Pio Chiaruttini (June 21, 1901 in
Bozzolo
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– June 6, 1985 in
Botticino
Botticino (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' (commune or municipality) in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. The ''comune'' was created in 1928 by the union of the former ''comuni'' of Botticino Mattina and Botticino Sera which today, ...
), was an Italian businessman and inventor.
Biography
In 1921 started to work in Calzificio Ferrari in Botticino.
It proves to be a great expert in mechanical textile, and he is appointed foreman at the factory of Roberto Ferrari.
In 1942, he decided to open his first business venture, producing silk
stocking
Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparen ...
s and women buying the raw material from the factory founded by
Don Arcangelo Tadini in Botticino.
Patents
In 1953 Pio settles patent office several industrial inventions, including the following: ''"Dispositivo per l'esecuzione di rigature o punteggiature in rilievo su calze in genere da montare su macchine circolari a doppia alimentazione di filato"''.
Basically, the patent will henceforth produce industrially the famous stocking with the line (seam), before realized only going over the stocking with an overlock machine.
Further reading
* Maurizio Argetta e Walter Scotti, 150 ANNI DI BRESCIA
See also
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Stocking
Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparen ...
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Botticino
Botticino (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' (commune or municipality) in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. The ''comune'' was created in 1928 by the union of the former ''comuni'' of Botticino Mattina and Botticino Sera which today, ...
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20th-century Italian businesspeople
20th-century Italian inventors
1985 deaths
1901 births