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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170710 | Method and arrangement for feeding, with yarn of constant absorbed length, a textile machine operating on a plurality of yarns A method for feeding a plurality of yarns with constant values of fed length to a textile machine, each yarn unwinding from a spool and cooperating with a feed device, arranged to maintain the tension of the yarn at a predefined constant value before being directed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8135489 | Knit simulation device, knit simulation method, and program thereof The presence or absence of putting round of a yarn is detected according to whether carriers are positioned on a near side or a far side and according to the relationship of connection between loops, and the result is displayed on a monitor. On the monitor, for exam... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116898 | Digital garment using knitting technology and fabricating method thereof A digital garment and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The digital garment is fabricated using a knitting technique. The digital garment comprises a plurality of knitting yarns forming loops at regular intervals and interwoven through the loops, and one or... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8090467 | Apparatus and method for knitting fabric using elastic yarns To provide an apparatus and a method for knitting fabric using elastic yarns, in which the elastic yarns are able to be used while correcting the difference between the set tension and the actual tension without being subject to a lowered knitting efficiency or rest... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8000829 | Loop simulation apparatus, method and program thereof An apparatus, method and simulation program for performing a realistic loop simulation of a knitted fabric using empirical rules during a loop simulation while keeping the calculation load within a feasible range to express three-dimensional bulges, curls and so on ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000830 | Method of manufacturing multi-color hosiery A method of manufacturing multi-color hosiery comprises at least the steps of: a. providing a pattern knitter which has a main control computer to process color differentiation and set up yarn feeding commands according to a knitting color layout of hosiery; b. sele... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7738990 | Knitting structure model generating program, knitting structure model generating device and knitting structure model generating method A knitting structure model is generated from knitting structure data represented by specific symbols so that an individual can easily imagine what type of knit fabric will be knitted. A knitting structure data acquiring portion (11) acquires knitting structur... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738991 | Method for producing a footlet The present invention relates to a method for producing a footlet on a circular knitting machine including at least a first (S1) and a second knitting system (S2), wherein a first quadrant is associated with the first knitting system (S1) and a ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7693599 | Method of knitting knitted fabric, knitting program for knitting knitted fabric, and knitted fabric A knitting method is provided to knit a knitted fabric to the desired shape with sufficient pull down force acting to the knitted fabric without being piled up, when performing the bind off process after flechage knitting. The knitting method is related to kn... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7664564 | Device, method and program for designing knit product A setting area is stored in association with the external shape of a knitted fabric, and the setting area is altered as the external shape is altered. A unit pattern is vertically copied repeatedly in the setting area. When setting patterns exist on both sides of th... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657341 | System, apparatus and method for facilitating pattern-based clothing design activities A system usable by a processor to enable a user to select a type of garment and view an image of the pattern for the garment. Under direction of the system, the processor enables the user to input data relating to the characteristics of an intended wearer of the gar... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7643898 | Weft knitting machine with density adjusting function, knitting method, and knitting program A decision is made as to whether a fabric to be knitted is tubular or flat, and density is corrected such that knitting-start density is smaller and knitting-end density is larger for a tubular fabric. Knitting-start density is larger and knitting-end density is sma... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7577488 | Knitting method of knitted fabric A knitting method for knitting a tubular knitting fabric having gores of front and back knitted fabric parts which are different in size in the manner that no twisting of loops can be provided at the stage of the completion of the joining of the gores so that the tu... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7539555 | Knitting method for knitting fabric, knitting fabric and knitting program A knitting operation and a missing operation are alternately performed at the end portion of a knit fabric around a neck hole to reduce stitch density to less than that on the inside of the knit fabric, the stitch at the end part of the knit fabric is moved every th... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7529596 | Knitting method of knit pants, knit pants, and knitting program or letting flat knitting machine knit the knit pant A knitting method of knit pants knitted using a flat knitting machine, wherein the knitting starts at a side part on either right side or left side including a side part of a vertical rise part and a side part of a leg part and ends at a side part on the other leg s... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7493188 | Yarn feeder of weft knitting machine An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to stably feed a yarn by suppressing the effect of inertia in a buffer mechanism provided in a yarn feeding path. In at least one embodiment, a yarn feeder of the weft knitting machine feeds a knitting... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7474936 | Flat knitting machine, knitting program, and method for generating knitting program A carriage allows accompaniment of a movable yarn guide as well as a yarn carrier, and accompanies the movable yarn guide with the yarn carrier. If there is a course where the accompaniment of the movable yarn guide is not possible, the movable yarn guide is accompa... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7460927 | Method of manufacturing knitted fabrics The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing knitted fabrics, more particularly a method of skillfully transferring a painting artwork onto a knitted fabrics to show the artistic verve of the painting. The manufacturing method includes the steps of: inp... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460926 | Knitting method of tubular knitted fabric A knitting method provides an easy-to-wear knitted tubular knitted fabric which gives little stretching feeling and exhibits high fitness upon wearing by joining at least three tubular parts. The method of a tubular knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine havin... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7386360 | Device, method, and program for loop simulation A movement amount is determined for each of a plurality of stitches on a knitting fabric on the basis of relative positions between a stitch and stitches on the upper, lower, left, and right sides thereof in accordance with predetermined rules, and the stitch is mov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363101 | Knitting machine, yarn processing method of knitting machine, yarn processing control device of knitting machine and program thereof A knitting machine, a method of working yarn by the knitting machine, and a controller for working yarn by the knitting machine and its program. In the method, a carriage is controllably stopped at a point where a yarn passage length between a yarn working device an... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337036 | Three-way connector for connecting weft feeders of textile machines to a serial bus, and a control system based thereon The three-way connector comprises a first, a second and a third gates directly connected to one another. The first and second gate are pluggable onto respective spans of a bus, and the third gate is connectable to a weft feeder. The three-way connector further compr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330772 | Knit design method and apparatus An object of the invention is to display an image having the feeling close to that of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a fuzzy knitting yarn. At least part of knitting yarn image data (1) on a knitting yarn with much fuzz (2) is divided into cert... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7289869 | Knitting method and system using stretch yarn An object of the invention is to be capable of easily acquiring a fabric having a desired feeling using a stretch yarn. A knitting controller (20) controls a carriage (5), and the like, according to knitting data and control data stored in a memory ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289870 | Knitting method, knitting fabric, knit designing device and knitting program for intarsia pattern A yarn feeder is caused to perform a single reciprocating motion in a section in which the boundary of an intarsia pattern varies discontinuously such that a jump occurs between a yarn feeding end position of the yarn feeder and a following yarn feeding start positi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272462 | Process for producing a knitted fabric A method for creating pattern instructions for an electronic patterning control of a knitting machine to enable the knitting machine to knit fabric having a desired pictorial image as part of the knitted structure, the pictorial image being created by a series of co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7218988 | Yarn feeding apparatus of weft knitting machine A carriage which completes one course of knitting to the knitting end of a fabric is stopped. Knitting in a next course is performed when the carriage reverses its moving direction and re-starts its movement. Since the knitting yarn is not knitted to the fabric unti... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212881 | Knitting method for garment with asymmetrically joined sleeves, garment with asymmetrically joined sleeves, and knit design device Both sleeves and front and back bodies are joined using gores such that the gores between the front body and both front sleeves become larger than the gores between the back body and both back sleeves. The knitted fabric is rotated such that, for example, the border... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203566 | Knit design method, apparatus therefor and program therefor A gore as a portion of a continuous elongated knitted fabric in a wale direction like a flared skirt is used. A knitted fabric formed by connecting a plurality of the gores in a course direction is designed. At the time of designing a pattern spread over a plurality... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197371 | Method and device for knit design When a target area 4 is designated at an end of a knitted fabric or the like, by sliding the target area 4, the target area 4 is deformed into a target area 5. The design of the knitted fabric is inputted to the target area 5. Afte... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181309 | Method of knitting garments having line difference, garment having line difference, and knit design device A body and both sleeves are knitted into cylindrical shapes, respectively, up to the underarm positions. Then, sleeve caps for both sleeves are knitted by flechage knitting such that the front sleeve caps become narrower than the back sleeve caps. Both sleeves are c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127321 | Device for designing tubular knot fabric and method of designing Shapes of a front and a rear part of a tubular knit fabric are displayed on a monitor, and the input of a pattern across the front and rear knit fabrics is received. When a user appoint on the monitor a start point of the pattern on the knit fabric, the pattern is e... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113844 | Method and device for controlling length of yarn of weft knitting machine An object of the invention is to control the yarn length as appropriate in a tubular knitted fabric including a drop loop, regardless of the presence of crossover. For front and back needle beds, ones of those indicated by capitals ABC . . . among odd-numbered or ev... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7043329 | Pressure garment There is disclosed a method for making a pressure garment, comprising the steps of: defining 3D shape and pressure profile characteristics of a garment; specifying a knitting pattern for the garment; | 05/09/2006 |
| 6999837 | Device and method for controlling and/or monitoring a yarn processing system A device for controlling and monitoring a yarn processing system, which comprises an electronic main control unit and at least one yarn feeding unit, and inside of which a serial communications field bus system is provided with at least one field bus for carrying ou... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6944520 | System and method for communication between machine controllers A communication system and a method for data exchange between machine controllers, in particular machine controllers of knitting machines, are described. The communication system and method use for communication a standard e-mail application protocol, so that any fo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931299 | Micro-control apparatus for circular knitting machines A micro-control apparatus for circular knitting machines that operates through the request of a host end including an input unit to provide operating functions, a processing unit to command input, output and communication, a communication unit to provide a communica... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6880367 | Knit design method and device An object of the invention is to display an image giving a feeling close to the feeling of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a knitting yarn. Linear knitting yarn image data 1 is divided into a plurality of meshes 2. The mesh 2 is made to m... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6845284 | Methods and systems for designing circularly knitted garments A method and system for designing circularly knitted garments are provided. The method includes designing a model of the circularly knitted garment, stretching the model from a first size to a second size, and governing the stretching with one or more user definable... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6845285 | Knitting support system and knitted product and knitting support server system A knitting support system of the invention includes knitting machine adjusting data storing means (28) for storing the knitting machine adjusting data for many fabrics; search information storing means (22) in which various kinds of parameters of the f... | 01/18/2005 |
