Set-up means in a flat knitting machine

Set-up means in a flat knitting machine having a pair of needle beds arranged in an inverted V shape comprising:

• a set-up comb having a plurality of tooth members, each shaped like a hook at the upper end thereof, said set-up comb being up and down movably disposed beneath a gap between the needle beds so that the upper ends of said tooth members extend beyond said gap when the set-up comb is elevated to the upper extreme, drive means for up-and-down movement of said set-up comb, a knockover plate disposed under the needle beds and supported between side frames of the machine and on the back side of said tooth-end hooks of the set-up comb, said knockover plate having an operative portion displaceable between a retreated position at which said plate may not interfere with the up-and-down movement of said set-up comb and an advanced position at which said plate is able to press the knitted fabric engaged by said set-up comb at its lowered position from the back side of the tooth-end hooks of said comb, drive means for displacing said operative portion of said knockover plate and a pair of guide means projecting from the underside of the pair of needle beds at front portions thereof so that said tooth members may be guided and supported in position within said gap between the needle beds as they pass therethrough, said guide means comprising extensions to the lower ends of a plurality of knockover-comb plate members constituting a knockover comb and fixed to each of the needle beds at the front end portion thereof, said extensions each extending to the underside of the needle beds, a pin extending through each set of said knockover-comb plate members via holes formed in said plate members at the lower ends thereof, and a plurality of rollers rotatably arranged on said pin between said individual knockover-comb plate members, whereby when said set-up comb is at its elevated position, the base portion thereof on which the tooth members are arranged is up and down movably supported by and between said pair of guide means.