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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530242 | Method for transferring portions of knitting produced by a group of needles to another group of needles of a bed, in circular hosiery knitting machines with two beds or the like A method for transferring a portion of knitting produced by a group of needles to another group of needles of a bed in circular hosiery knitting machines with two beds comprising a step, performed by engagement elements arranged in a first sector of the second bed, ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7290409 | Method and device for handling a tubular knitted article, in particular a sock A method to orient a tubular knitted article, such as a sock or the like, with respect to a pocket of fabric, for example the heel or toe pocket of said article. The method comprises the phases of: stretching an article on a tubular member (1) so that an inte... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7213418 | Method of producing hose-like knitwear One-cylinder circular knitting machine for production of hose-like knitwear, such as socks, etc., that are closed at one of their ends, is provided with an dial plate (3) situated above the needle cylinder of the machine and equipped with dial sinkers (4, ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213420 | Sock A knitted sock has an inner layer 2 comprising a toe end 4 and an outer layer 3 comprising a toe end 7. The inner and outer toe ends are aligned and joined wale stitch to wale stitch to form a composite toe end, which is closed to provide... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7107797 | Method and apparatus for joining the edges of a tubular knitted article The invention refers to a method and apparatus for joining the edges of a tubular knitted article, such as a stocking, upon the completion of the latter on a circular machine; the apparatus comprises a movable carrier able to be associated with a knitting head of a ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6848280 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine for producing a tubular knitted article having a closed end is disclosed. The apparatus includes a knitting cylinder for forming the tubular knitted material; an accumulator downstream of the knitting cylinder for permitting the knitting ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6826930 | Method and apparatus for moving the stitches of a knitted tubular article to an operating station Method of handling or moving the stitches of a textile article, the method comprising removing the stitches from the needles of a textile machine by with the transferring article is formed at a first station, transferring the article from said first station to a sec... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6810697 | Method and circular knitting machine for manufacturing tubular knitted articles with one closed end The invention concerns a method and a circular machine for manufacturing socks with closed toes with the use of picking-up means placed on several linked sectors, which are movable between an annular position corresponding to the cylinder with needles of the machine... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6698250 | Circular knitting machine with knitted item removal/transferring device A circular double-cylinder hosiery knitting machine with a device for removing and transferring the article at the end of the knitting process, comprising a lower and an upper needle cylinders with vertical axis, a device with a removal element insertable... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688140 | Weft knitting machine with transfer mechanism and transferring method When a loop is transferred from a transfer jack to a knitting needle of a lower needle bed, a needle hook (21a, 21b) of the knitting needle (13a, 13b) is inserted into the loop (88) retained on the transfer jack (57); then the transfer jack is moved forwa... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6665578 | Linking method and linking apparatus A linking method including the steps of opposing knitted fabrics to be linked to each other, stretching the opposed knitted fabrics in a course direction, stretching the opposed knitted fabrics in a wale direction, picking up an image of linking loops of ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6609396 | Weft knitting machine with transferring mechanism and transferring method A flat knitting machine comprising a transfer jack bed (9) holding transfer jacks (7) in such a manner as to freely advance and retract, wherein when a loop is transferred from the transfer jack (7) to the needle (19), the loop retaining portion (53) of t... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6591637 | Plate for closing the toe of hosiery A closing device (4) is provided for closing a tube-shaped knit fabric on one end, for example for producing stockings or socks, which has plates (9) and counter-plates (13). The latter each have loop-carrying sections (18, 41), whose ends are designed to... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6397637 | Lifting device for knitted items constructed on a circular machine A device for lifting a knitted item made on a circular knitting machine for knitwear and hosiery. The device includes a lifting pipe 15 coaxial inside the cylinder, rotating with this, moveable in height between a lowered position and a raised position, a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397121 | Process and apparatus for detecting loop stitch of tubular knitted fabric, and apparatus for linking tubular knitted fabric There are provided a process and an apparatus for detecting loop stitches of a tubular knitted fabric and an apparatus for linking the tubular knitted fabric, which can automatically detect each of loop stitches formed in the tubular knitted fabric. Accor... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389849 | Method and device for closing the toe of a tubular article on a knitting machine A method is described for the production of a tubular knitted article on a circular knitting machine, in which a needle cylinder knits said tubular article (M) beginning at an initial end and finishing at a final end. At the end of the knitting of said tu... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6381991 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing tubular items, particularly hosiery items, closed at an axial end A method and an apparatus for manufacturing tubular items, particularly hosiery items, closed at an axial end. The method consists in forming the tubular item on a circular knitting machine by way of the needles of the needle cylinder, starting from the o... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6286342 | Circular knitting machine with device for producing tubular items closed at an axial end, and method for producing tubular items A circular knitting machine for hosiery, with a device for producing tubular items closed at an axial end, and relative method. The machine has a diverter accommodated inside the needle cylinder disengaged from the rotation of the needle cylinder about it... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6282925 | Method for manufacturing closed end tubular items, in particular hosiery, on a circular knitting machine The method consists in forming a tubular item on a circular machine by means of the needles of the needle cylinder, starting from the opposite axial end of the item with respect to the axial end to be closed and retaining on the needles of the needle cyli... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6223564 | Method for manufacturing tubular items, such as hosiery items or the like, which are closed at an axial end, using a single-cylinder circular machine A method for producing tubular items, such as hosiery items and the like, which are closed at an axial end, using a single-cylinder circular knitting machine provided with a half-dial which faces, in an upward region, a first half of the needle cylinder a... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6199409 | Knitting machine for and method of knitting high density fabrics A double knit circular knitting machine is provided having a first needle bed in which transfer needles are mounted and a second bed in which ordinary needles devoid of transfer function are mounted in a double density to that of the transfer needles for ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6164091 | Method and apparatus for seaming edges of knitted articles Operational method for seaming the edges of a tubular knitted article (C) comprising the preliminary steps of knitting the article in a knitting station (T), removing the stitches of the last knitted rank with stitches-removing means mounted on a first un... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164093 | Knit necktie and method of producing the same A knit necktie which is entirely formed from a tubular knit fabric knitted continuously and has a triangular apron tipping portion which is formed from a triangular bag-shaped knit fabric formed by raising needles in a semicircle of a circular knitting ma... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6158252 | Method and single-cylinder machine for producing socks and the like, for the automatic closure of the final end of a tubular knitted fabric such as a sock On the disc (5) carrying the hooks (7) are two concentric pipes (12, 14) for tensioning the tubular fabric and for inverting it at the conclusion of the formation of the article. To close the toe: the loops of half of the needles (3A) are loaded onto the ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6155081 | Apparatus for driving stitches of textile articles Apparatus for driving stitches of textile articles is provided with, at least one element (1) including of a body with a stem (10) associated to a support means and with its free end exhibiting a seat (12) for a leading portion or end of a member having a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6109067 | Flat bed knitting machine having a transfer mechanism and a transferring method thereby When a stitch loop is transferred from a transfer jack of an upper needle bed to a needle of a lower needle bed, strains on the stitch loop are reduced and stitch drop is prevented. When transfer is made from the transfer jack to the needle, first a hook ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6079231 | Stitch loop holding apparatus for a flat knitting machine A stitch loop holding apparatus for a flat knitting machine using compound needles wherein in addition to needle operation means for knitting stitch loops, in order to hold a knitted stitch loop to the tongue of a slider of another needle without forming ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6044668 | Method and mechanism for closing the toe at the start of the process of making a stocking or sock, in a circular knitting machine The fabric (T) for the toe pouch is first formed by the needles (1) of a first semicircle (A), and then, in order to transfer the initial free edge (T1) of said pouch (T) to the needles of the complementary arc and thus to start the tubular fabric, a regi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5992184 | Flat knitting machine having a transfer jack transferring mechanism A flat knitting machine having a transferring mechanism using transfer jacks wherein the transfer jacks each have (i) at a front end thereof a loop engaging portion; (ii) at a rear end thereof a selected engaging projection extending rearwardly from a rea... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5924309 | Ribbed sock toe closing method and apparatus on double-cylinder knitting machine A sock or other tubular article with one closed end and with rib fabric--that is, with face and reverse stitches--is formed in a double-cylinder circular machine (1, 3), in which the toe is closed at the end of the process of forming the tubular fabric, b... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924310 | Device for closing one end of a tubular knitted article on the same circular machine that produced it The device, which is combined with the needle (1A; 1B) cylinder and cooperates with a normal disc (5) that has hooks (7A, 7B), is located coaxially with the cylinder and can be raised axially; the hooks (7A) of one semicircle can be actuated to take stitc... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5907960 | Closed toe method on a single-cylinder knitting machine Method for manufacturing a tubular hosiery item with a closed end, with a single-cylinder circular knitting machine having a pivoting semicircular plate having radially sliding hooks, including alternately rotating the needle cylinder for moving the needl... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5816075 | Single-cylinder circular hosiery machine with pivotable dial sections A single-cylinder circular hosiery-making or knitting machine particularly for manufacturing tubular items closed at one of their axial ends, having a needle cylinder and a circular plate which coaxially faces the needle cylinder in an upward region. The ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5761931 | Single-cylinder circular knitting machine A single-cylinder circular knitting machine, including a needle cylinder and a circular plate that is arranged above the needle cylinder and coaxially thereto. The circular plate is constituted by two portions, one of which can rotate with respect to the ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5727400 | Method for manufacturing socks having a closed toe with a single-cylinder knitting machine In a first step of the method for manufacturing socks with a single-cylinder circular knitting machine a needle cylinder is oscillated about its own axis with an oscillation angle of about 180° to move half of the needle cylinder that faces a half-platen... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5647229 | Device for closing the initial end of a knitted article such as a sock or other A push rod (38) with a pick-up hook (38A) at the end is moved in an axial plane of symmetry to engage by means of the pick-up hook in an intermediate position the partial initial courses (M1) of a pocket (M2) and to bring them progressively to the side op... | 07/15/1997 |