US Patent Issued on Oct. 27 for "Transfer apparatus" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,543, issued on Oct. 27.

"Transfer apparatus" was invented by Baohua Yu (Huzhou City, China), Ruibing Li (Huzhou City, China), Xiaojun Chen (Huzhou City, China), Lianqing Gu (Huzhou City, China) and Qingxiang Zhang (Huzhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer apparatus for knitting machinery includes a transfer disk with a plurality of transfer needles distributed circumferentially. Each transfer needle is suspended from the bottom of the transfer disk via a sliding block and rail structure and is configured to move horizontally in a radial direction. A force-receiving portion on each needle extends through a groove t...