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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7319965 | Method and apparatus to control the operating speed of a manufacturing facility A method and apparatus for controlling the operating speed of a manufacturing facility is disclosed. It includes determining a desired operating speed that is dependent on at least one economic variable. The variables vary with the operating speed. Also, the operati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 4841748 | Jacquard circular knitting machine A jacquard circular knitting machine provided with a needle cylinder driving mechanism capable of optionally and readily controlling the rotary motion of the needle cylinder according to the pattern to be knitted. A motor interlocked through gears or the ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4763492 | 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... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4663945 | Circular hosiery knitting machine drive A variable speed drive motor is provided for imparting rotation to the improved and simplified gear assembly of the present invention so that the main drive shaft may be rotated at selected rates of speed. The drive gears includes a segment gear continuou... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4269044 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine in which for switching from continuous rotary motion to reciprocating motion and vice versa there is provided a coupling member rotatively rigid with a shaft and axially displaceable between two pinions, idly arranged on the sh... | 05/26/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4079600 | Method and apparatus for doffing fabric rolls from a circular knitting machine Method and apparatus for doffing fabric rolls formed on a winding shaft from a circular knitting machine. When the knitting machine is stopped after a predetermined length of knitted fabric is wound on a winding shaft, the angular position of the winding ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4069689 | Racking mechanism for double-cylinder revolving cam-box circular knitting machine A double-cylinder revolving cam-box circular knitting machine including pawl and ratchet structure which is selectively operable to perform a racking motion wherein one of the coupled cylinders of the knitting machine mounted at top and bottom is revolved... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4059740 | Switch and operating mechanism for circular hosiery knitting machine speed control A mercury switch which operates the speed control of a circular hosiery knitting machine is positioned within an elongated chamber of a switch housing. The switch housing, in turn, is pivotally mounted to the frame of a knitting machine at such a position... | 11/22/1977 |
| 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 |
