Patent ID: 6698250
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A circular double-cylinder hosiery knitting machine comprising: a lower needle cylinder, which has a vertical axis; an upper needle cylinder, which is arranged above said lower needle cylinder and coaxially thereto, said needle cylinders being actuatable with a rotary motion about said vertical axis; and a device for removing and transferring a knitted article, said removing and transfer device being provided with a removal element that is insertable from above into the upper needle cylinder and being removable upwardly from the upper needle cylinder in order to move the article away from the machine, said removal element having first grip means for engaging a region of the article being manufactured that is proximate to a final end of the article, and with a transfer element which is arranged above the upper needle cylinder to remove the article from said removal element and to feed the removed article to a sewing machine in order to close the final end of the article.