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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5369966 | Method and apparatus for yarn processing position control of flat knitting machine In order to process yarn preliminarily, and to change over yarn precisely at a desired knitting position, the yarn fed to a flat knitting machine is processed by a yarn processing device. To change over the yarn at a changeover position of knitted fabric,... | 12/06/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4984436 | Thread exchange device, particularly for knitting machines A thread exchange device for multisystem knitting machines includes a knot unit for knotting a new thread on a movable old thread. The knot unit has a winding finger on which a closed loop of the new thread is formed, a part for moving the new thread into... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4840046 | Procedure and device for ensuring a precisely positioned introduction of a substitute yarn in a knitting machine In the procedure for ensuring a precisely positioned introduction of a substitute yarn in a knitting machine by means of a substitute yarn (15) which is attached by a knotter (13) to a running yarn (12), the machine is halted at the desired position for t... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4691535 | Method of and apparatus for joining a selected yarn to a yarn being knitted A yarn-selecting device of a knitting frame comprises a mechanism for joig the yarn being knitted to a selected yarn to be knitted, which mechanism comprises a swivelling finger for forming a closed loop of the yarn to be knitted. Two levers form an open... | 09/08/1987 |
| 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 |
