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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6952939 | Apparatus and method for controlling the weight of fabric produced by a textile machine, in particular by a circular knitting machine An apparatus (1) is provided to control the weight of fabric produced by a textile machine (2), comprising weighting means (11) of every single fabric piece directly associated to the textile machine dedicated to the manufacture of the same. A p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6601412 | Takedown unit for circular knitting machine A takedown unit includes a set of takedown rollers arranged around tubular fabric hanging downward from a needle cylinder of a circular knitting machine. The takedown rollers rotate to draw down the hanging tubular fabric, and a floating guide mechanism i... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6250114 | Roller for guiding knitwear produced on a knitting machine and device constructed therewith A roller (1) for guiding knitwear produced on a knitting machine, with at least one stub shaft (3) of reduced cross-section projecting to the side of a middle part (2) and at least one first adjusting ring (16) which can be fixed on the stub shaft (3) to ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247337 | Gripping breadth holders in a warp knitting machine A warp knitting machine has across its working breadth in its working area a plurality of knitting tools and an adjacent fabric pull-off arrangement. A pair of gripping breadth holders between the working area and the fabric pull-off are located at both e... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6041482 | Apparatus and method for spreading and flattening a tubular fabric A tubular knit fabric descending from a knitting head is spread and flattened by a fabric spreader disposed within the fabric just above a pair of take-down rolls forming a nip through which the fabric passes. The spreader comprises a generally flat frame... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6016670 | Circular knitting machine having a constant takedown assembly A circular knitting machine including a takedown assembly for applying constant tension to the formed knitted fabric. The circular knitting machine includes a rotating knitting cylinder, a takedown assembly, and a fabric receiving tub. The takedown assemb... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5425251 | Fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines A fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines is provided with a driven fabric take-off roller that has roller elements disposed next to each other in the axial direction. To ensure that, even with irregular thickenings of the fabric... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5381676 | Fabric take-up mechanism for circular knitting machines A fabric take-up apparatus for a circular knitting machine includes a set of delivery rolls for flattening and delivering the flattened fabric to take-up means which winds the flattened fabric into a roll, sensing means for sensing the tension in the fabr... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5271250 | Automatic flat-bed knitting machine having a device for effecting vertical tension in the fabric produced thereby In a device associated with two longitudinal needle beds below which the fabric being formed exists, a series of fabric holding parts are arranged below the needle beds appropriately spaced out, and carried by vertically sliding guided supporting parts, w... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5241841 | Knitting take-off device for flat knitting machines In a knitting take-off device provided with gripping elements (14) movable through the comb gap of a flat bed knitting machine, the plane of the gripping elements (14) is directed perpendicular to the hooking planes of the knitting needles (13) mounted in... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5133197 | Apparatus for drawing knitted fabrics In the apparatus for drawing down knitted fabrics, a fixed position roller, a pressure roller and a drive for the rollers are located below mountainously opposed needle heads. The contact pressure between the rollers is controlled by a pivot mechanism inc... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4854134 | Device for effecting and maintaining the vertical tension of the fabric in automatic flat knitting machines The device comprises drums, which are coaxial and supported by an axle, located below needle beds subjected to a constant torque acting with springs being provided inside the drums as a mechanical connection between them and the axle. Two pressure rollers... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4777808 | Cloth draw-off roller for knitting machines A cloth draw-off roller for flat knitting machines has individual roller elements rotatably mounted on a draw-off shaft and intermediate rings arranged with axial play relative thereto between the roller elements, which intermediate rings are rigidly secu... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4660392 | Device for controlling the vertical tension of the knitted fabric in automatic flat knitting machines A device for controlling the tension of the knitted fabric includes two parallel rows of rollers, which are supported by two plane surfaces mounting two needle beds upon which a carriage is able to move longitudinally and alternately. The rows of rollers ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4592214 | Fabric draw-off roller on flat-bed knitting machines A fabric draw-off roller (11) is described for flat-bed knitting machines equipped with individual roller elements (14, 14') situated side-by-side in line on a shaft (12), the rollers being allowed to turn relative to each other, but preferably restricted... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4503689 | Fabric take-down mechanism for flat knitting machines The fabric take-down mechanism for flat knitting machines has an auxiliary take-down roller (22) following the main take-down roller (10) and extending over the whole length of the needle beds, this auxiliary roller having edges (24) and being grounded th... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4359881 | Drawing device for a straight knitting machine A drawing device for a straight knitting machine comprises two belts capable of being continuously driven in opposite directions by respective drive shafts over two pulleys of small diameter. The pulleys are located in the area in which the stitches are f... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4314462 | Method and apparatus for guiding a flexible tube between annular and flattened cross section A tube of flexible material moving longitudinally undergoes transition between annular cross section and flattened straight cross section, without change in the length of perimeter of its cross sections, by one stage of changing between the annular cross ... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4233825 | Knitting machine Disclosed is an improved knitting machine in which special steps have been taken to provide for close correlation of the operation of the knitting filament in-feed equipment and the knitted fabric out-feed equipment with the speed of the knitting head its... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4121439 | Knitting machines In a knitting machine the needle beds and yarn feeders circulate relative to one another. This normally produces a tubular fabric. In order to leave a gap in the tube, a zone of each needle bed is arranged as a non-knit zone. To save yarn the yarns are no... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4121440 | Fabric draw down device A fabric draw down device for a flat knitting machine having a traction roller for tensioning fabric, retaining rollers for pressing against the traction roller and entrainment means for driving the traction roller. The entrainment means includes a pair o... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4028912 | Fabric take-up mechanism A drawing-off mechanism having at least two driven rollers for drawing off knitted fabric in which the rollers are positively driven at the same peripheral speed while being resiliently pressed against each other to permit drawing off fabrics of varying t... | 06/14/1977 |
