Oil collection system for a circular knitting machine
AssigneePrecision Fukuhara Works, Ltd.
InventorsToshikatsu Hanyu, Toshihiro Okayama, Shigeuji Koami, Kozo Taniguchi
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Abstract
A circular knitting machine is provided and includes a cylinder, a gear ring supporting and rotating the cylinder, a cam holder, a cam ring supporting the cam holder and a bed supporting the cam ring and the gear ring, and further including an oil collection system for controlling and collecting leaked oil to prevent the oil from staining the fabric being knit. The oil collection system includes a protrusion-free lower surface on said gear ring that is inclined outwardly and downwardly, a chamber in said bed for containing machine parts, an oil collecting cavity in the bed underneath the inclined surface of the gear ring and a reclamation pipe for reclaiming collected oil.
Claims9
In a circular knitting machine including a cylinder, a cam holder, a cam ring supporting the cam holder, a bed supporting the cam ring and cam holder and a gear ring fixedly attached to the cylinder and mounting the cylinder for rotation on said bed, the improvement comprising an oil leakage control and collection system for preventing oil stains on fabric being knit on the knitting machine, said system including a lower surface on said gear ring that is substantially free from protrusions and that is inclined downwardly and outwardly from the interior toward the outer periphery thereof, and
- means for collecting oil from said gear ring for reclamation.
In a circular knitting machine including a cylinder, a cam holder, a cam ring supporting said cam holder and a bed supporting the cylinder and cam ring, the improvement comprising a chamber in said bed for containing machine parts and having a concave bottom, a drain in said bed from said concave bottom of said chamber and a lower surface of said bed, and means for collecting oil from said drain for reclamation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.