Hosiery toe closing method and apparatus.

摘要

The toe end of a hose blank (H) has a looper line bead (310) and is toe closed by movement past a seamer (330) along a seam line located by reference to the bead (310). The blank (H) is mounted on a toe closer carrier (300) of conventional form having opposed blades (306) which execute a forward movement to pass the beaded end of the blank through a space between two open jaws (321, 322) of a positioning device (320); the jaws thereafter close and by drawing the blank backwards the bead (310) is brought against the jaws, which are at a pre-set location relative to the seamer (330), and the toe end is thereby positioned ready for seaming. The toe end is conveyed to and past the seamer (330) by a transport belt (332) and the positioning established by the jaws (321, 322) is maintained during conveyance of the blank to seamer (330).