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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7213422 | Needle selection device for weft knitting machine A needle selecting apparatus for a weft knitting machine capable of performing a needle selecting position locking function without moving a selecting jack forward and backward is provided. In the needle selecting apparatus, an initial position of the selecting jack... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7155941 | Knitting machine having variable rate-changing mechanism There are provided a stitch cam including a first cam in which a stitch size determining cam surface for a large-sized stitch and a receiving cam surface are formed in the same phase, and a second cam which has a common retracting cam surface and in which a receivin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6968715 | Magnetic needle selecting device of weft knitting machine In a magnetic-type needle selection device of a flat knitting machine, a power supply control device controls a current-application interval, during which an electric current is applied to a selector actuator, in accordance with the moving speed of a carriage. The p... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6845285 | Knitting support system and knitted product and knitting support server system A knitting support system of the invention includes knitting machine adjusting data storing means (28) for storing the knitting machine adjusting data for many fabrics; search information storing means (22) in which various kinds of parameters of the f... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6651464 | Selector actuator for knitting members in a knitting machine A selector actuator is provided with two controlled attraction parts (5, 6) and three non-controlled attraction parts (7, 8, 9). In the controlled attraction part (5), two magnetic coil poles having attraction sites (16a, 16b) at their top ends are arrang... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6584810 | Knitting member selecting actuator of knitting machine In a knitting member selection actuator (1) of a knitting machine, there is provided between a pair of yokes a magnetic property means (35a, 35b, 45a, 55a, 55b) for making a magnetic reluctance between the confronting yokes (32a, 32b, 42a, 42b, 52a, 52b) ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5719777 | Knit design method and knit design apparatus Design data of a knitted product are divided into plural layers, layer numbers are given to the layers, and the layers are stored. The default value of a layer number is the number of the latest layer plus 1, and the layer numbers can be modified. It is m... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5694792 | 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 ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5669249 | Magnetic selection ring for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine The magnetic selection ring has a ferromagnetic body defining a flange provided with recesses. Slots filled with diamagnetic material are provided in the recesses to form heads each accommodating the core of a respective release electromagnet. The selecti... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664442 | Elastic selector with associated sub-needle for needles in a circular knitting machine The selector has a lower extension for retention by a fixed magnetic selection ring associated with a needle cylinder, and an upper shaped elastic portion for returning the lower portion of the selector towards the outside of a needle cylinder. A flat or ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5588312 | Driving apparatus for needles of knitting machine The invention provides a driving apparatus for needle of a knitting machine wherein a coupling operation of a stator assembly and a moving assembly can be facilitated and a smooth movement of the moving assembly is assured. The driving apparatus includes ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5520024 | Selection device for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine A selection device for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine which includes, in an upward region, an elastic portion that is adapted to move the lower portion towards the outside of the cylinder and has a lower heel that is adapte... | 05/28/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5237840 | Electromechanical device for selecting the needle actuating sinkers in an automatic flat knitting machine In a selection device there is an electromagnet, secured to a plate integral with a carriage of an automatic knitting machine, and the mobile armature of the electromagnet carries a cylindrical element having a free headrounded and inserted in a concave s... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5212968 | Presser controller of a carriage in a flat knitting machine A presser controller device of a carriage in a flat knitting machine in which the carriage comprises: cams that project from the carriage for urging selector jacks of corresponding knitting needles which are parallelly arranged on a needle bed of the trav... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5090219 | Setting device for needle selecting apparatuses of a multisystem circular knitting machine A setting device for needle selection devices of a multisystem circular knitting machine includes a portable displacement unit connectable to individual needle selecting apparatuses of the systems of the machine and a separate programmable electric contro... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5076110 | Cam control mechanism of a carriage in a flat knitting machine The invention relates to a cam control mechanism of a carriage in a flat knitting machine capable of controlling vats with different heights from the carriage depending on the requirement, without having to mount plural solenoids on the carriage for contr... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4989425 | Apparatus for the electronically controlled three-position electromagnetic selection of needles for circular knitting machine with alternate motion In order to carry out the three-position selection of needles, that is, for floated stitch, retained stitch and discharged stitch, in either direction of rotation of the needles cylinder of a circular knitting machine with alternate motion for the product... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4875347 | Method of actuation of needle selection latches of a knitting machine, and a device for performing the method In a knitting machine, a selection latch having two end positions for selecting a knitting-needle is actuated so as to engage a cam which moves the selected latch towards a second end position. The actuation of the selection latch in two stages reduces th... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4819455 | Flat knitting machine A flat knitting machine has in the needle grooves of the needle beds (31) ccessively arranged spring shaft needles (32) with needle butts (35, 36), slide jacks with butts and displaceable jacquard jacks (34) having respectively two butts as well as a cam ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4793157 | Flat knitting machine In the flat knitting machine the trailing cable (15) supplying electricity to the drivable machine carriage (10) is guided over at least one trailing cable holder (17) which is movable simultaneously with the carriage, the cable thus forming at least two ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4790149 | Flatbed knitting machine with electronic control In a flatbed knitting machine with electronic control and comprising programmable fixed-word stores and freely accessible stores, all the data for the operation of the machine is split into five divisions, namely motif pattern draft, needle set-up, knitti... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4788835 | Flatbed knitting machine with electronic control In a flatbed knitting machine with electronic control and comprising programmable fixed-word stores and freely accessible stores, all the data for the operation of the machine is split into five divisions, namely motif pattern draft, needle set-up, knitti... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4774819 | Flat knitting machine with data processing apparatus Data processing apparatus for a flat knitting machine having several cam systems usable in both travel directions and having needles or needle jacks disengageable from the cam tracks of the cam systems, contains an optimisation circuit (15) with at least ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4773236 | Device for control of a flat-bed knitting machine A device for the control of a flat-bed knitting machine for needle selection and/or the determination of the position of the carriages on the needle beds is provided with a pulse generator device having magnetically controllable resistors in the form of d... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4773235 | Device for control of a flat-bed knitting machine A device for the control of a flat-bed knitting machine for the positional determination at lift reversal of the carriage assembly driven by a reversible motor has a phase-shifted pulse generator device on the carriage assembly which can be moved back and... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4770009 | Mechanism for selecting and controlling the raising of needles in circular and flat bed knitting machines, having a plurality of adjacent needles, with electronic programming control A mechanism selects and controls the raising and lowering of needles in circular and flat bed knitting machines having a plurality of adjacent needles. A rocking pusher is provided for each needle to move each needle back and forth between an outwardly pr... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4768357 | Method for knitting a flat knitted fabric, a flat knitting machine and a novel flat knitted fabric knitted by said flat knitting machine A method for knitting a flat knitted fabric, wherein all knitting needles of the flat knitting machine are individually connected to an actuator, and each actuator of the corresponding knitting needle is activated in accordance with the predetermined knit... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4724686 | Hand knitting machine A hand knitting machine comprising a transversely extended needle bed having grooves, each receiving a hooked latch needle and a carriage having cam grooves formed on the undersurface thereof so that every transverse movement of said carriage may form a r... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4723423 | Flat-bed knitting machine having an electronic control for the movement of the needle sinker A flat-bed knitting machine has been described which is provided with needle sinkers arranged in a knitting cam system of a cam box carriage featuring several cams adjustable by means of stepping motors and having an electronic control unit, which feature... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4715198 | Control magnet assembly for a pattern apparatus in knitting machines for electrically controlled needle selection A control magnet assembly (10) for a pattern apparatus in knitting machines, for electrically controlled needle selection, has selection magnets (29, 30), which are provided with permanent magnetic retaining pole zones and with control pole zones with whi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4711101 | Flat-bed knitting machine A flat-bed knitting machine having a needle bed apparatus and an associated carriage apparatus movable longitudinally thereon and having a data processing unit which controls the cams and/or selector units among others and store pattern information in mem... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4697438 | Synchronizing device for the selection of knitting needles in knitting machines A synchronizing device for the selection of individual knitting needles in a straight and circular knitting machine to operate according to a desired knitting pattern includes a synchronizing rail of a magnetizable material arranged on a stationary select... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4688404 | Electromagnetic patterning system on a knitting machine The invention relates to a magnetic patterning system on a knitting machine, which has knitting tools which are selectable independently of one another. The patterning system comprises ferromagnetic control elements associated with the knitting tools, an ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4686839 | Flat knitting machine with needle selection device In the flat knitting machine with a needle selection device, the needles (12) are selected at double selection points and the non-selected needles (12) are locked by means of a locking jack (25) and the control butt (22) of their needle jack (19) is remov... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4667488 | Device for the selection of the sinker and needle assemblies of an automatic flat knitting machine A device made in a carriage of an automatic flat knitting machine, consists of a plurality of identical consecutive units 100, each of which is located between a plane of symmetry of two groups of movable cams and a plane of symmetry of two first fixed ca... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4660391 | Needle selection device for a flat knitting machine A needle selection device for a flat knitting machine with knitting needles hich are pivotable into different positions comprises pivotable double-armed check levers which are associated with the respective needle channels along the length of the needle be... | 04/28/1987 |
