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EP 1607503 B1 20110803 - knitting cam

Title (en)

knitting cam

Title (de)

Strickschloss

Title (fr)

came de tricotage

Publication

EP 1607503 B1 20110803 (DE)

Application

EP 04014176 A 20040617

Priority

EP 04014176 A 20040617

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1607503A1] A textile knitting assembly cambox unit (100) has two cambox sections (2, 3) separated by a non-linear gap with a sliding camplate that subdivides the gap into two (4, 4'). The control components are arranged in pairs sliding singly or together. The cambox interior is defined by profiled facing sidewalls (21, 33).

IPC 8 full level

D04B 15/36 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D04B 15/36 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE IT TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1607503 A1 20051221; EP 1607503 B1 20110803; CN 100436681 C 20081126; CN 1710174 A 20051221

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04014176 A 20040617; CN 200510078559 A 20050617