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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4353229 | Weft knitted fabric Weft double knitted fabric has a looped structure with some knitted loops drawn in one direction and other knitted loops drawn in an opposite direction. Yarns of some courses are drawn into knitted loops in both directions to form knit stitches on both fa... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4121439 | Knitting machines In a knitting machine the needle beds and yarn feeders circulate relative to one another. This normally produces a tubular fabric. In order to leave a gap in the tube, a zone of each needle bed is arranged as a non-knit zone. To save yarn the yarns are no... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4055058 | Electronic control data transmission for knitting machines A knitting machine comprises a stationary part and a rotary part, a data transmitter associated with the stationary part and a data receiver associated with the rotary part. The rotary part carries a photo-receiver either on its axis of rotation or arrang... | 10/25/1977 |
| 3995456 | Device for trapping fringe yarns in a circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine is described in which two devices for temporarily trapping cut fringe yarns are mounted on the needle cylinder, respectively immediately following the last needle to knit and immediately preceding the first needle to knit. Each... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3973415 | Pattern mechanism In a circular knitting machine, needle selection is controlled by pattern keys mounted on a pivoted pattern key carrier and having patterning butts which are selectively engageable with vertically stacked selector slides. The selector slides are engageabl... | 08/10/1976 |
