| 摘要 |
Apparatus for picking up and moving tubular articles such as knitted stockings, comprising:-pneumatic means for picking up at least one article from a heap or container;-pneumatic means for moving the thus picked-up article(s);-means positioned in a first stopping station for holding the most forward portion of at least one article;-optical means for detecting the article portion which results further away from said first stopping station and associated buffer means to operate the retention thereof at a second station located intermediate between the station for picking up the articles and the stopping station;-mechanical means for holding the article in correspondence of a portion thereof at a preset distance from the end thereof being retained in said second station;-means for assessing the thickness of the article end being retained in said second station. (FIG. 1A).
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