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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7937972 | Method for making an item of clothing like an ankle sock A method for making, through a circular machine for making socks with alternate motion, an item of clothing like an ankle sock in “continuum” stitched without seams to form a single piece made up of a front end elongated in the shape of a pocket, that can be ass... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7631520 | Inner wear and high-gauge circular knitting machine, and knitting method using the high-gauge circular knitting machine The invention provides innerwear with a structure in which the body fabric and the hem are joined together without sewing and which has outstanding effects in discrimination as products and in showing individuality for users. The innerwear includes a body fab... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7276275 | Laminated spacer fabric A laminated material including a decorative or functional cover layer laminated to a porous material layer. The cover layer may include a rigid, semi-rigid or flexible material and the porous spacer material layer may include a reticulated foam, nonwoven textile, or... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7240522 | Elastic knitting fabric having multilayer structure An elastic knitted fabric having a multilayer structure, made by binding separate front and back two-layer ground knitted fabrics together, wherein the above described two-layer ground knitted fabrics are bound together with only a bare string(s) of polyurethane bas... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7117694 | System component having a braking spring A knitting tool (1) is provided with a braking spring (15) formed on the knitting tool as a one-piece member thereof. The braking spring has a thickness (W) which is less than that of the knitting tool (1), whereby the braking spring (15)... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6915666 | Circular knitting machine, especially for the production of spacer fabrics A circular knitting machine is described which is intended to serve in particular the production of spacer fabrics. The circular knitting machine contains a needle cylinder (1) having cylinder needles (2), a cylinder cam (3), a dial (4) w... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6755052 | Knitted stretch spacer material and method of making A knitted spacer material including the use of a stretch yarn component for stretch, compression resistance, decreased weight, and improved drape and/or conformability. ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6415632 | Method for producing a knitted fabric with a circular knitting machine with cylinder and dial, particularly for producing footlets or the like A method for producing a knitted fabric with a circular knitting machine with cylinder and dial, particularly for producing footlets, comprising the steps of producing a knitted fabric with a particular process that achieves high elastic deformability for... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6321574 | Double knit terry fabric with sculptural design A multi-color, knitted, sculpted, terry fabric is formed with two yarns on a circular double knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles by forming a ground layer by actuating the dial needles to engage both yarns, and by selectively actuating the c... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6151921 | Circular knitting machine and setting device for its cam system parts A circular knitting machine comprises a needle cylinder (2) and/or a dial (4) and a cam system (6, 7) associated therewith, said cam system having adjustable cam system parts (32, 33), which are preferably adjustable by rotatable eccentric studs (38) asso... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6131417 | Circular knitting machine with an exchangeable needle cylinder A circular knitting machine has a knitting frame, a supporting ring mounted on the machine frame, a needle cylinder supported on the supporting ring. The needle cylinder has a needle cylinder axis and an upper and a lower edge. A carrier shaft is mounted ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6003343 | Circular knitting machine with a dial lubricating device A circular knitting machine with a dial arrangement, has a rotatable dial (2), a stationary dial cam system (12), a device (23) for feeding a lubricant to the dial arrangement and a collecting container (29) for reception of lubricant escaping from the di... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5791162 | Method and sinker for producing plush fabrics The invention relates to a method, a knitting machine and sinkers (1, 2) for producing plush fabrics. The method is distinguished in that core and plush thread loops (48, 54) are preformed on selected sinker edges and are transferred prior to the actual s... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5682770 | Jacquard mechanism of a circular knitting machine A jacquard mechanism mounted in a circular knitting machine for knitting a jacquard fabric, including a fixed selector cam for guiding a knitting needle in a fixed track, a needle selector controlled to raise the knitting needle into a tucking track for a... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5651847 | Double-face circular knit There is described a double-face circular knit comprising two concentric lengths of knit web and an in-between spacer structure, wherein the spacer threads are optionally textured coarse-filament multifilament yarns, optionally in combination with monofil... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649435 | Circular knitting machine with replaceable knitting head A tubular knitting machine having a separate take-up assembly and removable knitting head. The knitting head drive mechanism is removably attached to the take-up assembly. A separate drive mechanism is provided for take-up tension and drive rollers. The t... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5613375 | Convertible circular knitting machine A convertible circular knitting machine having a creel and feeders which is adapted to be converted from producing fleece fabric to producing jersey fabric or back. The apparatus includes a knitting cylinder adapted to receive a plurality of knitting need... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5546769 | Apparatus for knitting a double-knit fabric having non-run and stretchability characteristics An interlock circular knitting machine for knitting a double-knit fabric in which multiple yarns are knit into cylinder needle and dial needle wales, by two types of cylinder needles and two types of dial needles supplied by yarn carriers with multiple ya... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5526655 | Cam mechanism for circular knitting machine and cam timing setting method A cam mechanism and method in a circular knitting machine having at least two types of knitting needles each having a master butt and at least two selector butts and including a stitch cam for engaging the master butts and retracting the needles from the ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5501085 | Fabric holding-down mechanism for double knit machines A fabric holding-down sinker for a double knit machine to stop the knitted fabric from being lifted during the raising stitch of the cylinder needles. A series of such presser sinkers are reciprocated radially relative to the cylinder needles, each presse... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5398526 | Assembled interlock needle cylinder structure of a circular knitting machine An assembled interlock needle cylinder structure of a circular knitting machine, comprising an annular upper body and an annular main body. The main body includes an annular base seat and an annular upper seat detachably associated with the base seat. Mul... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5386711 | Double knit machine for knitting constructive fabrics A double knit machine which includes a series of sinker assemblies disposed corresponding to the cylinder needles of the machine for holding down the knitted fabric during the raising stitch of the cylinder needles, each sinker assembly comprised of a fix... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5359865 | Interlock knitting machine for jacquard knitting A circular interlock knitting machine of the interlock butting type including jacquard knitting includes a rotating cylinder having cylinder needles movable between welt, tuck and knit positions, dial needles movable between welt and knit positions along ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5224360 | Circular knitting machine having removable cylinder A vertical shaft of the machine is encircled by a vertically movable sleeve that supports, at its lower end, a dial cam holder having a stepped portion. A needle dial 17 bolted to the undersurface of the sleeve has a recess that closely receives the stepp... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5099661 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine is constructed for facilitating replacement of the needle cylinder and dial element without the necessity of hoisting the dial by means such as a chain block. The circular knitting machine includes a circular dial element suppo... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4996852 | Circular knitting machine Conversion of a circular knitting machine having a particular diameter of needle cylinder to a machine having a different diameter of needle cylinder is permitted within a limited range of sizes of needle cylinders. This conversion is made possible by pro... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4958507 | Process for making socks Process for making a sock of the type with two layers. A first course knitted by the needles, and corresponding to the end of the tip of a first layer, is transferred onto the central transfer plate of the machine where it is maintained in standby. Knitti... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4956981 | Circular knitting machine with multiple number of feeds Each feed of the multiple feed circular knitting machine is provided with selector cams to position needles in one of four positions, knit, tuck, welt and early withdrawal positions. Two types of knitting needles are provided and each type of needle inclu... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4244197 | Method and apparatus for producing knit fabric Method and apparatus for knitting fleece fabrics on a knitting machine having two sets of needles disposed for movement in planes disposed at angles to each other to form a fabric construction; and wherein one set of needles is employed exclusively to kni... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4197721 | Method for forming of stitches and knitting machine for carrying out the method A method and apparatus for mechanical stitch formation with at least one continuous yarn or thread wherein a loop of yarn or thread is provided around a stitch forming needle, and this first loop is clamped at its distal end so as to be retained around th... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4172370 | Method of knitting a dress weight tube sock This tube sock is of a medium or dress weight so that the sock may be comfortably worn with dress shoes and includes very long and fine terry loops in the heel and sole area to provide the sock with cushion and comfort characteristics of the type normally... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4080805 | Cam system for circular knitting machines An arrangement in the cam systems for circular knitting machines in which movable cams having variable positions cooperate with fixed cams to define a needle track, so that this track is substantially free of severe curvatures. The cams cooperate in diffe... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4050268 | Process for forming panty hose and an article formed thereby Process for forming a panty-hose with a continuous rotational motion of the needle cylinder, in a circular hosiery machine. After forming a first leg portion, the body porton is formed by going on knitting along a needle arc, by cyclically activating and disac... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4040273 | Method and a circular knitting machine for manufacturing stockings and like articles having a Jacquard pattern over ribbed knitwork made of plain and purl stitches A method of manufacturing stockings and like articles having Jacquard pattern over ribbed knitwork, made of plain and purl stitches making use of at least two different thread feeds, e.g. of different colors, and of needles arranged in two distinct suppor... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4033150 | Circular knitting machine for producing detachable strips of knitted fabric A cylinder and dial circular knitting machine is provided with: 1. a striping box that may feed a draw thread or yarn, 2. adjustable placer and raise cams, and 3. means for controlling the operation of such striping box And cams so as to cause the machine to knit fabric... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4019350 | Method of producing double-knit fabric having additional fleece threads incorporated into one face or both faces thereof The present invention provides a method of producing double-knit goods or fabrics having additional fleece threads incorporated into one face or both faces thereof and a nap or fleece is imparted from these threads by napping. The method comprises feeding... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4003221 | Adjustable cushion cam for a knitting machine A cushion cam is provided in association with an adjustable stitch cam and is rendered adjustable with the stitch cam such that a constant gap is maintained between the stitch and cushion cams regardless of the position selected for the stitch cam.... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3975926 | Feed device for circular knitting machines of the type manufacturing open fabric A thread feed device for a circular knitting machine of the type having a fixed needle cylinder and needle dial and rotatable cams, for manufacturing open fabric. The needle cylinder and needle dial have a needle-free sector and the feed device comprises ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3975927 | Striping apparatus for circular knitting machines A circular knitting machine having a thread guide fixed to the machine is formed with a thread insertion slot, and a plurality of thread guiding eyes holding threads for insertion. A thread entrainment element is located below the thread guide, travelling... | 08/24/1976 |
