Circular knitting machine
AssigneeSIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
InventorDietmar Traenkle
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Abstract
A single- or double-knit circular knitting machine having a cylinder (11) equipped with cylinder needles and/or a dial equipped with dial needles for the production of single- or double-jersey knitted webs, which machine has at least one thread-selection device, threads being able to be supplied to any cylinder- and/or dial needle by the thread-selection device.
Claims18
A circular knitting machine having at least one of a cylinder (11) equipped with cylinder needles (22) or a dial (12) equipped with dial needles (19) for the production of single- or double-jersey knitted webs, which machine has at least one thread-selection device (13), wherein the thread selection device (13) has at least one thread-clamping and feed device (14) and cutting units (23), wherein the thread-clamping and feed device supplies at least one thread (17) to any cylinder- or dial needle (22, 19) for production of Intarsia portions, wherein the circular knitting machine is configured to produce several Intarsia portions within a single stitch course, so that the thread is cut off at the end of an Intarsia portion, by one of the cutting units (14) and supplied again to the next Intarsia portion by the thread-clamping and feed device (14).
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