Apparatus for napping a circular knitted fabric
AssigneeToray Textiles, Inc.
InventorsToshiaki Miura, Tatsuya Ugajin, Masayoshi Inoue
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Abstract
In apparatus for napping a circular knitted fabric between the knitting portion and the winding portion of a circular knitting machine, apparatus for napping the circular knitted fabric with emery in the form of a belt or the like. The invention includes a means for stretching the knitted fabric coursewise and an adjacent emery supporting base, an emery supporting frame structured to support said emery in the form of a belt or the like, and a driving portion provided to move said emery in a coursewise direction with respect to said circular knitted fabric while it is stretched coursewise.
Claims8
In an apparatus for napping a circular knitted fabric between the knitting portion and winding portion of a circular knitting machine, the combination which comprises means for stretching said fabric coursewise at a predetermined location, filament severing means positioned at said location and having emery in a beltlike form for severing filaments of said circular knitted fabric, said severing means including a supporting base for causing said emery to contact said circular knitted fabric, a supporting frame provided with yieldable means for yieldably supporting said supporting base, and driving means arranged to move said emery in a coursewise direction relative to said circular knitted fabric.
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