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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263860 | Knitting method of tubular knitted fabric with projection, and tubular knitted fabric with projection The present invention provides a knitting method of a tubular knitted fabric with a projection part having stretch and a supporting performance and formed in an arbitrary shape and at an arbitrary location by using a flat knitting machine. The method comprises the s... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246508 | Automatic collar stay insertion device An automatic collar stay insertion device is provided herein. The device is for automatically inserting the collar stay. The device is mounted in a flat knitting machine utilizing motors and gears to rotate, locate and supply the collar stay. The conventional human ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6397638 | Method for integrating fasteners into a knitted seat cover and seat cover with fasteners The invention relates to a method for integrating fasteners into a knitted seat cover for attachment to a seat-cover support by means of a flatbed knitting machine, whereby fastening areas are provided on the side of the seat cover facing the support for ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6151922 | Method of knitting inlaid fabric and inlaid fabric knitted by the method A method of knitting an inlaid fabric including a base knitting fabric portion and an inlay yarn and an inlaid fabric knitted by the method. The method comprises the step that the base knitting fabric portion is knitted; the step that inlay yarn holding l... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5819558 | Method of lowering the yarn height for knitting single knit fabric A method of knitting a single knit fabric comprising the steps of successively advancing a plurality of needles corresponding to a non-knitting section within which a yarn from a yarn feeder forms a transit yarn portion beginning with a needle on the side... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5765400 | Method of manufacturing a continuous tubular knit on a flat-knitting machine with at least two active needle beds The present invention relates to a method for the production of endless tubular fabrics on a flatbed knitting machine. Two methods are described in which the tube is knitted in one case with vertical axis and in another case with horizontal axis. In the f... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5758519 | Method and apparatus for forming composite drawcord/elastic waistband A knitting machine and method for forming a composite band including an elongate knitted band and a drawcord secured to a front face of the knitted band by a covering yarn overlying the drawcord and stitched to the elongate band. The knitting machine incl... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5452591 | Knitted band with integrated drawcord and method of fabricating same An elastic band is fabricated with an integrated drawcord utilizing a crochet-type warp knitting machine by initially knitting a finished elastic band and, then, re-routing the finished band back through the knitting machine to a second knitting location ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5398527 | Flat knitting machine having a transferring mechanism A flat knitting machine with a transferring mechanism comprising a pair of needle beds arranged facing each other to form an inverted V-shaped form in a side view and to form an aperture between adjoining end portions of the needle beds, knitting needles ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5299435 | Locked inlay knit fabrics A method of knitting a double needle bed fabric in which an inlay thread or yarn 12 is interlaced into the fabric by transferring stitches from the active needles (10) of one needle bed to the needles of the other bed. In this way the inlay 12 is interlac... | 04/05/1994 |
