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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7540174 | Method and apparatus for circular knitting with elastomeric yarn that compensate for yarn package relaxation When elastomeric yarns are unwound and fed to the needles of a circular knitting apparatus, a yarn package relaxation profile is set, or determined, with corresponding adjustments made to the unwinding speed based on such package relaxation profile. Variably compens... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7363101 | Knitting machine, yarn processing method of knitting machine, yarn processing control device of knitting machine and program thereof A knitting machine, a method of working yarn by the knitting machine, and a controller for working yarn by the knitting machine and its program. In the method, a carriage is controllably stopped at a point where a yarn passage length between a yarn working device an... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7289869 | Knitting method and system using stretch yarn An object of the invention is to be capable of easily acquiring a fabric having a desired feeling using a stretch yarn. A knitting controller (20) controls a carriage (5), and the like, according to knitting data and control data stored in a memory ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7228665 | Roof and wall covering with improved corner construction A wall covering for a pair of wall surfaces that form a corner. The wall covering includes (1) plurality of wall panels each having a plurality of horizontal tiers of simulated building elements and (2) a plurality of corner moldings each having a single tier of bui... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218988 | Yarn feeding apparatus of weft knitting machine A carriage which completes one course of knitting to the knitting end of a fabric is stopped. Knitting in a next course is performed when the carriage reverses its moving direction and re-starts its movement. Since the knitting yarn is not knitted to the fabric unti... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7113844 | Method and device for controlling length of yarn of weft knitting machine An object of the invention is to control the yarn length as appropriate in a tubular knitted fabric including a drop loop, regardless of the presence of crossover. For front and back needle beds, ones of those indicated by capitals ABC . . . among odd-numbered or ev... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7055349 | Yarn feeding device for flat knitting machine An object of the invention is to be provide a yarn feeding apparatus of a flat knitting machine capable of accurately predicting a required amount of a knitting yarn and knitting a fabric while supplying knitting yarn necessary for knitting. The knitting yarn is fed... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6810694 | 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... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6745598 | Precision delivery system A precision yarn (14) delivery system for the delivery of yarn from a yarn supply to a yarn utilising point, comprising a temporary yarn store (22) intermediate the supply and the utilisation point in which the yarn (14) is held under low tensio... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6550285 | Yarn feeding apparatus A fluctuation in tension of a knitting yarn to be fed is reduced, and the knitting yarn having an accurate length is fed even if the amount of demand for the knitting yarn is suddenly changed. A knitting yarn is interposed between a main roller and a driv... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6467511 | Selvage yarn tensioning apparatus and method A mechanism to automatically control tension of supplemental yarns added to a weaving or knitting machine has a pivotal control arm, one end of which is influenced by the tension of the yarn being controlled, while a counteracting force is applied to anot... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6321576 | Device for controlling yarn feed to a textile machine and method for controlling the machine operation and production A device (1) for controlling the feed of yarn (11) fed to a textile machine (10) such as a knitting machine, hosiery machine or a bobbin winder, comprises means (18) for ascertaining the yarn tension and means (3, 12) for measuring its feed velocity to th... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6209361 | Yarn-holding apparatus for a circular knitting machine An improvement in a yarn-holding apparatus for a circular knitting machine which functions to hold a plurality of yarn ends in the ready position at the air shoe near the machine yarn feeds so that the held yarn ends can be selectively engaged by the yarn... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202450 | Uniform yarn delivery method and apparatus for knitting machine A uniform yarn delivery method and apparatus for a knitting machine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of sending yarn derived from a supply cone to be guided on a yarn supply drum so as to tighten yarn thereon; and suitably uniformly slackening... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6170301 | Method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine For producing a knitted product on a flat knitting machine with simultaneous supply of two threads of different elasticities to needles of the machine, for each stitch to be formed the length of the thread of the higher elasticity to be supplied to a need... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6094945 | Device for feeding an elastically extendable yarn to hosiery knitting machines A device for feeding an elastically extendable yarn to hosiery knitting machines, which includes a positive yarn feeder composed of two mutually opposite contrarotating rollers which have parallel axes and between which the yarn to be fed passes. Elements... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6010052 | Yarn supply apparatus with electronic control For supplying yarns, a yarn supply apparatus is contemplated that is designed particularly for knitting machines whose yarn demand fluctuates greatly over time. The yarn supply apparatus has a rotor-driven yarn wheel, which in the ideal case furnishes yar... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5931023 | Process and apparatus for knitting fabric with non-elastic yarn and bare elastomeric yarn and sweater knit fabric construction A sweater knit fabric containing hard yarn plaited together with bare elastomeric yarn is provided. The elastomeric yarn has substantially uniform draft along each course in the fabric. The fabric is made by a process in which the bare elastomeric yarn is... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5894744 | Speed control apparatus for yarn winding storage drum A rotation speed control apparatus for a yam winding storage drum has a unit for driving the drum, and a scanning device for scanning the quantity of storage windings on the drum which provides signals proportional with the number of the storage windings.... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5782424 | Thread brake A plate-type thread brake includes two brake elements pressed resiliently against each other by a load device and receiving the thread passing through between them. These brake elements are eccentrically suspended on bearings on the inside wall of a centr... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5752396 | Thread control device for flat knitting machine A thread control device for a flat knitting machine having a housing and at least one thread brake arranged on the housing, has a spring acting on the thread brake, a flat spring web supported at one side, and a slider movable in a recess of the housing a... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5740974 | Yarn feeding device for a textile machine, especially a knitting machine The yarn feeding device for a yarn-consuming textile machine includes a mechanism for positively feeding yarn to a textile machine according to predetermined yarn consuming speed changes and timings of those changes, this mechanism having a rotary yarn fe... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5669246 | Device for feeding a thread, particularly an elastic thread, for knitting machines, hosiery knitting machines, or the like The thread feeding device has a supporting element for a spool of thread to be fed, and a variable-speed motor having a body connected to the supporting element and an output shaft connected to an arm that is rotatable about the axis of the spool with res... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5638924 | Disk brake for textile yarns A disk brake for placing tension on textile yarns is provided with an air-cleaning system for blowing lint and fiber dust particularly from the underside of the disks to prevent a buildup which may interfere with operation of the brake disks and prevent p... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5560557 | Yarn brake having an axially vibrative bearing A yarn brake has two brake disks, retained with axial play in a support or bearing device, which are retained against one another via resiliently yielding device, such as permanent magnets. The brake disks are rotatably supported in the support or bearing... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5544503 | Tension switch assembly and yarn conductor of knitting machine A break in twice as many yarns is made detectable merely by slightly modifying the tension switch assembly of a knitting machine. A yarn conductor 20 is rotatably attached to the forward end of an arm 16 of the assembly and provided with a pair of yarn su... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5520351 | Heated thread tensioner assembly A method and apparatus for maintaining a moving string of waxed thread at a tension. A tensioner mounting frame has a thread input opening for receiving waxed thread from a thread supply, and a thread output opening for outputting the string of waxed thre... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5492153 | Clamp type arrangement for presenting weft threads to a gripper A weft yarn presentation apparatus has a weft sequence control having weft thread presenting devices (1), a controlled thread clamping device (2) with several clamps (3a-3f) and a guide member (4) with a slit (5). The association of the weft thread presen... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5345790 | Yarn tensioner for knitting machine A yarn tensioner or brake for textile knitting machines having several tensioners on a support rod, each tensioner having a pair of tension cups which are pressed against each other by compressed springs supported from a stationary support. In a first emb... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5343983 | Thread brake A thread brake with two disc shaped or plate shaped brake elements resiliently pressed against each other operates with an associated oscillation generating device to set the brake elements in oscillatory motions which are preferably oriented transversely... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5323625 | Electronic feeder apparatus for automatically controlling the tension of the yarn in a knitting machine and textile machines in general A feeder apparatus for automatically controlling in real time the tension of a textile yarn, includes a control device for continuously controlling the tension of the textile yarn, before supplying it to a textile machine, the control device controlling a... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5318155 | Disk brake for textiles A disk brake for textile yarns is mounted upon a horizontal brake support for a warp creel with the disk axis disposed perpendicularly to the brake support. The upper disk can be adjustably loaded for adjusting the braking force. The entire adjustable ran... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5280713 | Yarn feed device for knitting machine having separator means for hosiery fabric An apparatus which provides for servo regulation of a yarn furnisher for a circular knitting machine which permits the knitting machine to operate at a higher speed, controls and varies the tension of the yarn supplied to a knitting machine, and provides ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5186027 | Circular knitting machine of the type with cylinder and dial with thread clamping and cutting device for manufacturing open fabric The circular knitting machine, for manufacturing open fabric, has a thread clamping and cutting device arranged inside the needle cylinder and there is a thread engagement element which is controllably movable from the inside of the needle cylinder toward... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5174133 | Apparatus and method for adjusting the stitch on a circular knitting machine An automatic stitch cam adjustment mechanism for a circular knitting machine is disclosed. The knitting machine includes a plurality of knitting needles supported in a rotating needle cylinder for vertical movement parallel to the axis of rotation of the ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5072602 | Weft thread transporter The arrangement provides warp threads for an oscillating weft thread magazine for warp knitting machine. The machine uses a creel, a first delivery device with constant delivery speed, and a second delivery device with a variable thread drive speed. The l... | 12/17/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4869079 | Thread-tensioning and guide device for flat knitting machines Thread-tensioning and guide device provided for fastening to the needle-bed ends of a flat knitting machine has, on a stationary machine part (20), a pivotably mounted supporting arm (10) for each thread to be fed, the device parts influenced by the threa... | 09/26/1989 |
