Presser foot for a knitting machine
AssigneeCourtaulds Limited
InventorMax W. Betts
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Abstract
A presser foot for a knitting machine with independently operable needles has a cross-section which is triangular or approximately triangular. The presser foot may comprise two elements of strip-like form, for example of metallic sheet material, extending side-by-side in the longitudinal direction of the presser foot. These two elements are arranged so that longitudinally extending edges thereof which are intended to press on knitted loops and to be the lower longitudinally extending edges of the elements, in use, are more widely separated than the longitudinally extending edges of the elements located above them and intended to be the higher longitudinally extending edges, in use.
Claims9
A presser foot for a knitting machine having independently operable needles disposed in at least two needle beds, said presser foot being adapted for movement across the needle beds in synchronism with needle operation and comprising an elongate presser member comprising:
- (a) two elongate side-by-side presser elements providing side parts of said presser member,
- (b) said side parts sloping upwardly and inwardly with respect to one another in a roof-like configuration.
A presser foot for a knitting machine having independently operable needles disposed in at least two needle beds, said presser foot being adapted for movement across the needle beds in synchronism with needle operation and comprising an elongate presser member comprising:
- (a) two resilient elongate side-by-side presser elements extending in the longitudinal direction of said presser member and providing side parts of said presser member,
- (b) said side parts sloping upwardly and inwardly with respect to one another and being resiliently displaceable towards one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.