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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Ettore Lonati, Legal Representative, Brescia, IT;
Fausto Lonati, Brescia, IT;
Tiberio Lonati, Brescia, IT;
Ettore Lonati, legal representative, Brescia, IT;
Fausto Lonati, Brescia, IT;
Tiberio Lonati, Brescia, IT;
Santoni S.p.A., Brescia, IT;
Abstract
A thread gripping device, for gripping elastic thin thread, in a circular knitting machines, having a supporting element that supports thread guides proximate to a drop or feed, above the needle cylinder and proximate to the needle work area, and bearing at least one elastic lamina element and a thread locking lever pivoted to the supporting element and to rotate scissor-like to catch the thread with a grip portion between the locking lever and the elastic lamina element. The thread gripping region of the locking lever is made of a material with higher friction coefficient, than the remaining part of the locking lever.