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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. 15, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nathan Brooks Emery, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36447014 ; 36447012 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for knitting needle and guide alignment for consistently and accurately aligning knitting needles and other knitting elements on warp knitting machines. This includes checking for needle spacing, needle height, guide spacing, guide height, and needle to guide interference. This may also check back-to-front needle and guide alignment. This system includes a video camera for acquiring an image of the knitting elements and a means of displaying this image on an electronic display. There is a linear actuator with associated control system for accurately positioning the video camera to accomplish the above tasks