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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4829790 | Yarn supply apparatus for textile machines in which the yarn supply required varies over time, in particular for knitting machines A yarn supply apparatus for textile machines, particularly for knitting machines, has a rotatable yarn supply means supplying yarn under essentially slipless conditions to the textile machine; a speed controlled motor coupled to the yarn supply means cont... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4819457 | Yarn guide element for textile machines The yarn guide element for textile machines comprises a longitudinally extending guide member oriented along a yarn path and having a smooth upper surface free of edges, in particular a tensioned wire (15). In flat knitting machines, the guide members com... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4821199 | Apparatus for adjusting the length and the mesh structure of knitted articles In a method and apparatus for adjusting the length and the mesh structure of a knitted article produced on a flat knitting machine, a yarn tension sensor is provided in the path of the yarn to be knitted for controlling the yarn tension, which sensor cont... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4763491 | Accessory for a domestic knitting machine A yarn brake of a plurality pairs of discs spaced apart along a straight rod of uniform non-circular section mounted in path of yarn as it is fed to the knitting needles.... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4754616 | Yarn supply system The take up means (5) is inhibited in response to a predetermined operating conditions of the flat knitting machine.... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4752044 | Yarn supply apparatus with electronic yarn tension control, particularly for knitting machines having rapidly varying yarn supply requirements A yarn supply element (5, 150) that supplies the yarn substantially without slip and is rotatably supported has yarn guide elements (14, 15, 16; 158) and is coupled to an electric motor (3) of regulated frequency that drives it. In the yarn travel path fo... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4720985 | Yarn tension regulating device for knitting machines In the yarn tension regulating device for knitting machines in which the yarn (25) runs through a yarn tension sensor (24) and a yarn brake (20) automatically adjustable in dependence upon the indication of the yarn tension sensor, there is located direct... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4706476 | Yarn supply apparatus for textile machines especially circular knitting machines A yarn feeding apparatus for yarn-processing textile machines such as circular knitting machines has a feed element which advances the yarn with its circumference. The feed element is rotatably supported on a holder which is arranged to be secured on a ca... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4700553 | Yarn tensioning device for flat knitting machines The yarn tensioning device for flat knitting machines has for each yarn (20) to be processed a pivotable support (23), for yarn guide members (25-31), located in the region of an end of a needle bed, preferably outside a covering panel (16) of the machine... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4672824 | Flat bed knitting machines A flat-bed knitting machine has yarn restraining devices (10) disposed adjacent opposite ends of the stroke of its cam box (4) for controlling the supply of yarn (Y) to the needles so that no loops are formed at the edges of the knitted fabric produced on... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4656842 | Yarn feeding and changing apparatus for circular knitting machine An individual yarn clamping and cutting device is provided for each yarn guide and is moved to an open position in response to movement of the yarn guide from active to inactive position. The yarn clamping and cutting devices are moved to a closed positio... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4637229 | Pneumatic thread tensioning device A pneumatic tensioning device (10) maintains a desired tension in a thread (18) as it is fed from a spool to a knitting or fabric weaving machine. A first tubular member (40) has an inner passageway (42) extending the length of the tube (40) that permits ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4574598 | Device for measuring the length of yarn absorbed by a textile machine This invention relates to an improved device for measuring the length of yarn absorbed by a textile machine, comprising in known manner a rotating member driven by the yarn during displacement thereof. It presents three fixed guides over which the yarn pa... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4535609 | Yarn tension device for a flat knitting machine A disc type tensioning, or braking device for a float heel knitting machine.... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4526019 | Yarn feed mechanism A yarn feed mechanism for a knitting machine incorporates a power operated yarn feed device, for example motor-driven rollers, a yarn take-up device, for example one or more pivotally mounted yarn take-up yarns, and a yarn restraining device, for example ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4523440 | Regulating device for the length of thread absorbed by a knitting machine A device for regulating the length of thread absrobed by a knitting machine and/or for correcting the variations in tension of a thread supplying a textile machine, is disclosed. The device comprises a tensioning means of any type, a drive member whose ro... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4487039 | Weft magazine arrangement for warp knitting machines In a weft thread magazine arrangement for a warp knitting machine there are provided a pair of transport arrangements positioned on each side of the machine. Also included is a carriage which lays threads in a continual manner from the transport arrangeme... | 12/11/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4479519 | Weft brake for shuttleless loom A weft brake for a loom, especially for one of the shuttleless type, comprises a stationary blade and a movable blade cantilevered in overlapping positions on respective posts rising from a supporting plate, the free end of the movable blade being spring-... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4403630 | Apparatus for tensioning the warp thread sheet of a loom An apparatus for tensioning warp threads of a loom comprises a warp beam from which the warp threads are withdrawn by means of a support beam and a deflection beam. The deflection beam is secured to the support beam by means of bending springs acting in t... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4353227 | Tension indicator for elastomeric yarn The knitting machine is provided with a yarn tension indicator for continuously monitoring the tension of an elastomeric yarn being withdrawn from a yarn supply source and fed to the needles of the circular knitting machine and for providing a constant vi... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4271686 | Thread or yarn supply apparatus with movable thread supply guide means, particularly for circular knitting machines The supply portion to a thread supply drum is pivotally located on the holder for the drum, to pivot about an axis transverse to the axis of rotation of the drum; this supply portion carries a thread brake 24, an inlet eye 27, and a further inlet guide el... | 06/09/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4250722 | Take-up mechanism A yarn take-up mechanism for a knitting machine, especially a flat V-bed knitting machine comprises a yarn take-up arm pivotally mounted at one end on a stanchion and urged by a spring to pivot so that its other end moves away from the stanchion. Said oth... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4249580 | Weft control device An improved weft control device for shuttleless looms in which weft is drawn between a pair of friction plates mounted on individual post elements in a manner whereby their free ends are disposed in contiguous relation. The device provides a control lever... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4235083 | Method and apparatus for producing patterned effect on knitted fabric An attachment for a warp knitting machine is disclosed. The attachment produces a patterned effect on fabric knitted by the warp knitting machine. The warp knitting machine includes at least one warp beam, a thread separating mechanism, a knitting mechani... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4220274 | Device for feeding yarn in textile machines The device for feeding yarn in a textile machine comprises a set of feed driving rollers rotating at a speed exceeding the maximum yarn processing speed in the machine, a first yarn brake downstream of the driving rollers, a first swing support upstream o... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4209881 | Knitting intermittently drawn yarns A device for intermittently tensioning a yarn passing therethrough in which a motor cam acts on a tension train mounted on a fixed shaft. The tension train is composed of a tension adjuster which provides tension on a base plate, spring, and tension discs... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4197725 | Warp knitting machine with jacquard arrangement A warp knitting machine which includes a jacquard mechanism to control the pattern threads utilizes the jacquard mechanism to further control a thread breaking device and a thread tensioning device thereby providing an unusual thread pattern without the a... | 04/15/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4192158 | Weft thread tensioning device for warp knitting machines A weft thread tensioning device for use on a warp knitting machine provides a means for testing the tension of the weft threads and, if the threads are not at the desired tension, tensioning the threads to a predetermined amount. The device includes a spr... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4118955 | Yarn feed arrangements for knitting machines A flat knitting machine has a bobbin carrier rotatably supporting yarn bobbins from which yarns are led off to a rotary carriage through a protective device in the form of a channel member or tube for each yarn, to reduce the effects of air resistance and... | 10/10/1978 |
| 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 |
| 3991954 | Thread tension control apparatus for textile machinery A pair of pressure disks through which the thread may pass are pressed together by a controllable electromagnetic force generated by a pressure electromagnet acting on at least one of the disks. The thread is passed over an oscillating lever which is urge... | 11/16/1976 |
