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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120036897 | CIRCULAR KNITTED FABRIC WITH FINISHED EDGES AND INTEGRAL ELASTIC BAND-LIKE SELVEDGE AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A circular knitted fabric for the manufacture of a garment includes a first group of courses formed of a low melting point yarn and a first yarn, and a continuing second group of courses formed of the low melting point yarn and a second yarn. The second group of courses... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110079052 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE WITH BEARING-STABILIZED CYLINDER A retrofit to circular knitting machines that stabilizes the cylinder to reduce or eliminate wobbling or other undesired motion so that the machine can operate at a significantly higher speed. The cylinder is stabilized by a bearing system added to the knitting head of ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110023273 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING FIBRE MATERIAL BETWEEN A DRAFTING DEVICE AND A LOOP-FORMING MACHINE AND A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SAID APPARATUS A device for transporting fibre material between a drawing frame and a loop-forming machine is described. The device contains at least two transport units which are disposed in succession and have respectively one inlet- and outlet opening, said transport units being fo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100212365 | Knitting Head for a Knitting Machine A knitting head (11) for a circular knitting machine (1), with the knitting head comprising the complete main bearing (29) of the cylinder and being provided, on its lower end, with a standardized interface (34) for accommodation with a carri... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100154482 | Knitting device for making a thick double-sided textile The invention relates to a knitting device for making a double-sided textile comprising two outer laps (1,2) that are knitted and joined to one another by means of a ground yarn (4). This device comprises two groups of needles (6) that move in trans... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100126228 | KNITTING ELEMENT WITH ROTOR AND KNITTING MACHINE The knitting element has a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and makes a stitch by using rotational motion of the rotor. The knitting element has a rotor having a rotating shaft which protrudes in the direction of the axis and a bearing which slidably supports the... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100095710 | KNITTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED PRODUCT FROM UNTWISTED FIBRE MATERIAL The invention relates to a machine for the production of a knitted fabric using stretched fiber material (4). The machine comprises a stretching device, a spinning device having a spinning element, a transport pipe (17) connected thereto, and a thread guid... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100011816 | Circular Knitting Machine for Hosiery or the Like A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, comprising a needle cylinder with vertical axis and multiple axial surface slots, each of which accommodates a needle and an actuation element for the needle. The actuation element comprises at least one connecting el... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090223253 | CIRCULAR KNITTED FABRIC WITH FINISHED EDGES AND INTEGRAL ELASTIC BAND-LIKE SELVEDGE AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A circular knitted fabric for the manufacture of a garment includes a first portion formed of a low melting point yam and a first yarn, and a continuing second portion formed of the low melting point yarn and a second yarn. The second portion has an elastane content gre... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090145170 | Forming A Tubular Knit Fabric For A Paint Roller Cover A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement ma... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20080047304 | Method for Transferring Portions of Knitting Produced by a Group of Needles to Another Group of Neddles 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 or the like, in which the two beds are coaxial and face each other. At least one first bed (1) ... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080034802 | Sock and Production Method of the Same There is provided a sock that causes no feeling of tightness or pressure when a toe is housed, has no connecting portion, causes no tightening of knitted fabric itself, and has good appearance. The sock includes a toe housing portion that forms a laterally asymmetrical ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080034803 | Component placement set for the assembly of a given number of system components of a knitting machine, in particular of a circular knitting machine The component placement set in accordance with the invention for equipping a knitting machine consists of the system components that are required for equipping the knitting machine, said system components being sorted according to type and arranged in one package in dif... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070163303 | 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), with ... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070095109 | "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, that comprises at least one step for forming tabs (1 | 05/03/2007 |
| 20060242999 | Method and apparatus for circular knitting with elastomeric yarn that compensate for yarn package relaxation When elastomeric yarns are unwound and fed to the needles of a circular knitting apparatus, a yarn package relaxation profile is set, or determined, with corresponding adjustments made to the unwinding speed based on such package relaxation profile. Variably compensatin... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060201208 | 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, as shown in FIG. (a), an initial position of ... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060174660 | Method of producing hose-like knitwear One-cylinder circular knitting machine for production of hose-like knitwear, such as socks, etc., that are closed at one of their ends, is provided with an dial plate (3) situated above the needle cylinder of the machine and equipped with dial sinkers (4, 4 | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060169002 | Control device of the dial in circular hosiery, knitting and similar machines This invention concerns a control device of the dial in a circular hosiery and knitting machine that comprises a cylinder powered by a motor contrivance, a drive shaft (11) powered by a motor contrivance, and a dial (12) keyed to a shaft (13) made t... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060169001 | Inner wear and high-gauge circular knitting machine, and knitting method using the high-gauge circular knitting machine The invention provides innerwear with a structure in which the body fabric and the hem are joined together without sewing and which has outstanding effects in discrimination as products and in showing individuality for users. The innerwear... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060150686 | 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 cylinder... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060144095 | Method and apparatus for joining the edges of a tubular knitted article The invention refers to a method and apparatus for joining the edges of a tubular knitted article, such as a stocking, upon the completion of the latter on a circular machine; the apparatus comprises a movable carrier able to be associated with a knitting head of a circ... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060117804 | 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 connected... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060070408 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE WITH A DUST REMOVAL DEVICE A circular knitting machine with a carrier (1) for knitting tools (2) and a cam housing (8) is described, the cam housing (8) being sub-divided into a plurality of segments (8a, 8b, 8c) which are adja... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060021387 | Method to make circular knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns Circular knit, elastic fabrics of at least one of single jersey, French terry, and fleece are disclosed that include a bare elastomeric material plated with spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns. The circular knit, elastic fabrics of at least one of single jersey, ... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20050193777 | KNITTED UNDERPANTS WITH FRONT-SIDE OPENINGS AND WITHOUT SEAMS IN THE CRUTCH AND METHOD TO MANUFACTURE The invention concerns a knitted-fabric garment in the shape of underpants, in which the crutch area is made up by a knitted-fabric prolongation without interruption with the rear part and folded up in order to be placed upon the front part of the garment body, forming ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193776 | Method to manufacturing and shape seamless briefs on knitting machines The invention concerns a method for manufacturing on circular knitting machines briefs without seams and having a front and rear parts joined by a infra-leg crutch area and shaped to define two side openings for legs and an opening at level with the waist-encircling por... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050183463 | Method to make circular-knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns Circular-knit, elastic, single-knit jersey fabric, of spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns with bare spandex plated in every course, has a cover factor in the range of 1.3 to 1.9, a basis weight from 140 to 240 g/m2, an elongation of 60% or more and low... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050183462 | 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 outside th... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050103059 | Magnetic needle selecting device of weft knitting machine In a magnetic-type needle selection device of a flat knitting machine, a power supply control device controls a current-application interval, during which an electric current is applied to a selector actuator, in accordance with the moving speed of a carriage. The power... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050081567 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR TEXTILE MACHINES, IN PARTICULAR FOR CROCHET MACHINES A control device for textile machines, in particular for crochet machines, comprising an electric motor (10) having an output shaft (11) drivable in rotation and a first reduction gear (12) interposed between the output shaft (11) and a knitt... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050076681 | 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 bea... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050076682 | Method of knitting an elastomeric yarn into a circularly knitted fabric A method for circularly knitting an elastomeric yarn into a knitted fabric is provided. The method includes: operating a circular knitting machine at a machine rate, retaining a free end of the elastomeric yarn in a substantially relaxed condition, and taking up the fre... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050066692 | 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 one el... | 03/31/2005 |