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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146829 | Yarn clamp assembly of a knitting machine A yarn clamp assembly of a knitting machine uses a wrap knitting method to knit a fabric having a side of a loop surface or a cut pile surface, and the base yarn of the base fabric forms two fixing loops fixed onto the wool yarn of the loop or the wool yarn during r... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127920 | Knitting machine for manufacturing plush fabrics A knitting machine for manufacturing plush fabrics includes latch-less cylinder needles in a cylinder, latch needles located on a needle dial and a cutting unit. The loop formed by a plush thread can be directly knitted in a fabric formed by ground threads to form a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117692 | Yarn guide of a knitting machine A yarn guide of a knitting machine assists a knitting machine to weave a fabric having a yarn ring surface and comprised of a base yarn for forming a base fabric and a wool yarn for forming a yarn ring surface. A needle disc is shifted to enter the wool yarn and the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6269665 | Jack and upper needle dial for circular knitting machine and double-knitting plush fabric fabricated by the same A jack and upper needle dial for circular knitting machine for fabricating double-knitting plush fabric includes an outer and inner curl sinker plate, an upper needle dial for holding the outer and inner curl sinker plate and a jack, and a sinker ring. Th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6128930 | Process and circular knitting machine for manufacturing a patterned pile fabric and pile element therefor A patterned pile fabric with uncut and severed pile loops is manufactured on a circular knitting machine in which pile elements (1) are arranged in a cylinder (C) provided with an upper and a lower pile forming ledge divided by a holding hook. For the kni... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6089047 | Inner pile jacquard mechanism for a double-loop towel circular knitting machine A double-loop towel may be knitted in either a pile loop or non-pile pattern by a circular knitting machine having an inner pile jacquard mechanism which includes a selector and a selection jack for controlling the knitting operation.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5775132 | Sinker arrangement in a knitting machine and knitwork formation methods using said arrangement The main object of the invention is to obtain knitwork the density of which is not influenced by the tension of the previously formed loops (15). In the particular case of terry cloth the terries are hence particularly uniform and stable. This is achieved... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5460016 | Method and apparatus for forming reverse loop sliver knit fabric An apparatus and method for knitting sliver fabric on a circular sliver knitting machine. An air blowing unit is attached to the machine so as to be oriented radially inward from the knitting cylinder and a card unit so as to blow air radially outwardly t... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5001909 | Circular weft knitting machine Circular weft knitting machine apparatus that includes a selectively contoured terry instrument displaceably contained in a guide channel in an independently rotatable cage member disposed above a knitting needle support cylinder that includes a pair of e... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4796444 | 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... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4741180 | Terrying mechanism for double cylinder knitting machine A terrying mechanism for mounting on that one of the two cylinders (2) of a double-cylinder knitting machine, through which fabric is not removed from take-down. The mechanism includes a pillar (22) adapted for journalling at one end on a part (14) at the... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4628709 | Apparatus and method for producing knitted hook-type fastener material A knitted material is disclosed having on one side a multiplicity of upstanding hook-like engaging elements suitable for repeated face-to-face engagement and disengagement with a material having a multiplicity of upstanding pile loop-like mating engagemen... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4592212 | Circular knitting machine for the production of cut pile A circular knitting machine for the production of cut pile has latch needles (N) in the dial (R) and pile elements (11) in the cylinder (Z). Each pile element has an upper pile forming portion (11a) for example shaped like a hook, and also, spaced substan... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4347719 | Circular knitting machines for knitting articles of terry fabric A double cylinder circular knitting machine for forming articles of terry fabric, comprises, in one of the cylinders (3), a ring of arcuate terry sinkers (24) each controlled by a butt (24A) so that it carries out a reciprocating angular sliding movement ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4297857 | Apparatus for knitting terry loops on a circular hosiery machine Apparatus is disclosed for knitting terry loops on a circular hosiery machine having at least one feeding station. The apparatus includes a cylinder that carries a plurality of needles individually guided in a groove provided on the cylinder. The needles ... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4245487 | Method and apparatus for knitting sliver loop knit fabric A sliver loop knit fabric comprising a base fabric formed of knitted courses and wales and anchoring a plurality of tufts of sliver fibers, the free ends of which are incorporated into at least two courses and two wales of the fabric to provide a generall... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4043151 | Method of producing pile or plush goods on double-bed circular knitting machines by means of plush hooks The present invention relates to a method of producing pile or plush goods or fabrics on circular knitting machines with plush hooks in the cylinder and latch needles in the dial and circular double knitting machines by means of pile hooks in a needle bed... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3964275 | Terry loop forming instrument for circular knitting machine The terry loop forming instruments are positioned in vertically extending slots in the needle cylinder and between the slots containing the cylinder needles. The terry loop forming instruments are supported for vertical sliding movement in the slots and c... | 06/22/1976 |
