Knitting feeder with a cutting device
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsStuart W. Dealey, Adrian Meir, Gagandeep Singh
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Abstract
A feeder for a knitting machine may include: a carrier configured to secure the feeder to a knitting machine such that the feeder is movable along an axis with respect to a rail of the knitting machine; a feeder arm extending from the carrier, the feeder arm including a dispensing area configured for supplying a yarn to a needle bed of the knitting machine; and a cutting device coupled to the feeder arm, where the cutting device includes a cutting edge for cutting the yarn to disengage an upper portion of the yarn from the needle bed of the knitting machine.
Claims20
A feeder for a knitting machine, the feeder comprising:
- a carrier configured to secure the feeder to a knitting machine such that the feeder is movable along an axis with respect to a rail of the knitting machine;
- a feeder arm extending from the carrier, the feeder arm including a dispensing area configured for supplying a yarn to a needle bed of the knitting machine;
- and
- a cutting device coupled to the feeder arm, wherein the cutting device includes a cutting edge for cutting the yarn to disengage an upper portion of the yarn from the needle bed of the knitting machine.
A feeder for a knitting machine, the feeder comprising:
- a carrier configured to secure the feeder to a knitting machine such that the feeder is movable along an axis with respect to a rail of the knitting machine;
- and
- a feeder arm extending from the carrier, the feeder arm including a first dispensing area configured for supplying a first yarn to a needle bed of the knitting machine and a second dispensing area configured for supplying a second yarn to a needle bed of the knitting machine.
A method, the method comprising:
- knitting with a first yarn with a feeder;
- cutting the first yarn with a first cutting device, the first cutting device being coupled to an arm of the feeder;
- gripping the first yarn with a first gripping device, the first gripping device being coupled to the arm of the feeder;
- and
- knitting with a second yarn with the feeder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.