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ALAN'S PATENTS

Patent 6318132

Apparatus and method for detecting broken hooks of needles in a knitting machine, and needles for use with same.

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Patent 6176107

Circular knitting machine with replaceable member for restricting vertical movement of sinkers.

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Patent 6035669

Apparatus and method for detecting broken hooks of needles in a knitting machine.

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Patent 5737942

Means for deterring lint and debris accumulation on the knitting elements of a circular knitting machine.

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Patent 5469718

Debris cleaning apparatus for circular knitting machines and like textile machines

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Patent 5282372

Apparatus and method for flushing debris from the cylinder slots of circular knitting machines.

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Patent 5175905

Debris cleaning apparatus for circular knitting machines.

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Patent 4948067

Textile yarn creel.

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Patent 5024393

Yarn threading apparatus for tube-type textile yarn creels

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Patent 4905340

Lint control apparatus.

Patent 4877170

Tubular conduit for transporting traveling textile yarn.

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Patent 4691873

Strand storing and delivering device.

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Patent 4631930

Efficiency monitoring device for textile machines and the like.

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Patent 4632324

Strand storing and delivering device.

Patent 4506429

Method for preparing belt end portions for spliced mechanical interconnection, belt end portions prepared thereby and spliced interconnection formed therewith.

Patent 4537048

Pile loop forming and cutting elements for circular knitting machines.

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Patent 6318132

Method of and apparatus for knitting cut-pile fabric.

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Patent 4540138

Textile yarn creel.

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