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  • Apparatus and method for automatically orienting hosiery articles for closing toe ends thereof
    Patent number: 7044071
    Abstract: 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 proper orientation, a sock transfer device for taking the sock from the sock rotation device toward a sewing machine, and sock guiding and positioning mechanisms for feeding the sock into the in-feed nip of the sewing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: B.B. & S Knitting Consultants
    Inventors: Bob Jordan, Michael R. Wood