Abstract: The clamping means, which has a clamping position and an open position for material in thread, ribbon or strip form, has an element which, in accordance with the invention, is resiliently bent double hairpin-wise in a first plane and has two arms of substantially equal length, the end of the first arm being bent double to a U shape in a second plane such that the gap between the two limbs of the U formed by this bend is smaller than the cross section of the portion of the free end of the second arm which cooperates with it, and the ends of the two arms being offset from one another parallel to the second plane such that, in the closed position, the free end of the second arm engages both limbs of the U in the area of the gap.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding a plurality of yarn, sliver or fibrous materials to a textile machine, comprising: a plurality of stationary supply packages on which said materials are wound; a stationary endless track having at least a working and a return section; and a plurality of feeding elements. Every feeding element is associated with one of said supply packages, wherein said feeding elements are arranged to run around said track in series in such a manner, that the distances between the feeding elements and the associated ones of said supply packages become gradually and alternately smaller and larger during successive runs of said feeding elements on said track. Said materials are held by said feeding elements when the relevant feeding elements pass through said return section, and are releasable for processing by said textile machine when the relevant feeding elements pass through said working section.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding yarn, or the like vice yarn guides which travel on an endless O-shaped floating-mounted track to present the yarn, or the like to the instrumentalities of a textile machine.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding yarn, sliver or fibrous materials wound on stationary supply packages to a texile machine, comprising a plurality of movable material transporting elements and a plurality of movable material laying-in elements for feeding the materials from the supply packages to the textile machine, endless tracks defining working and return sections for said transporting elements and working and return regions for said laying-in elements, said transporting elements and said laying-in elements running in series on said endless tracks, and entwining of the materials during successive runs of said elements on said tracks is avoided by at least one deflection element by means of which the materials are fed via said transporting elements to said laying-in elements, during successive runs thereof through the working region, alternately from one and another side of a surface laid through the working region of said laying-in elements and the return section of said transporting elements.

Abstract: A drawing-off mechanism having at least two driven rollers for drawing off knitted fabric in which the rollers are positively driven at the same peripheral speed while being resiliently pressed against each other to permit drawing off fabrics of varying thicknesses without slippage.

Abstract: Apparatus for the electronic control of a knitting machine of the type comprising a storage device having an information store in which the information of a knitting pattern is stored in block form with every information block containing all the information for one course. The information blocks are broken down into color lines related to the particular colors being knitted, and a distributor mechanism is arranged to feed the color lines to the storage units of a working store, the storage units being associated with respective knitting systems of the knitting machine. The distributor mechanism includes a programming mechanism in the form of a selector matrix controlled by a cross-bar distributor and which determines which knitting system will receive the information for any information block selected from the storage device.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing items of information relating to color of small areas obtained when scanning a multicolored pattern and for correcting same when the color of such small areas is not clearly identifiable because more than one color is present in such small areas.