D04B 35/18
Responsive to breakage, misplacement, or malfunctioning of knitting instruments
Official title: responsive to breakage, misplacement, or malfunctioning of knitting instruments
D04B35/18 (Responsive to breakage, misplacement, or malfunctioning of knitting instruments) appears on 36 US grants and 8 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 8
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 65
- Latest grant
- 1 Jul 2025
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Circular knitting machine with real-time prompt of knitting machine status1 Jul 2025US 12,344,974 B1Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- Method and system to detect the presence of a broken needle in a needle textile machine12 Dec 2023US 11,840,778 B2Btsr International S.P.A.
- Knitting machine with electronic auxiliary component29 Mar 2022US 11,286,594 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Method for controlling the consumption of yarn in a weaving process26 May 2020US 10,662,557 B2L.G.L. Electronics S.p.A.
- Knitting machine with electronic auxiliary component19 May 2020US 10,655,254 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Intelligent system and method for detecting filament breakage and needle breakage13 Mar 2025US 2025/0086778 A1Hangzhou Dianzi University
- Method and system to detect the presence of a broken needle in a needle textile machine9 Jun 2022US 2022/0178056 A1Btsr International S.P.A.
- Knitting machine with electronic auxiliary component3 Sep 2020US 2020/0277714 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Method for monitoring and controlling the supply of a thread to a textile machine and supply device thereof9 May 2019US 2019/0135574 A1Btsr International S.P.A.
- Method for controlling the consumption of yarn in a weaving process11 Apr 2019US 2019/0106818 A1L.G.L. Electronics S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Faulty needle sensing43US 4,026,128 AUniversal Textile Machine Corporation · 1977
- Method and arrangement for optical control of the needles of knitting machines28US 5,333,208 AErnst Beckert Nadelfabrik Commandit-Gesellschaft · 1994
- Needle detector for circular knitting machines20US 4,027,982 AKyodo Denshi Kogyo Co., Ltd. · 1977
- Plush fabric knitting apparatus12US 3,990,268 AI.W.S. Nominee Company Limited · 1976
- Method and apparatus for operating warp knitting machines10US 4,614,095 AGuilford Mills, Inc. · 1986