Needle bed with fluid channels
AssigneeGroz-Beckert KG
InventorsRainer Krauss, Matthias Seeger
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Abstract
A needle bed (1) that comprises strips (4) in order to form needle channels (5), said strips being configured in a comb-like manner. Between the individual teeth of this comb, recesses (28 through 37) are formed, said recesses being disposed to supply fluid to the needle channel (5) and to drain said fluid. The groove (12) that accommodates the strip (4) forms a distributor space where the distribution of the fluid to be supplied to the knitting tools takes place over a section of the strip (4), said section being preferably greater than half the length of said strip.
Claims15
Needle bed (1) for a knitting machine, said needle bed comprising:
- a base element (9, 10) having at least one fluid channel (21, 15, 16) and being provided, on one surface (3, 11), with grooves (12, 13, 14) that communicate with the fluid channel (21, 15, 16);
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- strips (4) set into the grooves (12, 13, 14) in order to form, between each other, guide grooves (5) for knitting tools (6), each of said strips having a number of recesses (28-37) creating a fluid connection between the fluid channel (21, 15, 16) and the guide grooves (5).
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