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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5907960 | Closed toe method on a single-cylinder knitting machine Method for manufacturing a tubular hosiery item with a closed end, with a single-cylinder circular knitting machine having a pivoting semicircular plate having radially sliding hooks, including alternately rotating the needle cylinder for moving the needl... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5816075 | Single-cylinder circular hosiery machine with pivotable dial sections A single-cylinder circular hosiery-making or knitting machine particularly for manufacturing tubular items closed at one of their axial ends, having a needle cylinder and a circular plate which coaxially faces the needle cylinder in an upward region. The ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5761931 | Single-cylinder circular knitting machine A single-cylinder circular knitting machine, including a needle cylinder and a circular plate that is arranged above the needle cylinder and coaxially thereto. The circular plate is constituted by two portions, one of which can rotate with respect to the ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5727400 | Method for manufacturing socks having a closed toe with a single-cylinder knitting machine In a first step of the method for manufacturing socks with a single-cylinder circular knitting machine a needle cylinder is oscillated about its own axis with an oscillation angle of about 180° to move half of the needle cylinder that faces a half-platen... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5647229 | Device for closing the initial end of a knitted article such as a sock or other A push rod (38) with a pick-up hook (38A) at the end is moved in an axial plane of symmetry to engage by means of the pick-up hook in an intermediate position the partial initial courses (M1) of a pocket (M2) and to bring them progressively to the side op... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5619940 | Automatic sandwich linking method and machine An automatic sandwich linking machine is provided with first, second and third point needles, guides a first and a second edge portion of a first knitted fabric, such as an accessory part of a garment, to a first and a second needling position, respective... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5617744 | Device for the automatic formation of a closed toe in a tubular knitted article A plurality of hooks (23U) is capable of engaging the initial hem of a pocket (MP) formed by the needles (7X) of a sector covering approximately a semicircumference, and of transferring the said initial hem to the needles of the other opposite sector of n... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5606876 | Device for handling knitted products manufactured on circular stocking knitting machines A process and device for picking up and transferring stockings from a stocking circular knitting machine to a sewing machine for closing the toe of the stockings. The device includes conveying units for taking hold of the stocking at two opposite zones of... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5586453 | Method and apparatus for treating stitches of knit articles Apparatus for the removal of one or more stitches of a knit article from the needles of a knitting machine and for the transfer and placement thereof onto other knitting members of the same or other machine. The apparatus including a device for driving ea... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5570591 | Method and apparatus for seaming two edges of a knitted tubular article upon completion thereof A method for seaming two edges of a knitted tubular article to make the tubular article with a single-cylinder circular machine, starting from the elastic hem and finishing at the side of the toe which is left open. The method includes: (a) lifting a pred... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5560225 | Unit for transmitting motion to a hosiery suction tube in a circular knitting machine for manufacturing hosiery A unit is disclosed for transmitting motion to the hosiery suction tube in a circular knitting machine of the type having a fixed supporting plate to which a cylinder support with a vertical axis, an internal hosiery passage tube that is coaxial to the cy... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5551260 | Method for joining two edges of a knitted tubular article upon completion thereof An initial step of terminating the knitting of the sock on the side of the toe which is left open and performing the following operating steps: moving away the plate; lifting the knitting needles, with the sinkers being closed; further lifting the needles... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5469717 | Method for knitting a crossing pattern and an apparatus for knitting a crossing pattern in flat knitting machine A method and apparatus for knitting a cross pattern texture on a flat knitting machine comprising front and rear needle beds, each needle bed having a plurality of needle grooves parallel and equally spaced along a length of the needle beds and each of su... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5398527 | Flat knitting machine having a transferring mechanism A flat knitting machine with a transferring mechanism comprising a pair of needle beds arranged facing each other to form an inverted V-shaped form in a side view and to form an aperture between adjoining end portions of the needle beds, knitting needles ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 4543805 | Method of attaching a separable slide fastener to knit fabrics A separable slide fastener to be attached to a knit fabric has a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each with a series of openings. Each of the stringer tapes may include a reinforcement film bonded to a lower end portion thereof and having a recess which a... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4433561 | Gauge changing apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for transferring knitted fabric from needles of a first knitting gauge to needles of a second knitting gauge. A row of parallel, elongate points are provided each being arranged parallel to one another and secur... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4369638 | Method and apparatus for knitting hollow articles A method and apparatus for manufacturing hollow knitted articles, particularly berets and other headgear, which method consists in first knitting a piece having an equal number of loops on its two ends using at least some of the needles in one bed of the ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4336697 | Method of and mechanism for transferring knitted fabric from a knitting machine to a magazine The present invention provides a method of and mechanism for transferring a knitted fabric from the knitting needles (28) of a flat knitting machine (10) to the needles (38) of a magazine bar (21). One of the beds (12) of the machine is dropped slightly and th... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4028910 | Tubular knitted fabric A knitted fabric tube, and more particularly a portion of a garment to be worn on a foot, closed by being constrained into a constricted form without twisting of the fabric tube and retained in the closed state; and also a method and machine for producing... | 06/14/1977 |
