Patents by Inventor Shoichi Komasaka

Shoichi Komasaka 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).

  • Flat knitting machine and a method of operating the rocking sinkers of the flat knitting machine
    Patent number: 5355699
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flat knitting machine having a simple construction and provided with rocking sinkers capable of stably operating for high-speed knitting operation without damaging the yarns, and a method of operating the rocking sinkers. The flat knitting machine is provided with rocking sinkers (8), sinker operating means (3) for operating the sinkers (8), needle operating means (19), and a power transmitting mechanism (4, 21) interlocking the needle operating means (19) and the sinker operating means (3) to operate the sinker operating means (3) by at least part of the motion of the needle operating means (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Inagaki, Atsuo Tsuboi, Shoichi Komasaka