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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6829912 | Method for making a textile web with a tubular knitting region A method for making a textile web with a base web and at least one tubular knitting region (21, 21′, 23, 23′) extending transversely to a knitting direction on a straight and circular knitter with at least two opposite needle beds includes making the tubu... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6698253 | Method of and arrangement for designing of tubular round knitted articles produced of a flat knitting machine A method of and an arrangement for designing tubular round knitted products on a flat knitting machine operates with the fine automation degree and a plurality of representing, designing and correcting possibilities.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6611730 | Device and method of designing knit products to be manufactured on a knitting machine A device for designing knit products to be manufactured on a knitting machine includes at least one storage device for storing data required for the production of the knit products on the knitting machine; at least one display device for displaying design... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609397 | Method for forming new stitches on a knitting machine New stitches on knitting machines are formed by producing two stitches from one stitch suspended on a knitting needle, in that the stitch suspended on the knitting needle is transferred by a transfer element associated with the knitting needle and subsequ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6564588 | Method for producing tubular knitted articles on a flat knitting machine Disclosed is a method of producing tubular knitted articles for ready-to-wear clothes pieces, on a flat knitting machine with at least two oppositely located needle beds and a carriage with at least three knitting systems. In a first carriage passage narr... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6415633 | Flat knitting machine A flat knitting machine has at least two oppositely located needle beds provided with stitch formers and/or comb gap plates, one of the needle beds having a wire which forms a knocking off base for stitches, so that for changing a comb gap width of the st... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6397639 | Method of producing knitted articles with several knitting planes For producing knitted products with several knitting planes on a two bed flat knitting machine, all needles of one needle bed are usable for producing of stitches for a knitting plane, and the production of additional knitting plane is performed so that t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6381992 | Method of and device for transferring stitches on a knitting machine Transferring of stitches on a knitting machine with transfer elements includes associating a transfer element with all needles on which stitches are suspended, placing a stitch which is held in a needle and has to be transferred on a needle element, intro... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6301939 | Method of producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine A knitting article is produced on a flat knitting machine with at least two needle beds by providing a knitted article with at least one button-shaped knitted stitch structure as a fastener, and converting the structure into several successive rows by kni... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6240749 | Flat knitting machine A flat knitting machine has at least one needle bed, a carriage which slides along the needle bed which has at least one cam with needle section means and stitch cams, a sinking element which cooperates with the stitch cams and is arranged movably on the ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6216494 | Method of producing a knitted article A method for producing a knitted article with a spatial main knitted element and at least one spatial partial knitted element on a flat knitting machine with at least two opposite needle beds, a needle displacement device and a loop transfer device, the m... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6196030 | Knit article having several spatially overlapping structures made in a continuous knitting process The knit article is provided with several spatially overlapping structures. It is made by a continuous knitting process on a knitting machine with at least two opposing needle beds (H,V) as a seamless tubular manufactured product.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192716 | Method of connecting two knitted parts on a flat knitting machine A method of connecting two knitted parts on a flat knitting machine with at least two opposite needle beds, a needle bed displacing device and a stitch suspending-over device, has the steps of suspending over of both knitted parts in neighboring needles o... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6170300 | Flat knitting machine A flat knitting machine has a needle bed support, a machine base, the needle bed support and the machine base being formed as a single assembly.... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6170301 | Method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine For producing a knitted product on a flat knitting machine with simultaneous supply of two threads of different elasticities to needles of the machine, for each stitch to be formed the length of the thread of the higher elasticity to be supplied to a need... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6109068 | Method of producing spacial, single- and multi-layer knitted articles on flat knitting machine A method of producing of spacial, single or multi-layer knitting articles on a flat knitting machine having at least two needle beds and a loop transfer device, has the steps of knitting of knitting rows with a number and width a corresponding to a spacia... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105397 | Method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine A knitted article is produced on a flat knitting machine with a carriage and at least one cam system, wherein the carriage speed is controlled within a knitting row in dependence on pattern types produced by individual needles or needle groups, as well as... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6092396 | Knitting machine, in particular flat knitting machine A knitting machine has a needle bed, a plurality of needles, plates arranged between the needles, each of the plates having a front operational part provided with edges engaging in a loop forming region and displaceable about an axis extending along the n... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6085553 | Method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine A method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine with two opposite needle beds and a stitch hanging over device has the steps of providing a knitted article with a base knitted structure and at least one parallel partial knitted texture... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6065311 | Method of producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine A method of producing a knitting on a flat knitting machine with two opposite needle beds and a loop transferring device includes forming a knitting which has a base knitting and at least one parallel knitting partially overlapping the base knitting and f... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6006551 | Twin bed flat knitting machine method for widening a tubular fabric For mesh widening of a hose-shaped knitted piece on a double bed flat knitting machine knitting a mesh row is knitted in a carriage direction from left to right on a front needle bed and subsequently a mesh row is knitted in the carriage direction from ri... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5960646 | Fabric take-off roller for flat bed knitting machines A fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines is provided with two driven and parallel arranged fabric take-off rollers, between which a fabric web is tangentially guided, wherein at least one of the fabric take-off rollers is made u... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5918483 | Flatbed knitting machine with sinker control for yarn loop retention The flatbed knitting machine includes opposing needle beds (V,H) with longitudinally movable needles (11,12); a carriage provided with cams (14,15,16) and sinkers (17,18; 17',18'; 17",18") having a closed position (S1), an end position (S2) and an open po... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5752396 | Thread control device for flat knitting machine A thread control device for a flat knitting machine having a housing and at least one thread brake arranged on the housing, has a spring acting on the thread brake, a flat spring web supported at one side, and a slider movable in a recess of the housing a... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5495728 | Adjusting device for cam parts of flat knitting machines with motor pinion acting on control sliders In an adjusting device for opposite adjustment of drawing off cam parts of a cam system of a flat knitting machine carriage, with a common stepper motor moving with the machine carriage and providing a rotary movement which is converted into a longitudina... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5467616 | Process for forming a yarn securing knot in a flat knitting machine The method according to the invention permits the tying off of the free yarn ends, for example in Intarsia knit regions, with a straight knitting machine forming the knit goods without additional auxiliary devices which can negatively influence the struct... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5425251 | Fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines A fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines is provided with a driven fabric take-off roller that has roller elements disposed next to each other in the axial direction. To ensure that, even with irregular thickenings of the fabric... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5388430 | Method of producing a fashioned, one-piece flat knitted article for a garment provided with sleeves A method of producing a fashioned, one-piece flat knitted article for a garment includes knitting several knitted article parts having a front part, a rear part and two sleeves separately and sequentially so that in each knitted article part always severa... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5379612 | Method of producing voluminous knitted articles A method of knitting a multi-dimensional fabric for use in upholstery is accomplished by simultaneously knitting rib and jersey wales. The resultant fabric creates a layered or convex pocket appearance similar to that of pleated fabric formed by sewing. T... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5369967 | Draw-off mechanism for a flat bar knitting machine The draw-off mechanism for a flat bar knitting machine having needle beds includes a pair of driven feed rollers arranged axially parallel to each other and located adjacent to the needle beds under a gap between the needle beds; a pair of pivoting levers... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5241841 | Knitting take-off device for flat knitting machines In a knitting take-off device provided with gripping elements (14) movable through the comb gap of a flat bed knitting machine, the plane of the gripping elements (14) is directed perpendicular to the hooking planes of the knitting needles (13) mounted in... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5214941 | Process for producing a fully fashioned flat fabric for a garment equipped with sleeves In the process for producing a fully fashioned flat fabric for a garment equipped with sleeves, first one of two body part, for example front parts (10), and additionally the two sleeves (11, 12) are knitted with separate yarn guides (A, B, C) to the comp... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5138849 | Flat knitting machine In a flat knitting machine with adjustable sinkers (33), these sinkers are in each case arranged between a needle (43) and a fixed loop-forming web (31) of a needle bed (42) and designed in such a way that they can cooperate with the loop-forming webs (31... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5109681 | Device for the selectively controlled mutual displacement of yarn guides of flat-bed knitting machines A device for the selectively controllable mutual displacement of yarn guides of flat-bed knitting machines has a plurality of electromagnets fixed against motion on a carriage unit, to each one of which a mutual displacement device is controllably assigne... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4909048 | Method for producing intarsia knitted goods and flat-bed knitting machine for implementing the method In a method for the production of intarsia knitted pieces on a flat-bed knitting machine, at least some of the yarn guides associated with each one of the intarsia areas and the respective needle bed are moved in a direction relative to each other when on... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4869079 | Thread-tensioning and guide device for flat knitting machines Thread-tensioning and guide device provided for fastening to the needle-bed ends of a flat knitting machine has, on a stationary machine part (20), a pivotably mounted supporting arm (10) for each thread to be fed, the device parts influenced by the threa... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4866954 | Flat knitting machine In a flat knitting machine, the segments (10.1,11.1), of any desired width, which make up the needle beds (10, 11), are designed to be used with needles of different gauges, i.e. are formed with a different needle separation, so that needles of different ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4856104 | Device for the display and editing of knitting patterns produced on a flat-bed knitting machine A device for the display and editing of knitting patterns to be produced by means of a flat-bed knitting machine has an image memory containing the knitting pattern loop by loop in an arrangement by lines and columns, which is on its input side connected ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4827739 | Flat knitting machine By the use of special latch needles (21) whose latch (14) can take up two stable positions lying within the limits of its pivotal movement and out of which it can be moved only against the action of a spring, there is ensured, even in fast running flat kn... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4821534 | Apparatus for controlling the carriage drive motor of a flat bed knitting machine An apparatus for controlling the carriage drive motor of a flat-bed knitting machine is provided with a device used for activating, accelerating and turning off the carriage drive motor. The apparatus has at least one manually operable handlebar, essentia... | 04/18/1989 |
