a conveyor chain (18). The form (14) is driven by a loading station (34) where hosiery is placed u... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4491255 | Collapsible hosiery form A collapsible hosiery form for panty hose garments and the like, suitable for hosiery handling apparatus in which a plurality of such forms are conveyed about an endless path from a loading station through a treatment chamber to a stripping station, inclu... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4434918 | Boarding apparatus and method Hosiery toe closing and boarding apparatus has a pair of heatable boarding forms to which hose are fed by a reciprocally-acting transfer mechanism from carriers of a known toe closing machine. The boarding forms are mounted on a turret to move between hos... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4421259 | Method and apparatus for handling hosiery A method and apparatus (12) for handling hosiery is disclosed. A generally flat form (14) dimensioned to be inserted into hosiery is supported for motion on a conveyor chain (18). The form (14) is driven by a loading station (34) where hosiery is placed u... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4365373 | Process for the dyeing and fixing of knitted articles of clothing This invention relates to a method of dyeing and fixing knitted socks, stockings, panty hose or similar knitted articles of clothing of highly elastic material, preferably synthetic fibers. In this method, the articles of clothing are pulled onto flat for... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4166556 | Apparatus for removing flaccid articles from forms and stacking the articles in laid out condition Apparatus for automatically boarding, stripping and stacking hosiery. Interiorly heated boarding forms are mounted on a table for indexing from a loading station at which an operator places hosiery on the forms to a stripping station at which the forms ar... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4085519 | Drying device A device is described for drying boots, shoes, gloves, etc. in association with a household forced hot air furnace. The device includes a cover plate for fitting over and completely enclosing a standard warm air outlet of a forced hot air furnace, this co... | 04/25/1978 |