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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079235 | Circular knitting machine with bearing-stabilized cylinder A retrofit to circular knitting machines that stabilizes the cylinder to reduce or eliminate wobbling or other undesired motion so that the machine can operate at a significantly higher speed. The cylinder is stabilized by a bearing system added to the knitting head... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8056372 | Knitting head for a knitting machine A knitting head (11) for a circular knitting machine (1), with the knitting head comprising the complete main bearing (29) of the cylinder and being provided, on its lower end, with a standardized interface (34) for accommodation with a c... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7793523 | Circular knitting machine with bearing-stabilized cylinder A retrofit to circular knitting machines that stabilizes the cylinder to reduce or eliminate wobbling or other undesired motion so that the machine can operate at a significantly higher speed. The cylinder is stabilized by a bearing system added to the knitting head... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7735342 | Apparatus for forming an unbalanced, circular knit fabric and a coated fabric produced therefrom An apparatus for forming an unbalanced, circular knit fabric for coating in a subsequent operation, the apparatus comprising: a circular knitting station; and a thermal relaxation station downstream from the circular knitting station for relaxing the fabric in all d... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7673478 | Needle bed with fluid channels A needle bed (1) that comprises strips (4) in order to form needle channels (5), with the strips being configured in a comb-like manner. Between the individual teeth of this comb, recesses (28 through 37) are formed, said recesses ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7559216 | Three-piece panty garment and methods of making A three-piece panty garment can include three panels formed from separate tubular blanks knit on a small-circumference circular knitting machine designed for making pantyhose. As a result, such a panty garment can comprise an unstretched girth that is substantially ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7437894 | Circular knitting machine with fabric scanner, and break-away mount for fabric scanner A break-away mount for mounting a fabric scanner to the central support shaft in a circular knitting machine. The mount normally fixes the scanner in a stationary position on the end of a mounting arm of the mount, but if sufficient force is exerted on the scanner i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7392669 | Circular knitting machine, particularly of the medium-diameter type, with improved needle actuation A circular knitting machine, comprising a footing with a rotatable, vertical needle cylinder, axial slots on the outer lateral surface of the needle cylinder, that accommodate each a needle, a sub-needle arranged below each needle in a corresponding axial slot conne... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7313906 | Yarn comprising bamboo fiber and the processing method thereof A yarn comprising natural bamboo fiber and the method for producing the same is disclosed, wherein said yarn is prepared by spinning natural bamboo fibers alone or in combination with other fibers in a blended ratio of natural bamboo fibers comprising 30 to 100% by ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310976 | Circular knitting-machine chassis with cantilever support A support chassis for a circular knitting machine includes a frame assembly having a leg assembly and a horizontal bed plate supported by the leg assembly, a support connected to the frame assembly, and a horizontal ring assembly entirely supported by the support in... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7269977 | Floss blowing and heat dissipating apparatus for high speed circular knitting machines A floss blowing and heat dissipating apparatus for high speed circular knitting machines includes an annular duct located beneath a circular frame plate and an airflow generator to generate pressurized air. The annular duct has a passage inside and an air intake con... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7213420 | Sock A knitted sock has an inner layer 2 comprising a toe end 4 and an outer layer 3 comprising a toe end 7. The inner and outer toe ends are aligned and joined wale stitch to wale stitch to form a composite toe end, which is closed to provide... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213417 | Method for producing intarsia designs with a circular knitting machine A method for producing intarsia designs with a circular knitting machine, which consists in correlating, for each row of knitting of the design to be produced, sets of needles, which are meant to reduce the regions (2,3,4,5) of the design in different colors ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7155940 | Three-piece panty garment and methods of making A three-piece panty garment can include three panels formed from halves of tubular blanks knit on a small-diameter circular knitting machine designed for making pantyhose. As a result, such a panty garment can comprise a girth that is substantially three times the d... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131466 | Patterned scarf, method and loom for producing the same A patterned scarf having a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer which are interwoven along the edges. The scarf has colors and/or patterns which are formed by weft threads their inserted spaced-out between warped threads of the same color. The warped threads... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117695 | Method to make circular-knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns Circular-knit, elastic, single-knit jersey fabric, of spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns with bare spandex plated in every course, has a cover factor in the range of 1.3 to 1.9, a basis weight from 140 to 240 g/m2, an elongation of 60% or more and... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107235 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The present invention teaches a method of conducting retail and Internet business including making and delivering a custom article of footwear. The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, st... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7047767 | Method for manufacturing socks with a circular knitting machine having at least two feeds or drops A method for manufacturing socks with a circular knitting machine having at least two feeds or drops, consisting in producing the sock starting from its opposite end with respect to the toe. The toe is produced by using at least two feeds simultaneously and by actua... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043941 | Circular knitting machine with a dust removal device A circular knitting machine with a carrier (1) for knitting tools (2) and a cam housing (8) is described, the cam housing (8) being sub-divided into a plurality of segments (8a, 8b, 8c) which are ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036340 | Heat dissipating system of high-speed circular knitting machine A heat dissipating system of a high-speed circular knitting machine includes a super low temperature air gun. Cold air is ejected from a cold air outlet of the super low temperature air gun for carrying away the high heat produced by a cylinder base during a knittin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7016867 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, stability, and running economy. Unlike the conventional foam materials presently being used by the footwear industry, a preferred spring element i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6983625 | Circular knitting machine with a working platform and construction kit for making same What is described is a circular knitting machine with a chassis (1) and means for manufacturing knitted goods. According to the invention, the circular knitting machine has at least one working platform (14) facilitating access to an upper region, and ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6948342 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine. The apparatus includes: a knitting cylinder; a bed for supporting the knitting cylinder; a plurality of cam blocks; a dial or double cylinder for forming a rib stitch; and a reduced height cam for forming a tuck stitch on the cylinder ne... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6923026 | Method for hand-crafting a rug A method for hand-crafting a rug includes obtaining a first sock loop and twisting the first sock loop to form one loop four strands thick. A second sock loop is pushed halfway through the one loop and a new sock loop is pushed through the two end loops of the secon... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920767 | Method and device for producing automatically shaped tubular knitwear items and products obtained thereby The invention relates to tubular knitwear items (1) suitably shaped or modeled without the usual cutting and sewing operations and preferably without using elastic yarns. According to the jacquard design and/or to the work cycle of the textile machine, the in... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6901776 | Method of knitting an elastomeric yarn into a circularly knitted fabric A method for circularly knitting an elastomeric yarn into a knitted fabric is provided. The method includes: operating a circular knitting machine at a machine rate, retaining a free end of the elastomeric yarn in a substantially relaxed condition, and taking up the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6848278 | Circular knitting machine and protective device therefor The invention relates to a circular knitting machine with a protective cover (17) at least partially surrounding a take down and/or winding up device (15) on the outside. The cover (17) which includes a guide fixed on the machine frame and segme... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845284 | Methods and systems for designing circularly knitted garments A method and system for designing circularly knitted garments are provided. The method includes designing a model of the circularly knitted garment, stretching the model from a first size to a second size, and governing the stretching with one or more user definable... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6810694 | Method of knitting an elastomeric yarn into a circularly knitted fabric A method for circularly knitting an elastomeric yarn into a knitted fabric is provided. The method includes: operating a circular knitting machine at a machine rate, retaining a free end of the elastomeric yarn in a substantially relaxed condition, and taking up the... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6776014 | Method to make circular-knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns Circular-knit, elastic, single-knit jersey fabric, of spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns with bare spandex plated in every course, has a cover factor in the range of 1.3 to 1.9, a basis weight from 140 to 240 g/m2, an elongation of 60% or more and... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6755051 | Knitted garments and methods of fabrication thereof A method for fabricating a garment comprising the steps of knitting a tubular preformer having at least one band of edging material circumferentially and integrally knitted therewith, and continuing knitting the knitted tubular preformer to fabricate a knitted fabri... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739158 | Method and apparatus for producing automatically shaped tubular knitwear items with graduated anatomic support and control and products obtained thereby The invention relates to tubular knitwear items (1) suitably shaped or modeled without the usual cutting/sewing operations, characterized by dimensionally little or non elastic fabric zones, said zones being structurally and functionally connected as a textil... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739159 | Method for producing tubular knitwear items and products obtained thereby The invention relates to tubular knitwear items provided with suitable openings or holes (H) automatically obtained for shoulder straps (SS, SD), neck portions (GC), belts, strings, stripes, knots (K), loops and the like, i.e. for various applications and purposes, ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6735987 | Circular knitting machine for the production of plush fabrics The invention relates to a circular knitting machine with knitting needles (4) and sinkers (25) for the production of plush fabrics. Each of a plurality of knitting systems has a means (71) for controlling the knitting needles (4) into a ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6701755 | Panty, pantyhose or similar article A knitted textile articles and a preform forming a panty, pantyhose or similar article. The preform includes a tubular knit body and a pair of opposed longitudinal segments extending the length of the tubular body. The longitudinal segments include both c... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6651463 | Knitted underwear of the boxer shorts type and method for making same This knitted boxer comprises a shorts part (3) forming two leg openings and a crotch part; the crotch part is made of a knitted part of two adjacent pieces of different tension, with a pinched piece (25) sewn onto a front seam (10) connecting the two leg ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6568221 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine with a frame (1) having a plurality of feet (2, 3, 4), a needle carrier (7), a cam box ring and a take-down and/or winding-up device (14) mounted in the frame (1), wherein at least one of the feet (3, 4) is adjustable for alter... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550287 | Method of fabricating shirts from circularly knitted fabric and shirts produced thereby Shirts may be fabricated with a minimal number of sewn seams utilizing a first circularly knitted fabric tube forming a shirt body and a second circularly knitted fabric tube forming shoulder portions and sleeves by orienting the tubes essentially transve... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6519978 | Apparatus and method for knitting a fabric with a lay-in yarn on a circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine has sinkers arranged for radially reciprocating around an upper portion of a cylinder, and latch needles arranged around the upper portion's perimeter for reciprocating along the axis of the cylinder. Selected ones of the needl... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6490890 | Panty, pantyhose or similar article A knitted textile articles and a preform forming a panty, pantyhose or similar article such as a footie. The preform includes a tubular knit body and a longitudinal segment extending the length of the tubular body. The longitudinal segment includes partia... | 12/10/2002 |
