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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 4856104 | Device for the display and editing of knitting patterns produced on a flat-bed knitting machine A device for the display and editing of knitting patterns to be produced by means of a flat-bed knitting machine has an image memory containing the knitting pattern loop by loop in an arrangement by lines and columns, which is on its input side connected ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4413483 | Control mechanism for circular knitting machine The invention provides a circular knitting machine having a control mechanism with a rackable cam drum. A rackable timing drum carrying control elements for the speed of progress of the timing drum and activation of the cam drum racking, and a quick re-ze... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4346571 | Circular knitting machines In a circular knitting machine, a cam drum which controls control members co-operating with the needle cylinder is disposed coaxially with the cylinder. A program drum which advances as a function of the rotation of the needle cylinder is also coaxial wit... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4267708 | Circular hosiery machine and the like, having simplified program control means A circular knitting machine for knitting hosiery has a program drum which can be advanced through short or longer-pitch movements in dependence on an arrangement of removable pins located in seats around the drum. The presence, absence, and length of the ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4258558 | Saving apparatus for program sheet in automatic control system of flat knitting machine Operation conditions of a knitting machine for respective courses are marked on predetermined columns of a program sheet and are thus stored, the program sheet is rotated in the normal direction or reverse direction by one pitch per course, and marks are ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4248065 | Programming device for circular stocking knitting machines and the like Wide variations of the knitting program determined by the program drum of a circular knitting machine may be achieved by providing a plurality of rotatable program discs having peripheral seats for removable pins for determining supplementary programs and... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4233826 | Control device for striper units in circular knitting machines A control device for striper units in a circular knitting machine having a plurality of cam disks, the profil whereof is followed by a respective lever operating a respective thread finger by means of a Bowden cable. Each cam disk is secured to a respecti... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4231235 | Device for advancing the main drum in a circular knitting machine For advancing the main drum in a circular knitting machine there is provided a device comprising a ratchet wheel rigid with the drum and having five rows of teeth axially spaced thereon. Five pawls are movable back and forth for engagement with the teeth ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4226096 | Pattern drum control device in a circular knitting machine For stepwise advancing a pattern drum in a circular knitting machine there is provided a device comprising a peripheral tooth formation on the pattern drum, a pawl capable of engaging the tooth formation and pivotally supported on a support which is cause... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4036035 | Automated home knitting machine A home knitting machine is provided with electronic control means which function pursuant to patterning instructions on a program card and in response to the operation of control devices by an operator causing needle actuators on the carriage of the machi... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4031718 | Electronic system for centrally controlling a plurality of knitting machines A plurality of machines, such as circular hosiery machines, are controlled at preselected times during a knitting cycle by a central control unit. Each machine includes, in addition to the needle cylinder, a revolutions counter and angular position detect... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4018064 | Electronic control of knitting machines Apparatus for the electronic control of a knitting machine of the type comprising a storage device having an information store in which the information of a knitting pattern is stored in block form with every information block containing all the informati... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4015445 | Automated home knitting machine with means for controlling the knitting of design rows A home knitting machine is provided with electronic control means which function pursuant to patterning instructions on a program card and in response to the operation of row controlling switch means by an operator causing needle actuators on the carriage... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3945224 | Control system for circular knitting machines and the like Rotations of a circular knitting machine are counted and encoded into electrical signals. After a prescribed number of revolutions a programmer and program indicating disc signal a switching mechanism to shift a cam drum to the next position in the patter... | 03/23/1976 |
