Apparatus and method for counting textile articles, such as stockings, socks, Pantyhose articles and the like - Patent 1039016

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EP 1 039 016 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/12

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/39

(21)	Application number: 00830176.4

(22)	Date of filing: 13.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D06H 3/16, D05B 23/00, G06M 1/10

(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:

23.03.1999 IT FI990059

(71)	Applicant: MATEC S.p.A.
	50018 Scandicci (Firenze) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Migliorini, Pier Lorenzo 52028 Terranuova Bracciolini (Arezzo) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Martini, Lazzaro
	Studio Brevetti Ing. Dr. Lazzaro Martini s.r.l. Via dei Rustici 5 50122 Firenze 50122 Firenze (IT)

(54)	Apparatus and method for counting textile articles, such as stockings, socks, Pantyhose articles and the like

(57) APPARATUS FOR COUNTING TEXTILE ARTICLES COMPRISING:

A BODY (1) HAVING A TUBULAR OR SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR STRUCTURE;
AN ASPIRATOR (AS) TO WHICH SAID BODY (1) IS ASSOCIATED, THE ASPIRATOR (AS) ACTING FOR PRODUCING AN AIR FLOW DIRECTED FROM THE INLET SECTION (I) TO THE OUTLET SECTION (U) OF THE BODY (1);
A STATION FOR TEMPORARILY STOPPING THE ARTICLES (2) TO BE CONTROLLED WITHIN SAID BODY (1);
A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS (3a, 3b, 3n) DISPOSED IN CORRESPONDENCE OF SAID STATION (C).