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Class 66/136 - Plating


Subclass of Class 66 - Textiles: knitting
Definition: Guides are constructed and controlled so that the desired
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 10/30/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7289869Knitting method and system using stretch yarn
An object of the invention is to be capable of easily acquiring a fabric having a desired feeling using a stretch yarn. A knitting controller (20) controls a carriage (5), and the like, according to knitting data and control data stored in a memory (
10/30/2007
7040124Cotton jersey fabric construction having improved stretch characteristics
A knitted fabric constructed from cotton yarns and synthetic yarns of polyester. The fabric is knitted with courses of cotton yarns, with a polyester yarn knitted with at least every fourth course of cotton yarn. ...
05/09/2006
7036342Yarn feeder
A yarn feeder for circular knitting machines that have a plurality of knitting needles includes a first threading hole, a second threading hole and a jutting yarn guiding member on a lower edge for feeding three yarns corresponding to a knitting needle. The three ya...
05/02/2006
6901776Method 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...
06/07/2005
6668594Tubular fabric plating method using four-bed flat knitting machine
A plating method for knitting a tubular fabric by using a four-bed type flat knitting machine comprising a first lower needle bed and a second lower needle bed which are arranged in pair in front and back and a first upper needle bed and a second upper ne...
12/30/2003
6386003Yarn feeder for circular knitting machine
A yarn feeder for circular knitting machines includes a jutting section located on a yarn feeding section of the yarn feeder. The jutting section has a yarn directing surface to allow the yarn to either slide over the surface without forming floss, or to ...
05/14/2002
6370922Adjustable plating yarn carrier assembly for knitting plated fabric
An adjustable plating yarn carrier (1) having two yarn guides (32, 34) allowing for the adjustment of the angle between two yarns (H, S) and the angles of both yarns to the needle (N), for the knitting of plated fabric, is provided....
04/16/2002
6182475Knitting machine yarn guiding device and its method of manufacture
A yarn guiding device for a knitting machine to guide a yarn unreeled from a creel located above the knitting machine before feeding the yarn to a knitting needle. The device includes a rectangular main body including a supporting member with a slot and c...
02/06/2001
6079235Patterned float plated fabrics and methods for manufacturing aforesaid
A patterned float plated fabric composed of courses incorporates at least two plating yarns dominating alternating patterned sections of the fabric with the floats of their float plated portions, such that a ground fabric is composed from sections of plai...
06/27/2000
5931023Process and apparatus for knitting fabric with non-elastic yarn and bare elastomeric yarn and sweater knit fabric construction
A sweater knit fabric containing hard yarn plaited together with bare elastomeric yarn is provided. The elastomeric yarn has substantially uniform draft along each course in the fabric. The fabric is made by a process in which the bare elastomeric yarn is...
08/03/1999
5524459Device for positioning thread guides in selectable points in a circular knitting machine
A device for positioning thread guides in selectable points in a circular knitting machine, which has a unit for moving the thread guide closer or further away from the cylinder. The unit is a rod-and-crank system in which an intermediate region of the ro...
06/11/1996
4998418Feed finger for knitting machines
A yarn feed finter for use on circular Links and Links knitting apparatus for the manufacture of plaited fabric. The finger has a generally elongated, rectangular-shaped flat body having a pair of eyelets located thereon in a side-by-side disposition and ...
03/12/1991
4955211Circular knitting machine for producing single face plush articles
A circular knitting machine for producing a single face plush article of base threads and plush threads has a needle cylinder provided with a plurality of needles and a plate ring provided with separately controlled and differently shaped plates. A first ...
09/11/1990
4688401Yarn feeding and guide device for a knitting machine
A yarn feeding and guide device for knitting machines has at least one yarn feeder, which delivers the yarn arriving from a yarn package and being supplied as needed at a predetermined tension by a yarn delivery unit or fournisseur to the needles of a row...
08/25/1987
4502299Yarn feeder mechanisms and double cylinder knitting machines having such mechanisms
A double cylinder knitting machine has a plurality of pivotable feeders with yarn feeding ends movable through arcs from a trap position, through a feed position to a cross-over park position upstream of the feed position. Movement is imparted to the feed...
03/05/1985
4409800Method of and apparatus for knitting cut-pile fabric
A process and apparatus for producing knitted cut-pile fabric on a conventional circular knitting machine having a cylinder containing conventional latch needles and a dial containing dial elements each having a hook, a yarn cutting edge spaced from the h...
10/18/1983
4346572Apparatus 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
4328686Auxiliary yarn feed finger and pattern drum sleeve for circular knitting machines and method of knitting therewith
An improvement for knitting pattern areas with hosiery knitting machines having a rotatable cylinder carrying latch needles therein, a knitting station at which a plurality of yarn feed fingers are independently movable into and out of yarn feeding positi...
05/11/1982
4322232Filter bag and method for suppressing electrostatic charges
A fabric filter bag, a method of making such a bag, and apparatus using such bags, in which the bag is a tube of yarn knit into stitches defining a ground and stitches defining terry loop pile extending from the ground. In accordance with the present inve...
03/30/1982
4104892Cushioned sole tube sock and method
This tube sock includes a cushioned sole formed by partial courses of terry loops on the inner surface of at least that part of the foot portion adapted to underlie the sole of a wearer's foot while that part of the foot portion adapted to overlie the ins...
08/08/1978
4078402Knitting apparatus and yarn trapper
An attachment having a knitting machine including at least two toothed members slidable in relationship to one another such that when the teeth are aligned yarn receiving openings are presented and on sliding the members relative to one another yarns with...
03/14/1978
4069690Knitting apparatus
Decorative knitted fabrics have a basic weft knit structure with patterned effects produced by a warp yarn loops of which cover selected loops of weft yarn so as to be visible on the face of the fabric. The fabrics are produced by feeding warp yarns to se...
01/24/1978
4041735Auxiliary knitting station for hosiery knitting machine
The auxiliary knitting station includes an auxiliary yarn feed finger in the form of a relatively thin flat, substantially vertically disposed main body portion which is movable between a lowered or active position between the latch ring and the circle of...
08/16/1977
4034581Sock with plate and float pattern and method
The major portion of the leg of the sock is knit with first and second yarns of different colors in plated relationship with the first yarn being positioned on the outside and the second yarn being positioned on the inside so that the color of the first y...
07/12/1977
3930386Plating feeders
A plating feeder for use in a circular knitting machine comprises a first mouth for supplying a first yarn, and a second mouth for supplying a second yarn and which is movable relative to the first and second mouths together to alter the angle between the...
01/06/1976
 
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