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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7127785 | Interlacing textile slide jet A textile interlacing slide jet (2), (102) includes a jet body (10), a jet carriage (40, 140) on which a ceramic jet nozzle insert (30, 130) is mounted, and a spring housing (52) that includes a stack of compression spring w... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6308537 | Nozzle for knitting machine A nozzle for knitting machine comprises a fastening block comprising a U-shaped opening and an inlet hole; a seat under the fastening block adjacent the U-shaped opening, the seat comprising an opening in communication with the U-shaped opening; a trigger... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5671614 | Apparel system and a lily yarn machine usable to it An apparel system includes a lily yarn machine for knitting lily yarns, and a flat knitting machine having at least two needle beds for knitting according to knitting data. A controller is connected to the lily yarn machine and the flat knitting machine f... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5613643 | Creel A creel for feeding groups of yarn strands to a textile machine has a framework of interconnected frame members and vertical support members, each support member carrying a plurality of vertically spaced yarn cone holders. A group of yarn strands is suppl... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5531392 | Creel A creel for feeding groups of yarn strands to a textile machine has a framework of interconnected support members and vertical posts, each post carrying a plurality of vertically spaced yarn cone holders. Each group of yarn strands is supplied from cones ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5188813 | Metal fabrics A fabric knitted from a precious metal fibre, especially platinum or palladium or alloys thereof, offers advantages as a catalyst gauze, for example in ammonia oxidation. A method for knitting at high weights involves the co-feeding of a supplementary fib... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5011616 | Finish composition for fine denier polyamide yarn Enhanced knitting performance for fine denier polyamide apparel yarn is obtaining by applying to the yarn a finish composition comprising (a) an ester selected from the group consisting of n-butyl stearate, iso-butyl stearate and combinations thereof, said est... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4966017 | Fiber creel humidification A process and apparatus for supplying never-dried yarns from a humidified creel to maintain a constant and controlled amount of moisture on the yarns and, thereby, assure that the supplied yarns are maintained at a constant quality for further processing.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4870839 | Apparatus for deknitting elastic yarns An apparatus and method for feeding a knitted yarn package having a plurality of yarn ends to a textile fabric making machine. The apparatus includes takeup means for moving the yarn in the direction of the machine and tension means located upstream of th... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4769880 | Process for the continuous drawing and texturizing of filaments The invention provides a process for the continuous successive drawing and texturizing of undrawn multifilament polyester yarns according to the knit/deknit process, wherein undrawn filaments or yarns having a high preorientation corresponding to a yield ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4523441 | Handling of textile yarn The invention relates to a yarn handling arrangement in which the yarn is subjected to conditioning in a humid atmosphere before and as it is drawn off for use in a textile machine. The apparatus described in an example consists of an enclosure comprising... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4425691 | Fabric forming process A method of forming a fabric from yarns includes wrapping each yarn about a cylindrical pin in the feed zone of a fabric-forming machine and varying the angle of intersection of the pin with the yarn path to permit alternating real twist to pass the pin a... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4335588 | Yarn process and apparatus The invention relates to a process for the treatment on a circular knitting machine of multifilament yarns with a stream of gaseous fluid under superatmospheric pressure, more particularly air, in which treatment the yarns to be knitted are rendered more ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4060999 | Method and apparatus for forming yarn elements and producing products therefrom An improved apparatus capable of carrying out a continuous method of forming yarn elements from a supply roll of thermoplastic film, which method is characterized by slitting the roll into flat strips of preselected width, simultaneously subjecting the st... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3964279 | Apparatus for continuously washing a yarn with a washing liquid A yarn in the form of a supply package in which the yarn is wound on a bobbin is continuously washed with an aqueous washing liquid by standing the yarn supply package upright in means for receiving the yarn package and an aqueous washing liquid, and cont... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3952552 | Auxiliary yarn dyeing mechanism There is disclosed a mechanism for dyeing yarns as they are fed from their cones into a knitting machine. Each yarn passes through a container in which there is a liquid dye of a color selected for that particular yarn. Although a quick-drying dye is used... | 04/27/1976 |