Patent ID: 6369896
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: D06H

Abstract:
A method for visually inspecting tubular textile garments such as socks, sleeves, stockings, panties or the like, comprising a stage in which the article is loaded onto or unloaded from a support or stretcher, and a stage in which said article is checked by means of a computer-aided vision system operating by means of an image acquisition stage and the processing of said images for the detection of the flaws; characterized in that the inspection is carried out simultaneously with the introduction or egression of the finished article onto or from a stretcher (1), and in that said introduction or egression of the article is carried out in an inspection area (24) while being under a predetermined tension that is kept constant throughout the process and gives the textile (23) a uniform texture such that the distance between two filling or warp yarns is at all times smaller than a portion of any one of the flaws to be detected.