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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7073355 | Knitting machine with at least one striping attachment A knitting machine is described, which includes at least one carrier provided with knitting tools (2, 3), a cam mechanism with at least one knitting point (71) for moving selected knitting tools (2, 3) into a yarn pick-up position and a striping... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6006795 | Linear motor selector device for weft yarn presentation in shuttleless looms A device for weft yarn presentation in a shuttleless loom is operated by linear electric motors. The motors include fixed plates and movable plates pivotally mounted to the fixed plates. Yarn presenting rods are carried by the pivotal plates and rotate fr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5694982 | Weft thread selection device A weft selection device for a weaving machine has at least two drop wires with feed-through eyes. The drop wires are fixed rotatably in two planes lying above one another to take a weft thread extending through the feed-through eye within or beyond the re... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5251463 | Thread guide structure for circular knitting machine, in particular for line-forming units in double-cylinder machines for manufacturing socks and stockings The thread guide structure for double-cylinder circular knitting machines comprises a thread guide body which has an elongated configuration and has, proximate to one of its longitudinal ends, a thread dispensing passage. The thread guide body has a first... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5218845 | Circular knitting machine striper control system A circular knitting machine striper control system for controlling the operation of the stripers of a circular knitting machine in changing yarns for patterns automatically. The control system includes a controller carried on a rotary table, having a plur... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5058398 | Thread supply device for a circular knitting machine A thread supply device for multi-system circular knitting machines has at least one warp beam accommodated rotatablhy in a receiving frame. On the warp beam are wound the threads associated with the individual knitting systems in the form of adjacent thre... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4998420 | Lever-type yarn guide device operated by a linear motor, for textile machines A lever-type yarn guide device for textile machines according to the present invention comprises at least one yarn guide lever operated by a linear motor and further comprises sensor means arranged to sense tghe positions assumed by the lever during its m... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4793160 | Device for controlling thread guides of circular knitting machines Device for controlling the thread guides in a circular knitting machine, particularly for manufacturing hosiery and similar goods. The machine has a grooved needle cylinder, the grooves containing needles and needle jacks. The machine also has a control d... | 12/27/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4426855 | Yarn feeder mechanisms A yarn feeder mechanism for circular knitting machines has a plurality of feed fingers with yarn feed extremities at the front thereof and movable between a low feed position and a high inactive position, means for selectively lowering the feed fingers, a... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4391105 | Yarn feed unit in a single-cylinder circular knitting machine A yarn feed unit for a single-cylinder circular knitting machine comprises a plurality of yarn feeding fingers independently journalled to a common axis and independently movable between an inoperative and an operative position. The axis is supported by a... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4304108 | Sock with simulated overedge shell stitch and method This sock is provided with an outwardly rolled decorative upper edge (13) which is integrally knit with the sock to provide the appearance of a simulated overedge stitch and is formed on a conventional type of circular hosiery knitting machine without req... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4141227 | Plate assembly for a circular knitting machine A cam section block, a striping box actuator assembly, and a positioning device for a wheel nullifying cam are all secured to a plate mounted on the cam retaining ring of a circular knitting machine. A plunger of the striping box assembly and a plunger of... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4111007 | Yarn changing device in a flat-bed knitting machine A yarn changing device for use in a flat-bed knitting machine having a carriage. The yarn changing device provides a relatively simple but effective arrangement for repetitive, alternating selection of any one of three or more yarns for knitting operation... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4107954 | Circular knitting machine provided with a novel striping box A circular knitting machine has a rotating needle cylinder provided with cylinder needles disposed about the periphery of the cylinder and a plurality of yarn feeding stations at least some of which are provided with striping boxes. Each striping box has ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4041733 | Yarn guide control A yarn guide is controlled by a pair of resiliently biased pneumatically operated pistons arranged cooperatively to alternately exert a directional movement on said yarn guide in opposite directions. One of the pistons engaging with the yarn guide to arre... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4033150 | Circular knitting machine for producing detachable strips of knitted fabric A cylinder and dial circular knitting machine is provided with: 1. a striping box that may feed a draw thread or yarn, 2. adjustable placer and raise cams, and 3. means for controlling the operation of such striping box And cams so as to cause the machine to knit fabric... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3975927 | Striping 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 |
| 3955382 | Device for changing threads in circular knitting machines A device for changing threads in circular knitting machines, the device having several thread-changing units each of which is assigned to a knitting system of the circular knitting machine. The units have several thread-changing fingers for guiding variou... | 05/11/1976 |
