Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412851 | Device to improve the yarn threading of the thread guides for warp linear knitting machines A device (1) for improving the threading of thread-guides (5) for warp linear knitting machines (10), comprising at least a first support (6) that is associated or coupled to a supporting structure (11) of a warp linear knitting ma... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7325420 | Expandable knitted net The present invention is directed to a knitted net, and more specifically to an expandable knitted net. In one form, the net comprises a plurality of fill yarns with an elastomeric performance, which allows the net to expand in the cross-direction. In another form, ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320233 | Control device for linear knitting machines thread-guide bars A control device (1) for thread-guide bars (2) of linear knitting machines, comprising a linear motor (10) designed to impart a translational motion to the thread-guide bar (2), means (40) for moving the thread-guide bar (2)... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305855 | Machine knitting needle The machine knitting needle of the invention, beginning at its hook (3), between the hook (3) and its latch bearing (9), has a convex or at least not concave shank contour, which defines the inner hook contour and on one end (18) adjoins ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290411 | Oscillating control device for linear knitting machines thread-guide bars An oscillating control device (1) for thread-guide bars (2) of linear knitting machines (60), comprising a support (5) that can rotate around a middle axis (6) to which at least one thread-guide bar (2) can be associated, mo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7231789 | Snapping fabrics A snapping fabrics comprising of: a micro-fibriform loop fabric, fabricated by complex, spun micro-fiber and splinted thereafter to recover smaller fiber, all of the fibers forming the micro-fibriform loops between the inter-weaving or inter-knitting nodes; a fibrif... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7188494 | Expandable knitted net The present invention is directed to a knitted net, and more specifically to an expandable knitted net. In one form, the net comprises a plurality of fill yarns with an elastomeric performance, which allows the net to expand in the cross-direction. In another form, ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7024893 | Durable knitted net The present invention is directed to a net, and more specifically to a knitted net comprising a plurality of chain and fill yarns comprising mono-filaments that decreases the overall mass of the net, yet increases the durability of the net. In accordance with the pr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6854298 | Methods and systems for providing a protecting tube Providing a protecting tube includes knitting a plurality of yarns to form the protecting tube using a Raschel-type warp knitting machine, the protecting tube being one of open and closed and configured to contain at least one of a cable and a conduit. In addition, ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6854297 | Loop fabric for hook-and-loop type fastener and method of making the same A loop component for a hook-and-loop fastener includes a knit fabric and a plurality of loops extending along one surface of the fabric and made of a monofilament pile yarn such as nylon. The component is knit on a three or more bar machine with one bar forming the ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840067 | Modified shuss knitted netting A knitted netting includes longitudinal polyolefin ribbons and lateral polyolefin ribbons knitted with the longitudinal polyolefin ribbons to form knitted netting. The lateral polyolefin ribbons of the knitted netting have an actual shuss length more than 110% of a ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6305196 | Seamless warp knitted goods Seamless warp knitted goods comprising a sheet of continuous warp knitted goods wherein the fabric part and the lace part are integrally connected to each other along the direction of progress of the knitting stick, so that the sewed part between the fabr... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6289703 | Rashel machine with a stroke device for a guide bar assemblage A rashel machine is described for the production of a knitted fabric, especially on a double bar or multi-bar rashel machine which includes a knitting needle bar and a guide bar assemblage having several guide bars therein. The guide bar assemblage is sup... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6258738 | Coating with textile appearance for covering shaped panels The covering of the invention for covering shaped panels is constituted by a knit (2) obtained on a four-bar Raschel or warp loom having two ground threads feeding the first guide needle (I) (Raschel notation) and two appearance threads feeding the second... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6209359 | Manufacturing process of loops on a sheet through knitting, loop material manufactured by this process and its use A loop manufacturing process which utilizes a gang of needles, each including a closing string and a hook, and at least one transverse gang of small strainers located on either side of a sheet in conventional fashion, together with a transverse gang of lo... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6151929 | Device for fastening active components to the bar of a wrap knitting machine and accompanying tool for removing and installing the active components In a device for fastening active components (18) to the bar (6) of a warp knitting machine, the bar (6) has transverse channels (24) each of which is intended to receive a guide section (25) of the active component (18), and a longitudinal groove (20) for... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6131420 | Process for manufacturing in crochet galloon machines ribbons for tear type quick-closing devices, and a crochet galloon machine for manufacturing said ribbons It is described a process for manufacturing in crochet galloon machines, ribbons of synthetic fabric provided with flexible hooks for quick-closing devices of the tear type, which process comprises a previous step of knitting a ribbon in which successive ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122940 | Process for the producing of warp-knitted fabrics produced from discontinuous fibre yarns and apparatus for the production thereof Process for the production of warp-knitted fabrics realized from discontinuous natural or synthetic yarns constituted of at least 50% of discontinuous fiber yarns, or yarns constituted of at least 50% discontinuous fiber, comprising the healding of the ya... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092398 | Driving mechanism of compound knitting needle in narrow width crochet knitting machine There is provided a driving mechanism of a compound knitting needle in a narrow width crochet knitting machine, which can highly accurately control an operation timing and stroke of a compound knitting needle comprising a hook-like knitting needle and a n... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5966969 | Lightweight, rigid segment for carrying knitting elements for a knitting machine A segment carrying knitting elements for a warp knitting machine comprising a plurality of similar plates. Holes provided in said plates are penetrated by at least one hollow pin, which at its circumference is connected with the plates. This gives rise to... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5901583 | Raschel machine with stitch comb and knock-over bar A raschel machine comprises a stitch comb bar 9 whose holder 11 are swingable by the stitch comb shaft 12 and a knock-over comb bar 6 whose holders 8 are secured against swinging by an out-rigger 8a. The stitch comb shaft 12 is contained in knock-over com... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5832749 | Method to make elastic knitwear fabric and relative fabric Method to make elastic knitwear fabric from an elastic or elastomeric thread (11a) and from at least one non elastic thread (11b), the method using a single-section run-proof knitting machine, or Raschel type machine, having a bar of needles (12) moving i... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5809805 | Warp/knit reinforced structural fabric An improved warp/knit stitch reinforced multi-axial non-crimp layered fabric sheet used in structural applications, as for example, in aircraft and water applications, e.g. the skin of an airplane wing or fuselage structure, in water applications, e.g. sk... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5765401 | Knitting machine for construction of elastic fabric An elastic web fabric and method for producing the same. The resulting fabric is curl-free and has bi-directional stretch of between about 50-125% stretch in the width direction and 50-200% stretch in the length direction. In the preferred embodiment, the... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5758519 | Method and apparatus for forming composite drawcord/elastic waistband A knitting machine and method for forming a composite band including an elongate knitted band and a drawcord secured to a front face of the knitted band by a covering yarn overlying the drawcord and stitched to the elongate band. The knitting machine incl... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5653127 | Device on a warp knitting machine for crocheting an elastic band with fleece and an elastic band produced by this device A device on a warp knitting machine for crocheting an elastic band with a coating and an elastic band made with this device. The band may also have picots at its edges, that is small loops. The device is intended to facilitate the production of very fine ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5628210 | Warp knitting method, machine, and fabric made therefrom In a method for manufacturing a warp knitted fabric, the guides can also be displaced by one needle space (pitch) in addition to the overlap and underlap shog of the guide bar, so that the guides are not only selectively displaceable during the underlap s... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5555750 | Method and machine for warp knitting fabric and cutting pattern threads At least one pattern thread (8) is bound into the fabric ground in a process for producing a patterned knitted fabric (12). The process uses a warp knitting machine having one needle bar (1), at least one fabric ground laying bar (2,3a), at least one patt... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5542270 | Guide bar arrangment for warp knitting machine having bending tranducers A guide bar arrangement for a warp knitting machine has at least one guide bar, which is axially displaceable by means of a displacing arrangement and is carried, suitably on an axially rigid holding arrangement attached to a swinging shaft, through the i... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5502987 | Process for controlling the horizontal movements of yarn carrier bars correlated with a predetermined distance between centers of the knitting needles in knitting machines A system for controlling the horizontal movements of yarn carrier bars in an automatic loom or knitting machine includes a plurality of yarn carrier bars mounted for horizontal movement, a respective stepper motor operatively connected to each yarn carrie... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5452591 | Knitted band with integrated drawcord and method of fabricating same An elastic band is fabricated with an integrated drawcord utilizing a crochet-type warp knitting machine by initially knitting a finished elastic band and, then, re-routing the finished band back through the knitting machine to a second knitting location ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5311751 | Control arrangement for warp knitting machine guide bars A control arrangement for displacing the guide bar in a warp knitting machines comprises an input arrangement for the setting certain characteristic data defining the desired shogging pattern. There is also provided a first storage section for storing dat... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311752 | Warp knitting machine with electrically controlled thread feed A warp knitting machine comprises a brake operative upon current interruption. The guide bars are displaced by an electrical setting motor as well as a control arrangement, which establishes the position of the guide bars in dependence upon the angular po... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5307648 | Control arrangement comprising synchroneous signal for knitting machine guide bars A warp knitting machine comprises at least one guide bar and one main shaft. The angular position of the main shaft is determined by an absolute transmitter, while the position of the guide bar is determined by an absolute transmitter. Each transmitter ca... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5297402 | Warp knitted fabric and process and machine therefor A process for the production of warp knitted fabric uses a ground guide bar (L1) and at least two guide bars (L2 and L3) with partial threading. Threads (14) of a first additional thread system are worked with a main lap, which comprises a two row repeat.... | 03/29/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5058399 | Chain knitted fabric with a plushed loop on both sides and its production method Method for producing chain knitted fabric and cloth of the same with ratined aspect comprises the steps of embodying fabric on a loom having at least two guide bars, feeding more yield of yarn for forming plushed loop effect up to 40 to 50% greater than n... | 10/22/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4918947 | Knitting machine for producing warp knit A weft knitting machine for producing a warp knit fabric includes knitting needles guided so as to reciprocate transversely of a knockover bit. Warp thread guides are provided for the needles and at least one reciprocating filling thread guide transverse ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4895006 | Crocheting machine A crocheting machine has slide needles (2) with knitting needles (4) which are disposed on a knitting needle bar (6). Slides (8) of the slide needles (2) are attached at a slide bar (10) which is disposed over the knitting needle bar (6). Thus, a simple a... | 01/23/1990 |
