Device and method for handling tubular knitted articles such as socks or the like to perform sewing of the toe
CA 2575579 C · Owner: Grassi, Nerino · Inventors: Grassi, Nerino; Magni, Antonio
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The device comprises a loading member (3) onto which the tubular knitted article (M) is loaded, and a pick-up member to engage the open toe of the article. The pick-up member has a plurality of elements (13) to engage the toe of the article, arranged about the axis of the loading member which can take , a circular or polygonal configuration and a substantially rectilinear flattened configuration to pick up the article from the loading member and insert it in a guide or in a guillotine (61) of a sewing machine.
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- Filed December 7, 2005 and granted September 3, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 7, 2025.
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