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US 4,387,579 AGranted
Brake for a warp knitting machine
AssigneeKarly Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorsWalter Branke, Karl Winter
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Abstract
A warp knitting machine has a main shaft driven by an electric motor which is powered by a main circuit. The machine has at least one supplemental, electrically driven arrangement for influencing the thread takeoff of the machine. This electrically driven arrangement is connected to the main circuit. Also included is an electrically operable brake coupled to the main shaft for braking it in response to interruption of the main circuit.
Claims8
A warp knitting machine having a main shaft driven by an electric motor powered by a main circuit, further comprising:
- (a) at least one supplemental, electrically driven regulating motor for influencing the thread takeoff of said machine, said electrically driven regulating motor being connected to said main circuit;
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- (b) electrically operable brake means coupled to said main circuit operable upon said main shaft for braking in response to interruption of said main circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.