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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4489899 | Yarn feeding apparatus for multi-feed knitting machines The apparatus comprises a support on which a rotatable wheel is mounted an area of the cylindrical surface whereof is in contact with a belt effective to press a yarn thereon which is led through an eye carried on an inlet arm and, respectively, through a... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4483159 | Yarn feeding apparatus for multi-fall knitting machines Yarn feeding apparatus for knitting machines, particularly for circular knitting machines, including a rotatable roller or wheel, on which a belt operates and presses thereon a yarn passing on an eye carried by a yarn inserting arm and a yarn outlet arm, ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4481794 | Yarn feeding apparatus for circular knitting machines Self actuating yarn feeding apparatus to feed yarn to a circular knitting machine when the machine makes a demand for the yarn and to cease feeding the yarn when the machine ceases demand for the yarn. The yarn is in variable circumferentially extending d... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4457144 | Yarn feeding apparatus for circular knitting machines Self actuated positive yarn feeding apparatus for use with circular knitting machines for the positive feeding of yarns to the machines in response to and for the time that a demand for yarn is created by the knitting action of the needles of the machines... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4386508 | Apparatus for selective positive feeding of a plurality of yarns to a striping knitting machine This invention relates to an apparatus for selective positive feeding of a plurality of yarns (Fa-Fd) to striping knitting machines, comprising a plurality of yarn feeding units (1), each having a number of yarn feeding devices. The invention proposes to ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4355747 | Multi-purpose yarn feeding device A multi-purpose yarn feeding device for knitting machines is described which includes a number of co-axially arranged rotary members which correspond to the number of yarns fed to the respective feeding station, each rotary member being provided with a fr... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4318285 | Apparatus for the positive delivery of thread to circular knitting machines An apparatus for the positive delivery of thread to a circular knitting machine having a plurality of movable belts which are positioned at different heights. A plurality of conveyor rollers are associated with the belts and are supported on a machine sup... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4271687 | Rapid maintenance thread or yarn supply apparatus, particularly for circular knitting machines To permit ready disassembly of thread sensing and thread brake elements from a yarn feed device, the thread sensing, thread guiding and thread brake elements are, selectively, secured to a separate attachment or housing which is connected to the holder by... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4259851 | Positive thread-delivery device for textile machines A positive thread-delivery device for a textile, in particular a knitting, machine with a plurality of thread-guiding rollers, with which cooperates a common delivery belt and with which each one a thread-control element is associated, which thread-contro... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4259852 | Positive thread-delivery device for stripe knitting machines A positive thread-delivery device for a knitting machine, wherein a plurality of thread-guiding rollers are associated with each knitting system, with which one common delivery belt cooperates, wherein with each roller there is associated a thread-control... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4194375 | Apparatus for adjusting the thread feed rate of a circular knitting machine An apparatus for adjusting the thread feed rate and hence the thread tension of a multiple-feed circular knitting machine includes transducer means in the form of a resiliently biased rocker mountable on the machine. The rocker can operate one of two micr... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4165048 | Positive feed A thread-supply arrangement for use in textile-manufacturing machines includes an accumulating drum which is mounted on a shaft and is to be selectively driven, together with other accumulating drums, when the shaft thereof is driven in rotation by an adv... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4137731 | Thread supply device for textile machine having common thread control and tension sensing element A thread supply device for a textile machine, such as a knitting machine, having a drive. The thread supply device includes a thread drum on which a thread issuing from a supply bobbin can be wound tangentially to form an intermediate thread supply and fr... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4136837 | Positive tape feed with multiple yarn windings A freely rotatable yarn feeding drum has a plurality of yarn loops wound thereon to form a storage winding. To both drive the drum and axially sheave the yarn forming the storage windings along the length of the drum, a drive wheel, or drive belt is engag... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4114823 | Yarn delivery apparatus for use with textile machines To prevent formation of kinks or twists upon uncontrolled removal of yarn from a storage drum, an intermediate yarn guide element 20 is located between the lower edge 18 of the storage drum and the pull-off guide eye, the intermediate yarn guide element 2... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4056239 | Yarn supply apparatus for positive thread supply To permit ready reversal of rotation of a yarn supply drum, and to positively guide yarn being drawn off the drum, a thread guide element in form of a finger is located laterally offset with respect to the axis of rotation of the storage drum, extending e... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4047398 | Yarn guide finger for positive yarn supply apparatus A rotatable storage drum is connected for rotation to have yarn wound thereon. The pull-off position of the yarn is controlled by a yarn guide element which is a pin extending into the path of the yarn and forming an acute angle with a plane parallel to t... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4043155 | Positive feed device for knitting machine In a knitting machine positive feed device of the type comprising a rotatable roller having a bracket mounted for free pivotable motion adjacent the roller under the control of a pair of weighted arms which are attached to the bracket, the fixed yarn guid... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4043518 | Positive yarn feeding device Yarn from a rotatable package of the type comprising a cylindrical support upon which the yarn is packaged by winding, is fed in a precise and certain manner to a source of utilization of the yarn. A drive roll is positioned in proximity to, but spaced fr... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4028911 | Inclined pin wheel for yarn storage drum To maintain the windings or wraps of yarn on a supply drum formed of spaced rods, corrugations or the like, in a predetermined axial region thereof and to move the yarn axially along the drum, a pin-wheel gear or stub-tooth gear is arranged laterally of t... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4027505 | Circular knitting machine with disengaging positive yarn feeding means A cylinder and dial circular knitting machine is provided with: 1. a positive feed means that feeds a yarn and a striping box that may feed a draw thread or yarn, 2. adjustable placer and raise cams, and 3. means for controlling the operation of such striping box a... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4015444 | Method of knitting a two-way non-run ventilated fabric A method is disclosed for knitting a two-way non-run ventilated fabric. The fabric is knit on a circular knitting machine having 11 thread feed positions but only 9 thread feeds operative at 3 different speeds.... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4015447 | Method and apparatus for positively feeding yarn A plurality of yarn feeding assemblies are mounted about a circular multifeed knitting machine. Each assembly comprises a U-shaped hanger bracket and a shaft is rotatably mounted in the arms of the bracket. On each shaft one or more yarn feeding units are... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4007585 | Tape type yarn feed system for a knitting machine A knitting machine of the type using positive contact of a moving tape to correspondingly urge the yarn in feed movement from its source to the machine knitting station, but wherein the movement of a first, comparatively large master tape is effectively t... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4004438 | Thread feed device for a hosiery knitting machine A thread feed device for a hosiery knitting machine comprises a tensioning mechanism for the thread, a cylindrical drum for positively driving the thread, a shaft coaxial with the drum and having an axial groove therein cooperating with radially inwardly ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4003223 | Replacement knitting machine feed wheel As a replacement for a worn out embodiment of a knitting machine feed wheel, the invention contemplates only a partially complete feed wheel construction which is completed using a bearing salvaged from the worn out wheel, thus saving the expense of two b... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3999717 | Thread delivery device for textile machines A thread delivery device for a textile machine, which device includes a drum upon which a thread can be tangentially wound to form an intermediate thread storage and from which the thread can be unwound axially over an end of the drum. A thread control me... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3994446 | Thread supply device for textile machines A thread supply device, as for a textile machine, having a stationary thread drum onto which a thread which comes from a storage bobbin can be wound tangentially by means of a winding-on member which rotates around the drum edge for forming an intermediat... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3950966 | Demand responsive positive feed device for knitting machine A knitting machine is provided with a plurality of positive feed devices for feeding yarn from a plurality of yarn packages to a plurality of feeding stations. The positive feed devices comprise a plurality of rotatable rollers associated with a driven ta... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3949573 | Thread delivery device for textile machines A thread delivery device for a textile machine in which a member associated with a thread delivery arrangement is driven by a driving belt which in turn is driven by a driving wheel whose effective diameter can be varied to vary the speed of the driving b... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3931939 | Thread supply device for textile machines A thread supply device for a textile machine, in particular a knitting machine, having a thread drum upon which a thread issuing from a thread bobbin can be wound to form an intermediate thread supply and from which the thread can be unwound at an unwindi... | 01/13/1976 |
