D04B 9/14
Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles: with provision for incorporating loose fibres
Official title: with provision for incorporating loose fibres, e.g. in high-pile fabrics
D04B9/14 (Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles: with provision for incorporating loose fibres) appears on 66 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 12 Aug 2025
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Pile fabric made with different fiber strands12 Aug 2025US 12,385,172 B2Deckers Outdoor Corporation
- Machine and method for the production of knitted goods15 Oct 2019US 10,443,157 B2SIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
- Drafting device for spinning-knitting machines19 Jun 2018US 10,000,866 B2SIPRA Patententwicklungs—und Belteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
- Double-folding drafting unit26 Sep 2017US 9,771,671 B2
- Device and method for producing knitted fabric21 Jun 2016US 9,371,600 B2Terrot GmbH
- Pile fabric made with different fiber strands2 May 2024US 2024/0141563 A1Deckers Outdoor Corporation
- Knitted fabric and method and device for producing the knitted fabric26 Dec 2019US 2019/0390378 A1Terrot GmbH
- Apparel fabric manufacturing process; system and product thereof19 Sep 2019US 2019/0284729 A1Lidl Hong Kong Limited
- Device and method for producing knitted fabric8 Nov 2018US 2018/0320298 A1Terrot GmbH
- Device and method for producing knitted fabric1 Nov 2018US 2018/0313009 A1Terrot GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for knitting sliver loop knit fabric32US 4,245,487 A1981
- Method and apparatus for forming reverse loop sliver knit fabric28US 5,431,029 AMayer Industries, Inc. · 1995
- Circular sliver knitting machine for the production of knitwear with combed-in fibers26US 6,151,920 ASIPRA Patententwicklungs- u. Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH · 2000
- Pneumatic fiber recovery and redistribution system for sliver high pile fabric knitting machines25US 4,532,780 AMayer, Wildman Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Circular sliver knitting machine having increased carding capacity25US 5,134,863 AMayer Industries, Inc. · 1992