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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530241 | Method for knitting denim A method for knitting denim comprising: dyeing yarn with a dyestuff to obtain dyed-yarn; knitting the dyed-yarn into a foundation layer and front layer to compose the denim, wherein the front layer is tensely tautened in intermittence with a tensile force greater th... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7322567 | Air spring assembly An air spring assembly is mounted to a shock absorber to form a strut assembly. The shock absorber includes an outer cylinder with an internal piston and piston rod mounted within the outer cylinder. The piston rod is mounted to a vehicle frame member and the outer ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7204103 | Fabric winding machine A fabric winding machine is installed on a circular knitting machine to wind and collect an annular fabric knitted by the circular knitting machine. It has a fabric splitting mode and a fabric non-splitting mode according to the characteristics of the fabric materia... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7093466 | High-speed high-stand fabric take-up device with uniform fabric tautness arrangement Provided is a high-speed high-stand device for taking up fabric comprising two side boxes each including a projection formed on its side proximate top; a take-up shaft provided across intermediate portions of the side boxes, the take-up shaft being adapted to wind f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6615617 | Method for producing a tubular knitted article, particularly a hosiery article, closed at one end, without a seam, with a circular machine A method for producing a closed end hosiery seamless knitted article, on a circular machine, comprising: knitting of the article starting from the end to be closed, forming a knot for retaining a closure thread by way of a set of contiguous needles, weavi... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6519980 | Hosiery dewrinkling system and method for circular knitting machines A programmable system and method for dewrinkling, or removing wrinkles from, a hosiery article in a circular knitting machine comprise a dial head movable between a down position and an up position, a means for moving the dial head downward and upward, an... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6271857 | Method of and apparatus for reproducing texture A method of and an apparatus for reproducing texture, in which a garment product designed by a designer is reproduced using a computer. A visual texture of the product is reproduced by applying the reproduced product to a virtual model, and displaying the... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6250114 | Roller for guiding knitwear produced on a knitting machine and device constructed therewith A roller (1) for guiding knitwear produced on a knitting machine, with at least one stub shaft (3) of reduced cross-section projecting to the side of a middle part (2) and at least one first adjusting ring (16) which can be fixed on the stub shaft (3) to ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247337 | Gripping breadth holders in a warp knitting machine A warp knitting machine has across its working breadth in its working area a plurality of knitting tools and an adjacent fabric pull-off arrangement. A pair of gripping breadth holders between the working area and the fabric pull-off are located at both e... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6176106 | Dial or half-dial for single-cylinder circular hosiery knitting machines, particularly for producing tubular items closed at one longitudinal end A dial or half-dial for single-cylinder circular hosiery knitting machines, particularly for producing tubular items closed at one longitudinal end, which comprises a dial or half-dial body which is substantially shaped like a disk or half-disk and is pro... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6158254 | Double layer sock and method of making A double layer sock is formed on a circular knitting machine so that the inner layer and the outer layer are connected by knit stitches adjacent the toe portion and the inner and outer layer wales adjacent such connection are aligned. A section of knit co... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6105399 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing tubular knitted articles A method for manufacturing a tubular knitted article with a toe end closed by a machine provided with a cylinder (1). The machine has a first and second series of needles disposed opposite to each other on corresponding semicylindrical portions of the sam... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6089049 | Knitting machine A knitting machine including a first knitting station (51) for knitting a welt, a second knitting station (52) comprising a fully fashioned knitting head (54), and a transfer system including a welt transfer bar (60) and a transfer bar transport system (7... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082143 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine. The apparatus includes a generally conventional circular knitting element for forming a tubular knit fabric. A tension-controlled roll take-up assembly is located downstream from the circular knitting element for receiving the... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5931024 | Circular knitting machine for producing an article having a closed end A circular knitting machine for producing a tubular knitted article having a closed end. The apparatus includes a circular knitting element for forming the tubular knitted article and a closure assembly located downstream of the circular knitting element ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5606876 | Device for handling knitted products manufactured on circular stocking knitting machines A process and device for picking up and transferring stockings from a stocking circular knitting machine to a sewing machine for closing the toe of the stockings. The device includes conveying units for taking hold of the stocking at two opposite zones of... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5595070 | Product fabricating attachment and methods of constructing An attachment for the cylinder apparatus of a circular knitting machine which produces lock stitched hosiery. The attachment further includes an additional attachment which provides a mechanism to gather and sever a tubular hosiery segment intermediate it... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5417089 | End closure apparatus for a tubular-knitted article A method and apparatus for use in a circular knitting machine to form an end closure in a knitted tube made of thermoplastic yarn. The apparatus includes a tube constrictor mounted on the knitting machine for constricting the knitted tube formed by the kn... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5323626 | Apparatus for the thermal pre-fixing of stockings outputting from a circular machine An apparatus for the thermal pre-fixing of stockings directly from a circular knitting machine has a cylindrical treatment chamber with an inlet valve and an outlet valve and is connected to a hosiery knitting machine through a conduit an to a suction con... | 06/28/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5231856 | Twin-cylinder circular knitting machine for manufacturing socks and stockings with a knitted fabric tensioning device The twin-cylinder circular knitting machine with knitted fabric tensioning device having members for retaining the fabric proximate to a knitting forming region. A first fluid-activated piston is accommodated in the upper needle cylinder and is provided w... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5229181 | Tubular knit cleanroom wiper A wiper for use in cleanrooms and other controlled environments is made using a knit fabric tube rather than a fabric sheet. The fabric tube is knit with a diameter approximately equal to the preferred wiper dimension and is presented directly to an appar... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5205140 | Sueding means in a textile fabric-producing machine A textile warp knitting machine is equipped with a driven sandpaper-covered sueding roll extending the full width of the fabric take-up section of the machine for peripheral engagement of the warp knitted fabric with the sueding roll to produce a raised s... | 04/27/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5167134 | Mechanical take down device A mechanical take down device in a circular, particularly double cylinder knitting machine. The device includes two circular parts, one being full and solid and fitting into the other part, while the fabric passes between them. One of the parts has a scre... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5157946 | Apparatus for transferring knitted fabric from circular knitting machine A cylindrically knitted fabric is produced in a knitting region adjacent to the top of a needle cylinder of a knitting machine. The knitted fabric is guided downward around a conical nozzle and fed downward in a twisting-preventive guide cylinder rotating... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5127558 | Method and device for turning out men's stockings outside the relevant operating machine To turn out men's stockings, that is to say socks, outside and at a distance from the relevant operating machine, such as a circular machine for sock manufacture or a toe-sewing machine, use is made of: a device from extracting the sock 3 from the machine 1 by... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5060489 | Tricot knitting machine improvement A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses ad... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5056340 | Tricot knitting machine improvement A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses ad... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5025644 | Sueding means in a textile fabric-producing machine A textile warp knitting machine is equipped with a driven sandpaper-covered sueding roll extending the full width of the fabric take-up section of the machine for peripheral engagement of the warp knitted fabric with the sueding roll to produce a raised s... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5007253 | Portable lace clipping and shearing apparatus for synchronous operation with a lace-knitting machine A portable clipping and shearing apparatus for clipping and shearing float from lace sheet. The apparatus is mechanically coupled to the lace-knitting machine and is adapted to take up the sheet directly as it emerges from the lace-knitting machine to cli... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5005381 | Hosiery finishing apparatus Apparatus for finishing hosiery, coupled to an individual knitting machine (2) includes a tube and valve (4, 6) for conveying completed articles to a chamber (10) formed by a sleeve heated by a resistance element (12) contained in the chamber (10). A pair... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5004132 | Method and apparatus for producing socks A method and apparatus for finishing socks is disclosed which utilizes a boarding or blocking machine of the type having a plurality of sock boarding (blocking) forms which are movable within a track. Socks to be block (boarded) are applied to the boardin... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4947659 | Fabric severing device for circular knitting machine The fabric is withdrawn from the needle cylinder of the knitting machine and is flattened so that the present fabric severing device can periodically sever a predetermined length of the fabric in a transverse direction while the fabric is being produced b... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4945734 | Fabric tensioning device in a double cylinder circular knitting machine A knitwork tensioning device has a fabric locking mechanism normally disposed in the lower needle cylinder of a double cylinder circular knitting machine. The fabric locking mechanism has a set of locking fingers capable of fluid pressure actuation for lo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4845962 | Fabric heating unit in crochet galloon looms It is described a fabric heating unit 1 comprising a pair of heating elements 7, 8 each of them exhibiting an active surface 10a designed to come in contact with one of the faces of a fabric 3 coming out of a crochet galloon loom. Associated with each hea... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4842661 | Method and apparatus for binding edges of woven, non woven and knitted articles A knitted, woven or non woven article such as a glove for example, having a wrist cuff includes an edge binding which is activatable by the application of heat thereto to prevent unraveling of the cuff edge. The bound edge is defined by first and second y... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4703632 | Lint removing apparatus for circular knitting machine The lint removing apparatus of the present invention is provided with at least one air jet ejecting pipe which is supported for rotation in a circular path of travel so that air is directed over and against selected portions of the knitting machine. Means... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4631931 | Machine for continuously fabricating by tridimensional knitting section elements of composite material The machine is of the type comprising rods defining the volume of the section element and extending in the longitudinal direction of the latter and a knitting head depositing threads around the rods in a direction perpendicular to the latter. The rods are... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4628709 | Apparatus and method for producing knitted hook-type fastener material A knitted material is disclosed having on one side a multiplicity of upstanding hook-like engaging elements suitable for repeated face-to-face engagement and disengagement with a material having a multiplicity of upstanding pile loop-like mating engagemen... | 12/16/1986 |
