ARRANGEMENT FOR SHAPING HOSIERY ARTICLES

摘要

A shaping machine which is provided for the shaping of panty hose and other hosiery articles includes two substantially vertically extending elongated blades. A motor driven belt drive extends along each of the longitudinal lateral edges of the blades. Each of these belt drives includes at least one endless belt which has a run that projects beyond the blades in such a manner that the contour of this belt run delimits the contour of the blades at their longitudinal sides. The directions of movement of the belt drives are chosen in such a manner that the outer runs of the respective belts move upwardly in the pulling-on position of the blades and downwardly in the pullingoff positions of the blades. The front one of the blades additionally includes a holding arrangement for insert sheets, the holding arrangement being supplied with the insert sheets by a supply device which is arranged laterally next to the blades on the machine frame. The supply device includes a stack magazine, a conveying arrangement including an endless conveyor, and a suction device which is swingable to and fro about a horizontal axis and effects individual withdrawal of the insert sheets from the stack magazine and their transfer to the conveying arrangement.