US Patent Class 66
TEXTILES: KNITTING



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  DF  CLASS NOTES
1 R  DF  MISCELLANEOUS
1 A  DF  .~ Hand knitting and crotcheting aids
1.5  DF  REKNITTING
2  DF  DARNING
3  DF  LOOPER PIN AND HOOK
4  DF  .~ Hand
5  DF  UNITED NEEDLE KNITTING AND INDEPENDENT NEEDLES
6  DF  .~ With independent needle knitting
7  DF  INDEPENDENT-NEEDLE MACHINES
8  DF  .~ Circular
9 R  DF  .~.~ Incorporating unknit or fleece-type materials
10  DF  .~.~.~ Warp and weft type
11  DF  .~.~.~ Laterally displaceable needle
12  DF  .~.~.~ Varied needle
9 A  DF  .~.~.~ Core covering
9 B  DF  .~.~.~ With carding
13  DF  .~.~ Special-type machines
14  DF  .~.~.~ Double-ended needle
15  DF  .~.~.~ Swing jack needle, dial and cylinder
16  DF  .~.~.~ Axially reciprocating actuator
17  DF  .~.~ Multiple-needle bank
18  DF  .~.~.~ Opposed conical
19  DF  .~.~.~ Dial and cylinder
20  DF  .~.~.~.~ Varied needle, frequently with special stitch
21  DF  .~.~.~.~ Pocket welt, frequently with special stitch
22  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Two-ply simultaneously knit
23  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ With stitch-length variation
24  DF  .~.~.~.~ To or from rib or rib change
25  DF  .~.~.~.~ Special stitch
26  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Racking
27  DF  .~.~.~.~ Stitch-length variation
28  DF  .~.~.~.~ Dial and cylinder connections
29  DF  .~.~.~ To or from rib or rib change
30  DF  .~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
31  DF  .~.~ Dial
32  DF  .~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
33  DF  .~.~.~.~ Laterally displaceable needle
34  DF  .~.~ Conical
35  DF  .~.~ Laterally displaceable needle
36  DF  .~.~.~ Special stitch
37  DF  .~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
*  DD  .~.~ Varied needle
38  DF  .~.~.~ Separate cam paths
39  DF  .~.~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
40  DF  .~.~.~ Special stitch
41  DF  .~.~.~.~ Welt or antiravel
42 R  DF  .~.~.~.~ Multifeed
43  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Suture forming
42 A  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Eyelet prevention
44  DF  .~.~.~.~ With varied latch
45  DF  .~.~.~ Hand coverings, forming
46  DF  .~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
47  DF  .~.~.~.~ With needle-actuated pickers
48  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Rotary needle carrier
49  DF  .~.~.~ Splicing
215  DF  .~.~ Special stitch
216  DF  .~.~.~ Having butt selection means
217  DF  .~.~.~.~ Control of sinkers
218  DF  .~.~.~.~ Electrical control type
219  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Magnetic
220  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Butt translation
221  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ And pivoted butt-engaging member
222  DF  .~.~.~.~ Simultaneous control of multiple butt levels
223  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Including permanent selection means
224  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Including drum having integral plural level pattern
225  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Selection by axial movement of element with multiple butt levels
226  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Drum contact with butts
227  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ Having additional butt-engaging member control means
228  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having pattern at rotating member engaging butts at single level
229  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Inclined rotating member with integral pattern
230  DF  .~.~.~.~ Having butt-engaging members limited to other than rotary motion about the periphery and longitudinal axis of the needle cylinder
51  DF  .~.~ Narrowing and widening
52  DF  .~.~.~ With needle-actuated pickers
53  DF  .~.~.~.~ Needle-actuated pickers
54  DF  .~.~ Stitch-length variation
55  DF  .~.~.~ Axial cylinder adjustment
56  DF  .~.~ Cylinder movement or speed change
57  DF  .~.~ Needle-cam construction
58  DF  .~.~ Preparing for transfer
59  DF  .~.~.~ Including axial cylinder movement
60 R  DF  .~ Straight
61  DF  .~.~ Incorporating unknit or fleece-type materials
62  DF  .~.~ Special-type machines
63  DF  .~.~.~ Double-ended needle
64  DF  .~.~ Multiple-needle bank
65  DF  .~.~.~ Hand coverings, forming
66  DF  .~.~.~ Laterally displaceable needle
67  DF  .~.~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
68  DF  .~.~.~ Varied needle
69  DF  .~.~.~ Racking
70  DF  .~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
71  DF  .~.~.~ With stitch-length variation
72  DF  .~.~ Laterally displaceable needle
73  DF  .~.~.~ Narrowing and widening
74  DF  .~.~ Varied needle
75.1  DF  .~.~ Special stitch
75.2  DF  .~.~.~ Fluid pressure, electric or magnetic stitch selector control means
76  DF  .~.~ Narrowing and widening
77  DF  .~.~ With stitch-length variation
78  DF  .~.~ Needle-cam construction
60 H  DF  .~.~ Manually operated knitting machine
*  DD  UNITED NEEDLE MACHINES
79  DF  .~ Circular
80  DF  .~.~ Incorporating unknit or fleece-type materials
81  DF  .~.~ Warp
82 R  DF  .~ Straight
83  DF  .~.~ Incorporating unknit or fleece-type materials
84 R  DF  .~.~.~ Warp
85 R  DF  .~.~.~.~ Crotchet type
85 A  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Quilting
84 A  DF  .~.~.~.~ Mechanism for incorporating unlooped weft extending from selvage to selvage
203  DF  .~.~ Warp
204  DF  .~.~.~ Means to control motion of needle, or needle cooperating element
205  DF  .~.~.~.~ Individual transducer for particular element
206  DF  .~.~.~.~ Presser means
207  DF  .~.~.~.~ Guide bar
208  DF  .~.~.~.~ Needle bar
209  DF  .~.~.~ Let off
210  DF  .~.~.~.~ Means controlling rate of let off
211  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ By means sensing strand tension
212  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ By means responsive to radius of beam
213  DF  .~.~.~.~ Strand-tensioning means
214  DF  .~.~.~ Yarn guides
87  DF  .~.~.~ Multiple-needle bank
88  DF  .~.~ Multiple-needle bank
89  DF  .~.~ Narrowing and widening, frequently with loop traversing
82 A  DF  .~.~ Motor control
82 S  DF  .~.~ Stitch length control
90  DF  NEEDLE COOPERATING ELEMENTS
91  DF  .~ Pile loop formers
92  DF  .~.~ For needle dial and cylinder machines
93  DF  .~.~ Radially slidable
94  DF  .~ Wheels, nonlooping, fleece type
95  DF  .~ Loop traversers or holders
96 R  DF  .~.~ For straight machines
96 W  DF  .~.~.~ Welt turners
97  DF  .~.~ Wheel
98  DF  .~ Beard pressers
99  DF  .~.~ With press-off preventers
100  DF  .~.~ Needle displacement
101  DF  .~.~ Individually movable
102  DF  .~.~.~ Sliding
103  DF  .~.~ Special stitch wheels
104  DF  .~ Sinkers or web holders
105  DF  .~.~ Wheel
106  DF  .~.~ Pivoted
107  DF  .~.~ Radially slidable
108 R  DF  .~.~.~ Movable cam sections
108 A  DF  .~.~.~.~ Knitting above nebs
109  DF  .~.~ For straight machines
110  DF  .~.~.~ Transversely slidable
111  DF  .~ Pivoted latch actuators
112  DF  .~.~ Gap closers
113  DF  .~ Wheel
114  DF  NEEDLE BEDS
115  DF  .~ Independent needle
116  DF  NEEDLES
117  DF  .~ Hand
118  DF  .~.~ Crochet
119  DF  .~ Spring beard
120  DF  .~ Sliding latch
121  DF  .~ Pivoted latch
122  DF  .~.~ Latch pivots
123  DF  .~ Shanks
124  DF  .~.~ Self-frictioning
125 R  DF  FEEDING
126 R  DF  .~ Traversing guides, straight machine
127  DF  .~.~ Alternately idled guides
128  DF  .~.~ Partial traverse
129  DF  .~.~.~ With additional strand
130  DF  .~.~ Shock reducers
126 A  DF  .~.~ Feed fingers
131  DF  .~ Close-feed devices
132 R  DF  .~ Positive
132 T  DF  .~.~ Tape
133  DF  .~ Additional strand idled guide
134  DF  .~.~ With clamp or cutter
135  DF  .~.~ Needle-wrapping type
136  DF  .~ Plating
137  DF  .~.~ Reversible
138  DF  .~ Alternately idled guides
139  DF  .~.~ Sliding
140 R  DF  .~.~ With clamp or cutter
140 S  DF  .~.~.~ With suction
141  DF  .~ Nonidling or nonplating guides
142  DF  .~.~ With clamp or cutter
143  DF  .~.~.~ Starting by strand interengagement
144  DF  .~.~.~.~ Uniting
145 R  DF  .~ With clamp or cutter
145 B  DF  .~.~ For straight machine (i.e., straight bar)
145 S  DF  .~.~ With suction
146  DF  .~ Strand tensions
125 A  DF  .~ With yarn treatment
125 B  DF  .~ Throat plates
147  DF  FABRIC MANIPULATION
148  DF  .~ Transferring fabric
149 R  DF  .~ Take-ups
150  DF  .~.~ Special-shape work
151  DF  .~.~ Winding, from rotary needle bank
152  DF  .~.~ Continuous
153  DF  .~.~.~ From rotary needle bank
149 S  DF  .~.~ Suction take-ups
231  DF  PATTERN SYSTEM
232  DF  .~ Electrical signal type
233  DF  .~ Flexible member type
234  DF  .~.~ Chain
235  DF  .~.~.~ Chain being horizontally fed to drive sprocket
236  DF  .~.~.~ Having coaxial pattern member
237  DF  .~ Multiplier or divider
238  DF  PATTERN STORAGE DEVICE
239  DF  .~ Drum type
240  DF  .~.~ Having removable pin
241  DF  .~.~ Having jack
242  DF  .~ Flexible type
157  DF  STOPPING
158  DF  .~ Strand controlled
159  DF  .~.~ With strand severing
160  DF  .~.~ With tension relieving
161  DF  .~.~.~ Electrical
162  DF  .~.~.~ Moving actuator
163  DF  .~.~ Electrical
164  DF  .~.~ Moving actuator
165  DF  .~ Needle cooperating element controlled
166  DF  .~ Fabric controlled
167  DF  .~ Length control
168  DF  CLEANING ATTACHMENTS
169 R  DF  FABRICS OR ARTICLES
170  DF  .~ Articles
171  DF  .~.~ Garments
172 R  DF  .~.~.~ Border or antiravel portions, frequently hosiery
173  DF  .~.~.~.~ Pocket welt
172 E  DF  .~.~.~.~ Elastic
174  DF  .~.~.~ Hand coverings
175  DF  .~.~.~ Union, trunk, and nether
176  DF  .~.~.~ Trunk
177  DF  .~.~.~ Nether
178 R  DF  .~.~.~.~ Hosiery
179  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Suture seam
180  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Ornamental stitch
181  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ With mock seam
182  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Reinforced
183  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Combined foot structure and fashioned calf
184  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ With heel or toe
185  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Foot structure
186  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~ With heel or toe
187  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Heel or toe
188  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ With rib leg and foot
178 A  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Stretch and support hosiery
189  DF  .~.~.~ Fashioned
190  DF  .~ Incorporated unknitted materials
191  DF  .~.~ Fleece or pile type
192  DF  .~.~ Warp
193  DF  .~.~.~ With crochet stitch
194  DF  .~ Fleece or pile type
195  DF  .~ Warp
196  DF  .~ Multi-ply
197  DF  .~.~ Rib
198  DF  .~ Traversed or doubled loop
199  DF  .~.~ To or from rib or rib change
200  DF  .~ Rib
201  DF  .~ Strand change
202  DF  .~ Materials
169 A  DF  .~ Run resistant fabric