Process and device for preparing stockings for closing the toe portion thereof

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP93/00207 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 29, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 29, 1993 PCT Filed Jan. 29, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/15253 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 1993.A chain feeder for a looping machine for closing a toe portion of a stocking formed of elastic yarns includes two identical bars forming a slot therebetween for receiving a folded toe portion of the stocking to be sewn, each bar having a first segment starting at a distance after an inlet of the feeder and diverging downwards and passing into a second segment running parallel to the upper side of the bar, so that the first segments of the bars form a slanted plane interrupted by a slot receiving the stockings in which the finer rows of elastic yarn at the toe portion are gradually stretched upon advancing along the slot.