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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353668 | Yarn feeder of yarn feeding device for weft knitting machine [PROBLEMS] To provide a yarn feeder in the yarn feeding device of a weft knitting machine in which a fabric having uniform stitches can be produced with high productivity without increasing the size of the yarn feeder. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In a switching mec... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7250022 | Exercise device with centrally mounted resistance rod An exercise machine has resilient elongate members for providing balanced resistance in the form of elongate resilient members oriented horizontally such that the intermediate portion of the elongate members contact a fulcrum of the exercise machine. The user adjust... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246508 | Automatic collar stay insertion device An automatic collar stay insertion device is provided herein. The device is for automatically inserting the collar stay. The device is mounted in a flat knitting machine utilizing motors and gears to rotate, locate and supply the collar stay. The conventional human ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7096694 | Yarn feeder of weft knitting machine A yarn feeder includes a switching mechanism for switching the position of a yarn feeding port, the switching mechanism further including a push-in operation member switchingly operating the height position of the yarn feeding port in association with entraining mea... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7036279 | Fully prefabricated steel armored blind The subject of the invention is directed toward a blind assembly having a pair of vertical elements. The vertical elements each have a top and bottom and a plurality of slots formed therein. An upper transverse element engages the tops of the vertical elements and a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6988385 | Yarn feeder of weft knitting machine and method of feeding yarn for weft knitting machine A switching mechanism is provided for switching the position of a yarn feeding mouth to another and swinging a yarn feeder. The switching mechanism includes a push operating portion for changing a swing direction of the yarn feeding mouth and a height position there... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6966202 | Method of knitting intersia pattern knitted fabric A method of knitting an intarsia pattern fabric that can prevent occurrence of a yarn catching even when a tubular knitted fabric with an intarsia pattern and the like is knitted by using a four-bed flat knitting machine and also can eliminate the need of a split kn... | 11/22/2005 |
| 5640858 | Textile machine with movable thread readying device A flat bed knitting machine includes a pair of needle beds arranged in a hape and at least one cam carriage arranged for movement relative to the needle beds. A thread readying device is movable independent of the cam carriage on a rail.... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5369966 | Method and apparatus for yarn processing position control of flat knitting machine In order to process yarn preliminarily, and to change over yarn precisely at a desired knitting position, the yarn fed to a flat knitting machine is processed by a yarn processing device. To change over the yarn at a changeover position of knitted fabric,... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5144817 | Yarn feed assembly A yarn feed assembly for circular knitting machines for presenting one or more yarns chosen from a plurality of available yarns into the needle path under the control of a microprocessor. An arcuately movable sector-shaped yarn guide includes a plurality ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5056338 | Yarn positioning controller for flat-bed knitting machines A flat bed knitting machine having a pair of yarn support racks on opposite sides of the knitting section of its needle bed, each support rack having a plurality of holders each adapted to detachably hold one of a plurality of yarns. Each yarn has a pair ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5022239 | Yarn exchange device for a flat-bed knitting machine A flat bed knitting machine with at least one carriage mounted to a needle bed. A yarn changing device is capable of picking yarn guide collars from collar support racks located at both ends of the needle bed. Each collar rack is designed to hold a plural... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4909048 | Method for producing intarsia knitted goods and flat-bed knitting machine for implementing the method In a method for the production of intarsia knitted pieces on a flat-bed knitting machine, at least some of the yarn guides associated with each one of the intarsia areas and the respective needle bed are moved in a direction relative to each other when on... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4881382 | Electromechanical device for drawing along slides supporting the same number of thread guides in an automatic flat knitting machine The device is fitted to a flat knitting machine comprising a carriage moving in a horizontal plane above two needle beds and comprises a casing, fixed to the carriage and supporting a vertical rod, able to slide, to which two cores, lower and upper respec... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4873845 | Device for supporting the thread guide of an automatic flat knitting machine The device is fitted to a flat knitting machine that comprises a carriage moving in a horizontal plane above two needle beds and featuring anchor plates that are able to move in a vertical plane. The device comprises a series of slides coupled with a bar, loca... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4840046 | Procedure and device for ensuring a precisely positioned introduction of a substitute yarn in a knitting machine In the procedure for ensuring a precisely positioned introduction of a substitute yarn in a knitting machine by means of a substitute yarn (15) which is attached by a knotter (13) to a running yarn (12), the machine is halted at the desired position for t... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4738124 | Yarn feeder slide The yarn feeder slide proposed for intarsia knitting on a flat knitting machine and provided with a braking device has brake shoes (22,23) projecting sideways on pivoted levers (16,31) and which extend into a special longitudinal slot of the associated ya... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4237706 | Intarsia knitting machine A knitting machine includes a knitting carriage, guide bars for thread guides having plunging yarn hook/feeders and a thread guide control device. A control device is integral with the knitting carriage. The control device cooperates with at least one thr... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4111007 | Yarn changing device in a flat-bed knitting machine A yarn changing device for use in a flat-bed knitting machine having a carriage. The yarn changing device provides a relatively simple but effective arrangement for repetitive, alternating selection of any one of three or more yarns for knitting operation... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4052865 | Thread-guiding mechanism for flat-bed knitting machine In order to produce an inlay-type pattern on a flat-bed knitting machine, a plurality of thread guides carrying differently colored threads are mounted on respective slides which are movably supported, in pairs, on horizontal guide bars above a needle bed... | 10/11/1977 |
