(19)
(11) EP 1 138 816 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/40

(21) Application number: 01830183.8

(22) Date of filing: 16.03.2001
(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 TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.03.2000 IT MI000651

(71) Applicant: Ferraro S.p.A.
21015 Lonate Pozzolo (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ferraro, Giancarlo
    21019 Somma Lombardo VA (IT)
  • Milanese, Renzo
    28040 Marano Ticino NO (IT)

(74) Representative: Adorno, Silvano et al
c/o SOCIETA' ITALIANA BREVETTI S.p.A. Via Carducci, 8
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Stretcher for tubular knitwear


(57) A stretcher for tubular knitwear fabric, comprising: two stretcher arms (5, 6), the drive wheels (7a, 7b), wheels (8) in contact with the contact wheels (7a, 7b) and mounted on the arms (5, 6), a first magnet (21) that is fixed onto a fixed sustainment mount [9) and a second magnet (22) on each arm (5, 6) in front of the first magnet, the magnets being oriented in a repulsion relationship in contrast to the rotation of the arm (5, 6), such that the vertical sustainment of the arm is thus a maintained.






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