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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7269976 | Weft knitting machine capable of switching moving member bringing state A yarn feeder can be stopped at a stopping mechanism and attached to and detached from a holder. The holder is fitted to a front end of a holding arm. The carriage-side holding arm is held by a moving member holding mechanism. The moving member holding mechanism inc... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7216513 | Apparatus for applying sliding resistance for weft knitting machine A permanent magnet applies first sliding resistance in-between a holding arm and a guide rail. A carriage is provided with an electromagnet for magnetically applying second sliding resistance in-between the holding arm and the carriage. Although the holding arm pers... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6988385 | Yarn feeder of weft knitting machine and method of feeding yarn for weft knitting machine A switching mechanism is provided for switching the position of a yarn feeding mouth to another and swinging a yarn feeder. The switching mechanism includes a push operating portion for changing a swing direction of the yarn feeding mouth and a height position there... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6895785 | Yarn carrier of weft knitting device A yarn carrier 1 is capable of being engaged with a pin 4 protruding from a carriage 3 at two engagement points 8, 9 separated by a delay amount ΔL with respect to a center 1a, respectively. Assuming that the carriage 3 ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6119486 | End yarn inserting device of flat knitting machine An end yarn inserting device that is so constructed that an end yarn hook can be put into action only when necessary but otherwise be retreated to such a position in the vicinity of a needle bed gap as to avoid interfering with knitting members including ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6047570 | Yarn feeding system for a flat knitting machine releasibly engaged with reciprocating shifting members A yarn feeding system of a flat knitting machine having needle beds. Each needle bed having a plurality of needles. A plurality of yarn carrier rails extend in parallel to the needle beds in a longitudinal direction of the needle beds. A cam carriage reci... | 04/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5640858 | Textile machine with movable thread readying device A flat bed knitting machine includes a pair of needle beds arranged in a hape and at least one cam carriage arranged for movement relative to the needle beds. A thread readying device is movable independent of the cam carriage on a rail.... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5615562 | Apparatus for production of weave-knit material An apparatus for the production of knitted goods having integrated weft and/or warp threads, comprising a knitting machine having at least one needle bed, a guide extending along the needle bed in the vicinity of a knitting region of the knitting machine ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5159822 | Threading and yarn-changing device for yarn guides The threading and yarn-changing device allows yarn guides each to be equipped automatically and selectively with one of a plurality of yarns (14, 15). It possesses a nozzle head (11) and a yarn-proportioning device (12) with guide parts (30.1, 30.2) for e... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5109681 | Device for the selectively controlled mutual displacement of yarn guides of flat-bed knitting machines A device for the selectively controllable mutual displacement of yarn guides of flat-bed knitting machines has a plurality of electromagnets fixed against motion on a carriage unit, to each one of which a mutual displacement device is controllably assigne... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5031423 | Pattern control device for flat knitting machines A pattern control device for flat knitting machines including knitting needle control carriages (2) adapted to be moved laterally along carriage guide rails (8) by a driving motor (5) via a toothed resilient belt (10), a plurality of yarn guide support pl... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5020341 | Braking device on the thread guide box of a flat bed knitting machine The thread guide box (1) of a flat-bed knitting machine is slidingly mounted on a sliding rail (2) extending along the needle beds. The box is driven in both directions of motion of the lock carriage, together with the latter, by a driving pin (4) arrange... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4881382 | Electromechanical device for drawing along slides supporting the same number of thread guides in an automatic flat knitting machine The device is fitted to a flat knitting machine comprising a carriage moving in a horizontal plane above two needle beds and comprises a casing, fixed to the carriage and supporting a vertical rod, able to slide, to which two cores, lower and upper respec... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4873845 | Device for supporting the thread guide of an automatic flat knitting machine The device is fitted to a flat knitting machine that comprises a carriage moving in a horizontal plane above two needle beds and featuring anchor plates that are able to move in a vertical plane. The device comprises a series of slides coupled with a bar, loca... | 10/17/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4790150 | Flat knitting machine The flat knitting machine has the thread-leading ducts (15) which envelop the threads conveyed to the thread guides (10) and which with their thread exit point on the side nearest the thread guide are adaptable to the changing distance between thread guid... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4768357 | Method for knitting a flat knitted fabric, a flat knitting machine and a novel flat knitted fabric knitted by said flat knitting machine A method for knitting a flat knitted fabric, wherein all knitting needles of the flat knitting machine are individually connected to an actuator, and each actuator of the corresponding knitting needle is activated in accordance with the predetermined knit... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4724687 | Thread feeding apparatus for a double needle bed knitting machine having a plurality of feed systems The thread feeding apparatus for double needle bed knitting machine to form tubular fabric comprises at least two thread-guides for the same number of thread feed systems for the same fabric, said thread-guides are displaced the one relative to the other ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4658603 | Device for setting the adjustable traverse of the yarn feeders of a flat knitting machine In a device for setting the adjustable traverse of a plurality of yarn feeders of a flat knitting machine, the yarn feeder limit stops (19) associated with each yarn feeder slide (15) are preferably formed as signal generators and are arranged to be longi... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4574598 | Device for measuring the length of yarn absorbed by a textile machine This invention relates to an improved device for measuring the length of yarn absorbed by a textile machine, comprising in known manner a rotating member driven by the yarn during displacement thereof. It presents three fixed guides over which the yarn pa... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4513588 | Flat knitting machine for the production of knitted pieces with intarsia A flat knitting machine for the production of knitted pieces with intarsia comprises a yarn guide with a yarn guide sheave mounted to be vertically displaceable on a yarn guide box, and a slider on the yarn guide box and which is displaceable horizontally... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4467624 | Flat knitting machine with spool shelf A flat knitting machine has a spool shelf arranged above and behind the nle bed or beds and carriage, the shelf carrying yarn spools and a yarn guide mechanism. In order to make the yarn spools and yarn guide mechanism more easily accessible, the spool s... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4440002 | Variable draw mechanism for straight bar knitting machines A straight bar knitting machine has a variable draw mechanism including a draw cam, means following the draw cam, a first differential input member, means for varying the ratio with which movement of the draw cam following means is transmitted to the firs... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4354363 | Means for controlling the movement of yarn carriers along with a carriage in flat knitting machines An apparatus for selectively controlling yarn carriers for movement along with a carriage in a flat knitting machine. A trick location detector is provided on the carriage for detecting varying positions, expressed in terms of the number of tricks from on... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4344307 | Thread control means in a textile machine A thread control device of a weft knitting machine comprises a thread guide, which is fastened to a weft rod. The weft rod is mounted to be pivotable about its longitudinal axis and to be axially displaceable in supports, which in turn are movable at righ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4338799 | Thread guidance system A thread guide system for feeding a plurality of threads to a plurality of thread carriers moving in tandem in an endless circuit.... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4321807 | Draw mechanism for straight bar knitting machines A draw mechanism for a straight bar knitting machine has a positively driven slurcock and a positively driven yarn carrier (i.e. not using a friction box) and drive means for reciprocating the yarn carrier on a guide means for the yarn carrier. Resilient ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4237706 | Intarsia knitting machine A knitting machine includes a knitting carriage, guide bars for thread guides having plunging yarn hook/feeders and a thread guide control device. A control device is integral with the knitting carriage. The control device cooperates with at least one thr... | 12/09/1980 |
