| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 066007000 | INDEPENDENT-NEEDLE MACHINES | 68 |
| 066008000 | Circular | 49 |
| 20100011816 | Circular Knitting Machine for Hosiery or the Like - A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, comprising a needle cylinder with vertical axis and multiple axial surface slots, each of which accommodates a needle and an actuation element for the needle. The actuation element comprises at least one connecting element. The connecting element is provided with a radially extractable movable heel, that engages connecting element actuation cams facing the lateral surface of the needle cylinder. The cams comprise at least one extraction cam or one retraction cam, which has a portion whose profile is inclined with respect to an ideal plane perpendicular to the axis of the needle cylinder. The machine comprises extraction means causing extraction of the movable heel and keeping thereof in extracted position over the entire extension of the portion having an inclined profile of the extraction cam or of the retraction cam. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100126228 | KNITTING ELEMENT WITH ROTOR AND KNITTING MACHINE - The knitting element has a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and makes a stitch by using rotational motion of the rotor. The knitting element has a rotor having a rotating shaft which protrudes in the direction of the axis and a bearing which slidably supports the circumferential face of the rotating shaft. An engagement recess capable of engaging knitting yarn is formed in the circumferential face of the rotor. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100154482 | Knitting device for making a thick double-sided textile - The invention relates to a knitting device for making a double-sided textile comprising two outer laps ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120036897 | CIRCULAR KNITTED FABRIC WITH FINISHED EDGES AND INTEGRAL ELASTIC BAND-LIKE SELVEDGE AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circular knitted fabric for the manufacture of a garment includes a first group of courses formed of a low melting point yarn and a first yarn, and a continuing second group of courses formed of the low melting point yarn and a second yarn. The second group of courses has an elastane content greater than that of the first group of courses. The low melting point yarn fuses with the first and second yarns after heating to a temperature sufficient to melt the low melting point yarn only. The fabric, after finishing, is adapted to be cut into a garment in such a way that the first group of courses becomes a body or the first group of courses of the garment, and the second group of courses becomes an integral elastic band portion or the second group of courses-like selvedge of the garment. | 02-16-2012 |
| 066009000 | Incorporating unknit or fleece-type materials | 5 |
| 20100095711 | Forming A Tubular Knit Fabric For A Paint Roller Cover - A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110113831 | METHOD AND KNITTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED PRODUCT FROM SUBSTANTIALLY UNTWISTED FIBRE MATERIAL - A method and a knitting machine for producing a knitted product composed of fibre material fed by a roller pair ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110154863 | Forming a Tubular Knit Fabric for a Paint Roller Cover - An apparatus and a method are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20130283865 | KNITTING HEAD FOR KNITTING MACHINES OF FLEXIBLE HOSES AND KNITTING MACHINE COMPRISING THE HEAD - A knitting head of a knitting machine for manufacturing flexible hoses ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20100000263 | Circular knitting machine for producing knitted fabrics using untwisted fibrous material - A circular knitting machine is described which has a plurality of knitting systems which are arranged on the circumference of the needle cylinder and a corresponding plurality of drawing frames which are assigned individually to the knitting systems for feeding substantially untwisted fibrous materials to knitting tools which can be deployed in the knitting systems into in each case a fibre-receiving position. According to the invention, the drawing frames are configured as miniature bars which have at least four and at most eight adjacent drawing frames and a central housing ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 066009000 | Core covering | 1 |
| 20100095711 | Forming A Tubular Knit Fabric For A Paint Roller Cover - A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110113831 | METHOD AND KNITTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED PRODUCT FROM SUBSTANTIALLY UNTWISTED FIBRE MATERIAL - A method and a knitting machine for producing a knitted product composed of fibre material fed by a roller pair ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110154863 | Forming a Tubular Knit Fabric for a Paint Roller Cover - An apparatus and a method are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20130283865 | KNITTING HEAD FOR KNITTING MACHINES OF FLEXIBLE HOSES AND KNITTING MACHINE COMPRISING THE HEAD - A knitting head of a knitting machine for manufacturing flexible hoses ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20100000263 | Circular knitting machine for producing knitted fabrics using untwisted fibrous material - A circular knitting machine is described which has a plurality of knitting systems which are arranged on the circumference of the needle cylinder and a corresponding plurality of drawing frames which are assigned individually to the knitting systems for feeding substantially untwisted fibrous materials to knitting tools which can be deployed in the knitting systems into in each case a fibre-receiving position. According to the invention, the drawing frames are configured as miniature bars which have at least four and at most eight adjacent drawing frames and a central housing ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 066009000 | With carding | 1 |
| 20100095711 | Forming A Tubular Knit Fabric For A Paint Roller Cover - A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110113831 | METHOD AND KNITTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED PRODUCT FROM SUBSTANTIALLY UNTWISTED FIBRE MATERIAL - A method and a knitting machine for producing a knitted product composed of fibre material fed by a roller pair ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110154863 | Forming a Tubular Knit Fabric for a Paint Roller Cover - An apparatus and a method are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20130283865 | KNITTING HEAD FOR KNITTING MACHINES OF FLEXIBLE HOSES AND KNITTING MACHINE COMPRISING THE HEAD - A knitting head of a knitting machine for manufacturing flexible hoses ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20100000263 | Circular knitting machine for producing knitted fabrics using untwisted fibrous material - A circular knitting machine is described which has a plurality of knitting systems which are arranged on the circumference of the needle cylinder and a corresponding plurality of drawing frames which are assigned individually to the knitting systems for feeding substantially untwisted fibrous materials to knitting tools which can be deployed in the knitting systems into in each case a fibre-receiving position. According to the invention, the drawing frames are configured as miniature bars which have at least four and at most eight adjacent drawing frames and a central housing ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 066013000 | Special-type machines | 8 |
| 20090165503 | Circular Knitting Machine for Hosiery or the Like - A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, comprises at least one needle cylinder with vertical axis and has, on its lateral surface, a plurality of axial slots, each of which accommodates a needle and an element for actuating the needle. The actuation element comprises at least one connecting element and a selector. The connecting element is provided with a radially actuatable movable heel, and the selector protrudes with a portion between the bottom of the axial slot and the connecting element in any operative position of the machine. The selector is oscillatable on a radial plane of the needle cylinder to produce oscillation of the connecting element and extract its movable heel from the axial slot to achieve engagement with connecting element actuation cams facing the lateral surface of the needle cylinder. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100175428 | HIGHLY RELIABLE SINKERLESS KNITTING MACHINE WITH LATCH NEEDLES - A sinkerless knitting machine with latch needles, comprising a needle holder with a plurality of slots on one face, each slot accommodating a needle. Knitting retainers are provided, each with a body composed of at least two side-by-side interconnected laminar elements. At least two laminar elements of each knitting retainer are arranged in a same or in two contiguous slots of the needle holder. At least one of the laminar elements composing a knitting retainer has a retention portion defining a stop shoulder for the knitting. Each knitting retainer can move on command from a first position, in which it does not interfere with the knitting being formed, to a second position, in which it is inserted, with the retention portion, between two contiguous needles, in a region which faces the knitting forming plane, in order to retain the portion of knitting that lies between two contiguous needles. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100199723 | Integrated system for the close-down of the stocking on circular machines for tubular semifinished production in stitch and the device relative to it - A system is disclosed for closing the point of a stitch circular product, and particularly of a stocking, without a significant interruption of the sewing operation. In one embodiment, circular device is inserted inside the cylinder used for producing the stocking, which, appropriately programmed, catches the stitch from under the needles and carries it to the sewing machine. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120210752 | Hose Reinforcement Knitting Machine and Knitting Process - A circular knitting machine ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120285203 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE - A circular knitting machine includes lower bricks, guiding elements attached to the lower bricks and formed with a guiding groove extending like the profile of a peak, needles, upper bricks, hooks movably connected to the upper bricks. Each of the needles includes a rear edge, a front edge, a body extending from a head to a tail, and a fin extending from the body and being movable in the guiding groove of a related one of the guiding elements so that the needle is movable up and down relative to the guiding elements as the needle is movable around the guiding element. The head of each of the needles includes a first inclined edge extending downward from the rear edge, a second inclined edge extending toward the rear edge while extending downward from the first inclined edge, and a recess defined between the second inclined edge and the front edge. | 11-15-2012 |
| 066014000 | Double-ended needle | 3 |
| 20100095709 | NEEDLE MOTION - The invention is a new container for food and for cooking food, entirely or partially made from a plastic film, provided with one opening (B) suited to be closed and hermetically sealed after the introduction of the food to be cooked and comprising at least one valve (L) made from a material having a lower melting point than said plastic film, so that the increase in temperature and pressure inside the container during the cooking of the food causes said valve (L) to open and part of the steam generated inside the container to be discharged. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20130233024 | DOUBLE-CYLINDER CIRCULAR MACHINE, PARTICULARLY FOR KNITTING HOSIERY ITEMS OR THE LIKE, WITH SIMPLIFIED ACTUATION MECHANISM - A double-cylinder circular machine, particularly for knitting hosiery items, with simplified actuation mechanism, comprising a supporting structure which comprises a footing, which supports a lower needle cylinder, and a column which extends substantially vertically, protrudes upwardly from the footing and supports an upper needle cylinder, which is arranged above and coaxially with respect to the lower needle cylinder, and further comprising elements for the actuation of the lower needle cylinder and of the upper needle cylinder with a rotary motion about a common axis, the actuation elements comprising an electric motor which is connected kinematically to the lower needle cylinder and to the upper needle cylinder and is accommodated inside the column. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140338401 | DOUBLE-CYLINDER CIRCULAR HOSIERY KNITTING MACHINE WITH DEVICE FOR TENSIONING THE MANUFACTURE - A double-cylinder circular hosiery knitting machine with device for tensioning the manufacture during its production, comprising a supporting structure which is provided with a footing and supports, so as to allow rotation about its own vertically oriented axis, a lower needle cylinder and an upper needle cylinder, a device for tensioning the manufacture during its production is accommodated inside the needle cylinders and comprises elements for retaining the manufacture, the retention elements comprising a suction tube, which is accommodated internally and coaxially to the lower needle cylinder, and an element for locking the manufacture, which faces the upper end of the suction tube and is supported by the upper needle cylinder, the locking element being movable on command along the axis of the upper needle cylinder to engage or disengage the upper end of the suction tube. | 11-20-2014 |
| 066017000 | Multiple-needle bank | 19 |
| 20080236204 | Method for knitting a double jersey knit fabric on a double jacquard, double jersey circular knitting machine and double jersey knit fabric knitted by such a method - The invention relates to a method for knitting a double jersey knit fabric ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090064719 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED FABRIC FROM FIBRE MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE - A machine is described for producing a knitted fabric with at least partial use of fibrous material ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090314037 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUBULAR KNITTED FABRIC AND WEFT-KNITTING MACHINE - A needle engaging with a loop at least lastly formed on a fabric formed just before inversion of a carriage is pulled by a pull-down cam formed in a composite cam system of the carriage while feeding a yarn to an opposite needle. When a feeding direction of a yarn fed from a yarn feeder is inverted accompanied with the inversion of the carriage, the tension force applied to the yarn is intensified to prevent tightening of the stitch of the knitted fabric. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100126229 | Method for Knitting Manufactured Articles with Circular Knitting Machines Having the Needle Cylinder Actuatable for Rotation in Both Rotation Directions - A method for knitting manufactured articles with circular knitting machines with high-fineness consisting in that at least one region of the manufacture is produced with a group of contiguous needles by reducing at least once the number of active needles of the group of needles by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain needles of the group of needles to contiguous needles of the group of needles and excluding from knitting the needles that have transferred the loop of knitting during the formation of at least one portion of a subsequent row of knitting by the needles that are kept active. The manufacture region is produced by providing in succession portions of rows of knitting obtained by actuating the needle cylinder with a two direction rotary motion. | 05-27-2010 |
| 066018000 | Opposed conical | 1 |
| 20150096332 | DOUBLE-CYLINDER CIRCULAR MACHINE FOR PRODUCING TUBULAR KNITTED MANUFACTURES, PARTICULARLY FOR MAKING HOSIERY ITEMS OR THE LIKE - A double-cylinder circular machine for producing tubular knitted manufactures, particularly for making hosiery items or the like, which comprises a supporting structure which is provided with a footing for resting on the ground which supports, so that it can rotate about its own vertically-oriented axis, a lower needle cylinder. The supporting structure comprises at least one column which is extended substantially vertically, protrudes upward from the footing and supports, so that it can rotate about its own axis, an upper needle cylinder, the upper needle cylinder is supported, so that it can rotate about its own axis, by an arm, which in turn is supported by the column, elements being provided for the rotation of the arm about the axis of the main shaft with respect to the column to provide the transition of the upper needle cylinder from an active position to an inactive position. | 04-09-2015 |
| 066019000 | Dial and cylinder | 14 |
| 20080264108 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE WITH A REPLACEABLE NEEDLE CYLINDER - The invention relates to a circular knitting machine with a replaceable needle cylinder ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090095025 | Forming A Tubular Knit Fabric For A Paint Roller Cover - A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090266112 | Circular knitting machine with a rotatably disposed dial - A circular knitting machine has a frame, a rotatably disposed dial, a dial cam support for a dial cam mounted in the frame and a dial cam shaft, which is disposed rotatably and coaxially in the dial cam support and is intended for driving the dial. The dial is disposed rotatably and coaxially on the dial cam support with adjustable bearing clearance and is preferably connected coaxially to the dial cam shaft by a spring plate. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100192637 | Circular Knitting Machine for Socks with Needles on the Dial - A circular knitting machine for men's socks with needles on the dial comprising a dial needles selector mechanism able to selectively move the dial needles to involve the selected needles in the formation of the stitches and to exclude the needles not selected. In addition the machine is able to repeatedly perform transfer of the stitch from the cylinder to the dial. Moreover, the machine is fitted with a mechanical traction mechanism for tensioning the sock being formed. In addition, the machine presents expedients to limit the deformation of the selector rods and reduce detrimental effects on the actuator or flaws in the formation of the stitch. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100212365 | Knitting Head for a Knitting Machine - A knitting head ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110079052 | 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 of the machine. The bearing system includes a pair of bearings, one of the bearings being disposed above the other one. An inner race of each bearing is affixed to the cylinder and an outer race of each bearing is affixed to a bearing housing that is secured to the stationary base plate of the knitting head. The bearings help stabilize the cylinder so that its rotation axis remains essentially immovable and vertically oriented. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20130213093 | KNITTING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY WITH A HIGH GAUGE - A knitting machine comprising a needle holder, which supports a plurality of needles which can be actuated with an alternating motion along their axis and means for guiding the needles on the needle holder which comprise channels for forming knitting which are defined proximate to the end of the needle holder and sliding channels which are defined on the needle holder in a region that is spaced from the end of the needle holder, each one of the channels for forming knitting being engageable by a needle and defining with its inlet, which is directed toward the outside of the needle holder, resting contact regions for the knitting during the retracting motion of the needles, the number of the sliding channels being smaller than the number of the channels for forming knitting. | 08-22-2013 |
| 066020000 | Varied needle, frequently with special stitch | 1 |
| 20130239624 | KNITTING MACHINE - A knitting machine having needles which are mounted to be longitudinally moveable and having needle cams ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 066021000 | Pocket welt, frequently with special stitch | 1 |
| 066023000 | With stitch-length variation | 1 |
| 20130205836 | STITCH-SIZE CONTROLLABLE KNITTING MACHINE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF KNITTED FABRIC - A circular knitting machine includes sinkers and selector jacks corresponding thereto that are provided as separate components. The selector jacks are arranged radially outside the sinkers, and are provided with selector butts such that the selector butts of circumferentially adjacent selector jacks are arranged at different radial positions. An actuator that acts on the selector butts is arranged radially outside the cylinder. The circular knitting machine prevents a failure of sinker selection, while increasing a rotation speed of a cylinder holding knitting needles. | 08-15-2013 |
| 066024000 | To or from rib or rib change | 1 |
| 20130269394 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR MEN'S SOCKS, OF THE TYPE WITH NEEDLES ON THE DIAL - A single cylinder circular knitting machine ( | 10-17-2013 |
| 066027000 | Stitch-length variation | 1 |
| 20150027171 | DOUBLE-BED CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE WITH DEVICE FOR CORRECTING AUTOMATICALLY VARIATIONS OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE NEEDLE CYLINDER AND THE DIAL - A double-bed circular knitting machine with device for correcting automatically variations of the distance between the needle cylinder and the dial, comprising a supporting structure which supports, so that it can rotate about its own vertically oriented axis, a needle cylinder and a dial, which is arranged above and coaxially to the needle cylinder. Elements are provided for feeding threads to the needles, the machine comprising a device for correcting automatically the variations of the distance between the needle cylinder and the dial. | 01-29-2015 |
| 066028000 | Dial and cylinder connections | 3 |
| 20090151396 | Double Bevel Type Double-Knit Circular Knitting Machine - A double bevel type double-knit circular knitting machine includes an inner annular needle cylinder holder and an outer annular needle cylinder holder configured to show a double bevel profile, and inner base member and an outer base member respectively affixed to the inner annular needle cylinder holder and the outer annular needle cylinder holder to hold sector-shaped inner cam adjustment members and outer cam adjustment members respectively, inner cam blocks and outer cam blocks respectively affixed to the inner base member and the outer base member, and inner and outer needles respectively arranged between the inner annular needle cylinder holder and the inner cam blocks and between the outer annular needle cylinder holder and the outer cam blocks and reciprocating in respective needle tracks in the inner cam blocks and the outer cam blocks to perform a knitting process. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20120024013 | Fabric System - Bedding material including a first fabric section manufactured from performance fabric and having a first and second side; and, a second fabric section attached to the first side of the first fabric section. Additionally, a third fabric section can be attached to the second side of the first fabric section. The first fabric section can be attached to the second fabric section through a flatlock stitch. The first fabric section can include a first zone and a second zone wherein the first zone contains different performance properties from the second zone and the first zone can have thermal or moisture wicking properties. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130276482 | Simplified Single-Knit Circular Knitting Machine - In the case of a single circular knitting machine consisting of a central rotatable needle cylinder (Z), around which a sinker ring (PR) comprising sinkers (P) as well as stationary cam systems (S) are arranged, which act on the needles ( | 10-24-2013 |
| 066031000 | Dial | 1 |
| 066032000 | Narrowing and widening | 1 |
| 066033000 | Laterally displaceable needle | 1 |
| 20090282873 | Decorative bead and other ornamental objects and their method and tools of manufacture - The present invention in one embodiment is a bead formed from bottle caps of a beverage container. In another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from bottle caps of beverage containers. In yet another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from the metal of cookie tins, candy tins, mint tins or similar metal containers. After appropriate preparation, a bottle cap or piece of metal from a tin is placed in a press tool having a punch member forming tool and cutting die that cooperatively interact to reform the bottle cap or metal from a tin, and in some cases punch out a piece of the bottle cap or metal from a tin. This produces, in several embodiments, a component that will be joined with one or more other similar components to form the bead or ornamental object of desire. In other embodiments, the reformed bottle cap or piece punched out of the bottle cap or tin is the desired ornamental object itself. | 11-19-2009 |
| 066215000 | Special stitch | 3 |
| 066216000 | Having butt selection means | 3 |
| 066218000 | Electrical control type | 2 |
| 20080256983 | Device and Method for Thread Positive Feeding - The invention relates to a control unit for thread feeding devices, such as those associated with knitting machines and the like. The control unit generates pattern or switch data control signals based on a pattern memory, or otherwise, for the thread feeding devices. In an embodiment of the invention, the control unit adds to or subtracts from the pattern data any advance or lag angles as necessary to account for the structure of the machine and to thus assure effective thread feeding. | 10-23-2008 |
| 066219000 | Magnetic | 1 |
| 20090139272 | Magnetic Actuator, Particularly for Selection Devices in Hosiery Knitting Machines or the Like - A magnetic actuator, particularly for selection devices in hosiery knitting machines or the like, comprising a main magnet, which has at least two poles arranged side by side and separated by a discontinuity, and a selection electromagnet, which is provided with at least one pole arranged in alignment with the discontinuity and spaced laterally with respect to it. The selection electromagnet can be actuated to generate or eliminate or reduce a magnetic attraction force at the pole of the selection electromagnet. | 06-04-2009 |
| 066222000 | Simultaneous control of multiple butt levels | 1 |
| 20090205376 | Double-Cylinder Circular Knitting Machine for Hosiery or Other Knitted Articles - A double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery or other knitted articles comprises a lower needle cylinder with a vertical axis and an upper needle cylinder arranged above and coaxially to the lower needle cylinder. Aligned axial slots are formed on the lateral surface of the lower and upper needle cylinders. Each of the axial slots of the lower and upper needle cylinders accommodates an actuation element which can engage a needle to be actuated and is provided with a fixed heel, and with a heel which can be extracted radially on command from the axial slot. The transfer of a needle from one needle cylinder to the other is performed by fixed cams and by a selection device producing transition into the extracted position of the movable heel exclusively of the actuation elements that correspond to the needles to be moved to the lower needle cylinder. | 08-20-2009 |
| 066051000 | Narrowing and widening | 2 |
| 20130031937 | METHOD FOR CIRCULAR-KNITTING OF A SOCK - A method of knitting a sock with a bulbous heel and a square toe is disclosed. A circular sock knitting machine is controlled in four phases to alternately narrow and widen the heel and toe by actuating only some of the needles in the knitting machine. The result is a sock with an expanded Y-gore and a heel and toe of increased size. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20160251783 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED ARTICLE WITH BODY AND LEG PIECES, AND ARTICLE THUS OBTAINED | 09-01-2016 |
| 066054000 | Stitch-length variation | 1 |
| 066055000 | Axial cylinder adjustment | 1 |
| 20090145170 | Forming A Tubular Knit Fabric For A Paint Roller Cover - A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering. | 06-11-2009 |
| 066057000 | Needle-cam construction | 6 |
| 20090301137 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR HOSIERY OR THE LIKE - A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, which comprises at least one needle cylinder which has a vertical axis and on the lateral surface of which there are axial slots. Each of these axial slots accommodates a needle ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100147034 | CAM ASSEMBLY PART AND KNITTING MACHINE - A needle cam assembly is provided in a circular knitting machine or a flat-bed knitting machine, said needle cam assembly allowing an adjustment of at least one cam assembly part ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 20120103024 | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR MEN'S SOCKS, OF THE TYPE WITH NEEDLES ON THE DIAL - A circular knitting machine for men's socks comprises a cylinder, cylinder needles, movement devices of the cylinder needles, sinkers ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140326023 | Knitting machine - A cam for a circular knitting machine has at least one cam groove formed in a cam surface to receive and guide a foot of a stitch-forming tool with which the cam is intended to operate. Additional recesses are formed in the cam surface to reduce the striking surface between the cam surface and a shank of the stitch-forming tool. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150128651 | KNITTING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY WITH HIGH GAUGE, WITH IMPROVED NEEDLE ACTUATION CAMS - A knitting machine, particularly with high gauge, with improved needle actuation cams, comprising a needle holder which supports a plurality of side-by-side needles, each one of the needles is provided with at least one heel that protrudes from one face of the needle holder, each one of the needles has at least one elastic flexing along its extension which determines an offset of its at least one heel with respect to the head of the needle along a direction that is substantially parallel to the actuation trajectory of the needle holder and the at least one path is offset in a substantially corresponding manner, with respect to a theoretical path of actuation of an ideal rectilinear needle with its head in alignment with its at least one heel. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160102423 | MOBILE CAM DEVICE FOR COMMANDING NEEDLES OF A NEEDLE BED OF A KNITTING MACHINE - A mobile cam device ( | 04-14-2016 |
| 066060000 | Straight | 19 |
| 066062000 | Special-type machines | 1 |
| 20080271496 | Internally guided needle - For longitudinal shifting, a needle in accordance with the invention is provided with a longitudinal slit | 11-06-2008 |
| 066064000 | Multiple-needle bank | 14 |
| 20090056384 | Knitted Garment and Method of Knitting - A method of knitting is performed by a knitting machine having two needle beds and double-ended needles transferable between the two beds, for knitting a ventilated garment panel in which a ventilation channel is formed as part of the base knitted structure. The final article is knitted in one piece. The part of the garment incorporating the ventilation channel is knitted as a three-layer fabric so that the ventilation channel formed by two side walls and one front wall is open to the inside of the garment panel through a wale-wise opening and to the outside of the garment panel at the ends of the ventilation panel. The knitting method comprises knitting a base fabric and the side walls on a first group of selected needles in one needle bed and the front wall on a second group of selected needles in the other needle bed, with transfer of the groups of selected needles in the zone of the ventilation channel from one needle bed to the other to permit the knitting of the side walls and the front wall in the sequence: first side wall—front wall—second side wall. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090126409 | DEVICE FOR KNITTING REVERSE AND FACE STITCHES ON A COMMON NEEDLE BED - The invention concerns a device comprising multiple parallel guide grooves ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20120234051 | Combination Feeder For A Knitting Machine - A knitted component may incorporate an inlaid strand. A combination feeder may be utilized to inlay the strand within the knitted component. As an example, the combination feeder may include a feeder arm that reciprocates between a retracted position and an extended position. In manufacturing the knitted component, the feeder inlays the strand when the feeder arm is in the extended position, and the strand is absent from the knitted component when the feeder arm is in the retracted position. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120234052 | Method Of Manufacturing A Knitted Component - An article of footwear and a variety of other products may incorporate a knitted component. An inlaid strand extends through the knitted component. A combination feeder may be utilized to inlay the strand within the knitted component. As an example, the combination feeder may include a feeder arm that reciprocates between a retracted position and an extended position. In manufacturing the knitted component, the feeder inlays the strand when the feeder arm is in the extended position, and the strand is absent from the knitted component when the feeder arm is in the retracted position. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20140157831 | COMBINATION FEEDER FOR A KNITTING MACHINE - A feeder includes a carrier and a feeder arm that moves between retracted and extended positions. The feeder also includes a first actuation member that is coupled to the carrier and that is configured to move relative to the carrier in a first direction. The first actuation member has a first aperture at least partially defined by a first edge. Additionally, the feeder includes a second actuation member that is coupled to the carrier and that is configured to move relative to the carrier in a second direction. The second actuation member has a second aperture at least partially defined by a second edge. A projection of the feeder arm is received within both the first and second apertures. Movement of the first actuation member in the first direction causes the first edge to engage the projection for movement of the feeder arm between the retracted position and the extended position. Also, movement of the second actuation member in the second direction causes the second edge to engage the projection for movement of the feeder arm between the retracted position and the extended position. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140238081 | 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. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140238082 | FEEDER FOR KNITTING MACHINE HAVING PUSHING MEMBER - A feeder for a knitting machine includes a feeder arm with a dispensing area configured to feed a strand toward a knitting bed of the knitting machine. The feeder also includes a pushing member that is operably supported by the feeder arm. The pushing member is configured to push a portion of the knit component to provide clearance for the strand to be incorporated in a knit component. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140238083 | FEEDER FOR KNITTING MACHINE WITH FRICTION REDUCING FEATURES - A feeder for a knitting machine includes a feeder arm with a dispensing area configured to feed a strand toward a knitting bed of the knitting machine. Moreover, the feeder includes an actuation arm that is operably coupled to the feeder arm. The actuation arm includes an abutment surface that is configured to abut against a drive bolt of the knitting machine to selectively move the feeder arm relative to the knitting bed. The abutment surface is rounded and convex. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140373575 | Knitting Method for a Flat Knitting Machine and Flat Knitting Machine - The invention relates to a knitting method for a flat knitting machine and a flat knitting machine making it possible to implement the method. The machine comprises a plurality of storage elements ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150040617 | 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. | 02-12-2015 |
| 066065000 | Hand coverings, forming | 1 |
| 20140076001 | KNITTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLOVE - A knitting machine that is capable of: knitting a knitted product of high gauge while effectively preventing increase in the number of components in a needle selection mechanism, and performing knitting methods such as inlaid knitting easily and reliably. The knitting machine comprises a plurality of knitting needles each of which have a protrudingly provided butt and which are arranged substantially parallel to each other so as to be able to perform a knitting operation independently, a plurality of selectors that move the knitting needles toward a protruding side of the butt, and a carriage having a cam groove along which the butt of the knitting needle, which has been moved by the selector to the side where the butt is protrudingly provided, can slide, in which the selector moves at least two adjacent knitting needles simultaneously to the side where the butt is protrudingly provided. | 03-20-2014 |
| 066066000 | Laterally displaceable needle | 1 |
| 20100043498 | Needle for Transferring Stitches Therefrom to Adjacent Needles for Hosiery Knitting Machines or the Like - A needle for transferring stitches therefrom to adjacent needles for hosiery knitting machines comprises a shank, a head, arranged at a longitudinal end, or upper end, of the shank, and a latch which is pivoted to the shank proximate to the head, about a pivoting axis which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shank and can rotate about the pivoting axis in order to open or close the head. The needle comprises at least one elastically flexible lamina, which is associated with the shank and forms, on the two opposite sides of the shank, below the latch, two receptacles, one for each side of the shank. The head of an adjacent needle can be inserted in each of the receptacles, in order to transfer the loop of knitting, from the needle being considered to the adjacent needle. | 02-25-2010 |
| 066070000 | Narrowing and widening | 2 |
| 20080209953 | Knitwear Knitted By Flat Knitting Machine and Method For Knitting the Same - An improved knitting method for joining together a front body part and a back body part of knitwear at the shoulder parts. In the knitting method in which groups of stitches comprising a plurality of wales of the body located at a widthwise lateral end portion thereof on the side on which a course is formed are moved toward a center of the body by loop transfer and by racking, to form double stitches, the groups of stitches at the lateral end portion comprise at least four wales, the at least four wales being separated into three or more inside wales and at least one outside wale, and the narrowing process is performed by moving the inside wales one stitch and moving the outside wale two stitches. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20160122913 | METHOD FOR KNITTING KNITTED FABRIC - There is provided a method for knitting a knitted fabric, different from a conventional method, of forming a suppressing section for suppressing a stretch in the knitting width direction of the knitted fabric in the knitting process of the knitted fabric. | 05-05-2016 |
| 066750100 | Special stitch | 1 |
| 066750200 | Fluid pressure, electric or magnetic stitch selector control means | 1 |
| 20090173108 | METHOD OF KNITTING KNITTED FABRIC, KNITTING PROGRAM FOR KNITTING KNITTED FABRIC, AND KNITTED FABRIC - A knitting method is provided to knit a knitted fabric to the desired shape with sufficient pull down force acting to the knitted fabric without being piled up, when performing the bind off process after flechage knitting. | 07-09-2009 |
| 066078000 | Needle-cam construction | 3 |
| 20130067962 | SINKER CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FLAT KNITTING MACHINES - A sinker control apparatus for flat knitting machines located on a transverse board over a plurality of knitting needles to drive parallel sinkers hinged between the knitting needles to rotate. The sinker control apparatus includes a base, a linked movement portion located on the base to perform driving movements, a first control cam and a second control cam hinged on the linked movement portion, and a switching portion coupled with the linked movement portion. The switching portion includes at least one connection rod connecting to the linked movement portion, a switching seat coupled on the connection rod and an elastic element coupled around the connection rod to provide a butting force to the switching seat towards the transverse board. The switching seat has a magnetic attracting portion at one side facing the transverse board to attract the transverse board magnetically. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130067963 | NEEDLE BED STRUCTURE FOR FLAT KNITTING MACHINES - A needle bed structure for flat knitting machines that is located at two sides of a needle bed gap includes a plurality of parallel needle plates, a plurality of knitting needles and sinkers located between the needle plates, a sinker control portion movable in parallel with the arranged direction of the sinkers, and at least one control cam driven by a switching portion to push the sinkers to rotate towards the needle bed gap during the switching movement. The switching portion performs a switching movement according to the moving direction. The needle plates hole at least one needle pressing board to restrict vertical movement of the knitting needles. The switching portion has a magnetic attracting portion corresponding to the needle pressing board to form magnetic attraction therewith. A spacer is provided between the needle plates to prevent the horizontal movement of the sinkers. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20160090671 | MOBILE CAM DEVICE FOR COMMANDING NEEDLES OF A NEEDLE BED OF A KNITTING MACHINE - A mobile cam device ( | 03-31-2016 |
