Device for turning tubular fabrics

Claim 1

Apparatus for everting a relatively long tubular fabric or like article closed at one end such as a necktie or a belt comprising means providing a stationary frame having at least two parallel coextensive guide members rigidly connected together by transverse members at opposite ends and by an intermediate transverse member disposed between those ends, means on one of said transverse end members for fixedly mounting said frame on a support, a reversible fluid pressure cylinder fixedly mounted on said frame and extending between said one transverse end member and said intermediate transverse member, a movable frame member slidably mounted on said guide members between the other of said transverse end members and said intermediate transverse member, said cylinder containing a reciprocable piston connected to a piston rod fixed at its outer end to said slidable frame member, a plunger secured at one end to said slidable frame member and extending slidably through said intermediate transverse member to terminate in an article engaging head, said piston rod and plunger being parallel to said guide members, an open ended tube fixedly mounted on said one transverse end member parallel to and in axial alignment with said plunger and with its open upper end spaced from said intermediate transverse member, said tube being adapted for mounting an article to be everted with its closed end extending over the open upper end of the tube, and control valve means on said frame operatively connected to said cylinder for displacing said plunger through said tube between a first position wherein said plunger head is spaced from said tube adjacent said closed end of an article on the tube and a second position wherein the plunger head is below said tube.