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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770417 | Magnetic actuator, particularly for selection devices in hosiery knitting machines or the like A magnetic actuator, particularly for selection devices in hosiery knitting machines or the like, comprising a main magnet, which has at least two poles arranged side by side and separated by a discontinuity, and a selection electromagnet, which is provided with at ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7310977 | Selection actuator for knitting member A plurality of control magnetic poles 33n-34n are provided in each selection unit of a selection actuator, and the upstream control magnetic poles 33n, s and downstream control magnetic poles 34n, s are control... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6968715 | Magnetic needle selecting device of weft knitting machine In a magnetic-type needle selection device of a flat knitting machine, a power supply control device controls a current-application interval, during which an electric current is applied to a selector actuator, in accordance with the moving speed of a carriage. The p... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962065 | Knitting machine, in particular circular knitting machine, and control jack suitable for same What is described is a knitting machine with an electromagnetic selecting device for the three-way technique. In order to reduce the space requirement for the selecting device in height and width, assigned to each of the knitting tools (7) is a pivotable cont... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6651464 | Selector actuator for knitting members in a knitting machine A selector actuator is provided with two controlled attraction parts (5, 6) and three non-controlled attraction parts (7, 8, 9). In the controlled attraction part (5), two magnetic coil poles having attraction sites (16a, 16b) at their top ends are arrang... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6584810 | Knitting member selecting actuator of knitting machine In a knitting member selection actuator (1) of a knitting machine, there is provided between a pair of yokes a magnetic property means (35a, 35b, 45a, 55a, 55b) for making a magnetic reluctance between the confronting yokes (32a, 32b, 42a, 42b, 52a, 52b) ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6345520 | Device for transferring digital data between a rotating part and a fixed part of a machine, particularly for hosiery knitting machines and the like A device for transferring digital data between a rotating part and a fixed part of a machine, particularly for hosiery knitting machines and the like, comprising a data transmission unit and a data reception unit, the data reception unit being arranged so... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6145349 | Method and equipment for Jacquard selection in a textile machine The invention relates to Jacquard selection in a textile machine characterized by a selection jack (1) provided with a spring (M1) by which, after the preselection phase in which the jacks are guided by a cam inside the cylinder, they move out under the p... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6141994 | Knitting machine and control jack therefor A knitting machine comprises at least one knitting implement carrier (1) having tricks (10) and knitting implements (8) slidably mounted therein, a cam system for guiding the knitting implements (8) in pass or raise tracks (15, 16), control jacks (9) form... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5983677 | Jacquard pattern control mechanism for a circular knitting machine A jacquard pattern control mechanism for a circular knitting machine is provided in which a plurality of rocker bar supporting members are each slidable in one of the grooves along which one of the knitting elements move, a plurality of elongate rocker ba... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5899096 | Device for needle-by-needle selection in circular stocking knitting machines A device for needle-by-needle selection in circular stocking knitting machines is disclosed. An elastic lock pin or segment (19) is provided for each lower needle (13) of the type having an elastic deflection tail. The segment is carried by a crown (22) f... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5860454 | Electromagnetically-operating Jacquard control device An electromagnetically-operating Jacquard control device has an electromagnet (1) with a magnetic core (3), an armature (8) and a limit stop (14) for each controlling element (16) to be controlled. The limit stop can optionally be brought into the movemen... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5836178 | Modified needle with associated actuation elements for knitting the heel in circular stocking machines A modified needle with associated actuation elements or knitting the heel in circular stocking machines, comprising a first conventional selection heel and an elastic extension having a second heel that can be selected for forming the sock and stocking to... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5775135 | Circular knitting machine with jacquard pattern control mechanism for cylinder needles, sinkers or dial needles A jacquard pattern control mechanism for a circular knitting machine in which knitting instrumentalities are selected in accordance with a jacquard pattern and are moved between three positions, namely, welt, tuck and knit positions, by a selector jack, a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5689977 | Circular knitting machine with jacquard pattern control mechanism A circular knitting machine and a jacquard pattern control mechanism therefor is provided in which knitting instrumentalities slidably mounted in grooves in a rotating member, such as a needle cylinder, sinker cap or dial, are controlled by a rocker bar s... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5669249 | Magnetic selection ring for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine The magnetic selection ring has a ferromagnetic body defining a flange provided with recesses. Slots filled with diamagnetic material are provided in the recesses to form heads each accommodating the core of a respective release electromagnet. The selecti... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664442 | Elastic selector with associated sub-needle for needles in a circular knitting machine The selector has a lower extension for retention by a fixed magnetic selection ring associated with a needle cylinder, and an upper shaped elastic portion for returning the lower portion of the selector towards the outside of a needle cylinder. A flat or ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5568738 | Needle selection device of a circular knitting machine A needle selection device including a plurality of push jacks respectively mounted in the needle slots of the needle cylinder of a circular knitting machine, a plurality of lifting bars respectively mounted in the needle slots and selectively driven by th... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5560228 | Textile machine In a textile machine, in particular in a knitting machine, with controlla working elements and an arrangement for selecting the working elements, the working elements are held in their initial position by a holding magnet and are selectively released fro... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5520024 | Selection device for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine A selection device for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine which includes, in an upward region, an elastic portion that is adapted to move the lower portion towards the outside of the cylinder and has a lower heel that is adapte... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5488841 | Structure of selecting mechanism for circular knitting machines A selecting mechanism for a circular knitting machine, including a hollow base, which holds pairs of selecting jacks at different elevations, and a selecting jack pushing-up device detachably fastened to the hollow base to hold pairs of pushing-up plates,... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5425252 | Needle selection device for circular knitting machines for manufacturing socks, stockings or the like The needle selection device has multiple selectors arranged in axial grooves formed in the skirt of the needle cylinder, each selector arranged below a needle and oscillatable in a radial plane of the needle cylinder from an active position, in which a bu... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5419162 | High speed electromagnet selection device for selecting the needles in a knitting machine The device comprises, for each selector element, a high-speed electromagnet having a fixed core with a single coil, and an armature consisting of a lightweight blade. When the coil is energized, the blade is moved into one position, and is restored to ano... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5408852 | System of magnets for a selection block in textile machines Apparatus for operating needles of a textile machine includes magnetically operated control flaps for operating the needles, and magnetic controls operable to actuate the control flaps. The control flaps include a flap structure and an armature disposed o... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5361608 | Circular knitting machine of elastic needle type with a slider selection device A circular knitting machine of elastic needle type provided with a cam for flexing all the needles into their trick before they are raised to seize the feed yarn, in which the selection between those needles to be maintained flexed and those needles to be... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5329790 | Knitting machine A knitting machine comprises a needle cylinder, stitch-forming knitting needles, displaceable selector elements for initiating specific knitting operations, springs which bias the selector elements into a first position, mechanical control means which tra... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5327747 | Device for axially shifting within a circular knitting machine those needles which have not been raised by jacks A circular knitting machine having a needle selection device and a device for axially shifting needles which has an axially movable cam. The axially movable cam defines a contour and is movable to three levels corresponding to a knitting position, a tuck ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5291756 | Knitting machine with needle selecting device The knitting machine with needle selection device has a plurality of needles or sub-needles each having a body with at least one magnetized portion. A selection element faces the magnetized portion and is constituted by a plate which is physically separat... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5275021 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine for manufacturing hosiery comprises a lower needle cylinder (1) having a cam section arrangement (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and a verticle trick (2) grooved on the needle cylinder (1) near the arrangement (5, 6, 7, 8, 9). The cam section ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5241288 | Electromagnetic selector equipped with a plurality of selection positions An electromagnetic selector device comprising a single permanent magnet and a plurality of electromagnets, which are excited in contrast or in agreement with the permanent magnet, to form a plurality of selection positions on two fronts along which run th... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5205139 | Method and device comprising deformable spring contraints for needle selection in a circular knitting machine A device for needle selection in a circular knitting machine consisting of springs lying below the elastic jacks and rotating with them, to be deformed axially and be retained in their deformed position or to be released therefrom by electromagnetic selec... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5174131 | Knitting machine with patterning arrangement A knitting machine has a bed, knitting implements which are mounted displaceably in the bed and which each have at least an operating and a pivotably first control butt, and at least one patterning arrangement which has a cam portion intended for guiding ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5172571 | Needle selection device for circular knitting machine, in particular for women's stockings A needle selection device for circular knitting machines for women's stockings, including a pusher jacks associated with each of a plurality of needles of a needle cylinder, each pusher jack having two heels including an upper heel interacting, in a selec... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5165259 | Method and device for needle-by needle selection in a circular knitting machine by means of elastic selectors A circular knitting machine in which the inactivation or activation of a vertical jack below each needle is determined by a flexible fork located radially of the cylinder within a ring structure completely surrounding the machine cylinder and rigid therew... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5144818 | Control device and method for electromagnetic needle selection in circular knitting machine Needle selection is effected by an assembly fixed on and rotating with the cylinder and consisting of a plurality of horizontal jacks selected by controlled electromagnets, and an electronic control system. The assembly is provided with Hall sensors which... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5090219 | Setting device for needle selecting apparatuses of a multisystem circular knitting machine A setting device for needle selection devices of a multisystem circular knitting machine includes a portable displacement unit connectable to individual needle selecting apparatuses of the systems of the machine and a separate programmable electric contro... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5070711 | Method and device for needle selection in a circular knitting machine, particularly for selection needle by needle This device relates to a circular knitting machine in which the inactivation or activation of a vertical jack standing below each needle is controlled by a horizontal jack. The horizontal jack is located in a radial position relative to a cylinder within ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5046333 | Yarn changing apparatus for circular knitting machine A yarn changing apparatus for a multi-feed circular knitting machine includes lever arms connected to yarn feeding fingers. Vertically moveable sliders operatively connect to the lever arms and are slidable between raised and lowered positions to move the... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5042275 | Restoring device for a needle selecting apparatus of a circular knitting machine A restoring device for a needle selecting apparatus of a circular knitting machine has a housing mounted on the needle selecting apparatus, and a slider located in the housing for each set of selecting plates of the selecting apparatus. Each slider is dis... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5018369 | Device for activating knitting cams in circular knitting machines The device has a box-like supporting structure which slidably accommodates at least one slider arranged laterally facing the needle cylinder of the machine and is movable, by virtue of the action of a linear motor, along a direction which is radial to the... | 05/28/1991 |
