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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6653250 | Low-shrinkage, stable print platform knitted fabric A low-shrinkage, stable print platform circular knitted, cotton/synthetic fabric. The fabric is a two end fleece fabric having a weight of between about 8 to 12 oz. per sq.yd., a stitch density of between about 800 to 1000; and a face yarn count of the fa... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6370921 | Tubular knitting machine A device knits together a tubular structure of continuous fibers with a stitch yarn, to provide a reinforcing substrate, especially for use with roofing materials. The device brings together first and second sets of the continuous fibers at a cylinder wit... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5198288 | Knit fabric with elastic combination yarn A knit fabric with improved machine working loss and dimensional stability has an elastic combination yarn of 10% to 70% elongation incorporated into the fabric. The combination yarn comprises spandex which amounts to 0.2 to 3.5% of the fabric weight.... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4492096 | Hollow reinforcements of revolution made by three-dimensional weaving method and machine for fabricating such reinforcements The invention concerns the production of deformable hollow reinforcements of revolution by a three-dimensional weaving. In a network of rods 18 held and rotated about a vertical axis 11 by rotary perforated plates 52, 53, 54, there are inserted in oblique... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4015443 | Knitted fabrics having pattern effects A knitted fabric formed on a knitting machine includes longitudinal and transverse weft yarns incorporated into the fabric during knitting. A further transverse weft yarn is incorporated into the fabric and is interlinked with the courses of stitches of t... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3949570 | Method and means for forming knit fabric incorporating a weft stitch weave A knit fabric is provided in which a woven structure is simulated by feeding spaced warp ends while laying filling ends at opposite sides of the warp ends and causing weft stitch courses to be knit so that needle loops thereof form wales running in the sp... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3943733 | Method and apparatus for producing a knitted fabric interlaced with insert elements An improved circular weft knitting machine is of the type that directs warp insert elements inwardly and outwardly of the needle row in coordination with alternating interior and exterior knitting feed stations. The warp insert element is thereby woven to... | 03/16/1976 |