Warp knitting machine for diagonally layable threads
AssigneeKarl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH
InventorsRolf Naumann, Gerhard Hittel
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Abstract
There is provided a warp knitting machine for diagonally laying warp threads with thread guides that circulate around a continuous pathway. The warp threads are taken from spools located on a fixed creel and are led through a fixed thread feed arrangement located above the circulating path. The frame is rotatable about a perpendicular turning axis in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the thread guides. These rotations have the same circuit times. In this way it is possible to provide long time intervals between the stopping times necessary for the replacement of the spools. It also allows the use of many different types of thread material.
Claims10
A warp knitting machine for diagonally laying warp threads, comprising:
- a frame secured to rotate about a fixed axis;
- a needle bed mounted on said frame to reciprocate with respect to it;
- a motor-driven main shaft rotatably mounted on said frame;
- drive means coupled to and driven by said main shaft to rotate said frame;
- a lapping arrangement mounted on said frame and having thread guides mounted to circulate across the breadth of said needle bed in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said frame, said frame and said thread guides having the same period of cycling;
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- a spool storage device having a plurality of spools of thread located upon a fixed creel.
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