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US 4,103,517 AGranted
Straight knitting machine
OwnerManfred Schmid, Werner Sommer +1inventors
InventorsManfred Schmid, Werner Sommer, Antonius Vinnemann
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Abstract
A knitting machine having reciprocable knitting tools and a cam operated means for reciprocating said knitting tools in which said cam operated means provides an amount of play in the movement of the knitting tools and means for moving said knitting tools an additional distance within the play permitted by said cam operated means.
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A knitting machine comprising:
- at least one needle bed;
- at least one knitting tool which is movably mounted in said needle bed;
- at least one eccentric cam disc rotatably mounted in said needle bed, driving means for coupling said knitting tool with said cam disc for reciprocating said knitting tool in at least two opposite directions during knitting operations, said driving means permitting some play such that said knitting tool may be reciprocated in at least one of said directions by an additional distance;
- and adjustable means cooperating with said knitting tool for superimposing an additional movement on the movements thereof caused by said cam disc in said at least one of said directions by a preselectable part of said additional distance.
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A knitting machine comprising:
- at least one needle bed;
- at least one knitting tool which is movably mounted in said needle bed;
- at least one eccentric cam disc rotatably mounted in said needle bed, driving means for coupling said knitting tool with said cam disc for reciprocating said knitting tool in at least two opposite directions during knitting operations, said driving means permitting some play such that said knitting tool may be reciprocated in at least one of said directions by an additional distance;
- and an adjustable cam device movable transversely of said directions of movement of said knitting tool and cooperating with said knitting tool for superimposing an additional movement on the movements caused by said cam disc in said at least one of said directions by a preselectable part of said additional distance.
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A knitting machine comprising at least one needle bed;
- a plurality of knitting tools mounted in said needle bed in parallel arrangement, each knitting tool having at least one butt;
- a driving shaft rotatably mounted in said needle bed;
- a plurality of eccentric cam discs mounted on said driving shaft in an angular staggered and parallel relationship, driving means for coupling said knitting tools with said cam discs for reciprocating said knitting tools in at least two opposite directions during knitting operations, said driving means permitting some play such that said knitting tools may be reciprocated in at least one of said directions by additional distances;
- at least one adjustable cam device movable transversely of said directions of movement of said knitting tools and successively cooperating with the butts of said knitting tools when moved past said knitting tools in said needle bed for super-imposing additional movements on the movements caused by said cam discs in said at least one of said directions by preselectable parts of said additional distances, and a conveying device for moving said adjustable cam device past said needle bed, wherein the speed of said conveying device and the rotational speed of said driving shaft are synchronized so that the speed of said adjustable cam device is adapted to the phase relationships of said knitting tools which depend on the angular staggering of said cam discs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.