Flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system
AssigneeShima Seiki Manufacturing, Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Shima
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Abstract
Plural carrier rails are arranged radially relative to a trick gap, and yarn carriers are made to run on the rails. In the yarn carrier, a feeder rod is mounted on a yarn rod guide so that the the rod can slide up and down. The feeder rod is pushed up by a spring coil, and the feeder rod is pushed down by a catching member toward the trick gap.
Claims9
A flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds with a large number of needles, one in a front and one in a back, top ends of said needle beds being opposed to each other so as to form a trick gap in between, said flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system comprising at least a carrier rail arranged above the needle beds and a yarn carrier movable along the carrier rail and for feeding yarn to the needles,
- said flat knitting machine characterized in that
- said yarn carrier comprises:
- a base movable along the carrier rail;
- a planar plate guide disposed substantially parallel with said carrier rail and having one end fixed to said base, said plate guide extending downwards from said base near the trick gap;
- and
- a feeder rod extending from the base towards the trick gap, movable vertically, having a yarn feeding eyelet at a bottom end towards the trick gap, and being supported by said plate guide proximate said yarn feeding eyelet, and that
- said flat knitting machine further comprises:
- raising means for keeping said feeder rod in a raised position while the yarn feeder is in a stand-by position;
- and
- lowering means for lowering said feeder rod while yarn is to be fed from said yarn feeding eyelet to a needle.
A flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system including at least a pair of needle beds with a large number of needles, one in a front and one in a back, top ends of said needle beds being opposed to each other so as to form a trick gap in between, said flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system comprising at least a carrier rail arranged above the needle beds and a yarn carrier movable along the carrier rail and for feeding yarn to the needles,
- said flat knitting machine characterized in that
- said yarn carrier comprises:
- a base movable along the carrier rail;
- a plate guide having one end fixed to said base and extending from said base towards the trick gap;
- and
- a feeder rod supported by said plate guide, extending from the base towards the trick gap, movable vertically, and having a yarn feeding eyelet at a bottom end towards the trick gap side, and that said flat knitting machine further comprises:
- raising means for keeping said feeder rod in a raised position while the yarn feeder is in a stand-by position, said raising means comprises a spring having two ends, one end mounted on said base and another end mounted on the feeder rod, and pushing up the feeder rod;
- lowering means for lowering said feeder rod while yarn is to be fed from said yarn feeding eyelet to a needle;
- and
- a second guide is mounted on said base and guides the feeder rod vertically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.