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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4481793 | Knitting machine A knitting machine includes a needle bed having a groove formed therein, a needle housed in the groove and reciprocatingly slidable therein, a needle cam, a needle cam follower mounted on the needle and engageable with the needle cam, a needle stitch sele... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4192156 | Knitting method and apparatus The relative position of one knitting system in a knitting machine is varied with respect to another knitting system to vary the stitch patterns produced by the machine. The knitting machine includes one knitting carriage having two cam holders each provi... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4121440 | Fabric draw down device A fabric draw down device for a flat knitting machine having a traction roller for tensioning fabric, retaining rollers for pressing against the traction roller and entrainment means for driving the traction roller. The entrainment means includes a pair o... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3973416 | Knitting machine The disclosure relates to a stitch press movement mechanism for a knitting machine having at least two needlebeds. The movement mechanism is based upon the rotational movement of a serrated wheel in engagement with a single rack. The movement or change of... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3955381 | Straight-line knitting machine, for preselection of the needles, with stitch forwarding A rectilinear knitting machine for preselection of the needles with stitch transfer including needlebeds arranged in pairs and provided with grooves. Needles, flexible clavettes and clavette pressers are disposed in the grooves with the clavette pressers ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3952943 | Apparatus for swaging the movement control belts for controlling operating groups of a knitting machine An apparatus for swaging the movement control belts for controlling the operational groups of a knitting machine comprising a punching bar, a die, punches, a punch bearing plate, entrainment means, a movement control belt, punch selection means, and a sel... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952553 | Stopping apparatus for a rectilinear knitting machine A stopping apparatus for a rectilinear knitting machine comprising at least two needlebed parts arranged in roof form and provided with needles, a carriage being displaced in an oscillating movement above the frame parts for the control of the needles dur... | 04/27/1976 |
