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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7765834 | Double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery or other knitted articles A double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery or other knitted articles comprises a lower needle cylinder with a vertical axis and an upper needle cylinder arranged above and coaxially to the lower needle cylinder. Aligned axial slots are formed on the lat... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7032414 | 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 on... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6920768 | 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... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6901776 | 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... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6581416 | Double cylinder circular knitting machines The invention relates to a double cylinder circular knitting machine which comprises at least one nozzle (18) providing a blast of air close to a yarn cutting-and-locking unit (13) to divert the ends of yarns cut and held by the said unit towards the inte... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6220061 | Slider for double-cylinder circular knitting machines A slider for double-cylinder circular knitting machines which comprises an elongated laminar body which has a first longitudinal side which is meant to be rested on the bottom of an axial slot formed in the curved surface of the lower needle cylinder or i... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5718128 | Double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery and the like, with improved needle actuation Double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like. The machine comprises a lower needle cylinder having a substantially vertical axis and an upper needle cylinder that is arranged above and coaxially with respect to the lower needle cylind... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5524459 | Device 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 |
| 5367893 | Selecting device with swingable selecting jack A selecting device for needles of a circular knitting machine for the production of hosiery goods includes swingable selecting jacks having two guiding butts, one guiding butt at each end, alternately selectable for engagement with cam paths of a needle c... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5275021 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine for manufacturing hosiery comprises a lower needle cylinder (1) having a cam section arrangement (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and a verticle trick (2) grooved on the needle cylinder (1) near the arrangement (5, 6, 7, 8, 9). The cam section ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5187951 | Circular knitting machines A cam actuator for selectively moving cam elements axially between distinct operative positions in a circular knitting machine, the actuator including a series of adjacent pistions arranged along the axial line of displacement, and stop means for limiting... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4998418 | Feed 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 |
| 4967575 | Thread cutting and holding device A thread cutting and holding device in double-cylinder circular knitting machine has a movable cutting plate, stationary cutting blade and pressing finger. Stationary and movable plates are arranged between the cutting plate and the pressing finger. Both ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4879884 | Universal double-cylinder, multi-yarn-feed circular knitting machine A universal circular knitting machine with a plurality of knitting stations, having two revolving cylinders axially aligned with each other surrounded by cam skirts, selection devices, stitch length regulation devices and yarn selector devices mounted on ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4860557 | Needle selection system for a circular knitting machine The selection system is based on a reciprocal action of a selector jack for each needle and operative cams, such that each selector jack may not be selected or may be selected one or two times during its engagement with one same operative cam, owing to th... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4741180 | Terrying mechanism for double cylinder knitting machine A terrying mechanism for mounting on that one of the two cylinders (2) of a double-cylinder knitting machine, through which fabric is not removed from take-down. The mechanism includes a pillar (22) adapted for journalling at one end on a part (14) at the... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4718254 | Twin-cylinder circular knitting machine with a perfected device for actuating the transfer sinker The machine comprises a plurality of selectors which are slideably accommodated in the grooves of the lower needle-bearing cylinder and act each with its upper end on a transfer sinker, or slider, for moving the matching needle. The machine has the peculi... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4541253 | Procedure for processing with circular knitting machines and circular machines adopting said procedure Procedure for knitting hose with a toe and heel in a circular knitting machine having more than one feed and two needle cylinders. All needles are brought to an upper path during knitting of the toe and heel with alternating motion, and at every oscillati... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4516410 | Knitwork drawing device in a double cylinder circular knitting machine A knitwork drawing device which has a hollow piston rod movable axially through one of the needle cylinders in a double cylinder circular knitting machine, and a knitwork retaining member arranged at the height of the stitch-formation area and rotatable w... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4502299 | Yarn 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 |
| 4407145 | Knitwork drawing device in a double cylinder circular knitting machine A knitwork drawing device which has a hollow piston rod movable axially through one of the needle cylinders in a double cylinder circular knitting machine, and a knitwork retaining member arranged at the height of the stitch-formation area and rotatable w... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4347719 | Circular knitting machines for knitting articles of terry fabric A double cylinder circular knitting machine for forming articles of terry fabric, comprises, in one of the cylinders (3), a ring of arcuate terry sinkers (24) each controlled by a butt (24A) so that it carries out a reciprocating angular sliding movement ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4321806 | Method and apparatus for opening the latch of the needles in double-cylinder knitting machines In a double cylinder knitting machine the grooves in which the needles and the sliders are displaced are provided with corner edges on which the latch of the needle rests. Prior to hooking the needles onto their respective sliders and while the needles ar... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4253316 | Shogging mechanisms A shogging mechanism for use for example in knitting cable pattern on circular knitting machines incorporates a cam on a mounting fixed with respect to one needle bed of the circular knitting machine. Movement of the cam on its mounting causes another nee... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4233822 | Knitting method and machine A method for knitting a garment on a double-cylinder circular knitting machine, comprising the steps of withdrawing the stitch sinkers firstly with only the yarn taken up by the lower cylinder needles, subsequently lowering the upper cylinder needles to p... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4233823 | Double-cylinder circular knitting machine A double-cylinder circular knitting machine with latch needles and a device for automatically causing the latches of the needles operating in the upper needle cylinder to open before knitting. The device comprises cams defining a path for the needle-free ... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4180991 | Method and double-cylinder circular knitting machine for manufacturing patterned knitted fabrics There is disclosed a method of manufacturing patterned knitted fabrics on a double cylinder knitting machine, in which the pattern jacks associated with needles in the lower needle cylinder having already picked up a yarn at any of the feeds but one there... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4122690 | Method and means for transferring knit loops between cylinders of a double cylinder knitting machine Method and means for transferring knit loops from single-hook needles on one cylinder to single-hook needles on the other cylinder of a double cylinder circular knitting machine. In the method and needles are displaced at an inclination outwardly of their... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4100769 | Circular knitting machine method for manufacturing one piece panty hose or the like A method for manufacturing panty hose or like fabrics including two leg portions and a panty portion integral therewith, the leg portions being knitted as tubular portions by continuous rotary motion of a needle cylinder or needle cylinders of a circular ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4099392 | Yarn cutting and gripping device for a circular knitting machine There is disclosed a yarn cutting and gripping device of the type including a plurality of strip-like elements lengthwise movable adjacent a fixed blade and having a hooked end for cutting the yarn in cooperation with the fixed blade. The strip-like eleme... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4073163 | Circular knitting machine There is disclosed a circular knitting machine of the type including an upper and a lower needle cylinder and comprising a safety device for opening the latches of the double-hooked needles which are to be transferred from one needle cylinder to the other... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4070873 | Start up course for sock welt Method for knitting a sock, wherein for casting on the yarn the feeder is brought behind the knitting point, while the clamping means retaining the yarn end is before the knitting point as viewed in the direction of rotation of the needle cylinder, and af... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4069689 | Racking mechanism for double-cylinder revolving cam-box circular knitting machine A double-cylinder revolving cam-box circular knitting machine including pawl and ratchet structure which is selectively operable to perform a racking motion wherein one of the coupled cylinders of the knitting machine mounted at top and bottom is revolved... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4036033 | Plural cam tracks for rockable jacks A circular knitting machine with rockable jacks has cams for displacing butts of the jacks along tricks in a needle cylinder, and means for rocking the jacks to provide an interruption in a guide track for certain jacks so that their other butts project a... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4014186 | Method of forming a closed end on a knitted tubular fabric A method for forming a closed end on a tubular knitted fabric, such as a stocking, on a circular knitting machine, in which two annular tubular layers are formed as continuations of the tubular knitted fabric at separate stages by needles operating in the... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4011738 | Manufacturing of pantyhose or tights using a circular knitting machine The pant or body portion of a pair of tights or panty hose is produced on a dual-cylinder knitting machine using oscillatory motion of the two cylinders. Subsequently the leg portions of the tights are produced using continuous motion of the two cylinders... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3975924 | Process for the forming of a collant article or the like with a two opposite cylinders circular hosiery machine The process is designed for the forming of a collant, i.e. pantyhose article or the like, with a double cylinder circular hosiery machine. The two legs or the like are knit on two cylinders in a simultaneous manner, with a continuous rotational motion, an... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3969911 | Toe closer A circular knitting machine for stockings, particularly for the manufacture of stockings closed at the toe directly on the machine, having a coupling joint for disengaging the lower needle cylinder from the upper needle cylinder or from the welt dial. The... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3946577 | Method of knitting an elasticised welt A method of knitting, on a circular knitting machine, a succession of tubular articles such as socks or stockings, each having an elasticized roll welt having an elastic yarn laid therein, wherein a leading end of the elastic yarn is temporarily anchored ... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3935718 | Method for manufacturing stockings, socks and the like A method for manufacturing stockings, socks and the like and closing the toe thereof on a double cylinder knitting machine, comprising the steps of manufacturing a leg, heel and foot portion by selecting the needles to knit in both needle cylinders in a m... | 02/03/1976 |
