Flat knitting machine
AssigneeShima Seiko Mfg. Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Yabuta
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Abstract
A flat knitting machine which can carry out changing of knock over timing and changing of an elevating amount of a needle, in which a knock-over plate provided at its extreme end with a loop pressing plate having an end edge in contact with a knitting yarn is inserted into a bottom of a needle groove of a head portion of a needle bed so that the knock over plate can be slidably moved in a direction of forward and backward movement of a needle. Further, a knock over plate cam for operating the knock over plate in engagement with the knock over plate is provided on a carriage, and the knock over plate is moved forward and backward by the cam.
Claims4
A flat knitting machine, comprising:
- a needle moveable in a forward direction and a backward direction,
- a needle bed comprising a head portion defining a needle groove having a bottom,
- a knock over plate positioned in the bottom of the needle groove of the head portion of the needle bed and being slidably moveable in the forward direction and the backward direction, the knock over plate comprising a loop pressing plate defining an end edge having an extreme end for contacting a knitting yarn, wherein the knock over plate comprises a flat plate-like shank defining a tail portion having a loop pressing plate, and wherein the knock over plate is slidably fitted in a guide recess of a needle bed base plate so that an end edge of the loop pressing plate extends between a position protruding from a head portion of the needle bed base plate and a position substantially adjacent an end edge of a sinker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.