Method and machine for automatically ironing and stacking men's socks

摘要

A machine for ironing and stacking men's socks comprising:-a circular plate 1 with a central horizontal shaft 12;-an electric motor 2;-a plurality of socks-supporting flat shapes 10 equally spaced apart along a circumference of the plate 1, projecting from the same face thereof 1, oriented almost tangentially thereto, and having a horizontal shaft 13;-a curvilinear cam 3 located opposite to the shapes 10 with respect to the plate 1 to operate the rotation of each shape 10, in cooperation with a corresponding feeler 15 provided with a return spring 16;-a chamber 4 for steaming and pressing the socks;-a chamber 5 for pressing and drying the socks;-a clamp 6 for withdrawing the thus ironed sock, with the leg and foot thereof in horizontal position, by acting in correspondence of the foot 14 region, and placing the sock onto an underlying horizontal belt conveyer 7;-a plurality of suction nozzles 9 borne by a horizontal arm 90 for the vertical removal and lifting of the thus withdrawn and faultless sock, and for the transfer thereof to a separate movable dwell surface;-a device for signalling and storing in memory the position of the shapes 10 having a faulty sock thereon and activating said clamp 6 and said arm 90 by a Programmable Logic Circuit (PLC)-type device which can be associated to an operator-actuated push-button.