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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7707856 | Take-off comb element A take-off element (10) for the gentle treatment of thread and for simple handling comprises two parts (11, 12), wherein at least one of said parts is arranged so as to be adjustable in longitudinal direction relative to the other. Whereas one of the p... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7421861 | Take-off comb for a knitting or loop-forming machine A take-off comb, in particular for a flat-bed knitting machine or a loop-forming machine, comprising a number of take-off elements that are held in a bed (19), with the bed consisting exclusively of bent sheet metal parts. The take-off elements (10) ma... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6601412 | Takedown unit for circular knitting machine A takedown unit includes a set of takedown rollers arranged around tubular fabric hanging downward from a needle cylinder of a circular knitting machine. The takedown rollers rotate to draw down the hanging tubular fabric, and a floating guide mechanism i... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6568221 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine with a frame (1) having a plurality of feet (2, 3, 4), a needle carrier (7), a cam box ring and a take-down and/or winding-up device (14) mounted in the frame (1), wherein at least one of the feet (3, 4) is adjustable for alter... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6339943 | Device and method for adjusting hosiery tension in circular textile machines A device for the electronic adjustment of hosiery tension in circular textile machines, whose particularity consists of the fact that it comprises an actuator which is adapted to move a carriage, which is in turn adapted to perform a translatory motion al... | 01/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6155082 | Flatbed knitting machine In a flatbed knitting machine comprising at least two needle beds, at least one knitting system, at least one fabric take-off device and a take-off comb, the comb hooks (2) are covered by a take-off comb covering device (6) during at least one part of the... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6029478 | Knitting machine with plural knitted fabric tensioning rollers A device for tensioning knitted fabrics in knitting machines, particularly in large-diameter circular machines device comprises a plurality of tensioning rollers which are arranged side by side so as to contact substantially all the transverse extension o... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6023949 | Circular knitting machine with drive roll feed back device for tensioning the knitted fabric A circular machine for knitting or hosiery with a device for tensioning the knitted fabric, the tensioning device comprising at least two tensioning rollers which are arranged below the needle work area and are arranged substantially horizontally. The ten... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5996377 | Device for tensioning of manufactured articles in single-cylinder or two-cylinder circular stocking knitting machines A device for the drawing of a knitted article in a circular stocking knitting machine. The device includes a tubular element (14), which extends coaxially and rotates with the cylinder of the machine, but is capable of axial movements between a raised pos... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5960646 | Fabric take-off roller for flat bed knitting machines A fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines is provided with two driven and parallel arranged fabric take-off rollers, between which a fabric web is tangentially guided, wherein at least one of the fabric take-off rollers is made u... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5899094 | Flat knitting machine comprising a set-up device A flat knitting machine comprising: at least a pair of front and rear needle beds defining a gap therebetween; and a set-up device disposed below said gap, said set-up device including: a plurality of setting-up needles, each having a setting-up needle ba... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5870904 | Knitting fabric take-down device of flat knitting machine Knitting fabric take-down devices, located in front and back of and facing each other across a knitting fabric passageway formed under a needle bed gap between at least a pair of front and back needle beds of a flat knitting machine, for taking down a kni... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5575162 | Apparatus for controlling twist in a knitted fabric An apparatus for controlling twist in a tubular knitted fabric being withdrawn from a circular knitting machine includes an annular twist control member rotatably mounted to the circular knitting machine for disposition within the tube of the fabric. The ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5566604 | Apparatus for extracting a flexible product from a machine for fabricating same A machine for producing braid or circular knit fabric has a withdrawal unit for the continuous product driven by a synchronous motor receiving its drive signal from a digital frequency converter. A pulse generator connected with the main motor of the mach... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5566558 | Fabric slitting and take-up mechanism for a circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine and take-up mechanism therefor includes a knitting unit for forming a tubular knit fabric, a first set of let-off rolls for flattening the tubular fabric into a double-layer web and delivering the web from the knitting unit, a ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5560225 | Unit for transmitting motion to a hosiery suction tube in a circular knitting machine for manufacturing hosiery A unit is disclosed for transmitting motion to the hosiery suction tube in a circular knitting machine of the type having a fixed supporting plate to which a cylinder support with a vertical axis, an internal hosiery passage tube that is coaxial to the cy... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5425251 | Fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines A fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines is provided with a driven fabric take-off roller that has roller elements disposed next to each other in the axial direction. To ensure that, even with irregular thickenings of the fabric... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5381676 | Fabric take-up mechanism for circular knitting machines A fabric take-up apparatus for a circular knitting machine includes a set of delivery rolls for flattening and delivering the flattened fabric to take-up means which winds the flattened fabric into a roll, sensing means for sensing the tension in the fabr... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5369967 | Draw-off mechanism for a flat bar knitting machine The draw-off mechanism for a flat bar knitting machine having needle beds includes a pair of driven feed rollers arranged axially parallel to each other and located adjacent to the needle beds under a gap between the needle beds; a pair of pivoting levers... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5317885 | Winding device for split knitted fabric The present invention pertains to a circular knitting machine with a pair of cutting devices (15) in opposite positions for longitudinally cutting, on two sides, the tubular fabric component and for forming two individual even pieces (13a, 13b) and with t... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5241841 | Knitting take-off device for flat knitting machines In a knitting take-off device provided with gripping elements (14) movable through the comb gap of a flat bed knitting machine, the plane of the gripping elements (14) is directed perpendicular to the hooking planes of the knitting needles (13) mounted in... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5179846 | Cloth winding device for circular knitting machine This invention provides a cloth winding device of a circular knitting machine. A gear box is provided on the swivel frame of the machine. In the box, there are provided sets of fine adjustment gears and adjacent coarse adjustment gears on their respective... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5133197 | Apparatus for drawing knitted fabrics In the apparatus for drawing down knitted fabrics, a fixed position roller, a pressure roller and a drive for the rollers are located below mountainously opposed needle heads. The contact pressure between the rollers is controlled by a pivot mechanism inc... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5097684 | Apparatus to engage set-up fabric on a flat knitting machine A set-up comb 6, disposed below the gap 3 between needle beds in a V-bed flat knitting machine, comprises a comb bed 5 and a plurality of setting-up needles 4 mounted to the comb bed 5. Each setting-up needles comprises a needle body 10 fixed to the comb ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5040384 | Method for setting up a fabric on a flat knitting machine A set-up comb 6, disposed below the gap 3 between needle beds in a V-bed falt knitting machine, comprises a comb bed 5 and a plurality of setting-up needles 4 mounted to the comb bed 5. Each setting-up needles comprises a needle body 10 fixed to the comb ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4969340 | Device for tensioning knitted fabric in a circular knitting machine, in particular of the large-diameter type This device for tensioning knitted fabric in a circular knitting machine. In particular of the large-diameter type, comprises a plurality of tensioning rollers arranged with their respective axes in succession along a broken line inscribed in a circumfere... | 11/13/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4807451 | Knitted fabric winding-up device for flat knitting machines The knitted fabric winding-up device is formed as an auxiliary device which can be located beneath the needle beds (21, 22) on a lower supporting cross member (10), at the front side of a flat knitting machine, from which it is removable, and by means of ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4790152 | Fabric draw-off arrangement in flat knitting machines A fabric draw-off arrangement for flat knitting machines has a driven fabric draw-off member consisting of a plurality of roller elements and pressure rollers of a fabric pressure member associated with the roller elements which are mounted on a common ro... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4777808 | Cloth draw-off roller for knitting machines A cloth draw-off roller for flat knitting machines has individual roller elements rotatably mounted on a draw-off shaft and intermediate rings arranged with axial play relative thereto between the roller elements, which intermediate rings are rigidly secu... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4774820 | Flat knitting machine A flat knitting machine with a take-down system comprising a rotatable take-down roller and a counter-pressure member, between which the knitted fabric produced is clamped to draw it down during the production of the fabric, is improved in such a way that... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4697439 | Device for the disengageable locking of the last rows of knitted fabric in the needle working area of an automatic flat knitting machine A device consists of equidistant rods, located below the needle bed of a machine, perpendicular to the traverse direction of movement of a carriage, with the upper ends bent downwards to form a corresponding number of latch sections, and directed towards ... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4688402 | Knitting machine transmission mechanism assembly An improved transmission mechanism assembly for knitting machines having a shaft structure and gear combination mounted at the lower end of the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism incorporates an electronically controlled magnetic relay. Wh... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4679412 | Method for determining and correcting the length of a piece of knitting produced on a flat knitting machine In a method of determining and correcting the length of a piece of knitting eing produced on an electronically controlled flat knitting machine, the particular length of the piece of knitting which is being produced is continuously monitored by means of a ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4665720 | Pulling with reversing device and process for circular knitting frames Device and process for pulling with reversing circular knitting frames, comprising a cylindrical shell coaxial with the needle cylinder or the needle cylinders of the frame, and positioned above the plane of formation of the knitted fabric. A cylindrical ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4660392 | Device for controlling the vertical tension of the knitted fabric in automatic flat knitting machines A device for controlling the tension of the knitted fabric includes two parallel rows of rollers, which are supported by two plane surfaces mounting two needle beds upon which a carriage is able to move longitudinally and alternately. The rows of rollers ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4646544 | Knitting expander device for flat bed knitting machines For a knitted fabric expander device on flat bed knitting machines, the guide bars positioned at the edge of the knitted fabric with their end projecting over the comb gap (13) are coupled in a detachable manner via a switch body (31) with a holder/expand... | 03/03/1987 |
