APPARATUS FOR TURNING A CIRCULAR KNIT HOSE INSIDE OUT AND SECTIONING THE KNITTED HOSE INTO UNIT HOSES

摘要

Apparatus for turning a circular knitted hose inside out and sectioning it into unit hoses, includes an air suction pipe (11) extending in the direction of feeding of the knitted hose, a pair of rotatable contact rollers (25a, 25b) carried on pivot arms (14a, 14b) mounted on a carrier (5) capable of reciprocally moving along the air suction pipe (11), the contact rollers (25a, 25b) frictionally retaining the knitted hose which is extended to cover the air suction pipe (11), thereby allowing the tail end of the knitted hose to be sucked into a 'tail end' of the pipe (11) unit by unit with its tail end ahead. The apparatus additionally includes a cutter located adjacent a 'top end' of the air suction pipe (11) from which 'top end' an end portion of the knitted hose is caused to protrude by successive unit lengths to be cut off by the cutter.