Device for feeding correctly orientated socks to a processing station

摘要

A device for feeding correctly orientated socks to a processing station, comprising: a laying unit (2), which can be fed with a sock (5) and is adapted to lay out the sock (5) in a substantially horizontal direction; a conveyor (3), which is arranged below the laying unit (2) and forms a substantially horizontal resting surface for the sock (5) that falls from the laying unit (2) after being laid out. The conveyor (3) can be actuated in order to produce the advancement of the sock (5) in a direction which is parallel to the longitudinal extension of the sock (5), with its toe directed in the advancement direction (70). The device further comprising a positioner (4), which is provided with grippers (31) for gripping the sock (5) at its toe as it arrives from the conveyor (3) and can be actuated so as to arrange the sock (5) so that it hangs vertically at its toe. <IMAGE>