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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721574 | Yarn-recovering device for textile machines A yarn recovering device for textile machines, arranged upstream of a textile machine for temporarily recovering a length of yarn previously fed to the machine, and for returning it subsequently. A motorized reel has a substantially axial inlet port and an outlet po... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7509821 | Yarn measuring device for flat bed knitting machines A yarn measuring device for a flat bed knitting machine which has a chassis, a needle bed, a track and a carriage. The carriage has a cam controller and a mask plate. The yarn measuring device includes a counter, a detection unit and a programmable logic circuit con... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7458236 | Device for feeding fiber bands to a knitting machine A device for feeding fiber bands to a knitting machine, wherein the device includes a creel having at least one bobbin with at least one fiber band. Further, at least one feed drive driving at least one feeder roll, such that the fiber band is guided by the at least... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7332836 | Guide bar drive in a knitting machine Guide bar drive in a knitting machine and method of driving guide bar. The drive includes a linear motor composed of a stator and a rotor, in which the linear motor is greater in height than width. The stator has a length in a longitudinal direction and includes at ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310976 | Circular knitting-machine chassis with cantilever support A support chassis for a circular knitting machine includes a frame assembly having a leg assembly and a horizontal bed plate supported by the leg assembly, a support connected to the frame assembly, and a horizontal ring assembly entirely supported by the support in... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275291 | Pneumatic thread stretcher and thread processing system The invention relates to a pneumatic thread stretcher (T) for a rapier weaving machine or a knitting machine, in which the air current deflection surface (19) for deflecting the thread (Y, Y1) forms a seamless extension (12) of the inner wall of... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7240875 | Yarn carrier A yarn carrier is provided in the form of a yarn winding tube having a yarn catch insert. The yarn winding tube is a hollow cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise between its first and second opposite ends. The tube has a hole through its s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7152436 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine provides sinkers that are moved in an inclined manner in the sinker troughs to position yarn laps and prevent the sinkers from hitting yarn feeding plates. The sinker has a nose section to hold the yarn laps at a horizontal high point to ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7000865 | Snap-on ball tensioning device A snap-on ball tensioning device for attachment to a right-angled post having a ball tension portion through which a yarn is fed with a post engaging surface. A connecting portion projects integrally from the ball tension portion, and leg portion extends from the co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6973807 | Tip-headed needle A stitch needle (10) is provided with a tip (29) which is shaped as a center punch and has no recognizable rounding at its terminus (31). The tip (29) is preferably arranged at mid height of the hook-shaped aperture (36) which is s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6915831 | Drum for wrapping a cord A cord-wrapping device has a cord attached to a drum and includes a steeply inclined inlet portion and a second less inclined portion adjacent to said steeply inclined inlet. A cord feed guide directs the cord to begin wrapping onto the steeply inclined portion of t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907758 | Circular knitting machine having at least one moveable thread guide A circular knitting machine is described which has a needle cylinder (1), at least one cylinder cam segment (6), a dial arrangement (9) having a dial (10) and at least one dial cam segment (11), an axis of rotation (7), whic... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6886366 | Electronic device for regulating and controlling the delivery of yarn coming from feed units of textile machines An electronic device for regulating and controlling the delivery of yarn (18) coming from feed units of textile machines, which is designed to vary the r.p.m. of a d.c. brushless motor (23) so as to keep it as synchronized as possible, according to an ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6879084 | Electrostatic actuator, for causing a transverse movement of a yarn in a textile machine, and a textile machine including this actuator An electrostatic actuator is described, which can be used for moving a yarn fed continuously in a textile machine in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the yarn, between two end positions. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6832496 | Method for monitoring/adjusting production in a knitting machine, and a monitoring/adjusting device therefor In order to monitor/adjust production in a circular knitting machine including several knitting systems and several yarn feeder devices, yarn is fed to active knitting systems from several supply devices operating according to at least two different yarn feeding pri... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6745598 | Precision delivery system A precision yarn (14) delivery system for the delivery of yarn from a yarn supply to a yarn utilising point, comprising a temporary yarn store (22) intermediate the supply and the utilisation point in which the yarn (14) is held under low tensio... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6705131 | Yarn processing system In a yarn processing system including a textile machine (M), accessory equipment (A) along yarn channels (C) extending towards said textile machine (M), a computerised control and monitoring network arrangement with network participating electronic devices (D) and a... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6550285 | Yarn feeding apparatus A fluctuation in tension of a knitting yarn to be fed is reduced, and the knitting yarn having an accurate length is fed even if the amount of demand for the knitting yarn is suddenly changed. A knitting yarn is interposed between a main roller and a driv... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6513554 | Yarn processing system and method to operate a yarn processing system A yarn processing system includes a yarn consuming textile machine and at least one yard feeding device, each having electric drive means and electronic control and/or monitoring means. The yarn processing system includes data transmission paths for mutua... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6467314 | Method and apparatus for pairing threads in textile machine An apparatus and method for pairing at least two threads for processing in a textile machine. The apparatus includes individual thread feeding devices for furnishing individual threads to a pairing device in which the individual threads are formed into a ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6295845 | Thread dispensing device for dispensing thread at a feed of a circular knitting machine A device for dispensing at least one thread at a feed or drop of a circular machine for knitting hosiery or the like, particularly for single-cylinder circular machines. The device comprises at least one thread guide which is arranged at a feed or drop of... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6276174 | Method and warp knitting machine for the production of knitted fabric having a freely selectable pattern repeat A method for the production of a knitted material and a warp knitting machine for realizing the method is being described by which longitudinal conveyors are driven in such a manner so that the longitudinal conveyors are driven at least partially intermit... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6202450 | Uniform yarn delivery method and apparatus for knitting machine A uniform yarn delivery method and apparatus for a knitting machine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of sending yarn derived from a supply cone to be guided on a yarn supply drum so as to tighten yarn thereon; and suitably uniformly slackening... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6170301 | Method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine For producing a knitted product on a flat knitting machine with simultaneous supply of two threads of different elasticities to needles of the machine, for each stitch to be formed the length of the thread of the higher elasticity to be supplied to a need... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6112557 | Flat bed yarn measuring device and method An improvement to a flat bed knitting machine comprises a wheel positioned on the carrier of the flat bed knitting machine. The wheel turns as yarn passes thereover for knitting, thus allowing the wheel to measure the amount of yarn used. A series of magn... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6101849 | Low abrasion yarn carrier for knitting machines A yarn carrier designed to minimize needle wear yet which is relatively easy to thread is described. The yarn carrier includes a yarn guide having an aperture for receiving a yarn and directing it to the needles of a knitting machine, and a flexible, nonm... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6079234 | Yarn feeder for a jacquard knitting machine In a yarn feeder used in a jacquard knitting machine, each yarn tension bracket includes a casing covered with a cover plate, a pivot shaft supported on bearings between the casing and the cover plate, a yarn tension rocker formed of two wire rods respect... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5987929 | Method and apparatus for fabrication of composite and arbitrary three dimensional objects The invention's object generator utilizes two frames, a y-frame that is atop an x-frame. The y-frame (or the x-frame) is divided into two halves. Each half of the y-frame (or the x-frame) contains a number of needles and latches. The needles in one half o... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5931023 | Process and apparatus for knitting fabric with non-elastic yarn and bare elastomeric yarn and sweater knit fabric construction A sweater knit fabric containing hard yarn plaited together with bare elastomeric yarn is provided. The elastomeric yarn has substantially uniform draft along each course in the fabric. The fabric is made by a process in which the bare elastomeric yarn is... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5738296 | Thread feeder with vertically-extendable spool protector for knitting machines A spool protector with a vertically-extendable spool protector is provided. The vertically-extendable spool protector is extendable vertically to protect spools of various sizes from being flipped away from the rollers that support the spools. The spool p... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5706676 | Pneumatic thread feeder in knitting machines or the like A pneumatic thread feeder in knitting machines or the like having at least one tube in which a passage is provided having an outlet to be directed towards the needle work region of a knitting machine; injection means for injecting air through the tube; me... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5642632 | Coated knitting parts of knitting machine In knitting parts (a jacquard guide needle, a guide, a needle, a tongue, a sinker, a separator, etc.), each having a portion which is brought into contact with a knitting yarn when fitted to a knitting machine to perform knitting, the surface of a portion... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5588312 | Driving apparatus for needles of knitting machine The invention provides a driving apparatus for needle of a knitting machine wherein a coupling operation of a stator assembly and a moving assembly can be facilitated and a smooth movement of the moving assembly is assured. The driving apparatus includes ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5570593 | Strand feeding device A strand feeding device can be switched from positive strand feed to intermittent strand feed and vice versa. This is achieved with the aid of a strand guide element which is associated with a lower edge of a storage drum and can be adjusted by an electro... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5524459 | Device for positioning thread guides in selectable points in a circular knitting machine A device for positioning thread guides in selectable points in a circular knitting machine, which has a unit for moving the thread guide closer or further away from the cylinder. The unit is a rod-and-crank system in which an intermediate region of the ro... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5513503 | Strand guiding device for circular knitting machines A strand guiding device for use with a circular knitting machine for guiding strand material from a plurality of strand material packages to a generally circular array of reciprocating knitting needles movably mounted to the frame includes a support mount... | 05/07/1996 |
