D04B 9/40
Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles: with provision for transfer of knitted
Official title: with provision for transfer of knitted goods from one machine to another
D04B9/40 (Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles: with provision for transfer of knitted) appears on 44 US grants and 48 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 44
- Published applications
- 48
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 34
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like and method for providing a tubular item19 May 2026US 12,630,951 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Removal device for removing a tubular knitted manufacture from a circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like12 Aug 2025US 12,385,173 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Circular hosiery knitting machine for manufacturing tubular items1 Apr 2025US 12,264,423 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Pick-up device for picking up a tubular knitted article from a circular knitting machine and for its transfer to a unit adapted to perform additional operations on the article29 Oct 2024US 12,129,580 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Removal device for removing a knitted tubular manufacture from a circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like17 Sep 2024US 12,091,789 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Linking Method, Particularly for Closing an Axial End of a Tubular Manufacture20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242991 A1Lonati S. P. A.
- Circular Knitting Machine for Hosiery or the Like and Method for Producing a Tubular Manufacture8 Aug 2024US 2024/0263368 A1Lonati S. P. A.
- Circular Knitting Machine for Hosiery or the Like and Method for Providing a Tubular Item18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240373 A1Lonati S. P. A.
- Removal device for removing a knitted tubular manufacture from a circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like8 Feb 2024US 2024/0044055 A1Lonati S. P. A.
- Method for closing a knitted tubular article at an axial end thereof11 Jan 2024US 2024/0011203 A1Lonati S. P. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sock33US 7,213,420 B2Legend Care IP Limited · 2007
- Method and apparatus for seaming edges of knitted articles22US 6,164,091 AFabritex S.R.L. · 2000
- Device for handling knitted products manufactured on circular stocking knitting machines12US 5,606,876 ASangiacomo S.p.A. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for joining two edges of a knitted tubular article10US 5,487,281 AConti Florentia S.r.l. · 1996
- Method for joining two edges of a knitted tubular article upon completion thereof10US 5,551,260 AFabritex S.R.L. · 1996