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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992415 | Jacquard thread-guide bar for warp knitting textile machines A jacquard thread-guide bar (2) for warp knitting textile machines, comprising a supporting body (7) provided with a plurality of housing seats (5) configured and arranged so as to engage each removably a mounting body (6) of a single pie... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7980100 | Highly reliable sinkerless knitting machine with latch needles A sinkerless knitting machine with latch needles, comprising a needle holder with a plurality of slots on one face, each slot accommodating a needle. Knitting retainers are provided, each with a body composed of at least two side-by-side interconnected laminar eleme... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958754 | Warp-knitting machine A warp-knitting machine (1) comprising a unitary supporting structure (2), at least one needle bed (3) mounted on the unitary supporting structure (2), at least one thread-guide bar (4) for feeding yarn to the needle bed (3)... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7926308 | Piezoelectric actuator for jacquard thread-guide bars of warp knitting machines A piezoelectric actuator for jacquard thread-guide bars for warp-knitting textile machines, comprising a mounting body (6) singularly dedicated to the piezoelectric actuator (3) and onto which one piezoelectric body (8) is mounted, said piezoele... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913834 | Apparatus for automatic transfer of textile articles from a linking machine to a boarding machine An apparatus (1) and a related method for automatic transfer of socks (4) from a linking machine (2) to a sock-modelling piece for boarding operation (36) according to a predetermined orientation, the apparatus comprising reversing means ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913521 | Connection device for piezoelectric actuators of jacquard bars of knitting machines A connection device (4) for piezoelectric actuators (3) of jacquard bars for textile machines, comprising a bearing body (32), a plurality of interconnection elements (34) inserted into the bearing body (32), which can be removably... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908890 | Needle for transferring stitches therefrom to adjacent needles for hosiery knitting machines or the like A needle for transferring stitches therefrom to adjacent needles for hosiery knitting machines comprises a shank, a head, arranged at a longitudinal end, or upper end, of the shank, and a latch which is pivoted to the shank proximate to the head, about a pivoting ax... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895862 | Knitting machine with latch needles and without sinkers A knitting machine with latch needles and without sinkers comprising, in regions of the needle holder comprised between two contiguous slots which accommodate a corresponding needle, a knitting retention element with a portion forming a stop shoulder for the knittin... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7845526 | Machine and method for handling tubular manufactured items A machine, and a related method, for automatically transferring tubular items for manufacturing men's socks, comprising a station (S1) for loading automatically the tubular items (1) arranged on a longitudinal axis thereof, a station (S2) for po... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878029 | Circular knitting machine for socks with needles on the dial A circular knitting machine for men's socks with needles on the dial comprising a dial needles selector mechanism able to selectively move the dial needles to involve the selected needles in the formation of the stitches and to exclude the needles not selected. In a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861559 | Yarn feeding device for knitting machines, particularly for circular knitting machines A device for feeding yarns for knitting machines comprising a supporting element arranged on the inner side of the machine bed which supports a set of yarn guides arranged side-by-side. Each of the yarn guides has a passage for at least one yarn to be fed to the nee... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7770417 | Magnetic actuator, particularly for selection devices in hosiery knitting machines or the like A magnetic actuator, particularly for selection devices in hosiery knitting machines or the like, comprising a main magnet, which has at least two poles arranged side by side and separated by a discontinuity, and a selection electromagnet, which is provided with at ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757519 | Method to produce textiles articles with warp-knitting machines and machine to carry out such a method A method for producing textile articles with warp-knitting machines, comprising a plurality of steps of shifting at least a first thread-guide (3) bar (2) of jacquard type with shog translational movements and with swing transversal movements, so as to... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748332 | Automatic device and method for orienting textile items on blocks An automatic device (1) for orienting tubular textile items (3) on blocks (2), comprising a block (2) for receiving the textile item (3) having a reference (4) with respect to which the item (3) is to be oriented for ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739888 | Method and equipment to change the knitting density in the production of warp fabrics and tubular articles by Raschel loom and obtained products The invention relates to a method and related equipment for manufacturing shaped fabrics or anatomically shaped tubular hosiery and knitwear items, obtained with Raschel looms having preferably two parallel needle beds and automatic latch needles. During the knittin... | 06/22/2010 |
| D611964 | Knitting machine | 03/16/2010 |
| 7607324 | Jacquard device to selectively shift thread guides in a textile machine A jacquard device (1) for selectively shifting thread-guides (2) in a knitting machine, comprising at least one supporting element (3) provided with a plurality of housing seats (4) for a plurality of thread-guides (2), a plurality... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7600400 | Tensioning device for circular knitting machines A tensioning device (1) for circular knitting machines (3) comprising a supporting frame (2) to be mounted turnably below a circular knitting machine (3), a cutter (9) associated to the supporting frame (2) and designed to c... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7530242 | Method for transferring portions of knitting produced by a group of needles to another group of needles of a bed, in circular hosiery knitting machines with two beds or the like A method for transferring a portion of knitting produced by a group of needles to another group of needles of a bed in circular hosiery knitting machines with two beds comprising a step, performed by engagement elements arranged in a first sector of the second bed, ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7458237 | Method for manufacturing knitted articles for forming items of clothing, such as body suits, sleeveless tops, undershirts, bras, underpants or the like, without lateral seams, with a circular knitting machine A method for manufacturing knitted articles for forming items of clothing, without lateral seams, with a circular knitting machine, comprising a step for forming at least one pouch-like region, in which part of the needles or all the needles that belong to at least ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448234 | Linear knitting machine A linear knitting machine (1) comprising a machine frame, at least one needlebed (3) associated with the machine frame, a plurality of needles (4) sliding in the needlebed (3), means for feeding the needles (4) with a yarn for buil... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7412851 | Device to improve the yarn threading of the thread guides for warp linear knitting machines A device (1) for improving the threading of thread-guides (5) for warp linear knitting machines (10), comprising at least a first support (6) that is associated or coupled to a supporting structure (11) of a warp linear knitting ma... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392669 | Circular knitting machine, particularly of the medium-diameter type, with improved needle actuation A circular knitting machine, comprising a footing with a rotatable, vertical needle cylinder, axial slots on the outer lateral surface of the needle cylinder, that accommodate each a needle, a sub-needle arranged below each needle in a corresponding axial slot conne... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389657 | Method for producing open-knit fabric with machines for knitting hosiery or other articles, and open-knit article obtained with the method A method for producing open-knit fabric with machines for knitting hosiery or other articles and an open-knit article obtained with the method. The method consists in producing in succession rows of knitting (A,B,C) by means of a plurality of needles (1,2), w... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7328595 | Method for manufacturing knitted articles with a circular knitting machine for forming items of clothing without lateral seams A method for manufacturing knitted articles for forming items of clothing, such as body suits, sleeveless tops, undershirts, bras, underpants or the like, without lateral seams, with a circular knitting machine, comprising at least one tab forming step, in which all... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320233 | Control device for linear knitting machines thread-guide bars A control device (1) for thread-guide bars (2) of linear knitting machines, comprising a linear motor (10) designed to impart a translational motion to the thread-guide bar (2), means (40) for moving the thread-guide bar (2)... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299661 | Linear knitting machine The present invention relates to a linear knitting machine comprising: a first (2) and a second (3) needle-bed, each one having at least one bar (4) extending longitudinally along said machine, and at least one row of needles (5) supporte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290411 | Oscillating control device for linear knitting machines thread-guide bars An oscillating control device (1) for thread-guide bars (2) of linear knitting machines (60), comprising a support (5) that can rotate around a middle axis (6) to which at least one thread-guide bar (2) can be associated, mo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281396 | Medium- or large-diameter single-cylinder circular knitting machine with radially compact sinker ring A medium- or large-diameter single-cylinder circular knitting machine with a radially compact sinker ring, comprising a needle cylinder that has a vertical axis and a sinker ring that is connected coaxially to the needle cylinder proximate to the upper end of the ne... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7213417 | Method for producing intarsia designs with a circular knitting machine A method for producing intarsia designs with a circular knitting machine, which consists in correlating, for each row of knitting of the design to be produced, sets of needles, which are meant to reduce the regions (2,3,4,5) of the design in different colors ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207196 | Circular knitting machine, particularly for producing items of clothing with three-dimensional shapes A circular knitting machine, comprising a footing with a vertically rotatable needle cylinder with a diameter comprised between 7 and 24 inches, and multiple axial needle accommodation slots; an actuation for actuating the needles, during rotation of the needle cyli... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7162895 | Circular knitting machine and method for collecting the fabric produced by a circular knitting machine A method for collecting the fabric (4) produced by the cylinder (3) of a circular knitting machine, comprising at least the steps of taking down said fabric (4), cutting and collecting it, in which the fabric is cut along a predefined cutting tr... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7065988 | Device for varying stitch tightness for knitting machine for hosiery or the like, particularly for circular knitting machines A device for varying stitch tightness for hosiery knitting machines, particularly for circular knitting machines, which comprises a movement adjuster connected to a slider that can slide in the cam box of the machine and supports a knockover cam of the machine. The ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055346 | Circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, with device for actuating the knockover sinkers A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, with a device for actuating the knockover sinkers, comprising a sinker cover, arranged in an upward region and coaxially to the sinker ring and supporting at least one cam and one complementary cam arranged outsid... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032414 | Thread gripping device, particularly for gripping elastic threads having a small cross-section, in circular knitting machines for hosiery or the like A thread gripping device, for gripping elastic thin thread, in a circular knitting machines, having a supporting element that supports thread guides proximate to a drop or feed, above the needle cylinder and proximate to the needle work area, and bearing at least on... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6952939 | Apparatus and method for controlling the weight of fabric produced by a textile machine, in particular by a circular knitting machine An apparatus (1) is provided to control the weight of fabric produced by a textile machine (2), comprising weighting means (11) of every single fabric piece directly associated to the textile machine dedicated to the manufacture of the same. A p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6920768 | Thread gripping device in circular knitting machines for hosiery or the like A device for gripping thread in circular hosiery knitting machines comprising a supporting element fixable to the structure of the machine supporting the thread guides proximate to a drop or feed, above the needle cylinder and proximate to the needle work area, that... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6886723 | Method and device for stretching socks, knee socks and the like on steaming forms A method and a device for stretching hosiery articles such as socks, knee socks and the like comprises a steaming form having a straight portion opposite a foot shape. The steaming form has a friction surface for engaging the band portion of a sock and means for var... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6786692 | Method and apparatus for automatic pick up of hosiery articles from a container A method and apparatus for automatically picking up hosiery articles (20) from a container (7), e.g., socks, knee socks, and the like in which an actuator (4) comprised of a support (5), to which a grasping device (6) is suspended,... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6164094 | Method for manufacturing a dressing item with a circular knitting machine, and item obtained with the method A method for manufacturing a dressing item such as an undershirt, body suit or the like with a circular knitting machine, and an item obtained thereby, the method comprising: at least one first step, during which an annular border is formed which constitu... | 12/26/2000 |
