US 12,102,153 B2
Machine for manufacturing boxers
Stefano Paterlini, Brescia (IT); and Andrea Lonati, Brescia (IT)
Assigned to SANTONI S.P.A., Brescia (IT)
Appl. No. 17/620,880
Filed by SANTONI S.P.A., Brescia (IT)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055730
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255030, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000009507 (IT), filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312880 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A41H 42/00 (2006.01); A41B 9/02 (2006.01); D05B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41H 42/00 (2013.01) [A41B 9/02 (2013.01); D05B 33/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine (1) for manufacturing men's underwear, the machine (1) comprising:
a first loading station (3) configured for allowing loading of at least one tubular fabric (100) or a stack of tubular fabrics (100), the tubular fabric (100) having a first end (100A) and a second end (100B) opposed to one another, between which a fabric coat delimiting a tubular duct develops, each end (100A, 100B) exhibiting an edge delimiting a hollow access port apt to enable access to the tubular duct, the edge of the first end (100A) comprising a first edge portion (101) and a second edge portion (102) that are adjacent to one another and cooperate so as to delimit the hollow access port of the first end (100A), the first edge portion (101) and the second edge portion (102) comprising a respective middle segment (101A, 102A) destined to be sewn, and respective end segments (101B, 101C, 102B, 102C) opposed to the respective middle segment (101A, 102A),
a handling station (6) configured for handling the tubular fabric (100), the handling station (6) comprising:
at least a first take-up (7) device (100) configured for catching the tubular fabric at said first edge portion (101) and handling said first edge portion (101),
at least a second take-up device (9) configured for catching the tubular fabric (100) at said second edge portion (102) and handling said second edge portion (102),
the handling station (6) being configured for defining an operating configuration in which the first take-up device (7) and the second take-up device (9) define between them an intermediate operating area (103),
a second loading station (13) configured for allowing loading of at least one fabric element (201),
a moving device (16) configured for moving a fabric element (201), downstream from the second loading station (13), as far as the handling station (6) and configured for placing the fabric element (201) in an operating position, defined at said intermediate operating area (103), in which a first longitudinal edge (201A) of the fabric element (201) and the middle segment (101A) of said first edge portion (101) at least partially overlap or face each other, and a second longitudinal edge (201B) of the fabric element (201), opposed to said longitudinal edge (201A), and the middle segment (102A) of said second edge portion (102) at least partially overlap or face each other,
a sewing station (17) configured for receiving the incoming tubular fabric (100) and the fabric element (201) arranged with respect to the tubular fabric (100) in said operating position, said sewing station (17) being configured for sewing the first longitudinal edge (201A) of the fabric element (201) to the middle segment (101A) of the first edge portion (101) of the first end (100A) of the tubular fabric (100) and being further configured for sewing the second longitudinal edge (201B) of the fabric element (201) to the middle segment (102A) of the second edge portion (102) of the first end (100A) of the tubular fabric (100) so as to make the fabric element (201) integral with the tubular fabric (100).