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Class 66/131 - Close-feed devices


Subclass of Class 66 - Textiles: knitting
Definition: Means specialized for bringing the strand into close engagement
No. of patents: 6
Last issue date: 12/15/1992


NumberTitleIssue Date
5170648Yarn feed device for a knitting machine
A yarn feed device for circular knitting machines includes a yarn guide (12) by which the yarn (4) is fed to to the knitting implements (3) of the knitting machine from the side. For reliable feed of the yarn the yarn, guide has a downwardly open guide ch...
12/15/1992
5020340Circular textile machine for simultaneously forming a plurality of tubular knitted articles such as panty-hose (tights) and the like
The articles are formed on individual arcs of needles (13, 15) facing each other on the two bars of the cylinder (11) and of the plate (10), the articles having rows formed partly by the needles of one bar and partly by the needles of the other bar, and h...
06/04/1991
4373360Device for correctly positioning yarns prior to knitting in a circular knitting machine
To blow a yarn toward the needles and release it from the gripping device upon yarn feeding in a circular knitting machine, in particular a double cylinder one, a device is provided which is synchronized with each yarn feeding finger regardless of the num...
02/15/1983
4328686Auxiliary yarn feed finger and pattern drum sleeve for circular knitting machines and method of knitting therewith
An improvement for knitting pattern areas with hosiery knitting machines having a rotatable cylinder carrying latch needles therein, a knitting station at which a plurality of yarn feed fingers are independently movable into and out of yarn feeding positi...
05/11/1982
3975926Feed device for circular knitting machines of the type manufacturing open fabric
A thread feed device for a circular knitting machine of the type having a fixed needle cylinder and needle dial and rotatable cams, for manufacturing open fabric. The needle cylinder and needle dial have a needle-free sector and the feed device comprises ...
08/24/1976
3975927Striping apparatus for circular knitting machines
A circular knitting machine having a thread guide fixed to the machine is formed with a thread insertion slot, and a plurality of thread guiding eyes holding threads for insertion. A thread entrainment element is located below the thread guide, travelling...
08/24/1976
 
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