Patent ID: 7913834

Claim:
An apparatus ( 1 ) structured for the automatic transfer of textile articles ( 4 ) from a linking machine ( 2 ) to a boarding machine, the apparatus ( 1 ) comprising automatic-transfer means ( 30 ) structured for being operatively active on said linking machine ( 2 ) to pick up at least one of said textile article ( 4 ) from said linking machine ( 2 ) and transfer it to said boarding machine in accordance with a predetermined orientation, wherein the apparatus further comprises reversing means ( 20 ) for said textile articles ( 4 ), said reversing means ( 20 ) comprising feeding elements ( 21 ) structured to pick up said textile articles ( 4 ) from a sewing station ( 22 ) of said linking machine, a supporting element ( 23 ) and at least one pair of lower rollers ( 24 ) disposed around said supporting element ( 23 ), said lower rollers ( 24 ) being movable in a direction ( 25 ) substantially perpendicular to a rotation axis thereof between a first position at which said lower rollers ( 24 ) are spaced apart relative to said supporting element ( 23 ) and a second position at which said lower rollers ( 24 ) are placed at a lower portion ( 23 a ) of said supporting element ( 23 ), wherein said supporting element ( 23 ) comprises two thin plates ( 29 ) movable between a joined position at which said thin plates ( 29 ) are disposed adjacent and a detached position at which said thin plates ( 29 ) are separated from each other to exert a pulling action on said textile article ( 4 ), wherein said transfer means ( 30 ) further comprises a loading turntable ( 33 ) comprising at least one transferring element ( 34 ) adapted to pick up said textile article ( 4 ) from said supporting element ( 23 ) by insertion into an inner portion ( 6 ) of said textile article ( 4 ) through said thin plates ( 29 ) when in said detached position to handle said textile article ( 4 ) along a loading path ( 35 ).