Stocking and sock checking machine

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR INSPECTING BOTH THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF STOCKINGS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME; A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND DIAMETER AND MADE MAINLY OF LIGHT-PERMEABLE MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE ROUNDED CLOSED END; FIRST SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTED IN FIXED POSITION ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTARILY SUPPORTING SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER SO AS TO PERMIT ROTATION OF THE LATTER SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS; FIRST LIGHT SOURCE MEANS ARRANGED INSIDE SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER FOR TRANSILLUMINATING THE LATTER; A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND DIAMETER AND MADE MAINLY OF LIGHT-PERMEABLE MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE ROUNDED CLOSED END; SECOND SUPPORT MEANS TILTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTARILY SUPPORTING SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER SO AS TO PERMIT ROTATION OF THE LATTER SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANSBEING ITSELF TILTABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED AXIALLY WITH SAID FRIST TUBULAR MEMBER, WITH SAID ROUNDED END OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER FACING AT CLOSE DISTANCE SAID ROUNDED END OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER, AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID AXIS OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER IS ANGULARLY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO SAID AXIS OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER; BIASING MEANS CONTINUOUSLY URGING SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS INTO SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF; ARRESTING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREOF AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID BIASING MEANS; AND RELEASE MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY ELIMINATING THE ACTION OF SAID ARRESTING MEANS SO AS TO PERMIT SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS AUTOMATICALLY TO ASSUME SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR INSPECTING BOTH THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF STOCKINGS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME; A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND DIAMETER AND MADE MAINLY OF LIGHT-PERMEABLE MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE ROUNDED CLOSED END; FIRST SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTED IN FIXED POSITION ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTARILY SUPPORTING SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER SO AS TO PERMIT ROTATION OF THE LATTER SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS; FIRST LIGHT SOURCE MEANS ARRANGED INSIDE SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER FOR TRANSILLUMINATING THE LATTER; A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND DIAMETER AND MADE MAINLY OF LIGHT-PERMEABLE MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE ROUNDED CLOSED END; SECOND SUPPORT MEANS TILTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTARILY SUPPORTING SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER SO AS TO PERMIT ROTATION OF THE LATTER SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANSBEING ITSELF TILTABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED AXIALLY WITH SAID FRIST TUBULAR MEMBER, WITH SAID ROUNDED END OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER FACING AT CLOSE DISTANCE SAID ROUNDED END OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER, AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID AXIS OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER IS ANGULARLY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO SAID AXIS OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER; BIASING MEANS CONTINUOUSLY URGING SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS INTO SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF; ARRESTING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREOF AGAINST THE ACTION OF SAID BIASING MEANS; AND RELEASE MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY ELIMINATING THE ACTION OF SAID ARRESTING MEANS SO AS TO PERMIT SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEANS AUTOMATICALLY TO ASSUME SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF.