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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7739889 | Circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, which comprises at least one needle cylinder which has a vertical axis and on the lateral surface of which there are axial slots. Each of these axial slots accommodates a needle (106) and an actuation eleme... | 06/22/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7300077 | Pipe connecting structure A pipe connecting structure for connecting a pair of sleeve-like pipes integrally in an axial direction by inserting a male side end portion of one of the pair of sleeve-like pipes into an opening of a female side end portion of the other sleeve-like pipe so as to s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6167730 | Sinker and selector arrangement for a circular knitting machine A sinker (1) for a circular knitting machine contains a shaft (2) with a recess (11) in which a selection element (12) provided with a controllable raising butt (20) is mounted swivellably and can be swivelled to and fro between a position in which the ra... | 01/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6014875 | Needle selection device, particularly for selecting the dial needles in circular knitting machines A needle selection device in a circular knitting machine, including: needles which are slidingly accommodated in grooves formed in a needle holder and which have pivoting levers provided with heels; needle actuation cams facing the needle holder and formi... | 01/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5782272 | Piezoelectric shed selecting device A shed forming device for selecting a shed forming apparatus with the assistance of piezoelectric bending elements in a weaving and/or knitting machine of the jacquard type intended for weaving and knitting patterns. The shed forming device includes compl... | 07/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5027619 | Knitting needle driving mechanism of knitting machine Disclosed is a knitting needle driving mechanism of a jacquard knitting machine for driving knitting needles by using piezo-electric elements in which a rear end portion of a piezo-electric body is movably supported in a groove of a supporting body or a h... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4989425 | Apparatus for the electronically controlled three-position electromagnetic selection of needles for circular knitting machine with alternate motion In order to carry out the three-position selection of needles, that is, for floated stitch, retained stitch and discharged stitch, in either direction of rotation of the needles cylinder of a circular knitting machine with alternate motion for the product... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4905484 | Multisystem circular knitting machine having electromagnetic needle selection In a multiple system circular knitting machine having an electromagnetic needle selection, the needle and jack cam races are supported on a stationary support ring which rests on a plurality of radially directed and mutually spaced ribs. To improve operat... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4901541 | Needle selector for knitting machine In a knitting machine, a needle selector having jacks fitted respectively in needle grooves formed in one of a cylinder, a dial and a needle bed is provided. A jack groove cam has a raising cam face for moving the jacks along their respective axes. A cont... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4884417 | Needle selection device in knitting, sock- and stocking-making machines and the like This device for the selection of the needles comprises a selector accommodated below a needle in a same groove of a needle bed of the machine. The selector is controllably movable from an extraction position, in which a heel thereof protrudes from the gro... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4838048 | Knitting machine A knitting machine with stitch-forming knitting needles which are actuated by pattern bars and which are adjustable in accordance with the three-way technique to three operating positions, i.e., the knitting, floating and tucking positions, comprises elec... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4827740 | Device for controlling the knitting positions of the needles in a knitting machine In a knitting machine, a needle position control device comprises knitting needles each having five butts, of which one is fixed and the four others are secured in pairs to two needle latches mounted for oscillation in two recesses formed in the stem of t... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4799366 | Knitting or hosiery machine with electronic-controlled, electromechanically actuated selection of the needles For a multi-feed knitting machine or hosiery machine, the system of selection of the needles is equipped, per each thread feed, with at least a stationary electromagnetic actuator, suitable for acting by magnetic attraction on wire springs incorporated in... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4796444 | Circular weft knitting machine Methods for circular weft knitting of variegated articles and selectively programmable circular weft knitting machine apparatus for carrying out such methods including means for effecting selective, controlled two dimensional displacement of compound need... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793159 | Needle selection device for circular knitting machines The needle selection device includes a pair of vertically arranged needle selection units in advance of each yarn feeding and knitting station with one of the needle selection units being operable to select needles to knit and welt positions and the other... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4739636 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine for hosiery includes an electromagnetic needle selection system. This selection system includes pivotal selector devices which act on resilient pushers and which are pushed indiscriminately or selectively against the resilient ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4738123 | Circular weft knitting machine Improved methods for circular weft knitting of variegated articles and selectively programmable circular weft knitting machine apparatus for carrying out such methods including means for effecting selective, controlled two dimensional displacement of comp... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4608839 | Circular weft knitting machines Methods for circular weft knitting of variegated diversiform and articles and selectively programmable circular weft knitting machine apparatus for carrying out such methods including controlled two dimensional displacement of compound needle member compo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4320635 | Electromagnetic selection device for needles of a knitting machine The device includes a canal having a narrowing entry and a widening outlet, separated by the poles of a pair of opposing electromagnets, and in which selective means, or selectors, are shifted. Two substantially identical, geometrically and magnetically s... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4196599 | Needle selection mechanism for knitting machines A selection mechanism for knitting machines in which each raising jack for lifting the needles is associated with a pusher jack which is placed opposite the poles of an electromagnetic array during each selection cycle. This array either holds the pusher ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4171628 | Magnetic control system for circular knitting machines An improved magnetic pattern control system for circular knitting machines. Each system includes a bar forming a bearing surface. Selector elements of the knitting machine are adapted to be tipped or pivoted about the bar as they pass the bar to move corr... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4033148 | Needle selecting device Selecting device for the individual selection of the operating means in knitting machines, particularly in large diameter circular knitting machines with rotating needle beds and an electronic selection mechanism. Said device includes at least one selecti... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4023383 | Electrically controlled needle selector arrangement for knitting machines A knitting machine has a housing on which is displaceable a support cylinder carrying an array of parallel needle holders displaceable up and down. Two armed levers are pivoted on each of the holders and each have a forked arm formed with an actuating foo... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4020652 | Selector mechanisms A selection mechanism for a knitting machine of the type having individually movable needles provided or associated with selection butts at two or more levels, comprising at least one pair of superimposed permanent magnets, having a common pole piece betw... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3990270 | Knitting machine A circular knitting machine comprises a rotatable knitting needle cylinder which carries a plurality of knitting needles through knitting stations. A needle-moving jack is pivotally connected with each of the knitting needles and is movable in a needle-ra... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3987646 | Magnetic actuator construction for a circular knitting machine The movement of each of a plurality jacks or rocking pressers of a ferromagnetic material a circular knitting machine between a knitting and a non-knitting position is accomplished by the cooperation of the fields of a permanent magnet and a selectively a... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3973414 | Apparatus for producing patterned deep pile circular knitted fabrics A pile fabric knitting apparatus has controllable means, several representative embodiments of which are disclosed, separate from fiber supply means and responsive to dynamic control means, i.e., transducer, control tape, etc., functioning during operatio... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3972206 | Pattern selector A knitting unit selection device for a knitting machine includes a plurality of pivotable knitting unit actuators which are aligned in one level of the machine and which cooperate with guiding cams to be brought into the influence of a single magnetic act... | 08/03/1976 |
