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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. 27, 2000
Filed:
May. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Shima, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66 64 ; 66148 ;
Abstract
A stitch loop holding apparatus for a flat knitting machine using compound needles wherein in addition to needle operation means for knitting stitch loops, in order to hold a knitted stitch loop to the tongue of a slider of another needle without forming a double stitch, needle body and slider operating holding cams for advancing the hook and the tongue of the needle into a stitch loop to be held and holding the stitch loop at the tongue of the slider and a slider butt path for holding the tongue at an advanced position so that the held loop may not escape from the tongue, are provided on a carriage.