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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654114 | Method for knitting out semi-turn X yarn semi-turn Y yarn structural texture and yarn guiding mouth thereof Disclosed herein is a method that can adopt the flat weft knitting machine to continuously weave the knitwear whose appearance is a structural texture pattern of X-yarn by a semi-turn (or semi-twist), Y-yarn by the semi-turn and the special-purpose yarn guiding mout... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7543462 | Yarn feeder of yarn feeding device for weft knitting machine A yarn feeder includes a switching mechanism which presets a swing direction of the yarn feeding port after completion of a yarn feeding operation, and, after having completed a yarn feeding operation, changes over the swing of the yarn feeding port from one yarn fe... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7353668 | Yarn feeder of yarn feeding device for weft knitting machine [PROBLEMS] To provide a yarn feeder in the yarn feeding device of a weft knitting machine in which a fabric having uniform stitches can be produced with high productivity without increasing the size of the yarn feeder. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In a switching mec... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7272959 | Removable moving member for knitting and weft knitting machine provided with knitting member switching apparatus In order to switching yarns used for knitting by switching a plurality of yarn feeders, a knitting member switching apparatus is provided. The knitting member switching apparatus includes a plurality of holders provided on a side of a carriage, a stopping device pro... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7201023 | Yarn carrier of weft knitting machine When bringing pins (2) are engaged with the yarn carrier at the engagement portions (3a, 3b) near the center of the yarn carrier, the yarn carrier, as a normal carrier, feeds the yarn so that the yarn is applied to a knitting needl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7096694 | Yarn feeder of weft knitting machine A yarn feeder includes a switching mechanism for switching the position of a yarn feeding port, the switching mechanism further including a push-in operation member switchingly operating the height position of the yarn feeding port in association with entraining mea... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6981393 | Yarn feeders of flat knitting machine Yarn feeders are arranged such that feeder case portions are slidably engaged with a knitting yarn guide rail disposed on an upper portion of needle beds, and can be selectively brought by a bringing device. Each of the feeder cases is provided with a switching mech... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6647749 | Yarn feeding device of flat knitting machine A yarn carrier comprises a carrier base, a reciprocator, a feeder, and a movement converter. The reciprocator is supported on the carrier base to move in reciprocation with a traveling direction of the carrier base. An engaging surface is temporarily enga... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6021651 | Flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system Plural carrier rails are arranged radially relative to a trick gap, and yarn carriers are made to run on the rails. In the yarn carrier, a feeder rod is mounted on a yarn rod guide so that the the rod can slide up and down. The feeder rod is pushed up by ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5544502 | Knitting yarn feeding apparatus for flat knitting machine A knitting yarn feeding apparatus has a base body provided along the longitudinal direction of a front needle bed and a rear needle bed, and plural lace bars movable reciprocally on the base body in the longitudinal direction. Holding blocks are easily at... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5345789 | Apparatus for controlling displacement of yarn feeders There are disclosed improvements in flat knitting machines incorporating a plurality of carriages which respectively adjust the forward and backward movement of knitting needles mounted on respective needle beds, a pair of yarn guide rails which are respe... | 09/13/1994 |
| 4858446 | Thread-guide arm In the thread-guide arm (11), the thread-guide members (15 to 17) arranged above the thread-guide pulley (12) are formed in a thread-guide star (20) which is arranged immediately in front of a thread-restraining plate (21) and is preferably made in one pi... | 08/22/1989 |
