Stitch-forming machine

A stitch-forming machine comprising needles guided on a needle support means for longitudinal displacement and controlled by needle cams and also comprising holding-down and knocking-over sinkers which are displaceable between the needles in the region of their heads and are moved by sinker cams in the longitudinal and transverse directions relative to said needle support means, characterised in that

• a. the sinkers are composed of a push sinker (16) adapted for displacement solely in the longitudinal direction and a holding-down and knocking-over sinker (22) pivotally connected to said push sinker and adapted for displacement in both the longitudinal and transverse directions, that
• b. the needles (12) and push sinkers (16) are commonly guided between webs (3) on the needle support means (1), said needles thereby resting against the backs of said push sinkers, that
• c. the pivot connection between the push sinker (16) on the one hand and the holding-down and knocking-over sinker (22) on the other hand is designed and arranged such that said holding-down and knocking-over sinker is disposed between the needles in the region of their heads, that
• d. a sinker cam in the form of an annular control claw (26) is detachably mounted on the needle cylinder for controlling the holding-down and knocking-over sinker (22), that
• e. the webs (3) are detachably secured within grooves (2) of the needle support means (1), that
• f. the webs (3) have inclined control surfaces (29) for controlling the holding-down and knocking-over sinkers (22), and that
• g. the holding-down and knocking-over sinkers (22) are laterally guided and supported in said grooves (2) accommodating the webs (3), the webs (3) being correspondingly recessed in the area of the sinkers (22) to form a space for the pivoting movement of the sinkers (22).