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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 |
| 7055348 | High speed color altering head for single-face circular knitting machines A high speed color altering head for single-face circular knitting machines is installed on a circular knitting machine and controlled by a return cam, a needle selection device and upper and lower cams to perform colored yarns feeding operation for knitting needles... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036343 | Striping apparatus of a circular knitting machine The present invention relates to a striping apparatus of a circular knitting machine, comprising: a selector, a controller, a yarn-feed unit, and a drive unit. The yarn-feed unit has two portions; the first portion includes a yarn-changing plate, which feeds a yarn ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032414 | Thread gripping device, particularly for gripping elastic threads having a small cross-section, in circular knitting machines for hosiery or the like A thread gripping device, for gripping elastic thin thread, in a circular knitting machines, having a supporting element that supports thread guides proximate to a drop or feed, above the needle cylinder and proximate to the needle work area, and bearing at least on... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6920768 | Thread gripping device in circular knitting machines for hosiery or the like A device for gripping thread in circular hosiery knitting machines comprising a supporting element fixable to the structure of the machine supporting the thread guides proximate to a drop or feed, above the needle cylinder and proximate to the needle work area, that... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6655176 | Striping apparatus for circular knitting machines A striping apparatus for a circular knitting machine includes a control mechanism, an operation mechanism driven by the control mechanism, an adjusting mechanism mounted onto the control mechanism and a release mechanism located in the operation mechanism... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6000245 | Circular knitting machine with a yarn changer The invention relates to a yarn changer for knitting machines, with swinging yarn fingers (22c, 22d), which comprise finger bodies and guide bodies (66c, 66d) having cutting and clamping elements (69, 71) slidable on the finger bodies, and with an opener ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5826446 | Circular knitting machine having drive system for yarn feed device The invention relates to a yarn changer for knitting machines, with swinging yarn fingers (22c, 22d), which comprise finger bodies and guide bodies (66c, 66d) having cutting and clamping elements (69, 71) slidable on the finger bodies, and with an opener ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 4689971 | Process and circular knitting machine for manufacturing pantyhose articles and the like Several pairs of tubular articles are formed on two circular fixed fronts of needles using threads reciprocating transfer mechanism. The articles are alternatively formed by the two fronts by using sets of needles whose number may also vary. By using adja... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4656842 | Yarn feeding and changing apparatus for circular knitting machine An individual yarn clamping and cutting device is provided for each yarn guide and is moved to an open position in response to movement of the yarn guide from active to inactive position. The yarn clamping and cutting devices are moved to a closed positio... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4404821 | Yarn feeder and changer unit A yarn feeder and changer unit for a knitting machine comprises a number of adjacent yarn feeders any one of which can be moved from a yarn trapping position to a yarn feeding position while the others retain severed ends of their respective yarns at the ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4328686 | Auxiliary 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 |
| 4233826 | Control device for striper units in circular knitting machines A control device for striper units in a circular knitting machine having a plurality of cam disks, the profil whereof is followed by a respective lever operating a respective thread finger by means of a Bowden cable. Each cam disk is secured to a respecti... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4221120 | Multiple needle cylinder hosiery knitting machine This multiple needle cylinder hosiery knitting machine is provided with a single horizontally disposed pattern disc surrounding the needle cylinders and controlling the simultaneous knitting of a sock on each of the needle cylinders. All of the instrument... | 09/09/1980 |
