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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261251 | Yarn feeding device A yarn lifting element (28), which is provided on a positive thread regulating wheel, comprises straight yarn-bearing surfaces (34,35) whose position cannot be displaced by the yarn (2), enabling the yarn to slip in relation to the thread feedin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7073634 | Automated warehouse row cart and lift An automated warehouse system row cart includes a lifter that uses cams to raise and lower pallets. Three symmetrical cam lobes are cut into a hollow cylinder. Three matching cam lifters ride these lobes and are attached to an elevator plate. A stepper motor running... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6932293 | Thread-supplying device for textile machines The yarn feeder having a plastic housing, preferably made of two clamshells, with a plastic fastening device for connecting the yarn feeder to a retaining device of a textile machine. The fastening device is made rigid by suitable shaping and without the necessity f... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6901776 | Method of knitting an elastomeric yarn into a circularly knitted fabric A method for circularly knitting an elastomeric yarn into a knitted fabric is provided. The method includes: operating a circular knitting machine at a machine rate, retaining a free end of the elastomeric yarn in a substantially relaxed condition, and taking up the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6834517 | Yarn feeding system An improved system and associated method is disclosed for positive feeding of multiple strands of yarn from spools using a single motor drive within a hose reinforcement knitting machine of the type having a central knitter head with reciprocating needles that stitc... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6616079 | Yarn feed device having a feeler stop The yarn feeder of the invention has one or two yarn feeler levers, which monitor the yarn. In order to be able to prevent the monitoring if needed, a feeler barrier is provided. Its actuating device which in the illustrated embodiment is in the form of a... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6568620 | Yarn feeder for textile machines A yarn feeder has a yarn feed wheel, which preferably comprises ceramic or is coated with a corresponding material. The yarn feed wheel, because of the choice of its material or its shaping, has improved long-term operation properties. The geometry and/or... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6446853 | Friction feed wheel mechanism with vibration excitation A vibration friction feed wheel mechanism for feeding thread to a thread processing machine having intermittent thread requirement. The feed wheel mechanism including a high friction contact surface, a thread guide level for lifting thread off of the feed... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6178783 | Yarn feeder for knitting machine An improved yarn feeder for knitting machines includes a frame, a feeding reel, a brake, a press block, a pulley, a holder, a transmission spindle and a yarn guide. The feeding reel includes a driven wheel which has a top flange with a center opening and ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6151925 | Methods and systems for positively feeding yarn to circular knitting machines A method for positively feeding yarn to a circular knitting machine includes adjusting a variable drive mechanism to vary the rate at which yarn is positively fed from a plurality of positive feed units to a circular knitting machine while the machine is ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6151924 | Controllable belt tensioner for a yarn delivery device A yarn delivery device for a textile machine has at least one yarn delivery roller, and a drive device for a propulsion of the delivery roller, the drive device including a drive belt, a drive roller with a peripheral section alterable in diameter and at ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149092 | Yarn supply apparatus for knitting machines A yarn supply apparatus for knitting machines is provided wherein an outgoing yarn guide eye set is disposed laterally adjacent to and lower than an underside of a yarn supply drum; a yarn pull-out section with a vertical circumferential surface is slight... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145347 | Thread supplying device for intermittent thread consumption A thread supplying device with intermittent thread consumption has at least one thread supplying unit including a rotatable thread supplying drum and a thread supplying device. The thread supplying drum has a first and a second peripheral portion forming ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5860298 | Thread feeder with thread-twisting preventive device for knitting machines A thread feeder with a thread-twisting preventive device for a knitting machine is provided. The thread-twisting preventive device includes at least a protective piece which is substantially cup-shaped having a wall and a coupling hole. The coupling hole ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5839685 | Anti-static thread feeding wheel for knitting machinery The thread feeding wheel is capable of preventing static-electricity from being produced due to rapid feeding of the thread and which provides a surface having a low frictional coefficient so that the thread feeding around the thread feeding wheel would s... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5802880 | Improvement of yarn supply reel and yarn guide for knitting machines A yarn supply reel and yarn guide for use in a knitting machine includes a driving reel with a plurality of spaced struts arranged in an annular shape and a driven reel with a plurality of spaced ribs arranged in an annular shape. The ribs have slanted an... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802881 | Knitting machine thread wheel construction A thread wheel including a top wheel base and bottom wheel base connected together and fastened to a center shaft of an automatic thread storage and feeding unit of a knitting machine. The top and bottom wheels have a respective set of equiangularly space... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802879 | Knitting machine yarn receiver with accumulated waste discharge device An improved yarn receiver for knitting machines includes a driving reel integrally formed by plastics injection with a transmission shaft in the center and a plurality of spaced L-shape struts projecting upwardly around the smooth rim of a bottom flange. ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5716024 | Yarn supplying device A feeder device for feeding elastomer yarns in knitting machines has a housing split into two parts, on which bearing and drive rollers are rotatably supported, spaced apart from and parallel to one another. The housing encloses an internal chamber that a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5669245 | Yarn feeding device of a circular knitting machine A yarn feeding device includes a mounting frame fastened to the frame structure of a circular knitting machine to hold a yarn guide plate, a driving wheel, a yarn guide bracket, a plurality of plastic yarn tension guides, and a plurality of yarn feeding w... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5520018 | Machine for knitting a reinforcement pattern of yarn on a hose A knitting machine is described for knitting rows of yarn loops in a helical pattern around the inner core of a hose. The machine comprises at least two concentrically disposed tubes. The first tube rotates concentrically around a straight axis along whic... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5309738 | Yarn feeding system for high speed knitter A system for feeding a plurality of strands of material such as yarn, in unison, along an array of separate feed paths that extend from a bank of supply packages to a knitter head utilizes a bank of positive drive units that are arranged in an array that ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5261586 | Yarn feeding device with a guiding flange A yarn feeding device provided with an annular flange which outward extends from a lower edge of a pressing area of a driving belt on a circumferential surface of the yarn feeding drum, so as to instantly restore abnormally displaced yarn or driving belt ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5131244 | Knitting machine with thread exchange device An annular knitting machine comprises a thread exchange device, at least knot unit, means forming a thread processing point, a thread storage device located between the knot unit and the thread processing point, and a control device provided with a micr... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5048312 | Slip-proof elastic yarn feeding ring device removably mounted on yarn-feeding drum A slip-proof elastic yarn-feeding ring device removably fitted to the circumference of a yarn-feeding drum whereby a yarn is pressed between a yarn-feeding belt and the ring device and steadily forward carried by the yarn-feeding belt without slipping mov... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4993241 | Method of knitting The present invention relates to the knitting an item of fabric on a knitting machine requiring interrupted or intermittent yarn feed. In the process of the present invention, the yarn is positively fed at least during a part of the knitting process. The ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4953348 | Synchronous yarn feeding device A synchronous yarn feeding device comprises a yarn feeding drum and a driving belt. The drum is provided with protrusions or studs that are arranged for cooperative engagement with concave surfaces or holes in the driving belt. A portion of the driving be... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4918948 | Thread feeder for knitting machines A thread feeding device for knitting machines having a rotor on which a thread feeding element is mounted which is divided into a thread lead-in ring section, a thread reserve section and a lead-out section. To enable the thread feeding device to be opera... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4915323 | Yarn feed apparatus Yarn 10 is fed from a package 11 to a point of knitting 12 on a knitting machine along a substantially closed path defined by tubing 13. Adjacent to a positive feeding device 14, the tubing 13 includes a section 15 which can be closed for initial blowing ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4898337 | Thread storing and supplying device for textile machines, particularly knitting machines A thread storing and supplying device for textile machines, especially knitting machines comprises a housing, a driveable thread storage drum provided in the housing for supporting several windings of a thread, a thread guiding element arranged to supply ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4890464 | Positive feeding device for circular knitting machine Vertically stacked drive wheels (171, 172, 173 and 174) are provided above a yarn feed wheel (21) which is provided with a first yarn feed surface (27) providing comparatively high friction with the yarn engaged... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4835988 | Two wheel device for positve feeding of yarn to knitting machine A device for positive feeding of yarn to a knitting machine, which device has independently rotatable first and second wheels disposed axially closely adjacent and individually supported for rotation about first and second axes which extend in the same ge... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4764875 | Positive yarn feed A positive yarn feed device comprises a pin wheel mechanism (3,4,8,9,10,11) with independent drive means which comprise a variable-speed electric motor (16). The speed of the DC motor (16) is controlled by programmed control means (24,28) which exercise c... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4628710 | Yarn-feeding apparatus and method for controlling it A yarn-feeding apparatus for selective positive feeding of several yarns to a knitting machine, comprising a sensor for generating sensor signals, the sensor signals representing the respective feeding condition or non-feeding condition of the yarns, and ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4625528 | Yarn feed device for a circular knitting machine A feed device for a circular knitting machine capable of positively feeding the needles with an adequate amount of yarn without the needles having to require the necessary yarn by pulling it and increasing its tension is disclosed. It comprises two sets o... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4607507 | Yarn-feeding apparatus for a circular knitting machine A yarn-feeding apparatus for the positive feeding of several yarns to a circular mechanism of a circular knitting machine, comprising fingers which are arranged in the circular mechanism for receiving and guiding the yarn into a knitting position or takin... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4598560 | Positive type yarn feeding device for knitting machine The present yarn feeding device includes a rotating yarn feed wheel with at least one frictional yarn engaging and driving surface of predetermined width around the peripheral surface thereof, and yarn guides are provided for directing two runs of the yar... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4574353 | Yarn supply device group The invention relates to a yarn supply device group for attaching to a textile machine, in particular a ring knitting machine with electrically controllable switching and actuating devices in every supply device which are connected in a signal-transmittin... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4545543 | Yarn feed device A capstan wheel yarn feed device for textile machinery. A yarn tension detector (26) is provided in the yarn path downstream of a yarn outfeed eye (24), and is effective to move a yarn infeed guide (20) axially of the capstan wheel (10) in response to the... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4531385 | Method for feeding yarns of different colors to a knitting machine and knitting machine for carrying out that method The invention relates to a method for feeding yarns of different colors to a conventional knitting machine for producing striped fabrics (circle-striped fabrics). The first step of the method according to the invention consists in selecting and presenting... | 07/30/1985 |
