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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukiari Iida, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66 57 ; 66 19 ; 66 38 ;
Abstract
A cam mechanism and method in a circular knitting machine having at least two types of knitting needles each having a master butt and at least two selector butts and including a stitch cam for engaging the master butts and retracting the needles from the knitting and tucking positions to the stitch-forming level, and knitting, tucking and welt-guarding cams movable between extended operative positions and retracted inoperative positions, and a selection device for individually selecting and moving the knitting, tucking and welt-guarding cams between the operative and inoperative positions.