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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7549361 | Vibration damping apparatus for reciprocating drive and cutting head A vibration damping device is described that dampens vibration produced during the conversion of rotational motion into reciprocal motion. The damping is performed using a simple structure wherein first and second conversion mechanisms are symmetrically arranged wit... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7493245 | Method and apparatus for simulating image of twisted yarn An object of the invention is to provide a simulation method and a simulation apparatus of the image of a twisted yarn capable of forming an image close to the actuality. When the images of twisted threads (1, 2) are inputted, abstracted models (3, 4) ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493188 | Yarn feeder of weft knitting machine An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to stably feed a yarn by suppressing the effect of inertia in a buffer mechanism provided in a yarn feeding path. In at least one embodiment, a yarn feeder of the weft knitting machine feeds a knitting... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7412850 | Complex cam system A complex cam system capable of using a compound needle as a knitting needle is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a needle raising cam, a transfer cam, and knitting cams act on a butt provided in a needle body of the compound needle. A slider ca... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7383705 | Method of knitting tubular knitted fabric When knitting a tubular knitted fabric having a difference in the number of wales between a front knitted fabric and a back knitted fabric, knitted fabrics are knitted alternately while turning the tubular knitted fabric and jointing the front section having a large... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380419 | Movable sinker apparatus and sinker of weft knitting machine There are provided a movable sinker apparatus of a weft knitting machine and a sinker which are capable of holding and pressing down a knitting yarn of a previous loop and sufficiently pulling down a knitting fabric. At forward positions of the sinkers, second protr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7330772 | Knit design method and apparatus An object of the invention is to display an image having the feeling close to that of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a fuzzy knitting yarn. At least part of knitting yarn image data (1) on a knitting yarn with much fuzz (2) is divided into cert... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7289869 | Knitting method and system using stretch yarn An object of the invention is to be capable of easily acquiring a fabric having a desired feeling using a stretch yarn. A knitting controller (20) controls a carriage (5), and the like, according to knitting data and control data stored in a memory ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272959 | Removable moving member for knitting and weft knitting machine provided with knitting member switching apparatus In order to switching yarns used for knitting by switching a plurality of yarn feeders, a knitting member switching apparatus is provided. The knitting member switching apparatus includes a plurality of holders provided on a side of a carriage, a stopping device pro... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272957 | Pile knitting method by weft knitting machine A pile knitting method by a weft knitting machine is provided in which a compound needle can be used to form a pile stitch and simultaneously hold other stitches. After a hook of a needle body receives a fastening yarn fed thereto, a carriage brings together a yarn ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269976 | Weft knitting machine capable of switching moving member bringing state A yarn feeder can be stopped at a stopping mechanism and attached to and detached from a holder. The holder is fitted to a front end of a holding arm. The carriage-side holding arm is held by a moving member holding mechanism. The moving member holding mechanism inc... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269975 | Cam apparatus for knitting fabric On each of carriages are disposed a group of transfer cams and a group of receiving cams. A leftward movement of the carriages makes it possible to transfer a knitted loop from a front needle bed provided with one carnage to a rear needle bed provided with another c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7218988 | Yarn feeding apparatus of weft knitting machine A carriage which completes one course of knitting to the knitting end of a fabric is stopped. Knitting in a next course is performed when the carriage reverses its moving direction and re-starts its movement. Since the knitting yarn is not knitted to the fabric unti... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216513 | Apparatus for applying sliding resistance for weft knitting machine A permanent magnet applies first sliding resistance in-between a holding arm and a guide rail. A carriage is provided with an electromagnet for magnetically applying second sliding resistance in-between the holding arm and the carriage. Although the holding arm pers... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213422 | Needle selection device for weft knitting machine A needle selecting apparatus for a weft knitting machine capable of performing a needle selecting position locking function without moving a selecting jack forward and backward is provided. In the needle selecting apparatus, an initial position of the selecting jack... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201023 | Yarn carrier of weft knitting machine When bringing pins (2) are engaged with the yarn carrier at the engagement portions (3a, 3b) near the center of the yarn carrier, the yarn carrier, as a normal carrier, feeds the yarn so that the yarn is applied to a knitting needl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194841 | Dressing room and curtain suspension device A fitting room (11) as a dressing room is adapted to have its entrance (12) opened and closed by drawing a curtain (14). The curtain is suspended from the tip ends of beam members of a curtain suspension apparatus (15) mounted on a ceilin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181309 | Method of knitting garments having line difference, garment having line difference, and knit design device A body and both sleeves are knitted into cylindrical shapes, respectively, up to the underarm positions. Then, sleeve caps for both sleeves are knitted by flechage knitting such that the front sleeve caps become narrower than the back sleeve caps. Both sleeves are c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174748 | Sinker unit of weft knitting machine A movable sinker (8) can move a tip portion (8c) forward and backward relative to a needle bed gap (2) through pivotal displacement by setting, as a support point, a concave portion (5a) of a needle plate (5). A wire ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152437 | Compound needle Two blades (14, 14) of a slider of a compound needle move back into blade grooves (8, 8) of a needle body (4) on the left and right side of a partition wall (9). An opening (18) is provided at the front ends of the blades (14, 1... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152435 | Weft knitting machine having movable sinker A weft knitting machine having a movable sinker capable of securing a large space at a needle bed near a knitting fabric knitting area and making a pause in the state of stopping action on the knitting fabric knitting area. A sinker operating cam mechanism (10 | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145502 | Distance measurement method and device A distance can be measured with high resolution. A frequency controller (7) controls a voltage control oscillator (2) so as to change a signal source frequency f in a range containing two center frequencies f1 and f2 and transmits it as a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127321 | Device for designing tubular knot fabric and method of designing Shapes of a front and a rear part of a tubular knit fabric are displayed on a monitor, and the input of a pattern across the front and rear knit fabrics is received. When a user appoint on the monitor a start point of the pattern on the knit fabric, the pattern is e... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113844 | Method and device for controlling length of yarn of weft knitting machine An object of the invention is to control the yarn length as appropriate in a tubular knitted fabric including a drop loop, regardless of the presence of crossover. For front and back needle beds, ones of those indicated by capitals ABC . . . among odd-numbered or ev... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7070345 | Narrowing the operating range of the nozzle head in a printing system and printing method A printing system and a printing method, the printing method including the steps of horizontally placing cloth on a table, moving a nozzle head for ink jet printing in main and auxiliary scanning directions by a carriage for printing, extracting the presence area of... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055349 | Yarn feeding device for flat knitting machine An object of the invention is to be provide a yarn feeding apparatus of a flat knitting machine capable of accurately predicting a required amount of a knitting yarn and knitting a fabric while supplying knitting yarn necessary for knitting. The knitting yarn is fed... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054709 | Embroidery simulation method and apparatus and program and recording medium A method for realizing embroidery simulation which can be used as an alternative sample to an actual object. A shade is added to a stitch not to brighten the center of the stitch and to darken the opposite ends thereof as shown at (a) but to brighten a stitch A clos... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6988384 | Knitting method using flat knitting machine and knitting program In knitting a neck hole, a left front body is knitted on a front needle bed while making widening stitches, and stitches of the neck hole and a right front body both being in halt are transferred onto a back needle bed, and with widening stitch, the back needle bed ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6978642 | Weft knitting machine with movable sinker device A weft knitting machine with a movable sinker device capable of preventing yarn from being worn caused by repeatedly striking the yarn with a sinker energized by a spring to push down knitting fabric, wherein a stroke to which a yarn locking part (2a) ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6895785 | Yarn carrier of weft knitting device A yarn carrier 1 is capable of being engaged with a pin 4 protruding from a carriage 3 at two engagement points 8, 9 separated by a delay amount ΔL with respect to a center 1a, respectively. Assuming that the carriage 3 ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895787 | Knit design method and apparatus An object of the invention is to quickly display a simulation image of knitting stitches approximate to an actually knitted fabric. When an image is present in the position of the knitting stitches 12, 13 corresponding between an upper layer 1 and a lo... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6883352 | Loop presser, flatbed knitting machine having loop presser, and fabric knitting method using loop presser An object of the invention is to improve yarn feeding conditions to a knitting needle and improve a loop pressing function and a yarn holding function for end stitches in a flat knitting machine provided with a compound needle. In a top portion 12 of a loop p... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880367 | Knit design method and device An object of the invention is to display an image giving a feeling close to the feeling of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a knitting yarn. Linear knitting yarn image data 1 is divided into a plurality of meshes 2. The mesh 2 is made to m... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6857294 | Method for knitting intarsia pattern knitting fabric and knitting program producing device therefor An object of the invention is to obtain an intarsia pattern fabric which is not likely to cause yarn entanglement, eliminates the need for divided knitting, and provides good productivity even when a cylindrical knitting fabric is to be knitted. in a double bed flat... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6677944 | Three-dimensional image generating apparatus that creates a three-dimensional model from a two-dimensional image by image processing A three-dimensional model is created without carrying out complicated modeling by incorporating elements of a two-dimensional image into the three-dimensional model. A two-dimensional image inputted to a two-dimensional image input section is stored in a ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6651464 | Selector actuator for knitting members in a knitting machine A selector actuator is provided with two controlled attraction parts (5, 6) and three non-controlled attraction parts (7, 8, 9). In the controlled attraction part (5), two magnetic coil poles having attraction sites (16a, 16b) at their top ends are arrang... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6619075 | Flat bed knitting machine having an oil feeding device A flat bed knitting machine having an oil feeding device is disclosed. Lubricant oil is fed, just when needed, to knitting members, such as needles, jacks and sinkers. The numbers of operations of knitting members are counted, and when a counted number ex... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6550285 | Yarn feeding apparatus A fluctuation in tension of a knitting yarn to be fed is reduced, and the knitting yarn having an accurate length is fed even if the amount of demand for the knitting yarn is suddenly changed. A knitting yarn is interposed between a main roller and a driv... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6404419 | Image processing device Two-dimensional pen tables with texture for a low pressure, a medium pressure and a high pressure are provided for each pen. According to the pen pressure, pen tables are interpolated to generate drawing data for one patch. The image data in the stroke an... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6340974 | Three-dimensional image processing apparatus with bump image modification A bump image for a three-dimensional model of an object is stored and modified as well as a texture image in a rendering stage. A reverse mapping address to the texture image and the bump image is stored in a rendering memory to obtain a drawing object ad... | 01/22/2002 |
