DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC INITIAL FORMATION OF A CLOSED TOE IN A TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLE ON CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES

摘要

A plurality of hooks (23U) is capable of engaging the initial hem of a pocket (MP) formed by the needles (7X) of a sector covering approximately a semicircumference, and of transferring the said initial hem to the needles of the other opposite sector of needles; the said hooks (23U) are disposed at the ends of rods (23) which are elastically flexible and moved longitudinally; a curved support (47) is hinged so that it can oscillate about an axis which is diametric with respect to the circumferential working area of the needles (7) of the cylinder (1); radial sliding passages for the individual rods are formed radially in the said support.