Eddie K Poole

US Patent:

50941100, Mar 10, 1992

Filed:

Nov 16, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/615020

Inventors:

Richard M. Porter - Hartsville SC
Gilbert L. Horton - Kernersville NC
Herman M. Respess - Tobaccoville NC
Eddie D. Poole - Lexington NC
Terri L. McBride - Walkertown NC
William A. Borst - Burlington NC

Assignee:

Sara Lee Corporation - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

G01N 308

US Classification:

73832

Abstract:

In a system for measuring the cross stretch along selected areas of a tubular portion of a hosiery article to determine whether the degree of stretch falls within selected parameters, a pair of arms having designated arcuate portions over which a selected area of the article to be tested is positioned. A fluid cylinder displaces a first arm relative to a second arm to stretch the selected area of the article and therefore apply a force to the second arm. When a prescribed force is reached, a control means, in response to a signal from a load cell coupled to the second arm, records the linear displacement of the first arm and reverses the operation of the fluid cylinder.