Abstract: 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 sucking it into a pipe 2 which conveys it to a turning-out station 4 positioned at a distance from the machine 1 and, after turning out, for directing it to the discharge;a turning out station 4 comprising: a chamber 40 having a vertical axis, with an articulated grilled diaphragm 41 for intercepting and positioning the sock 3 vertically and with the cuff 30 at the top; pincers for grasping the cuff 30 from the outside and extending it into a circle; a cup 52 for clamping the cuff 30 thus extended; a turning out tube 5 which is coaxial with the chamber 40, passes into said cup 52 and into the port 43 of said diaphragm 41 and is subject to the double-action pneumatic cylinder 9, in line with the chamber 40, in which tube 5 the sock 3 comes to be accommoda