Patents by Inventor Fredrick A. Rupinski

Fredrick A. Rupinski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Positioning control for programmable knitting machines
    Patent number: 4006611
    Abstract: A home knitting machine is provided with a reader for reading out patterning instructions on a programmed card, an electronic memory for storing signals read from the card, means enabling an operator to select a needle to knit a particular column of a design unit and to thereby fix the overall position of a design in a width of fabric to be knit, and means for recalling the stored signals from the memory in synchronization with movement of the carriage during knitting and for causing the operations of needle selectors on the carriage in accordance with the recalled signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: William Kahan, Howard D. Rogers, Fredrick A. Rupinski