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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7051557 | Hidden band brassiere, blank and methods of making same A circular knit bra is provided. The bra has a torso encircling shape with a torso part having an outer fabric, an inner fabric, and a bra bottom. The outer fabric and the inner fabric each have a lower edge. The outer fabric and the inner fabric form a double layer... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6915666 | Circular knitting machine, especially for the production of spacer fabrics A circular knitting machine is described which is intended to serve in particular the production of spacer fabrics. The circular knitting machine contains a needle cylinder (1) having cylinder needles (2), a cylinder cam (3), a dial (4) w... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6813910 | Device for varying the length of stitches on circular knitting and hosiery machines The invention concerns a device for varying the length of stitches on circular hosiery and knitting machines, which includes means for rigidly anchoring the cylinder to the cylinder support, vertical guide means of the sinker bed with respect to the cylinder, and me... | 11/09/2004 |
| 5881571 | Stitch cam for a circular knitting machine A stitch cam for a circular knitting machine using needles having operating butts of a predetermined height, includes a support body having a front facing surface, a first cam plate fixedly attached to the front facing surface, and a second cam plate mova... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5577402 | Positioning gauges for a circular sliver knitting machine A first and second indexing gauge for use in positioning air blowing units relative to the needles of a circular sliver knitting machine. An air blowing unit is attached to the machine so as to be both vertically and rotationally adjusted relative to the ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5511392 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the stitch length on a circular knitting machine A method of and circular knitting machine for producing a knit fabric having more uniform stitches including yarn feeders feeding a plurality of yarns to stitch forming instrumentalities, the spacing of which affects stitch length and which is subject to ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5275020 | Circular knitting machine with a needle cylinder and a dial A circular knitting machine has a needle cylinder (7) and a dial (25) which define a comb distance (x). One of these two needle carriers and a respective cam (9, 27) are displaceably supported in a frame of the circular knitting machine. To prevent unwant... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5212967 | Automatic stitch adjusting mechanism for circular knitting machine An automatic stitch adjusting mechanism for use in a multiple knitting station circular knitting machine having a plurality of knitting needles supported in a rotating needle cylinder for vertical movement parallel to the axis of rotation of the needle cy... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5182927 | Cam system for circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine with needles having operating butts of predetermined height includes a stitch cam unit for raising and lowering the needles by engaging the operating butts. The cam system includes a support body and a needle raising cam block ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5020340 | Circular textile machine for simultaneously forming a plurality of tubular knitted articles such as panty-hose (tights) and the like The articles are formed on individual arcs of needles (13, 15) facing each other on the two bars of the cylinder (11) and of the plate (10), the articles having rows formed partly by the needles of one bar and partly by the needles of the other bar, and h... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4996853 | Knitting machine with a device for adjusting the stitch density and for offsetting the stitch cam with respect to adjacent knitting cams This knitting machines includes a device for adjusting the stitch density and for offsetting the stitch cam with respect to adjacent knitting cams. The device comprises a stitch cam associated with a knitting cam supporting structure which is arranged fac... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4977758 | Knitting machines A control system which allows a plurality of shapes to be knitted by a simple change of profile cam (80). The profile cam (80) controls in a desired variable manner the feed rate of elastic or ground yarns to control the shape of a garment. The shape can ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4689971 | Process and circular knitting machine for manufacturing pantyhose articles and the like Several pairs of tubular articles are formed on two circular fixed fronts of needles using threads reciprocating transfer mechanism. The articles are alternatively formed by the two fronts by using sets of needles whose number may also vary. By using adja... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4353229 | Weft knitted fabric Weft double knitted fabric has a looped structure with some knitted loops drawn in one direction and other knitted loops drawn in an opposite direction. Yarns of some courses are drawn into knitted loops in both directions to form knit stitches on both fa... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4231234 | Assembly plate for assembling cam parts of a knitting machine A simple and easily manufactured assembly plate for receiving cam parts of a knitting machine in a predetermined position and in which the assembly plate is easily positioned in a knitting machine. The plate is provided with positioning projections, pins ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4068496 | Device for driving needle beds in a circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine has needle beds; a cylinder and a dial, and means to drive the cylinder and dial including three assemblies symmetrically arranged about three planes which intersect on a line substantially coincident with the machine axis, the... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3959994 | Circular knitting machine cam arrangement A lock for circular knitting machines. According to the invention, a lock or cam comprises a fixed lock element supporting or carrying cams defining the guide tracks for the knitting needle heels, causing the outgoing and re-entering movements of said nee... | 06/01/1976 |
