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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400938 | Method for assigning states to stitches of a fabric The present invention relates to a method for assigning states to stitches of a fabric, wherein the state can vary between a first and a second state, that comprising the steps of allocating a part of the fabric, randomly assigning a state to each stitch of the allo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386360 | Device, method, and program for loop simulation A movement amount is determined for each of a plurality of stitches on a knitting fabric on the basis of relative positions between a stitch and stitches on the upper, lower, left, and right sides thereof in accordance with predetermined rules, and the stitch is mov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7330772 | Knit design method and apparatus An object of the invention is to display an image having the feeling close to that of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a fuzzy knitting yarn. At least part of knitting yarn image data (1) on a knitting yarn with much fuzz (2) is divided into cert... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7289870 | Knitting method, knitting fabric, knit designing device and knitting program for intarsia pattern A yarn feeder is caused to perform a single reciprocating motion in a section in which the boundary of an intarsia pattern varies discontinuously such that a jump occurs between a yarn feeding end position of the yarn feeder and a following yarn feeding start positi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281396 | Medium- or large-diameter single-cylinder circular knitting machine with radially compact sinker ring A medium- or large-diameter single-cylinder circular knitting machine with a radially compact sinker ring, comprising a needle cylinder that has a vertical axis and a sinker ring that is connected coaxially to the needle cylinder proximate to the upper end of the ne... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272462 | Process for producing a knitted fabric A method for creating pattern instructions for an electronic patterning control of a knitting machine to enable the knitting machine to knit fabric having a desired pictorial image as part of the knitted structure, the pictorial image being created by a series of co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246509 | Knitted glove with controlled stitch stretch capability A knitted glove made by creating each of the sections of the glove using a separate knitting course on a flat knitting machine providing variable stitch dimensions. Each of these sections provides its own designed stretch characteristics so that the glove fits tight... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213419 | Knitted glove with controlled stitch stretch capability A knitted glove made by creating each of the sections of the glove using a separate knitting course on a flat knitting machine providing variable stitch dimensions. Each of these sections provides its own designed stretch characteristics so that the glove fits tight... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203566 | Knit design method, apparatus therefor and program therefor A gore as a portion of a continuous elongated knitted fabric in a wale direction like a flared skirt is used. A knitted fabric formed by connecting a plurality of the gores in a course direction is designed. At the time of designing a pattern spread over a plurality... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197371 | Method and device for knit design When a target area 4 is designated at an end of a knitted fabric or the like, by sliding the target area 4, the target area 4 is deformed into a target area 5. The design of the knitted fabric is inputted to the target area 5. Afte... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7127321 | Device for designing tubular knot fabric and method of designing Shapes of a front and a rear part of a tubular knit fabric are displayed on a monitor, and the input of a pattern across the front and rear knit fabrics is received. When a user appoint on the monitor a start point of the pattern on the knit fabric, the pattern is e... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113844 | Method and device for controlling length of yarn of weft knitting machine An object of the invention is to control the yarn length as appropriate in a tubular knitted fabric including a drop loop, regardless of the presence of crossover. For front and back needle beds, ones of those indicated by capitals ABC . . . among odd-numbered or ev... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6999837 | Device and method for controlling and/or monitoring a yarn processing system A device for controlling and monitoring a yarn processing system, which comprises an electronic main control unit and at least one yarn feeding unit, and inside of which a serial communications field bus system is provided with at least one field bus for carrying ou... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6945282 | Method and device for forming a shed in a weaving machine A shed-forming device and a method for using it are provided for creating a shed of warp yarns in a weaving machine. The shed-forming device includes a plurality of yarn separating elements operably disposed to one another within the weaving machine. The yarn separa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6931299 | Micro-control apparatus for circular knitting machines A micro-control apparatus for circular knitting machines that operates through the request of a host end including an input unit to provide operating functions, a processing unit to command input, output and communication, a communication unit to provide a communica... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920767 | Method and device for producing automatically shaped tubular knitwear items and products obtained thereby The invention relates to tubular knitwear items (1) suitably shaped or modeled without the usual cutting and sewing operations and preferably without using elastic yarns. According to the jacquard design and/or to the work cycle of the textile machine, the in... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6895787 | Knit design method and apparatus An object of the invention is to quickly display a simulation image of knitting stitches approximate to an actually knitted fabric. When an image is present in the position of the knitting stitches 12, 13 corresponding between an upper layer 1 and a lo... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6880367 | Knit design method and device An object of the invention is to display an image giving a feeling close to the feeling of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a knitting yarn. Linear knitting yarn image data 1 is divided into a plurality of meshes 2. The mesh 2 is made to m... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6823699 | Fabric with reinforcing parts A method for producing a multi layer protective textile fabric having a base fabric layer with pre-selected areas fibers of a heavier denier or different material inserted pursuant to a computer program and the articles produced thereby. There is also provided a glo... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6782721 | Unilayer fabric with reinforcing parts A method of producing a unilayer textile fabric having in preselected areas fibers of a heavier denier inserted pursuant to a computer program and the articles produced thereby. There is also provided a glove prepared by the method comprising heavier denier fibers a... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6782720 | Unilayer fabric with reinforcing parts The present invention relates to a unilayer flexible performance fabric which may be fabricated into apparel and articles having high performance fibers, such as high tensile modulus fibers positioned within a base fabric in at least one preselected location only wh... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6698253 | Method of and arrangement for designing of tubular round knitted articles produced of a flat knitting machine A method of and an arrangement for designing tubular round knitted products on a flat knitting machine operates with the fine automation degree and a plurality of representing, designing and correcting possibilities.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688144 | Knit design system A knit design system comprising grading line directing device (24) for directing grading lines (48, 90) at locations of size changes with respect to a design (34, 86) displayed on a monitor (8); grading line setting device (28) for setting information on ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6611730 | Device and method of designing knit products to be manufactured on a knitting machine A device for designing knit products to be manufactured on a knitting machine includes at least one storage device for storing data required for the production of the knit products on the knitting machine; at least one display device for displaying design... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6338002 | Internet inline control apparatus for knitting machine An Internet inline control apparatus for knitting machines includes a producer computer processor, a user computer processor linked to the producer computer processor, an intelligent communication unit linked to the user computer processor, a human machin... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6269282 | Electronic control apparatus for a textile machine An electronic control apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes serial-parallel converters, a serial data bus, an electronic processing unit, and assignment mechanisms. Each of the serial-parallel converters is connected to at least o... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6233979 | Circular knitting machine for production of knitwear with selectively different characteristics and method of adjusting it A circular knitting machine is described whose components can be adjusted to meet an order with the aid of adjustment data sets stored in a data memory and which relate to a predetermined knitting structure, yarn type, yarn thickness and quality of the kn... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6182477 | Method of and apparatus for controlling an electronic pattern circular knitting machine An electronic pattern circular knitting machine and method are provided in which a first encoder is operatively associated with the needle cylinder with which it rotates synchronously and generates a pulse signal for each knitting needle and transmits tha... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6176104 | Actuator device for the controlled movement of members in knitting machines In a crochet machine for warp knitting, the longitudinal movement of the carrier slide bars is controlled by a plurality of brushless motors each of which incorporates into its structure, a transducer of the angular position of the output shaft and a conv... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6119492 | Knitting machine with a timing signal-generator device A knitting machine contains at least one knitting tool carrier for knitting tools (9) with a needle distance t, an associated knitting cam assembly (12, 13), the carrier and the knitting cam assembly being moveable relative to one another and the knitting... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6105397 | Method for producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine A knitted article is produced on a flat knitting machine with a carriage and at least one cam system, wherein the carriage speed is controlled within a knitting row in dependence on pattern types produced by individual needles or needle groups, as well as... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5862682 | Method and apparatus for controlling needle driving motors in a knitting machine A method and apparatus for controlling needles of a knitting machine based upon comparing a plurality of predetermined position control patterns defining target positions with the position of a yarn feeder and a needle. When the positions are not the same... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5819559 | Needle selection device of flat knitting machine Needle beds are provided with needles, needle jacks and select jacks and selectors, and the selectors are provided with three butts. The front butt is made to contact the reference plane of the carriage to serve as the fulcrum of rocking. The second butt ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5557527 | Knit design system and a method for designing knit fabrics Each design data of intarsia, jacquard, and structural stitches is separately stored and independently processed. Each design data is stored in an internal data format where one pixel is allocated to each loop and is compensated for the aspect ratio of lo... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5511394 | Method of producing knitted articles Different kinds of texture samples smaller than the knitted fabric to be produced are knitted with different loop lengths and finished. The loop length and loop density for the fabric are determined from the sample having an optimum texture. The density o... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5442564 | Method for determining the size of the stitch loops in sock-production machines A method for determining the size of the stitch loops in sock-production machines by means of a control unit which stores three pairs of values for each of a plurality of different types of yarns with which each of a plurality of machine zones is to be pr... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5390709 | Fabric forming machine including pneumatic shedding apparatus and method A shedding apparatus for being fitted onto a fabric-forming machine such as a loom for controlling the up and down movement of warp-carrying heddles to form a filling insertion zone. The shedding apparatus includes a computer for storing pattern informati... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388050 | Knit design system and method of making knitting data therefor An operator inputs design information including shape information and stitch structure information of a fabric to be knitted by a keyboard input unit and a coordinate input unit. An engineering workstation prepares a fabric image showing the state of a fi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5222379 | Circular knitting machine for knitting body suits and the like In order to enable knitting continuously an elastic waist part or a locally bulging breast part (C) of a knit apparel such as a body suit, brassiere, petticoat, or panties over the entire structure thereof, the stitching cams (36) and cushion cams (37) of... | 06/29/1993 |
