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An apparatus for automatically loading socks on forms ( 1 ) comprises a suction unit ( 20 ) at an inlet, a carousel ( 10 ) with several stations ( 2, 3, 4, 5 ), a positioning unit ( 30 ) of the sock (S), a tucking-up unit ( 40 ) and a pick-up robot ( 50 ). The carousel has intermediate supports ( 12 ) onto which can be put, partially or completely, the socks (S). The carousel ( 10 ) brings the intermediate supports ( 12 ) through successive stations ( 2, 3, 4, 5 ) up to a pick-up station ( 5 ), where an arm ( 52 ) is connected pivotally ( 55 a) to a carriage sliding on an upright ( 53 ). Means are provided for translating ( 53 a) vertically the carriage vertically upwards or downwards, along the upright ( 53 ), and for rotating ( 55 a) integrally the arm ( 52 ) about said horizontal axis ( 55 ). Pick-up fingers ( 56 ) are provided at a first end ( 52 b) of said arm ( 52 ) associated to means for opening ( 56 a) and closing them. The arm is movable between at least a first and a second position; in the first position the fingers ( 56 ) are oriented downward and capable of entering through the band portion between the sock (S) and an intermediate support ( 12 ) onto whose the sock (S) is put with tip portion orientated downward; in the second position the pick-up fingers ( 56 ) are oriented upward and capable of placing the sock (S) with tip portion towards the above on a steaming form ( 6 ) oriented upwards.
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