Patents by Inventor Fulvio BOTTINI

Fulvio BOTTINI 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).

  • Method and device for reversing a tubular knitted article in a circular knitting machine
    Patent number: 11359331
    Abstract: A method for reversing a tubular knitted article (S) is disclosed. According to the method, the tubular knitted article (S), engaged at a first end thereof by a pick-up device (5) and hanging with a second end thereof from the pick-up device, is introduced in a reversing tube (15). The reversing tube (15) is moved through the pick-up device (5) so as to project with the upper end (15B) thereof above the pick-up device; and the reversing tube (15) is moved reciprocatingly up and down between an upper position and a lower position, while co-acting with a top clamping device (31) and a bottom clamping device (35) until the tubular knitted article (S) is entirely everted on the outer surface of the reversing tube (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: STÄUBLI ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Fulvio Bottini
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REVERSING A TUBULAR KNITTED ARTICLE IN A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20200308759
    Abstract: A method for reversing a tubular knitted article (S) is disclosed. According to the method, the tubular knitted article (S), engaged at a first end thereof by a pick-up device (5) and hanging with a second end thereof from the pick-up device, is introduced in a reversing tube (15). The reversing tube (15) is moved through the pick-up device (5) so as to project with the upper end (15B) thereof above the pick-up device; and the reversing tube (15) is moved reciprocatingly up and down between an upper position and a lower position, while co-acting with a top clamping device (31) and a bottom clamping device (35) until the tubular knitted article (S) is entirely everted on the outer surface of the reversing tube (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Fulvio BOTTINI