Summation drive for controlling shogging in a warp knitting machine
AssigneeKarl Mayer Textilmaschinfabrik GmbH
InventorsKresimir Mista, Norbert Englert
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Abstract
A summing arrangement controls the shogging movement of a guide bar of a warp knitting machine. The arrangement has a plurality of ordered elements each having at least one curved face. The ordered elements are mounted on the machine to allow a variation in the spacing between each. Also included is a plurality of adjustable roller devices, one between each adjacent pair of elements. Each of these roller devices can roll upon and push at least one of the elements at its curved face.
Claims11
A summing arrangement for controlling the shogging movement of a guide bar of a warp knitting machine, comprising:
- a plurality of ordered elements each having at least one curved face and each being mounted in said arrangement to allow a variation in the spacing between each;
- said ordered elements comprising one terminal fixed element, the remaining elements being movable in a longitudinally reciprocatable manner, the most distant face of the movable element most distance from said fixed element being operatively couplable to said guide bar for moving said guide bar in a longitudinally reciprocatable manner and
- a plurality of adjustable rolling means, a different corresponding one being engaged between each adjacent pair of said elements for rolling upon and pushing at least one of said elements at its curved face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.