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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141394 | Knitting tool arrangement and knitting tool Knitting tool arrangement, knitting tool and method of forming the knitting tool arrangement that includes a tool holder having several parallel grooves and several knitting tools, in which each knitting tool includes a working end and a holding area that is removab... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132431 | Knitting machine Knitting machine, method of guiding a guide bar and guide bar drive for a knitting machine. Knitting machine includes a shogging drive, a swing-through drive, and at least one guide bar, which is moveable by the shogging drive in a shogging direction and by the swin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7332836 | Guide bar drive in a knitting machine Guide bar drive in a knitting machine and method of driving guide bar. The drive includes a linear motor composed of a stator and a rotor, in which the linear motor is greater in height than width. The stator has a length in a longitudinal direction and includes at ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331200 | Knitting machine Knitting machine that includes a plurality of guide bars, guides, associated with the plurality of guide bars, which are aligned to a working line, and drives, connected to the plurality of guide bars via coupling points, which are arranged next to one another in ad... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6691535 | Fabric for the formation of garment pieces, the garment pieces obtained therefrom and the garments produced therewith The present invention relates to a fabric structure for the production of garment pieces that are combined with other garment pieces to create garments. The fabric structure includes a plurality of pattern areas corresponding to the garment pieces and con... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6322255 | Joint bearing between two structural elements of warp knitting machines A joint bearing 8 is provided between two structural elements of which one is connected with the connecting joint 17 and the other with a hinge pin. In the connecting joint 17, there is provided a pressed-in outer ring 28, a cage 30 located between the hi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6253583 | Warp knitting machine with pattern A warp knitting machine with bearded needles (5) and a pattern press comprises a driven press bar (10) having individual press elements thereon. These are so controllable that during the working stroke (47) of the press bar (10) at choice there is provide... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247337 | Gripping breadth holders in a warp knitting machine A warp knitting machine has across its working breadth in its working area a plurality of knitting tools and an adjacent fabric pull-off arrangement. A pair of gripping breadth holders between the working area and the fabric pull-off are located at both e... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6233798 | Warping machine and process for producing pattern warps In a procedure for the provision of pattern warps, different threads 12 are pulled off by a rotating thread guide from a circulating thread creel 27 circulating synchronously therewith. The threads are laid off on parallel transport bands oriented axially... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6212915 | Warp knitting machine with thread sheet turning arrangement A flexible sheet turning arrangement located in a thread path upstream of the guides in a warp knitting machine that has a machine frame and at least one plurality of guides. The arrangement has a set of springs with proximal ends supported on the machine... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6151929 | Device for fastening active components to the bar of a wrap knitting machine and accompanying tool for removing and installing the active components In a device for fastening active components (18) to the bar (6) of a warp knitting machine, the bar (6) has transverse channels (24) each of which is intended to receive a guide section (25) of the active component (18), and a longitudinal groove (20) for... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5918484 | Warp knitting machine with fall plate bar There is provided a warp knitting machine with a fall plate bar having a guide bar assembly carrying guide bars 2 and 3, a supplemental shaft 8 which rotates in dependence upon the main shaft 9 and carries steering device 11. These are part of a fall plat... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918485 | Warp knitting machine with selective guide bar stops A warp knitting machine comprises a jacquard guide bar (102) whose guides (7) are movable to and fro between two end stops (113 and 114). This motion is effected by setting members of a guide control. The end positions of the guides have a separation equa... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5901583 | Raschel machine with stitch comb and knock-over bar A raschel machine comprises a stitch comb bar 9 whose holder 11 are swingable by the stitch comb shaft 12 and a knock-over comb bar 6 whose holders 8 are secured against swinging by an out-rigger 8a. The stitch comb shaft 12 is contained in knock-over com... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5894743 | Single needle bed machine process for manufacturing of pile warp knit fabric A process and machine for the preparation of pile ware uses a single needle bedded warp knitting machine, having pile sinkers. During the swing-through of the guides subsequent to the underlap into the overlap position, first the ground threads and then t... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5878599 | Thread guide attachment arrangement in a knitting machine carrier An arrangement for a warp knitting or circular knitting machine, includes a carrier having a face with a groove. Also included is an evenly spaced plurality of thread processing elements lying in a single plane and protruding from the face of the carrier.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5875654 | Arrangement for controlling the stroke of stroke elements in a warp knitting machine A stroke control arrangement (1) for influencing individual threads of a thread sheet, in particular for a warp knitting machine, comprises entrainment devices (20) controllable by piezoelectric transducers (19). The entrainment devices (20) are provided ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5860454 | Electromagnetically-operating Jacquard control device An electromagnetically-operating Jacquard control device has an electromagnet (1) with a magnetic core (3), an armature (8) and a limit stop (14) for each controlling element (16) to be controlled. The limit stop can optionally be brought into the movemen... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5842661 | Arrangement for setting thread tension The arrangement can control the pulling tension of a thread 1 during its wind-off or wind-up, from or to a spool 3. The arrangement includes a thread brake 5 having a local portion 6 and a portion 8 movable relative thereto, between which the thread 1 is ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5824959 | Flexible electrical cable and associated apparatus A flexible electric cable (1) has a conductor (2,3) and a fiber layer (4,5) of electrically conductive fibers which are in contact therewith. A cable of this type (1) is particularly suitable for electrical connection between two components that can move ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5675990 | Pile forming warp knitting machine A pile forming warp knitting machine having a spaced plurality of needles and a pair of separate sinker assemblies. These sinker assemblies have a plurality of pile sinkers and a plurality of enclosing, knock-over sinkers. Both pluralities of sinkers are ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5669248 | Textile machines, in particular warp knitting machines, with thread lifting elements Textile machine in particular a warp knitting machine having attached, side-by-side, on a carrier (1), stroke elements (2) which grip on the threads, which are individually displayable in the longitudinal direction. To the carrier (1), are provided contro... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5666826 | Needle mounting device for warp knitting machines A holding device can holding implements for a knitting machines such as needles or guides. A needle (or guide) head (2) is held detachably on a carrier (9) by means of plug-type connections and a locking device. The needle head (2) is connected in one pie... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5628210 | Warp knitting method, machine, and fabric made therefrom In a method for manufacturing a warp knitted fabric, the guides can also be displaced by one needle space (pitch) in addition to the overlap and underlap shog of the guide bar, so that the guides are not only selectively displaceable during the underlap s... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5590448 | Arrangement for producing short warps with orbiting thread laying device An arrangement can produce short warps, in particular for woven patterns in which threads (1) of different colors are wound onto a winding arrangement in single layers next to each other and sequentially with respect to each other. The arrangement has pos... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5561989 | Jacquard bar for warp knitting machines A Jacquard bar (1) for warp knitting machines having at least one row of guides (4), which can be moved to and fro between two stops (6). A thread redirecting edging (11) covers the intermediate spaces between the stops (6). The redirecting edging (11) is... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555750 | Method and machine for warp knitting fabric and cutting pattern threads At least one pattern thread (8) is bound into the fabric ground in a process for producing a patterned knitted fabric (12). The process uses a warp knitting machine having one needle bar (1), at least one fabric ground laying bar (2,3a), at least one patt... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553470 | Warp knitting machine with piezoelectrically controlled bending transducers for the thread guides In a warp knitting machine at least one guide bar (8,9) carries piezoelectric bending transducers (14,15) to which are attached guides (11,12). A control arrangement (16) comprises a computer (17,19,20) and a potential generator, which provide the control... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5542270 | Guide bar arrangment for warp knitting machine having bending tranducers A guide bar arrangement for a warp knitting machine has at least one guide bar, which is axially displaceable by means of a displacing arrangement and is carried, suitably on an axially rigid holding arrangement attached to a swinging shaft, through the i... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5533366 | Warp knitting machine having at least one guide bar and replacement unit for such a warp knitting machine A warp knitting machine having at least one guide bar (1) comprises a plurality of retaining segments (11) releasably attached to the guide bar (1). The retaining segments receive in each case a subassembly (17) of piezoelectric bending transducers (9) fo... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5524834 | Arrangement for the control of thread tension in a thread spool creel The arrangement controls thread tension in a spool creel with a brake rotor (brake drum 4) for each spool holder (1). A braking element (brake band 5) operates therewith and is biasable by a tensioning lever (8) which takes an angular setting dependent up... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5520023 | Warp knitting machine with gearing mechanism A warp knitting machine has a machine base (10), a main shaft (12) and knitting tool bars (13 to 17). Placed on the machine base is at least one gear box (18), having at least one side wall (24, 41), which is pierced by a bearing (25). A gear mechanism (2... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5491988 | Warp-knitting machine with at least one guide bar In a warp-knitting machine with jacquard control, guide needles (1) are fastened to a guide bar (6) by means of carrier strips (3) which are bendable by at least one piezoelectric bending transducer. Each carrier strip (3) consists of electrically insulat... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5473913 | Warp knitting machine having electrically activated drive arrangement A warp knitting machine having a main shaft has at least one bar mounted to reciprocate in accordance with a predetermined schedule. The machine also has an electrically activated drive arrangement with a body made of a material that can alter at least on... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5461881 | Arrangement for driving a warp beam An arrangement for driving a warp beam employs a stepless adjustable drive (7) whose coupling element (8) is displaced by a setting member (11). The setting member (11) is controlled-by a computer (10) which provides an input arrangement (17) for the take... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5454151 | Arrangement for setting the tension of a thread Arrangement (15) for adjusting the tension of a thread which is pulled from a spool by means of a thread take-off arrangement, has a thread measuring device (23). This thread measuring device, positioned sequentially in the direction of thread travel, can... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5453146 | Process for the production of a needle bar A needle bar is made from a support member and a carrier. The needle bar can be made with a plurality of needle grooves. The bar is made by adhering the support member to the carrier. Then the support member is divided into a plurality of individual segme... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5429319 | Compensating thread brake A compensating thread brake useful, in particular, with warping creels. The thread brake has a rotatable roller whose circumference is at least partially surrounded by and drivable by thread. The roller is connected to the rotor of a turbine. A mechanical... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5410786 | Process and arrangement for the warping of threads onto a drum having a conical surface Threads are warped with an axially moveable slide onto a drum having a cone, into a plurality of successive warp bands. The threads are warped for a first band based on a predetermined advancement schedule for the slide. The warping of the first band, aft... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5390512 | Warp knitting machine with piezoelectrically controlled jacquard patterning There is provided a warp knitting machine with a jacquard control mechanism. Piezoelectric transducers are provided to each individual guide of a guide bar. These transducers can displace the guides by the application of a control potential. In particular... | 02/21/1995 |
