Strand guiding device for circular knitting machines
AssigneeGuilford Mills, Inc.
InventorsEd Gray, Horst Hesshaus
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Abstract
A strand guiding device for use with a circular knitting machine for guiding strand material from a plurality of strand material packages to a generally circular array of reciprocating knitting needles movably mounted to the frame includes a support mounted to the frame and a pair of guide wheels rotatably mounted to the support and having a generally V-shaped strand contract surface formed therein for directing the traveling strands from the packages into a disposition for operational engagement by the knitting needles, the wheels being disposed in a spaced relationship in generally linear alignment and adjustably mounted to the support.
Claims8
A strand guiding device for use with a circular knitting machine for guiding traveling strand material traveling from a plurality of strand material packages to a generally circular array of reciprocating knitting needles movably mounted to a frame, said strand guiding device comprising:
- support means for mounting to the frame;
- a plurality of guide wheels mounted to said support means, at least one of said wheels being formed with an axle passageway through generally the radial center thereof and defined by walls which taper smoothly in a cone-like manner from an outer diameter formed in an outer surface of said at least one wheel to an inner diameter, said inner diameter being less than said outer diameter and slightly larger than a diameter of an axle, said wheels being disposed in a spaced relationship for directing traveling strand material from the packages into a disposition for operational engagement by the knitting needles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.