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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878029 | Circular knitting machine for socks with needles on the dial A circular knitting machine for men's socks with needles on the dial comprising a dial needles selector mechanism able to selectively move the dial needles to involve the selected needles in the formation of the stitches and to exclude the needles not selected. In a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 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 |
| 6698250 | Circular knitting machine with knitted item removal/transferring device A circular double-cylinder hosiery knitting machine with a device for removing and transferring the article at the end of the knitting process, comprising a lower and an upper needle cylinders with vertical axis, a device with a removal element insertable... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6324873 | Cylinder with rotating tube for guiding articles manufactured on circular knitting machines A cylinder for circular knitting machines having, internally, a coaxial tube (11) rotating with the cylinder and comprising a rotatable device for guiding the knitted article during the manufacturing phase. Thus, the article, rotating together with the cy... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6158252 | Method and single-cylinder machine for producing socks and the like, for the automatic closure of the final end of a tubular knitted fabric such as a sock On the disc (5) carrying the hooks (7) are two concentric pipes (12, 14) for tensioning the tubular fabric and for inverting it at the conclusion of the formation of the article. To close the toe: the loops of half of the needles (3A) are loaded onto the ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6089050 | Antitwist device for circular knitting machines with means for preventing the formation and/or for removing accumulations of waste The antitwist device for circular knitting machines comprises a perforated tube (15E) rotating with the needle cylinder (1) of the knitting machine and a fixed outer tube (15A) essentially coaxial with the perforated tube (15E), inside which is generated ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5931024 | Circular knitting machine for producing an article having a closed end A circular knitting machine for producing a tubular knitted article having a closed end. The apparatus includes a circular knitting element for forming the tubular knitted article and a closure assembly located downstream of the circular knitting element ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5924309 | Ribbed sock toe closing method and apparatus on double-cylinder knitting machine A sock or other tubular article with one closed end and with rib fabric--that is, with face and reverse stitches--is formed in a double-cylinder circular machine (1, 3), in which the toe is closed at the end of the process of forming the tubular fabric, b... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5595070 | Product fabricating attachment and methods of constructing An attachment for the cylinder apparatus of a circular knitting machine which produces lock stitched hosiery. The attachment further includes an additional attachment which provides a mechanism to gather and sever a tubular hosiery segment intermediate it... | 01/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5323626 | Apparatus for the thermal pre-fixing of stockings outputting from a circular machine An apparatus for the thermal pre-fixing of stockings directly from a circular knitting machine has a cylindrical treatment chamber with an inlet valve and an outlet valve and is connected to a hosiery knitting machine through a conduit an to a suction con... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5284033 | Single-cylinder circular knitting machine with anti-twist device, in particular for manufacturing socks and stockings A single-cylinder circular knitting machine with anti-twist device includes a needle cylinder in which there is a cavity which is open upward and can be connected, through a perforated region which extends around the needle cylinder axis, to a suction dev... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5280713 | Yarn feed device for knitting machine having separator means for hosiery fabric An apparatus which provides for servo regulation of a yarn furnisher for a circular knitting machine which permits the knitting machine to operate at a higher speed, controls and varies the tension of the yarn supplied to a knitting machine, and provides ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5235825 | Pneumatic suction apparatus for tensioning, reversing and conveying away a tubular knitted article A duct (12) movable axially within a tubular wall (1) is provided so as to form with the latter a cavity (I) with grill (14) and an expansion piece (7) shaped so as to cooperate with the upper edge of the duct (12) when the latter is raised so as to close... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5231856 | Twin-cylinder circular knitting machine for manufacturing socks and stockings with a knitted fabric tensioning device The twin-cylinder circular knitting machine with knitted fabric tensioning device having members for retaining the fabric proximate to a knitting forming region. A first fluid-activated piston is accommodated in the upper needle cylinder and is provided w... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5157946 | Apparatus for transferring knitted fabric from circular knitting machine A cylindrically knitted fabric is produced in a knitting region adjacent to the top of a needle cylinder of a knitting machine. The knitted fabric is guided downward around a conical nozzle and fed downward in a twisting-preventive guide cylinder rotating... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5052196 | Pneumatically sock tensioning and reversing device for knitting machine A device for pneumatically tensioning and reversing tubular manufactured articles such as socks, upon completion, by a circular knitting machine. The device includes a small diameter rotating needle cylinder. The device has an external tubular casing and ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5005381 | Hosiery finishing apparatus Apparatus for finishing hosiery, coupled to an individual knitting machine (2) includes a tube and valve (4, 6) for conveying completed articles to a chamber (10) formed by a sleeve heated by a resistance element (12) contained in the chamber (10). A pair... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4945734 | Fabric tensioning device in a double cylinder circular knitting machine A knitwork tensioning device has a fabric locking mechanism normally disposed in the lower needle cylinder of a double cylinder circular knitting machine. The fabric locking mechanism has a set of locking fingers capable of fluid pressure actuation for lo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4773237 | Control device for the pneumatic product tensioning and transport circuit in circular knitting machines for stockings and the like The control device comprises a switching valve acting on the pneumatic circuit for passing from a first tensioning phase to a second transport phase and vice versa, and a step motor operated by an electronic machine control member and operatively connecte... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4665720 | Pulling with reversing device and process for circular knitting frames Device and process for pulling with reversing circular knitting frames, comprising a cylindrical shell coaxial with the needle cylinder or the needle cylinders of the frame, and positioned above the plane of formation of the knitted fabric. A cylindrical ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4576019 | Circular knitting machine having improved take-down apparatus A circular knitting machine has a take-down mechanism with a pair of sequentially reciprocable annular resilient members (4) movable alongside a take-down throat (31) internally of needles (14) in a cylinder (18). Annularly arranged cams (20,21) reciprocate th... | 03/18/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4454730 | Interrupter apparatus for hosiery knitting machine A hosiery handling apparatus for separating individual hosiery articles from a continuous tubular hosiery string and thereafter transporting the separated articles to a remote location includes a control circuit for interrupting operation in the event of ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4454729 | Circular knitting machine of the cylinder and dial type, in particular for knitting hosiery A circular knitting machine, in particular for knitting hosiery, is disclosed, wherein the dial is rotated by the needle cylinder through a rod extending coaxially with the cylinder and dial and rotatively connected to the latter. The rod can be shifted a... | 06/19/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4339932 | Machine for knitting a tubular fabric Machine for knitting a tubular fabric, in particular stocking articles, comprising a needle cylinder, a cylinder holder, a dial, suction and discharge ducts for the produced tubular fabric and means for driving the cylinder holder. A shaft extends coaxial... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4312608 | Trap gate valve assembly A portable, compact, unitized device for transferring articles by pneumatic means from a processing machine to a collection receptacle includes a chamber divided into two compartments by a perforated plate, and having a releasable closure cap at one end a... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4287729 | Circular knitting machines A circular knitting machine includes a pneumatic tensioning duct which receives the article being knitted on the rotating needle cylinder of the machine. In order to prevent the article from twisting in the duct during knitting of the article, the article... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4250723 | Apparatus for separating hosiery Apparatus is disclosed for separating hosiery produced on a circular knitting machine. The hosiery is knitted as a continuous tubular fabric with a weakened portion being formed between articles to be separated. The separating apparatus includes a frame m... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4242891 | Pneumatic take-down device for a circular knitting machine A pneumatic take-down device for a circular knitting machine of the rotating cylinder type has a take-down tube mounted in the cylinder for rotation therewith and opens into an article receiving chamber in a housing that is mounted on the tube for rotatio... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4157651 | Method and means for separately collecting closed toe stockings and waste therefrom Method and apparatus for separating and separately collecting stockings and toe end waste therefrom, incorporated with a toe end closing apparatus for a circular knitting machine where the stocking is gathered in a clamp at the toe end and closed thereat,... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4142384 | Tensioning knitted fabric In a circular knitting machine, means for tensioning the fabric as it is knitted, comprising one or more reciprocating resilient annular members within the needle cylinder for alternately trapping and downardly tensioning the fabric as it passes over the ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4116021 | Hosiery handling apparatus and method An apparatus and method is provided for turning, separating, stacking and counting hosiery directly on a knitting machine. A hosiery positioning tube is suspended below the knitting cylinder of the machine with the hosiery string being knitted around the ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 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 |
