Patent ID: 7509874

Claim:
An apparatus for testing an elastic textile leg garment, the apparatus comprising: pressure-measuring devices ( 10 , 30 , 60 , 70 ) which are disposed inside the leg garment during testing of the elastic textile leg garment, and wherein active elements of the pressure-measuring devices are distributed along the leg garment to be tested, the pressure-measuring device ( 10 , 30 , 60 , 70 ) having at least one pressure sensor ( 51 ), one lever mechanism ( 11 , 31 , 61 , 71 ) and one stay ( 21 , 28 , 48 , 88 ), and wherein the at least one pressure sensor ( 51 ) is arranged on one side of the lever mechanism ( 11 , 31 , 61 , 71 ) and the stay ( 21 , 28 , 48 , 88 ) is arranged on the opposite side of the lever mechanism ( 11 , 31 , 61 , 71 ), and wherein the at least one pressure sensor ( 51 ) and the stay ( 21 , 28 , 48 , 88 ) lying opposite this constitute the active elements of one of the measuring devices ( 10 , 30 , 60 , 70 ); and wherein the lever mechanism ( 11 , 31 , 61 , 71 ) has a first lever ( 12 ) and a second lever ( 16 ) which cross one another and are connected pivotably to one another in the region of their crossing point by means of a pivot shaft ( 17 ), so that these levers ( 12 , 16 ) constitute a scissor mechanism, wherein in each case one of the ends ( 13 , 18 ) lying on both sides of the pivot shaft ( 17 ) is supported, wherein the second of the ends ( 14 ), lying on one side of the pivot shaft ( 17 ), of one of the levers ( 12 ) is intended and designed for adjusting the stays ( 21 , 28 , 48 , 88 ), and wherein the second of the ends ( 19 ), lying on the opposite side of the pivot shaft ( 17 ), of the other lever ( 16 ) is connected to a horizontally acting adjustment device ( 25 ), with the aid of which the distance between the opposite ends ( 14 , 18 ) of the levers ( 12 , 16 ) can he changed.