Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
066147000 | FABRIC MANIPULATION | 16 |
20080264110 | Method of Manufacturing Paint Roller Covers from a Tubular Fabric Sleeve - A method of manufacturing paint roller covers is disclosed in which the paint roller covers are manufactured from a seamless, tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve that is installed onto a core member. To facilitate the manufacture of the paint roller covers, the knitted pile fabric sleeve is initially placed upon the outside of a thin hollow cylindrical mounting tube, and the core member with an adhesive bonding material provided on the exterior surface thereof is inserted into the interior of the mounting tube. The knitted pile fabric sleeve is installed onto the exterior surface of the core member by withdrawing the mounting tube from the knitted pile fabric sleeve while maintaining the respective positions of the knitted pile fabric sleeve and the core member, with the knitted pile fabric sleeve being retained on the core member by the adhesive bonding material. The pile fabric covered core member may be finished into paint roller covers by cutting it to a desired size, combing and shearing the pile fabric to a desired length, beveling the edges of the paint roller covers, and vacuuming stray fibers from the paint roller covers. | 10-30-2008 |
20130014544 | COMPRESSION GARMENT - A compression garment comprises a plurality of longitudinal wales arranged to form a fabric having a length and generally parallel to the length, and a plurality of secondary transverse elastomeric threads connecting adjacent longitudinal wales and equally spaced about a length of the longitudinal wales. In a stretched state, the longitudinal wales are spaced from one another and remain generally parallel to the length. | 01-17-2013 |
066148000 | Transferring fabric | 5 |
20090049867 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLES, SUCH AS STOCKINGS AND SOCKS OR THE LIKE - Disclosed is a device for handling tubular knitted articles having a first end and a second end, comprising in combination: a first pick-up member and a second pick-up member ( | 02-26-2009 |
20100313607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSING A TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLE AT ONE OF ITS AXIAL ENDS, AT THE END OF ITS PRODUCTION CYCLE ON A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR HOSIERY OR THE LIKE - A method and an apparatus for closing a tubular knitted article at one of its axial ends, at the end of its production cycle on a circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like. The method consists in ending the production of an article at one of its axial ends. The article is then picked up from the machine and transferred to a handling device located in a sewing or looping station. The pick-up is performed by transferring individually the loops of the last row of knitting from the needles of the machine to spikes of the handling device, which has an annular body composed of two semiannular elements. The article is then turned, and one of the two semiannular elements is turned over with respect to the other one, so that the spikes of one semiannular element face, and are aligned with, the spikes of the other semiannular element. The loops of knitting arranged on the spikes of one semiannular element are transferred to the spikes of the other semiannular element so that each spike of the latter semiannular element supports a pair of loops of knitting. | 12-16-2010 |
20150135776 | REED TOOTH OF HOSIERY STITCHING MACHINE - A reed tooth for a hosiery stitching machine, which includes a fixed reed, includes a positioning portion for positioning to the fixed reed, first arid second sidewalls, and an intermediate wall cooperating with the first and second sidewalls to define a slide groove. The first sidewall has a tapered bottom end that includes a bottommost tip and an inclined edge. The second sidewall has a length shorter than that of the first side wall, and has a tapered bottom end that includes a bottommost end, and an inclined edge that extends upwardly from the bottommost end of the second sidewall. The inclined edge of the second sidewall and the inclined edge of the first sidewall cooperatively define a bottom opening of the slide groove. | 05-21-2015 |
20160024695 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR KNITTING TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLES - The method provides for arranging a pick-up member for the tubular knitted article (M) coaxially with the needle cylinder, when knitting has been completed. The pick-up member ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160168768 | Toe Closing Method and Structure | 06-16-2016 |
066149000 | Take-ups | 9 |
20090158780 | Take-off comb element - A take-off element ( | 06-25-2009 |
20100319408 | PICK-UP DEVICE FOR PICKING UP A TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLE FROM A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR HOSIERY OR THE LIKE AND FOR TRANSFERRING IT TO A UNIT ADAPTED TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE ARTICLE - A pick-up device for picking up a tubular knitted article from a circular knitting machine for hosiery and for transferring the article to a unit adapted to perform additional work thereon. The device comprises an annular pick-up body that supports pick-up members that can slide with respect to the pick-up bodyalong radial directions. The pick-up body can be arranged coaxially around the needle cylinder of a circular knitting machine for hosiery so that each one of the pick-up members faces laterally a needle of the machine. The end of each one of the pick-up members that is directed toward the axis of the pick-up body has a seat that can engage a region of the stem of the needle that is arranged proximate to the latch of the needle on the opposite side with respect to the head of the needle. The device comprises actuation elements formed by elastic elements that act on the pick-up members for their sliding toward the axis of the pick-up body and radial pushers that act on the pick-up members for their sliding away from the axis of the pick-up body in contrast with the action of the elastic elements. | 12-23-2010 |
20120073334 | DEVICE FOR TAKEDOWN OF THE ARTICLE BEING FORMED, FOR CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES - A device for takedown of the article being formed, for circular knitting machines, comprising at least one takedown roller, which is supported, so that it can rotate about its own axis, by a supporting structure and can engage, by means of its lateral surface, the article to be taken down. There are reloading means, which operate on a motor element to cause its rotation about a main axis in a second direction of rotation that is opposite to the first direction of rotation. The reloading means comprise a fluid-operated reloading cylinder, which is supported by the supporting structure and operates with the stem of its piston on the motor element with a reloading force that is oriented along a direction spaced from the main axis for applying to the motor element a reloading torque that is oriented concordantly with the second direction of rotation. | 03-29-2012 |
20150345052 | Independently Controlled Rollers For Take-Down Assembly Of Knitting Machine - A knitting machine includes a take-down assembly that includes a first take-down roller and a second take-down roller. The first take-down roller is configured to rotatably contact and apply tension to a first portion of a knit component. The second take-down roller is configured to rotatably contact and apply tension to a second portion of the knit component. The knitting machine further includes a first actuator that actuates to selectively adjust tension applied by the first take-down roller on the first portion of the knit component. Furthermore, the knitting machine includes a second actuator that actuates to selectively adjust tension applied by the second take-down roller on the second portion of the knit component. Additionally, the knitting machine includes a controller that is operably coupled to the first actuator and the second actuator to selectively and independently control actuation of the first actuator and the second actuator. | 12-03-2015 |
20100313608 | TURNING DEVICE FOR TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLES, PARTICULARLY FOR SEWING OR LOOPING STATIONS FOR THE AUTOMATED CLOSING OF TUBULAR ARTICLES AT AN AXIAL END THEREOF - A turning device for tubular knitted articles, particularly for sewing or looping stations for the automated closing of tubular articles at an axial end thereof comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, which are arranged respectively below and above an intermediate region at which elements are or can be positioned for supporting the tubular article to be turned, which hangs at one of its axial ends and is arranged substantially vertically, a tubular body, which can be inserted from the bottom upwardly, with its upper axial end, through the axial end of the article that hangs from the supporting elements, so as to evert the article onto the outer lateral surface of the tubular body, extracting it progressively from the upper axial end of the tubular body. Auxiliary sliding elements are provided, which can move on command with respect to the tubular body, parallel to the axis of the tubular body, and can engage and disengage cyclically the article everted onto the outer lateral surface of the tubular body in order to produce its sliding toward the lower axial end of the tubular body. | 12-16-2010 |
066150000 | Special-shape work | 1 |
20150354108 | Method for Closing Automatically an Axial End of a Tubular Manufacture and for Unloading it in an Inside-out Configuration, and Apparatus for performing the Method - A method for closing automatically an axial end of a tubular manufacture and for unloading it in inside-out configuration comprising a step of positioning the manufacture, in a right-way-out configuration, at a sewing or linking station, arranged so that its axis is substantially vertical and so that it hangs, by means of a first axial end to be closed by sewing or linking, from an annular handling device. Then a step is performed for inserting the manufacture, retained by the handling device, into an upper reversing tube that is or can be positioned, with its lower axial end, above the handling device. A step of closing the first axial end of the manufacture by sewing or linking is then performed. Then a step of disengaging the manufacture from the handling device and a step of removing the manufacture through the upper axial end of the upper reversing tube are performed. | 12-10-2015 |
066151000 | Winding, from rotary needle bank | 2 |
20090158781 | Circular knitting machine with a rotatable blade for cutting a fabric tube - A circular knitting machine for the production of an opened fabric tube comprises a needle cylinder ( | 06-25-2009 |
20140360231 | Circular knitting machine with expander - A circular knitting machine has a circular knitting unit fitted with needles and an expander arranged under the circular knitting unit for tubular knit formed by the circular knitting unit. The expander is rotatably mounted on a central rod arranged coaxially to a knitting machine axis. A pivoting bearing is arranged on the central rod to allow limited swivel movements of the expander relative to the central rod. | 12-11-2014 |
066152000 | Continuous | 1 |
066153000 | From rotary needle bank | 1 |
20150376822 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING WINDING IN CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE - In a winding control method and device for a circular knitting machine, in a position control mode in which control is performed such that winding is performed in a winding amount corresponding to position control data, a winding control portion ( | 12-31-2015 |
066149000 | Suction take-ups | 1 |
20090158780 | Take-off comb element - A take-off element ( | 06-25-2009 |
20100319408 | PICK-UP DEVICE FOR PICKING UP A TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLE FROM A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR HOSIERY OR THE LIKE AND FOR TRANSFERRING IT TO A UNIT ADAPTED TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE ARTICLE - A pick-up device for picking up a tubular knitted article from a circular knitting machine for hosiery and for transferring the article to a unit adapted to perform additional work thereon. The device comprises an annular pick-up body that supports pick-up members that can slide with respect to the pick-up bodyalong radial directions. The pick-up body can be arranged coaxially around the needle cylinder of a circular knitting machine for hosiery so that each one of the pick-up members faces laterally a needle of the machine. The end of each one of the pick-up members that is directed toward the axis of the pick-up body has a seat that can engage a region of the stem of the needle that is arranged proximate to the latch of the needle on the opposite side with respect to the head of the needle. The device comprises actuation elements formed by elastic elements that act on the pick-up members for their sliding toward the axis of the pick-up body and radial pushers that act on the pick-up members for their sliding away from the axis of the pick-up body in contrast with the action of the elastic elements. | 12-23-2010 |
20120073334 | DEVICE FOR TAKEDOWN OF THE ARTICLE BEING FORMED, FOR CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES - A device for takedown of the article being formed, for circular knitting machines, comprising at least one takedown roller, which is supported, so that it can rotate about its own axis, by a supporting structure and can engage, by means of its lateral surface, the article to be taken down. There are reloading means, which operate on a motor element to cause its rotation about a main axis in a second direction of rotation that is opposite to the first direction of rotation. The reloading means comprise a fluid-operated reloading cylinder, which is supported by the supporting structure and operates with the stem of its piston on the motor element with a reloading force that is oriented along a direction spaced from the main axis for applying to the motor element a reloading torque that is oriented concordantly with the second direction of rotation. | 03-29-2012 |
20150345052 | Independently Controlled Rollers For Take-Down Assembly Of Knitting Machine - A knitting machine includes a take-down assembly that includes a first take-down roller and a second take-down roller. The first take-down roller is configured to rotatably contact and apply tension to a first portion of a knit component. The second take-down roller is configured to rotatably contact and apply tension to a second portion of the knit component. The knitting machine further includes a first actuator that actuates to selectively adjust tension applied by the first take-down roller on the first portion of the knit component. Furthermore, the knitting machine includes a second actuator that actuates to selectively adjust tension applied by the second take-down roller on the second portion of the knit component. Additionally, the knitting machine includes a controller that is operably coupled to the first actuator and the second actuator to selectively and independently control actuation of the first actuator and the second actuator. | 12-03-2015 |
20100313608 | TURNING DEVICE FOR TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLES, PARTICULARLY FOR SEWING OR LOOPING STATIONS FOR THE AUTOMATED CLOSING OF TUBULAR ARTICLES AT AN AXIAL END THEREOF - A turning device for tubular knitted articles, particularly for sewing or looping stations for the automated closing of tubular articles at an axial end thereof comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, which are arranged respectively below and above an intermediate region at which elements are or can be positioned for supporting the tubular article to be turned, which hangs at one of its axial ends and is arranged substantially vertically, a tubular body, which can be inserted from the bottom upwardly, with its upper axial end, through the axial end of the article that hangs from the supporting elements, so as to evert the article onto the outer lateral surface of the tubular body, extracting it progressively from the upper axial end of the tubular body. Auxiliary sliding elements are provided, which can move on command with respect to the tubular body, parallel to the axis of the tubular body, and can engage and disengage cyclically the article everted onto the outer lateral surface of the tubular body in order to produce its sliding toward the lower axial end of the tubular body. | 12-16-2010 |