ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,353, issued on July 15, was assigned to SANTONI S.P.A. (Brescia, Italy).
"Support and control device for circular knitting machines" was invented by Marco Andreoli (Castegnato, Italy) and Stefano Rizzi (Brescia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support and control device to be mounted in a circular knitting machine provided with a supporting structure, a rotating component-holding unit, and a plurality of stitch formation components, includes a support body provided with a mounting portion having a front side and a rear side. The front side faces the component-holding unit and is provided with at least one cam defining a guidin...