Abstract: Disclosed is a method for guiding passengers of public transport, in particular of trams or trains respectively, at stations or in station areas and/or inside the transportation unit. The passengers embark and disembark in the embark-/disembark area via at least two doors, and the embark-/disembark area extends to the length of the vehicle. The method includes: generating a prediction of the occupancy level of the vehicle with regard to the resulting situation in the vehicle after disembarking at each stop; distributing of the passengers which are moving to the entry area and/or waiting in the entry area ready for embarking corresponding to the prediction to the area of the doors for an approximately uniform distribution of the passengers inside the vehicle; and if applicable, distribution of the passengers inside the vehicle under consideration of the predicted, preferably section-wise occupancy level and of the passengers actually ready for embarking.

Abstract: A method for preparing a tubular manufacture such as a hosiery item or the like for automated pick-up at the end of its formation on a double-cylinder circular machine including at least the following steps: —a first step, which consists in transferring or retaining all the needles in the lower needle cylinder; —a second step, which consists in moving all the needles to the tuck-stitch position; —a third step, which consists in pushing upward the portion of the manufacture engaged with the needles; —a fourth step, which consists in disengaging the sinkers from the manufacture; —a fifth step, which consists in lifting the needles into the dropped-stitch position.

Abstract: An implantable, pliable knitted silk mesh for use in human soft tissue support and repair having a particular knit pattern that substantially prevents unraveling and preserves the stability of the mesh when cut, the knitted mesh including at least two yarns laid in a knit direction and engaging each other to define a plurality of nodes.

Abstract: A double-cylinder circular machine for producing tubular knitted manufactures, particularly for making hosiery items or the like, which comprises a supporting structure which is provided with a footing for resting on the ground which supports, so that it can rotate about its own vertically-oriented axis, a lower needle cylinder. The supporting structure comprises at least one column which is extended substantially vertically, protrudes upward from the footing and supports, so that it can rotate about its own axis, an upper needle cylinder, the upper needle cylinder is supported, so that it can rotate about its own axis, by an arm, which in turn is supported by the column, elements being provided for the rotation of the arm about the axis of the main shaft with respect to the column to provide the transition of the upper needle cylinder from an active position to an inactive position.

Abstract: A knit tubular sleeve for providing abrasion resistance and expansion restriction to an elastic elongate member extending therethrough and method of construction thereof is provided. The knit tubular sleeve includes a knit tubular wall extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The knit wall has a plurality of coaxially aligned first regions forming crests spaced axially from one another by intermediate second regions forming troughs between the crests. The first and second regions are knitted over a plurality of courses, with each of the courses comprising a plurality of knit stitches extending circumferentially around the longitudinal axis. The courses of the first regions are formed with a different pattern of knit stitches from the courses of the second regions, wherein the second regions provide the wall with a decreased capacity to expand radially relative to the first regions, thereby inhibiting the elongate member against radial expansion.

Abstract: A double-cylinder circular machine, particularly for knitting hosiery items, with simplified actuation mechanism, comprising a supporting structure which comprises a footing, which supports a lower needle cylinder, and a column which extends substantially vertically, protrudes upwardly from the footing and supports an upper needle cylinder, which is arranged above and coaxially with respect to the lower needle cylinder, and further comprising elements for the actuation of the lower needle cylinder and of the upper needle cylinder with a rotary motion about a common axis, the actuation elements comprising an electric motor which is connected kinematically to the lower needle cylinder and to the upper needle cylinder and is accommodated inside the column.

Abstract: The method comprises the phases of: knitting at least one part (5 A, 5B) of the body (1) with reciprocating motion of the two cylinders of a double-cylinder machine; —knitting the leg pieces (9 A, 9B) with a continuous rotational motion of the two cylinders (11, 13), a first leg piece being knitted by a first of said cylinders and a second leg piece being knitted by a second of said cylinders. It is provided for an arc of needles (C) to be maintained temporarily inactive on each of said two cylinders while knitting said at least one part (5 A, 5B) of the body (1) with reciprocating motion. Furthermore, it is provided that the temporarily inactive needles are set to work at the end of the knitting of said at least one part (5 A, 5B) of the body (1) with reciprocating motion, thus forming an interknitting line (CC) for joining the two leg pieces (9 A, 9B), then continuing the knitting with continuous rotary motion with all the needles (15) of both the cylinders (11, 13).

Abstract: The invention relates to a knitting device for making a double-sided textile comprising two outer laps (1,2) that are knitted and joined to one another by means of a ground yarn (4). This device comprises two groups of needles (6) that move in translation on a respective needle bed (5) following a continuous rectilinear trajectory in a respective plane (P1, P2). The positions of the hook (7) of a needle (6) of at least one group respectively between its knitting station and its bonding station are situation on both sides of the intersecting straight line (D) between said two planes (P1, P2). In addition, the lift of the needle (6) between its knitting removal station is less than the lift of the needle (6) between its removal station and its bonding station.

Abstract: A double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery or other knitted articles comprises a lower needle cylinder with a vertical axis and an upper needle cylinder arranged above and coaxially to the lower needle cylinder. Aligned axial slots are formed on the lateral surface of the lower and upper needle cylinders. Each of the axial slots of the lower and upper needle cylinders accommodates an actuation element which can engage a needle to be actuated and is provided with a fixed heel, and with a heel which can be extracted radially on command from the axial slot. The transfer of a needle from one needle cylinder to the other is performed by fixed cams and by a selection device producing transition into the extracted position of the movable heel exclusively of the actuation elements that correspond to the needles to be moved to the lower needle cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a knitting device for making a double-sided textile comprising two outer laps (1,2) that are knitted and joined to one another by means of a ground yarn (4). This device comprises two groups of needles (6) that move in translation on a respective needle bed (5) following a continuous rectilinear trajectory in a respective plane (P1, P2). The positions of the hook (7) of a needle (6) of at least one group respectively between its knitting station and its bonding station are situation on both sides of the intersecting straight line (D) between said two planes (P1, P2). In addition, the lift of the needle (6) between its knitting removal station is less than the lift of the needle (6) between its removal station and its bonding station.

Abstract: A method for knitting manufactured articles with circular knitting machines with high-fineness consisting in that at least one region of the manufacture is produced with a group of contiguous needles by reducing at least once the number of active needles of the group of needles by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain needles of the group of needles to contiguous needles of the group of needles and excluding from knitting the needles that have transferred the loop of knitting during the formation of at least one portion of a subsequent row of knitting by the needles that are kept active. The manufacture region is produced by providing in succession portions of rows of knitting obtained by actuating the needle cylinder with a two direction rotary motion.

Abstract: A needle engaging with a loop at least lastly formed on a fabric formed just before inversion of a carriage is pulled by a pull-down cam formed in a composite cam system of the carriage while feeding a yarn to an opposite needle. When a feeding direction of a yarn fed from a yarn feeder is inverted accompanied with the inversion of the carriage, the tension force applied to the yarn is intensified to prevent tightening of the stitch of the knitted fabric.

Abstract: A double bevel type double-knit circular knitting machine includes an inner annular needle cylinder holder and an outer annular needle cylinder holder configured to show a double bevel profile, and inner base member and an outer base member respectively affixed to the inner annular needle cylinder holder and the outer annular needle cylinder holder to hold sector-shaped inner cam adjustment members and outer cam adjustment members respectively, inner cam blocks and outer cam blocks respectively affixed to the inner base member and the outer base member, and inner and outer needles respectively arranged between the inner annular needle cylinder holder and the inner cam blocks and between the outer annular needle cylinder holder and the outer cam blocks and reciprocating in respective needle tracks in the inner cam blocks and the outer cam blocks to perform a knitting process.

Abstract: A machine is described for producing a knitted fabric with at least partial use of fibrous material (10), in particular a circular knitting machine (1). At least selected knitting stations (6) are assigned drawing frames (8) for producing threads (11) which are formed from the fibrous materials (10). According to the invention, the drawing frames (8) lie in the reaching area of an operator (5) working on the machine (1) and can be opened downwards (arrow v) or to the side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for knitting a double jersey knit fabric (11) on a double jacquard, double jersey circular knitting machine, the double jersey knit fabric (11) having a design consisting of more than 12 needles, wherein the knitting machine comprises a cylinder (C) and a dial (D) provided with needles each separately driven by an electronical pattern controlling mechanism, wherein the needles of the cylinder (C) are provided for knitting the front (F) of the fabric (11), and the needles of the dial (D) are provided for knitting the back (B) of the fabric, and wherein the front (F) of the fabric (11) comprises at least one area of blister fabric (5), wherein a non-reversible single-sided designed knit fabric (11) is knitted having a desired design at the front of the fabric (11) and a technical design at the back of the fabric (11), wherein this technical design is created by knitting or tucking one or more of the yarns (7, 8, 9 and/or 10) that are used for forming the blister fabric (6) with

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cap visor, once the visor is bent, a fixed pattern curve can be kept constant unless an outer force is applied thereto. Visor formed with a fixed pattern curve will not restore to the original shape automatically. For assuming a fixed pattern given by the bent visor is composed of a multiaxial warp knit fabric (MWK) 11 clad in a cloth 12, for example, each of a plurality of warps 11a is extended across and downward each of a plurality of wefts 11b to form a MWK 11. For example, the warp 11a is flexibly bent to form a fixed pattern curve; the weft 11b is allowed pliably and toughly extendable relative to the warp 11a. The warp is made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) filament thread, the weft is made of nylon filament thread.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing three-dimensional tubular knitwear items, preferably provided with shoulder straps, neck portion and/or various openings for feet, legs or arms, manufactured without the usual expensive fabric scraps deriving from the cutting/sewing operations. By means of a suitable selection of needles, or thanks to a particular yarn which melts completely during finishing, according to the jacquard design or to the work cycle of the textile machine, the present invention enables the separation and/or the automatic programmed resumption of knitted courses according to specific zones or areas, thus obtaining at least one opening (5,5A) or shoulder strap, provided with a singe or double welt. The hosiery items are automatically closed on their ends, corresponding to the foot heel or toe, and provided with at least one opening with single or double welt.

Abstract: A circular double-cylinder hosiery knitting machine with a device for removing and transferring the article at the end of the knitting process, comprising a lower and an upper needle cylinders with vertical axis, a device with a removal element insertable from above into the upper needle cylinder, provided with first grippers that engage the final end of the article and a transfer element, arranged above the upper needle cylinder to remove the article from the removal element and to feed it to a sewing machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double cylinder circular knitting machine which comprises at least one nozzle (18) providing a blast of air close to a yarn cutting-and-locking unit (13) to divert the ends of yarns cut and held by the said unit towards the interior of the cylinder, that is towards the reverse side of the item being manufactured. At the same time each cam (14, 21) for moving the needles where the yarns are picked up from the yarn guides is located and configured to move the needles at a predetermined distance from the yarn cutting-and-locking unit so as to leave a space for diverting the end (20) of the cut yarn towards the interior of the cylinder.

Abstract: The method consists in forming a tubular item on a circular machine by means of the needles of the needle cylinder, starting from the opposite axial end of the item with respect to the axial end to be closed and retaining on the needles of the needle cylinder the last formed row of knitting. The loops of the last row of knitting are then transferred individually to an auxiliary element provided with supporting elements for individually supporting the loops, and the supporting elements of at least one first half-row of the last row are suitable to receive two loops and to pass one of the two loops in the other loop. The item is furthermore reversed before and after the transfer.

Abstract: A circular knitting machine cam holder mounting arrangement comprising a plurality of top cam holders, a plurality of bottom cam holders, a plurality of top cams, a plurality of bottom cams, and a plurality of track blocks, wherein: a plurality of second top cam holders and a plurality of second bottom cam holders are respectively fastened to peripheral flange of the top cam holders and the bottom cam holders, the second top cam holders and the second bottom cam holders each comprised of at least two holder parts abutted against one another, the holder parts of the second top cam holders and said second bottom cam holders each comprising a peripheral flange, a plurality of screw holes equally spaced on the peripheral flange, a plurality of screws respectively installed in the screw holes to secure the top cams and the bottom cams to the second top cam holders and the second bottom cam holders.

Abstract: A double knit circular knitting machine is provided having a first needle bed in which transfer needles are mounted and a second bed in which ordinary needles devoid of transfer function are mounted in a double density to that of the transfer needles for knitting a high density fabric in any one of several predetermined patterns. A method of knitting high density fabric is provided utilizing such transfer and ordinary needles to form courses of stitch loops and, as dictated by the pattern, to transfer stitch loops from selected transfer needles to correspondingly selected ordinary needles.

Abstract: The machine comprises in combination: two side units (1, 3) each having its own fabric forming cylinder (1C, 3C) with a plurality of needles and needle operating elements (1F, 3F, A1-A8), the cylinders being parallel with each other and close together and, in an intermediate position between said two cylinders (1C, 3C), two rectilinear beds (11A, 11B) next to each other, each with its own needles and elements (17A, 17B, A9, A17) for operating the needles of said beds.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing stockings and like articles having Jacquard pattern over ribbed knitwork, made of plain and purl stitches making use of at least two different thread feeds, e.g. of different colors, and of needles arranged in two distinct support structures which rotate in timed relationship, comprising at least one knitting step wherein the needles of one first of the structures pick up the thread from each feed during one course of knitting and the needles of the other structure arranged between the needles of the first structure pick up the thread each from one feed for every course of knitting and at least one heel knitting step including reciprocation of the structures wherein a portion of the knitwork is retained by a corresponding part of the needles of the first one structure and the heel portion is knitted by all the needles of the other structure which all pick up the thread from the same feed during the reciprocation of the support structures.

Abstract: A flat bed or circular knitting machine has an additional bed which accommodates in grooves or tricks pairs of yarn-guide members which are controlled alternatively by cams to co-operate with needles of the machine. The ends of each yarn-guide member carries a hook which co-operates with an eyelet to effect the actual guiding function.

Abstract: The invention covers a machine for producing textile webs wherein a circular weaving-knitting system is produced with the knitting portion of the system having a single or double needle operation to form a textile having selectively arranged weft insertions and courses.