Abstract: Warp knitted fabric of an at least two bar construction nappable on both fabric faces is produced on a warped knitted machine of at least three bar construction by utilizing a pile loop forming device on the bottom bar while simultaneously knitting a ground yarn substrate on the middle bar and knitting pile yarns on the top bar to be knitted into the substrate in needle loops at the technical fabric face and extended pile underlap loops at the technical fabric back. At least one surface of the fabric is napped, the extended underlap loops at the technical back being nappable to a plush surface effect while also being adapted to be partially drawn through the substrate to the technical face upon napping of the needle loops to produce a comparable plush surface at the technical face.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine has a needle selection arrangement movable along needle bed, knitting needles arranged in needle channels of the needle bed and selector drivers or a tandem arrangement of working drivers and selector drivers adjoining the knitting needles in the needle channels, which cooperate with the needle selection arrangement. In order to achieve drivers of uniform weight with the same acceleration effect for differing gauges of the flat knitting machine, distance plates are fixed and inserted on at least one side of the drivers in the needle channels extending substantially along the length of the working drivers and/or selector drivers, the width of the distance plates being equal to the difference between the width of the needle channels and the width of the working drivers and/or selector drivers.

Abstract: A trim part of the type having a visible outer surface and a resilient foam substrate is provided with real thread decorative stitching. Visible loops of the thread are tensioned against the outer surface by embedded loops held in the resilient substrate. A method is disclosed for applying the decorative stitching with two different types of thread, which is done by partially penetrating the foam substrate to a controlled depth in a repeating pattern.

Abstract: A flat-bed knitting machine having a needle bed apparatus and an associated carriage apparatus movable longitudinally thereon and having a data processing unit which controls the cams and/or selector units among others and store pattern information in memory and which has an input keyboard is described. To make the input keyboard accessible to the operator of such a machine during observation of the knitting process, yet not have this keyboard hinder access to the essential parts of the machine, the input keyboard is disposed, from the standpoint of the machine operator, at the level of and in an area in front of the needle bed and carriage apparatus in the longitudinal direction of the machine, in front of a transparent cover, which is also movable in the longitudinal direction of the machine, keyboard being movable parallel to and independently of this cover.

Abstract: A warp-knit support tape for hook and loop fasteners comprises a foundation including two needle stitches and laid-in weft threads, and a pile portion having chain stitches formed by sinker looping into a multiplicity of pile-loops. The tape system is rendered highly resistant to stretch in either direction. The pile-loops are arranged to line up alternately at the right and at the left of the wales and tilted sidewise alternately in opposite directions.

Abstract: A device for acting on or treating surfaces by a medium, preferably air, which is supplied to the device via one or several inlets and is sucked away through one or several outlets. The device comprises at least one vortex chamber (10) whose inner envelope surface (11) is so designed that the medium entering through the inlets (20) is circulated in the chamber and acts on the treatment surface (13) through an opening (12) provided in the envelope surface (11) and directed to the treatment surface (13). The axis (17) about which the medium is circulated is parallel to the treatment surface (13).

Abstract: A replaceable retention system for mounting golf spikes, cleats, and the like to the bottom of a shoe sole including a transverse plate and a holder. The holder is adapted to be insertable into a prepared cavity in the sole of the shoe and also includes an interior thread for receiving the threaded shank of a spike. The plate slidably engages structure in the holder which supports the plate in a transverse orientation to the interior thread of the holder whereby the threaded shank of the spike contacts and secures the plate in this arrangement. By this configuration, the plate may be inserted between the lower and upper layers of the sole for securely retaining the holder in position within the cavity in the lower layer of the sole. The removal and replacement of the plate, holders and spikes is thus facilitated by this invention.

Abstract: This invention relates to a warp knitting machine which is equipped with two longitudinal conveyors for conveying weft yarn groups towards a knitting head. The longitudinal conveyors comprise a plurality of hooks for engaging and holding the weft yarns and a weft yarn carriage is provided for laying the groups of weft yarns from one conveyor to the other. Each of the conveyors are provided with a depressing mechanism which includes a depressor which has an inactive position, an intermediate position and a depressing position. Means are provided for moving the depressor from the inactive position to an immediate position extending over a group of weft yarns laid between the hooks on one of the conveyors. Another means is provided for lowering the depressor from the intermediate position to the depressing position to depress the group of yarns into the hooks of the conveyor and for holding them there until the weft yarns are securely engaged in the hooks.

Abstract: Templates for use with embroidering machines for embroiding material held within an embroidery hoop. The embroidery machine includes at least one working head and a platform located thereunder. The template is arranged to be disposed on the platform to hold a pair of embroidery hoops beside each other so that one of the hoops in the template is located under the working head while the other of the hoops is located laterally, whereupon material located in the hoop under the head can be embroidered while the other hoop can either be unloaded or loaded with material. The template is a generally planar panel which is arranged to be moved across the platform either alone or in combination with similar templates, in the case of use with a multihead embroidery machine, by a frame. Each template includes a pair of aligned openings, each configured to releasably hold an embroidery hoop with material therein. Releasable securement means are also provided to secure the templates to the frame means.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber footwear vulcanizate to which there may be separately affixed an outsole. The vulcanizate may be suitably manufactured from an assembly of an uncured rubber upper, insole, welt and a vulcanized midsole base article. The inner and outer surfaces of the midsole base article may be suitably roughened and the surface interfacing the uncured assemblage precoated with an uncured rubber. The assembled uncured rubber footwear components may be vulcanized into a vulcanizate footwear product of a unitary construction. The outer surface midsole surface permits a wide variety of compositionally differing outer soles to be separately secured thereto.

Abstract: A multi-purpose garment comprising a central portion and first and second end portions, the portions being rhombic in shape. The first end portion tapers inwardly from the central portion, and the second end portion tapers outwardly from the central portion. A pair of tent pole sleeves and a pair of ventilation openings are provided at the juncture of the first end portion and the central portion. A pair of tent pole sleeves are provided at the juncture of the second end portion and the central portion. On the underside ofthe garment, a sleeve extends along the outer end of each end portion, each sleeve containing an elastomeric cord to selectively compress selected portions of the garment.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a warp knitting machine having a weft thread insertion arrangement comprising two parallel transfer devices which carry the weft threads in holders having a predetermined separation from each other and which are driveable in the direction of the needle bed. Also included is a reciprocally moveable weft sled arrangement carrying thread guides to lay mutually crossing layers of diagonal weft threads that subtend mutually opposed angles to the stitch rows. The guides place the threads into the weft thread holders first in one of said transfer devices and then in the other transfer device in exact and predetermined separations. The invention is further directed to a novel fabric having inlaid weft and warp inlay threads.

Abstract: A flat-bed knitting machine is described which has a carriage apparatus movable along a needle bed apparatus, a front machine frame on which the needle bed apparatus is held and which includes at least one projecting part, and on each end a plurality of yarn eyes for supplying yarn to the needle bed apparatus. To make it possible to perform servicing and/or repair work on the underside, that is, in the cam area of the carriage apparatus without major effort or long stoppages, a protective cover receiving the plurality of yarn eyes is provided on one end of the needle bed apparatus, and this cover, when the machine is not in operation, is movable, along with the carriage apparatus contacting it on one side, by a predetermined displacement distance into an outer position in which the carriage apparatus is located partly on a projecting part of the front machine frame on the far side of the needle bed apparatus and there is freely accessible from below.

Abstract: Apparatus and method utilized in sewing apparatus for aligning a fabric with multiple needle heads in a sewing operation such as quilting together a backing material, quilting material and cover material having stripes for aligning the stripes with the multiple needle heads of the sewing apparatus consisting of a plurality of crowned split collars selectively positioned along one or more tensioning bars to gather the material for alignment of the stripes with the multiple needle heads.

Abstract: The yarn tensioning device for flat knitting machines has for each yarn (20) to be processed a pivotable support (23), for yarn guide members (25-31), located in the region of an end of a needle bed, preferably outside a covering panel (16) of the machine. Each pivotable support 23 has on a projecting part (23b) a yarn clamp (35) which enters the covering panel (16) through an aperture (22) and constitutes an auxiliary member during threading of the yarn. The pivotable support (23) also carries the yarn take-up (31/32) and a number of adjustment and control members of the yarn tensioning device.

Abstract: An improved warp knitting machine employing compound needles and an interconnected trick-sinker mechanism which maintains a fixed relationship with the knitting needles and tends to hold the knitted fabric in line with the back guide bar to lessen the stress on the knitting needles. Each of the guide bars include a hollow guide tube to guide the warp yarn to a point closely adjacent the top of the knitting needle to reduce the necessary vertical stroke of the knitting needles.

Abstract: A sports accessory which can be used as a towel comprises a sheet of absorbent material which can be folded along lines (6) in a concertina fashion to form an elongate portion. The accessory may be in the form of a belt provided with an end region (1a) having a buckle (2) and, at the other end, a flap (3) which, with the sheet folded into the form of a belt, can be passed through buckle (2) for securing around the waist of a wearer.In another embodiment, the pleated sheet is permanently secured in the form of an elongate portion, but can be opened out for use as a towel for wiping hands and/or face of a person taking exercise. This embodiment may be used as a belt or may be provided with attachment means for attachment to sports equipment.

Abstract: This is a leather shoe tab for sewing on both the inside and outside of the vamp or quarter of a boot. The tab has one or more parallel essentially straight sided U-shaped cuts along the interior of the tab and completely therethrough. This makes one or more fingers and each finger has one or more eyelets therein. The ends of the finger having the eyelets can be pulled away from the plane of the tab so that hooks on ice chains can be placed therethrough, thus forming ice resistance chains across the sole.

Abstract: An apparel structure based on the movement of muscles during movement of the body, and a process for making such apparel, includes an apparel structure constructed to be comfortable and to have excellent adaptability to movement without tension or slack. It also provides excellent shaping-up effect, can be applied to various kinds of apparel and is particularly suitable for female underwear and shaping-up wear. It is suitable particularly for working wear, sportswear, leisure wear, etc., in which the extent of movement of the body is large, irrespective of male or female.

Abstract: A folding device folds waistband ends into the waistband and the device moveable along with folding tools, clamping tools and engagement fingers in a way which allows the fingers to be inserted between layers of the waistband and moved the working area of a bar tacking machine, while clamping tools and folding tools are moved away from the finger so that they do no impede the inserting process. The control of the fingers and folding tools of the folding device is made more simple and economical by the use of control cams.