US3237363A - Method and apparatus for packaging women's stockings - Google Patents

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US3237363A
US3237363A US239435A US23943562A US3237363A US 3237363 A US3237363 A US 3237363A US 239435 A US239435 A US 239435A US 23943562 A US23943562 A US 23943562A US 3237363 A US3237363 A US 3237363A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/20—Packaging garments, e.g. socks, stockings, shirts
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B63/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings
    • B65B63/045—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings for folding garments, e.g. stockings, shirts

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  • Stockings have hitherto always been sold in pairs, each pair of stockings usually being packed in a transparent plastic bag and often folded around a stifi sheet in order to offer the stockings in a more pleasing manner and in order to maintain the bag flat so as better to be able to stack the bags. It has also already been proposed to pack three stockings of the same type in such a flat bag, the third stocking then serving as a spare stocking if one stocking of the pair is damaged. Furthermore, it is known to market tightly folded stockings in pairs in small cardboard cartons, which have approximately the size and shape of a cigarette packet.
  • the individual stockings have a length from 78 to 85 cm. and these must then be matched in pairs with a tolerance between the two stockings of a pair of the order of 10 to mm.
  • these two stockings are passed on to the packer, who attends to the packing of the pair in a suitable pack.
  • This operation is quite time consuming and uneconomic and involves errors which usually occur when an operation is not carried out mechanically. It is possible for an initial mechanical sorting to be carried out, this providing stockings with a sufficiently close agreement in length for stockings known as seconds.
  • the stockings so sorted may have a difference in length of as much as 3 cm, so that the tedious pairing or matching has still to be carried out by the pairer in order for example to reduce the tolerances to the low figure, for example 10 mm. necessary for so-called perfect stocking.
  • a method of packing ladies stockings in very small packs wherein one or more stockings is or are placed in a guide tray which tapers towards one end with or each toe pointing towards such end, the toe portion or portions are then engaged on a rotatable winding bar, the axis of rotation of which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the stockings on the tray, the winding bar is thereafter rotated until the full stocking length has been wound thereon, and the rolled stocking is finally enclosed in a wrapping.
  • the packing operation can furthermore be facilitated by the longitudinal folding of the upper part of the stocking or pair of stockings being effected in the guide tray and advantageously supported by one or two guide stirrups.
  • the apparatus proposed for carrying out the process according to the invention comprises a guide tray of a length approximately that of a ladys stocking and having a channel cross-section tapering towards the front, the side walls of the tray in the narrower forward region being gradually brought together at the upper wall edges to form a tunnel, and a rotatable winding bar arranged at a small distance in front of the narrower end of the tray, the axis of rotation of such bar being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tray.
  • the winding bar is advantageously constructed as a flat plate and is slotted for receiving the toe or toes of a stocking or stockings.
  • winding bar may be rotated from a motor operated by a switch lever which is advantageously pedal actuated.
  • a pressure plate advantageously formed of a smooth plastics material, is arranged parallel to the winding bar substantially at a distance from the latter equal to the radius of a wound stocking roll.
  • one or two clamping stirrups under spring tension may be arranged longitudinally above the guide tray.
  • the apparatus comprises a base plate 1, on which is fixed a clamping bridge 2, which supports a guide tray 3, of channel cross-section and open at each end.
  • the forward end 4, of the guide tray i.e. the end nearer the base plate 1, tapers forwardly, the side walls of the tray being bent together upwardly at this forward end to form a tunnel.
  • the opening at this end of the tray is the discharge opening thereof.
  • the rear end 5, of the guide tray 3, is broader and corresponds substantially to the largest width of the stocking.
  • the guide tray itself can be secured by a clamping bridge 11, to a work-table. Guide stirrups, not shown, extend approximately longitudinally of the tray.
  • a winding bar 6, of flat form, is arranged at a suitable distance in front of the discharge opening of the guide tray, the bar 6, being slotted for better accommodating the stocking.
  • the width of the winding bar which is about 3 mm. thick, is such that the finally wound stocking fits into a very small pack.
  • the Winding bar 6, is connected by means of a shaft 7, to a pulley 8, which is driven from a motor (not shown) by a V-belt 9.
  • a pressure plate 10 arranged so that a satisfactorily rolled stocking is obtained. All parts contacted by the stockings are advantageously made of a smooth plastic material and have rounded edges so that the delicate fabric of the stocking is not damaged.
  • a suitable surface associated with the apparatus On a suitable surface associated with the apparatus are arranged one or more pairs of stockings disposed one on top of the other with the double welts behind the end 5 of the tray and the feet behind the base plate 1.
  • the operator then takes up a pair of stockings together and lays this with both hands flat on the guide tray.
  • the operator then draws the pair with her right hand through the discharge opening of the guide tray and pushes the toes into the slot of the winding bar.
  • the operator keeps her left hand free in order to be able, when required, to correct the positioning of the remaining length of the stocking.
  • a foot switch is actuated to operate the motor or clutch in the pulley drive provided by pulley 8 and belt 9 and the winding bar is set in movement, rotating counter-clockwise as seen in the drawing.
  • the operator prevents the toes of the stockings slipping out of the slot of the winding bar with her right hand.
  • the stockings are then drawn through the discharge opening of the guide tray by the rolling of the stockings on the winding bar.
  • the shape of the guide tray ensures that the edges of the pair of stockings are so folded longitudinally that the length drawn from the discharge opening has and maintains approximately a width of 6 cm.
  • Reactuation of the foot switch stops rotation of the winding bar.
  • the pressure plate 10 holds the end of the pair of stockings and prevents the stocking roll from unwinding.
  • the operator then grips the mouth of a foil bag with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands and, with the winding bar disposed with its plane Vertical, pushes with the bag mouth over the stocking roll and pressure plate 10. Thereafter, the open end of a folded carton is pushed over the filled bag.
  • the operator now uses her right hand to withdraw the folded carton with its contents from the Winding he inde and m d e fing bearin on the 4 winding bar and stripping off the stocking roll. The two ends of the folded carton are then closed with both hands. Thereafter, the apparatus is free for the next winding operation.
  • the method of automatically rolling and folding womens stockings to form small, compact packs suitable for dispensing in coin-operated automatic dispensers which includes providing a guide tray of channel shaped cross section, the rear end of the tray having a width corresponding to the Widest flat width of the stocking, the width of the tray at its forward end corresponding to the desired length of the package, laying a stocking in the tray, engaging the toe of said stocking in a winding bar positioned transversely adjacent the lower end of said tray, rotating the Winding bar and thereby simultaneously drawing the stocking out of the tray and folding the margins of the stocking inwardly to produce a rolled stocking folded to the package length, drawing a flexible bag over the rolled stocking and bar, placing a tubular carton over the bag and withdrawing the stocking, bag, and carton as a package unit from the winding bar.
  • An apparatus for winding stockings into compact packs suitable for coin-operated dispensing machines which includes a guide tray having a width at its outer end approximately equalling the maximum fiat width of t e Stocking, and having a length approximately equal tg that of the stocking, the said tray having a channel-shaped cross-section gradually tapering toward its front end, the side walls of the tray at the narrower forward region being gradually brought together at the upper wall edges to form a tunnel having an end opening the horizontal dimension of which equals approximately the desired length of the pack, a rotatable flat winding bar positioned adjacent said tunnel opening and provided with a V-slot extending inwardly from the outer end and extending along the axis of said bar to engage the toe of a stocking projected through said opening, the said bar having its rotational axis transverse and parallel to the floor of said tray, means to rotate the bar, and a pressure plate arranged to bear on the exterior surface of the wound stocking whereby 6 stockings wound on said bar will be compacted into

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US4037386A (en) * 1974-08-29 1977-07-26 Team Industries Method of folding and rolling briefs
US5175977A (en) * 1988-09-27 1993-01-05 Becton, Dickinson And Company Kit and method for packaging gloves
US5428941A (en) * 1992-05-05 1995-07-04 Ferag Ag Apparatus for winding a printed product and a protective wrapping into a roll
US5619840A (en) * 1992-07-15 1997-04-15 Oy W. Rosenlew Ab Package and a procedure for packing bags into a roll
US5657943A (en) * 1995-09-28 1997-08-19 Kcl Corporation Flexible bag winding and unwinding apparatus
US6802418B2 (en) 2001-04-06 2004-10-12 Daphne Elmaleh Zohar Compact packaging for garments made from delicate materials
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US2603926A (en) * 1947-03-24 1952-07-22 Adams Leo Breland Cotton sample wrapping table
US3027108A (en) * 1957-02-04 1962-03-27 Bancroft & Sons Co J Apparatus for withdrawing yarn from a core package
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US3901001A (en) * 1971-11-16 1975-08-26 Intech Corp Method of packaging hosiery articles
US4037386A (en) * 1974-08-29 1977-07-26 Team Industries Method of folding and rolling briefs
US5175977A (en) * 1988-09-27 1993-01-05 Becton, Dickinson And Company Kit and method for packaging gloves
US5428941A (en) * 1992-05-05 1995-07-04 Ferag Ag Apparatus for winding a printed product and a protective wrapping into a roll
US5619840A (en) * 1992-07-15 1997-04-15 Oy W. Rosenlew Ab Package and a procedure for packing bags into a roll
US5657943A (en) * 1995-09-28 1997-08-19 Kcl Corporation Flexible bag winding and unwinding apparatus
US6802418B2 (en) 2001-04-06 2004-10-12 Daphne Elmaleh Zohar Compact packaging for garments made from delicate materials
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