IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0041908
(2011-03-07)
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등록번호 |
US-8156767
(2012-04-17)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Knight, Sr., John Cecil
- Sinykin, Daniel L.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Seamless Technologies, LLC
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대리인 / 주소 |
Reinhart Beorner Van Deuren s.c.
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초록
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An apparatus and a method are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunctio
An apparatus and a method are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering.
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1. A knitting apparatus for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, the apparatus comprising: a frame:a dial knitting arrangement mounted in the frame and defining a vertically oriented axis of rotation, the dial needl
1. A knitting apparatus for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, the apparatus comprising: a frame:a dial knitting arrangement mounted in the frame and defining a vertically oriented axis of rotation, the dial needle knitting arrangement comprising: a dial;a plurality of dial needles operatively disposed in the dial to knit a length of tubular-shaped fabric in such a manner that the backing yarn is exposed on an interior surface of the length of tubular-shaped fabric and the pile extends outward from an exterior surface of the length of tubular-shaped fabric;a dial cam box disposed adjacent to the dial and operatively connected to the dial needles;a backing yarn feeding arrangement; anda pile yarn feeding arrangement; anda cylinder mounting arrangement for optionally receiving a cylinder operatively disposed along the axis of rotation with the cylinder being operatively mounted to the frame below the dial knitting arrangement such that the tubular-shaped knitted covering passes though the cylinder mounting arrangement, regardless of whether or not the cylinder is mounted on the cylinder mounting arrangement, after being at least partially formed by the dial knitting arrangement. 2. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the dial is rotatably mounted for rotation about a vertical axis of rotation, having a periphery thereof disposed about the axis of rotation, and having a plurality of substantially radially directed dial needle slots opening in an upward direction. 3. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein the dial cam box is non-rotatably mounted above the dial, and having a downwardly facing and opening dial needle cam track therein. 4. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the dial needles each have a body thereof disposed in a respective dial needle slot of the plurality of dial needle slots, a hooked end thereof that is outwardly extendable beyond the periphery of the dial, and a dial needle cam lobe extending upward beyond the dial needle slot and into sliding engagement with the dial needle cam track, such that rotation of the dial causes the dial needles to be selectively movable radially within the dial needle slots through interaction of the dial needle cam lobes with the dial needle cam track. 5. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the backing yarn and pile yarn feeding arrangements are operatively disposed adjacent the periphery of the dial and adapted for feeding the backing yarn and pile yarn to the dial needles along selected segments of the periphery of the dial. 6. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the covering includes multiple successively knitted courses, with two adjacent courses being knitted simultaneously, and the pile yarn being sliver fibers in one course of the two simultaneously knitted courses and the pile yarn being a face yarn in the other course of the two simultaneously knitted courses. 7. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the pile yarn feeding arrangement further comprises: a doffer arrangement including a doffer wheel having a sliver feeding surface thereof operatively disposed adjacent to a sliver-feed segment of the periphery of the dial in such a manner that the hooked ends of the dial needles can receive sliver fiber from the sliver feeding surface of the doffer wheel during operation of the knitting apparatus for knitting the one of the to simultaneously knitted courses; anda face yarn feeder having an output thereof operatively disposed adjacent to a face-yarn-feed segment of the periphery of the dial in such a manner that the hooked ends of the dial needles can pull loops of the face yarn fiber from the output of the face yarn feeder during operation of the knitting apparatus. 8. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the base fabric and sliver fibers are manipulated solely with the dial knitting arrangement, and the face yarn is manipulated with both the dial and cylinder knitting arrangements to form the covering having multiple successively knitted courses, with two adjacent courses being knitted simultaneously, with the pile yarn being sliver fibers in one course of the two simultaneously knitted courses and the pile yarn being a face yarn in the other course the two simultaneously knitted courses, and the pile yarn feeding arrangement. 9. A knitting apparatus for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, the apparatus comprising: a frame:a dial knitting arrangement mounted in the frame and defining a vertically oriented axis of rotation, the dial needle knitting arrangement comprising: a dial;a plurality of dial needles operatively disposed in the dial to knit a length of tubular-shaped fabric in such a manner that the backing yarn is exposed on an interior surface of the length of tubular-shaped fabric and the pile extends outward from an exterior surface of the length of tubular-shaped fabric;a dial cam box disposed adjacent to the dial and operatively connected to the dial needles;a backing yarn feeding arrangement; anda pile yarn feeding arrangement; anda cylinder mounting arrangement operatively mounted to the frame such that the tubular-shaped knitted covering passes though the cylinder mounting arrangement after being at least partially formed by the dial knitting arrangement. 10. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the dial is rotatably mounted for rotation about a vertical axis of rotation, having a periphery thereof disposed about the axis of rotation, and having a plurality of substantially radially directed dial needle slots opening in an upward direction. 11. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 10, wherein the dial cam box is non-rotatably mounted above the dial, and having a downwardly facing and opening dial needle cam track therein. 12. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 11, wherein the dial needles each have a body thereof disposed in a respective dial needle slot of the plurality of dial needle slots, a hooked end thereof that is outwardly extendable beyond the periphery of the dial, and a dial needle cam lobe extending upward beyond the dial needle slot and into sliding engagement with the dial needle cam track, such that rotation of the dial causes the dial needles to be selectively movable radially within the dial needle slots through interaction of the dial needle cam lobes with the dial needle cam track. 13. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the backing yarn and pile yarn feeding arrangements are operatively disposed adjacent the periphery of the dial and adapted for feeding the backing yarn and pile yarn to the dial needles along selected segments of the periphery of the dial. 14. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the covering includes multiple successively knitted courses, with two adjacent courses being knitted simultaneously, and the pile yarn being sliver fibers in one course of the two simultaneously knitted courses and the pile yarn being a face yarn in the other course of the two simultaneously knitted courses. 15. A knitting apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the pile yarn feeding arrangement further comprises: a doffer arrangement including a doffer wheel having a sliver feeding surface thereof operatively disposed adjacent to a sliver-feed segment of the periphery of the dial in such a manner that the hooked ends of the dial needles can receive sliver fiber from the sliver feeding surface of the doffer wheel during operation of the knitting apparatus for knitting the one of the to simultaneously knitted courses; anda face yarn feeder having an output thereof operatively disposed adjacent to a face-yarn-feed segment of the periphery of the dial in such a manner that the hooked ends of the dial needles can pull loops of the face yarn fiber from the output of the face yarn feeder during operation of the knitting apparatus. 16. A method of forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, using an apparatus comprising a dial knitting arrangement mounted in a frame defining a vertically oriented axis of rotation and having a cylinder mounting arrangement operatively disposed along the axis of rotation such that the tubular-shaped knitted covering passes though the cylinder mounting arrangement, after being at least partially formed by the dial knitting arrangement, with the dial needle knitting arrangement having a dial, a plurality of dial needles operatively disposed in the dial, a dial cam box disposed adjacent to the dial and operatively connected to the dial needles, a backing yarn feeding arrangement, and a pile yarn feeding arrangement, wherein the method comprises: knitting a length of tubular-shaped fabric with the dial needles in such a manner that the backing yarn is exposed on an interior surface of the length of tubular-shaped fabric and the pile extends outward from an exterior surface of the length of tubular-shaped fabric; andfeeding the tubular-shaped fabric downward through the cylinder mounting arrangement.
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