Carl J Odham

40032248, Jan 18, 1977

Apr 12, 1976

5/676373

Carl J. Odham - Asheboro NC

Stedman Corporation - Asheboro NC

D04B 712
D04B 912
D04B 1108
D04B 2308

66193

An elastic warp knit fabric with ravel resistant features having a plurality of base yarns where each base yarn is knitted in successive courses to form a plurality of closed loops which extend in a warp direction and which form a plurality of individual wales. At least one of the wales is a locking wale forming one lateral edge of the fabric and another of the wales is an intermediate wale. An elastic yarn is laid into at least one of the intermediate wales and one of the locking wales. A first filler yarn extends in a weft direction in each course and is contained within the closed loops of adjacent wales to connect the wales together. A locking yarn is knitted in a locking wale to form an open loop in alternate courses where a portion of the locking yarn extends in a weft direction along with the filler yarn whereby the locking yarn prevents unraveling of the lateral edge of the fabric.

48708399, Oct 3, 1989

Dec 22, 1987

7/136858

Carl J. Odham - Asheboro NC

Asheboro Elastics, Corp. - Asheboro NC

D04B 1550
D04B 1900

66125A

An apparatus and method for feeding a knitted yarn package having a plurality of yarn ends to a textile fabric making machine. The apparatus includes takeup means for moving the yarn in the direction of the machine and tension means located upstream of the takeup means for providing resistance to the movement of the yarn in the direction of the machine. An unravelling assembly is positioned between the takeup means and the tension means for engaging the yarn ends. The unravelling assembly is operable to uniformly unravel the knitted yarn package.

42480647, Feb 3, 1981

Feb 14, 1979

6/012024

Carl J. Odham - Asheboro NC

Stedman Corporation - Asheboro NC

D04B 2308

66192

An elastic warp knit fabric having ravel resistant features made of a number of base yarns which are knitted to form a plurality of closed loops extending in a warp direction to form wales including interior wales, an end wale and an adjacent wale adjacent to the end wale. Elastic yarns are laid into the adjacent wale and interior wales. Filler yarns are included which extend in a weft direction and which are laid into the closed loops of each course. A locking yarn to prevent unraveling of the end wale is knitted into the end wale to form open loops in alternate courses and knitted into the adjacent wale to form closed loops in alternate courses. The end wale may have the elastic yarn eliminated therefrom in order to form a soft edge of the fabric in which event the adjacent wale then has a further elastic yarn to compensate for the elastic yarn removed from the end wale. A further filler yarn is included in the closed loops of the end wale and the adjacent wale and a still further filler yarn included in the closed loops of the interior wales and the adjacent wale in order that the fabric may be balanced. In addition a further locking yarn may be knitted into the adjacent wale to form open loops in alternate courses and in a further adjacent wale to form closed loops in alternate courses to provide an additional protection against unraveling of the yarns comprising the end wale and adjacent wales.

39994074, Dec 28, 1976

Apr 1, 1975

5/563953

Carl J. Odham - Asheboro NC

Stedman Corporation - Asheboro NC

D04B 2308
D04B 2310

66193

A warp knit fabric having an embossed-appearing broken or interrupted strip on one side wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of base yarns each knitted in successive courses to form a plurality of successive closed loops extending in a warp direction to form an individual wale. A filler yarn extends across a side of the fabric to connect adjacent wales and an elastic yarn is laid into each wale. At least one wale has a pattern or color yarn knitted therein to form a plurality of open loops for a number of successive courses and then is laid in the same wale for a number of successive courses wherein the knitted portion of the pattern yarn overlies the knitted base yarn portion of the same wale to give an embossed broken or interrupted stripe effect.

45534128, Nov 19, 1985

Feb 7, 1984

6/577816

Carl J. Odham - Asheboro NC

Stedman Corporation - Asheboro NC

D04B 2300

66207

A flat bed knitting machine having a high speed secondary stitch adjustment. A secondary guide bar mounts a secondary guide and is connected by connection means to a main guide bar mounting a plurality of main guides wherein the two guide bars may swing together and wherein they may shog independently of one another.