Removal device for stocking fixing machine

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EP 0 942 091 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/24

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/37

(21)	Application number: 99104784.6

(22)	Date of filing: 10.03.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D06C 5/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

11.03.1998 IT BO980144

(71)	Applicant: Cortese, Carmelo Angelo
	Sasso Marconi Bologna (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Cortese, Carmelo Angelo Sasso Marconi Bologna (IT)

(74)	Representative: Forattini, Amelia
	c/o Internazionale Brevetti Ingg. ZINI, MARANESI & C. S.r.l. Piazza Castello 1 20121 Milano 20121 Milano (IT)

(54)	Removal device for stocking fixing machine

(57) A removal device for machines for fixing stockings, which include a carousel (2) on which pairs of supports (3) are peripherally distributed, to support respective stockings. The removal device includes a guiding means (41) which is arranged vertically and peripherally with respect to the carousel (2), at a removal station (E) of a fixing machine. A carriage (53) can move with a reciprocating motion on the guiding means (41) under the actuation of a motor unit (47) which is controlled electronically by virtue of an encoder means (49). The carriage (43) supports a gripper assembly (50) provided with a clamp-type gripper means (51) which is suitable to grip the stockings fitted on the supports (3) in order to remove the stockings from the supports (3).

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