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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827828 | Circular knitting machine with sinker cams facilitating high-speed operation A sinker cam ring for a circular knitting machine comprises a plurality of sinker cam segments arranged edge-to-edge to form the sinker cam ring, each sinker cam segment defining a portion of a sinker cam track that defines sinker-advancing and sinker-retracting sur... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7726156 | Sinker for knitting system and knitting system showing reduced wear Proposed is a sinker (2) provided with a region (23) of reduced thickness on its working part (9). As a result, a clearance space is created on at least one side of the sinker (2). This clearance space makes it possible to reduce the dist... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7607322 | Circular knitting machine with sinker cams facilitating high-speed operation A sinker cam ring for a circular knitting machine comprises a plurality of sinker cam segments arranged edge-to-edge to form the sinker cam ring, each sinker cam segment defining a portion of a sinker cam track that defines sinker-advancing and sinker-retracting sur... | 10/27/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7152436 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine provides sinkers that are moved in an inclined manner in the sinker troughs to position yarn laps and prevent the sinkers from hitting yarn feeding plates. The sinker has a nose section to hold the yarn laps at a horizontal high point to ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7065989 | Sinker selection device in a circular knitting machine A sinker selection device in a circular knitting machine, comprising for each radial slot of the sinker ring in which sinkers are accommodated, a selector facing the end of the corresponding radial slot directed away from the axis of the sinker ring, the selector be... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6840065 | Sinker of circular knitting machines for pile fabrics A sinker of circular knitting machines for pile fabrics, which is used in the circular knitting machine assembly has an aslant contact surface between a sinker cylinder and a cam. By the aslant surface disposed on a nose section of the sinker, the bottom yarn can fa... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6799444 | Circular knitting machine An improved circular knitting machine aims to provide an improved structure and installation for cams. It includes a saddle plate forming an angle to the horizontal surface with the cams mounting thereon in an inclined manner, and a sinker drum surrounded by the sad... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6715325 | Method for making patterned plated knit fabric The invention concerns a method of producing a knit fabric which is patterned and at least partially plated, on a circular machine equipped with a cylinder with needles (12) and sinkers (14), comprising the use of a first strand and a second strand (A,... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6705129 | Circular knitting machine for multicolored plush The invention relates to a circular knitting machine for multicolored plush. A plush sinker (113) is provided with at least two planes (90, 91) for kinking loop threads of different loop length. The knocking-over sinker (112) has a bill comprisi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6321575 | System of cams and sinker for terry cloth knitting on circular knitting machines and stocking knitting machines A system of cams and a sinker for terry cloth knitting using the needles on circular knitting machines and stocking knitting machines. Cam means (20, 21, 22) are provided for selectively interacting with a control bottom part (18) and with a shoulder (19)... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6286343 | Device for selecting the sinkers for the manufacture of designed terry cloth knitwear on circular knitting machines and stocking knitting machines A device for the selection of the sinkers for the manufacture of designed terry cloth knitwear on circular knitting machines and stocking knitting machines. Each sinker (13) is capable of oscillations in a vertical plane between a canceled, resting positi... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6269665 | Jack and upper needle dial for circular knitting machine and double-knitting plush fabric fabricated by the same A jack and upper needle dial for circular knitting machine for fabricating double-knitting plush fabric includes an outer and inner curl sinker plate, an upper needle dial for holding the outer and inner curl sinker plate and a jack, and a sinker ring. Th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6223564 | Method for manufacturing tubular items, such as hosiery items or the like, which are closed at an axial end, using a single-cylinder circular machine A method for producing tubular items, such as hosiery items and the like, which are closed at an axial end, using a single-cylinder circular knitting machine provided with a half-dial which faces, in an upward region, a first half of the needle cylinder a... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6176107 | Circular knitting machine with replaceable member for restricting vertical movement of sinkers A readily replaceable restricting member is within an annular receiving channel that is defined by a cylindrical portion of a circular knitting machine, and the restricting member is operative to restrict at least upward or downward movement of the sinker... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6119488 | Piston assembly drive for knitting machine actuating sinkers An elongate support body includes each of a plurality of pistons longitudinally translatable to urge movement of a corresponding sinker in a straight bar knitting machine. A piston chamber is disposed within or attached to the support body and includes a ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6089047 | Inner pile jacquard mechanism for a double-loop towel circular knitting machine A double-loop towel may be knitted in either a pile loop or non-pile pattern by a circular knitting machine having an inner pile jacquard mechanism which includes a selector and a selection jack for controlling the knitting operation.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5862681 | Pile fabric methods and circular knitting machines with improved pile elements for manufacturing aforesaid The present invention relates to improved pile fabrics containing courses in which at least two pile forming yarns are meshed across a complete course together cooperatively in various fabric constructions, and respectively into a ground fabric, and formi... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5501085 | Fabric holding-down mechanism for double knit machines A fabric holding-down sinker for a double knit machine to stop the knitted fabric from being lifted during the raising stitch of the cylinder needles. A series of such presser sinkers are reciprocated radially relative to the cylinder needles, each presse... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5477707 | High speed sinker for circular knitting machines A sinker having a sinker body and a butt for engaging a sinker cam. Upper and lower nibs protrude from the sinker body. A first throat is defined between the upper and lower nibs for receiving a yarn. First, second and third knitting platforms are defined... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5152157 | Circular knitting machine with casting-off sinker actuation device The machine has a rotatable needle cylinder and a casting-off sinker actuation device including a coaxial sinker ring supporting a cam and an external countercam. The needle cylinder supports a plurality of casting-off sinkers each having a heel which fol... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5048313 | Circular knitting machines with thread guide having support cam for yarn The invention relates to an improved knitting machine, either with latch needles or with compound needles, in which for each feeding station a thread guide is provided which is placed at a certain distance above the rising zone of the needles and is fitte... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5010744 | Method of constructing plating pile knit fabric and sinker therefor A method of constructing a plated pile knit fabric and sinker therefor is disclosed. The sinker is adapted for low pile formation in the construction of the plating pile knit fabric. Each sinker is obliquely movable from an advanced, lower position to a r... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4989421 | Process for producing a patterned plush fabric as well as a multisystem circular knitting machine for carrying out the process A method and apparatus for forming pile fabric where the pile loops are controlled during the knock-over action of the needles. The sinker ring mounted sinkers include separate pile and loop forming ledges. The base thread is fed into the throat of the si... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4926660 | Method of knitting jacquard knit fabric by circular knitting machine The methods of knitting the pile jacquard fabric are carried out on a circular knitting machine including needles and sinkers, and a plurality of adjacent yarn feeders. The fabric includes successive courses of plain jersey stitch wales knit of a ground y... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4831847 | Knitting machine parts The wear life of knitting machine instrumentalities, such as knitting needles, sinkers, or the like, is increased by providing a reinforcing wear-resistant plate member on the operating butt portion thereof to effectively increase the thickness of the ope... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4763492 | Circular weft knitting machine Methods for circular weft knitting of variegated articles and selectively programmable circular weft knitting machine apparatus for carrying out such methods including means for effecting selective, controlled two dimensional displacement of compound need... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4665718 | Circular knitting machine for the production of plush goods A circular knitting machine for the production of plush goods by means of needles and cooperating sinkers created to form plush and plain loops. The invention improves fabric quality especially when using cotton thread to form plush loops by providing bes... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4612784 | Circular knitting machine and method of producing jacquard-patterned plush webs A multi-system circular knitting machine for producing jacquard-patterned one-face plush webs of one main thread and at least one plush thread has a needle cylinder provided with a plurality of needles, a plate ring provided with pairs of controllable loo... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4519221 | Knitting machine A circular knitting machine includes a cylinder spacedly provided with vertical slits on its overall circumference, and sinkers and knitting needles alternately mounted in every other slit of the cylinder. Each one of the sinkers is formed on its bottom s... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4346572 | Apparatus for knitting a single-faced pile fabric A process for knitting a single-faced pile fabric is disclosed, based on the raising and lowering of conventional needles and the movement of throated sinkers, each sinker having the throat extended and provided with a sloping shoulder in the lower edge t... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4314461 | Knitting machine with latchless needles cooperating with external hook-type elements A knitting machine includes latchless needles, and selector elements located in positions corresponding therewith. Each selector element comprises a hook-like extension directed towards the needle point and arranged to penetrate into a longitudinal slot i... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4245487 | Method and apparatus for knitting sliver loop knit fabric A sliver loop knit fabric comprising a base fabric formed of knitted courses and wales and anchoring a plurality of tufts of sliver fibers, the free ends of which are incorporated into at least two courses and two wales of the fabric to provide a generall... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4194374 | Process for knitting a single-faced pile fabric A process for knitting a single-faced pile fabric is disclosed, based on the raising and lowering of conventional needles and the movement of throated sinkers, each sinker having the throat extended and provided with a sloping shoulder in the lower edge t... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4180993 | Sinker-needle motion reducer A method and apparatus for drawing and knitting yarn on a circular knitting machine which includes a needle cylinder, a sinker ring fixedly mounted on the cylinder and having a plurality of equally spaced, radially extending sinker grooves. Each groove co... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4103518 | Knitting machine for knitting fabrics having terry loops at least on the technical front face thereof The invention comprises an improved knitting apparatus for producing knit fabrics on which terry loops are provided at least on the technical front face thereof. The terry loops are interconnected or knitted jointly with the ground yarn into the base fabr... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4040276 | Sinkler cam segment Sinker cam segment having its ends beveled at a compound angle, so that the end surfaces are in a plane having no elements which are either radial or axial with reference to the center line of the cam ring on which the segment is used.... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4038838 | Knitting machines and methods for knitting fabrics having terry loops on both sides thereof The invention comprises an improved apparatus and method for producing knit fabrics having terry loops on both the technical front and technical back sides of a ground fabric in which the terry loops are interconnected or knitted jointly with the ground y... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4020653 | Sinker top circular knitting machine for producing loop fabric A circular knitting machine for producing loop fabric is provided with fabric holding means and with sinkers peculiarly adapted to enter and hold previously formed loops during the knitting process.... | 05/03/1977 |
