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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Pierre Raisin, Troyes, FR;
Assignee:
Institut Textile de France, Bouligne, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6613 / ; 242 4701 ; 226178 ;
Abstract
A thread feed device for a hosiery knitting machine comprises a tensioning mechanism for the thread, a cylindrical drum for positively driving the thread, a shaft coaxial with the drum and having an axial groove therein cooperating with radially inwardly extending projection means on the drum, and a plurality of rotary magnetic drive members surrounding the shaft and cooperating with a magnetic core on the shaft so that, by movement of the shaft, the magnetic core can be selectively aligned with one of the rotary magnetic drive members.