Knitting machine
AssigneeTextilma AG
InventorsGiuseppe Mele, Karl-Heinz Papprott, Francisco Speich
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Abstract
Disclosed is a knitting machine comprising knitting needles, at least one weft bar (8) for laying at least one weft thread (10) across the knitting needles, an electrically driven thread feeder (14, 22) for the weft thread, a take-down device (28) for the textile material (26), and an electronic device (36) for controlling the knitting machine based on a pattern program for the textile material (26) that is to be produced. In order to improve the production process and the textile material, said control device (36) is provided with control means for adjusting the feeding length of the weft thread (10, 24) that is to be delivered according to the traveling distance of the weft bar (8), which is predefined by the pattern program.
Claims4
A knitting machine, said knitting machine comprising:
- knitting needles and with at least one weft bar for laying at least one weft thread across at least one knitting needle, with an electrically driven thread feeder for the weft thread, and also with a take-down device for the textile material and with an electronic control device for controlling the knitting machine on the basis of a pattern program for the textile material to be produced, wherein the control device has control means in order to set the delivery length of the weft thread to be supplied according to the travel of the weft bar, said travel being predetermined from the pattern program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.