Yarn feeder for circular knitting machine
AssigneePai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
InventorPing-Shih Wang
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Abstract
A yarn feeder for circular knitting machines includes a jutting section located on a yarn feeding section of the yarn feeder. The jutting section has a yarn directing surface to allow the yarn to either slide over the surface without forming floss, or to retain the floss on the jutting section. Thereby, the yarn maybe fed smoothly and effectively above the knitting needle without rupturing to allow the knitting needle to raise and pick up the yarn as the knitting operation proceeds.
Claims9
An improved yarn feeder for a circular knitting machine for supplying a yarn to a knitting needle located below the yarn feeder, comprising at least:
- a body mounted to the circular knitting machine;
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- a yarn feeding section extending from a lower end of the body having at least one aperture for threading at least one first yarn above the knitting needle, guide roller means for guiding an additional yarn above the knitting needle, and a jutting section located at one end of the yarn feeding section, the jutting section having additional yarn directing means including a yarn directing surface for positioning the additional yarn relative to the guide roller so as to allow the additional yarn to slide over the jutting section without forming floss or, if floss is present, for retaining the floss on the jutting section, thereby preventing the yarn from rupturing during feeding to the knitting needle, facilitating a knitting operation by the knitting needle.
The improved yarn feeder of claim 1, wherein the jutting section is a strut with a curved yarn directing surface.
- 4.The improved yarn feeder of claim 3, wherein the strut is integrally formed with the yarn feeding section.
An improved yarn feeder for a circular knitting machine for supplying a yarn to a knitting needle located below the yarn feeder, comprising at least:
- a body mounted to the circular knitting machine;
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- a yarn feeding section extending from a lower end of the body having at least one aperture for threading a yarn above the knitting needle, and a jutting section located at one end of the yarn feeding section, the jutting section having a yarn directing surface arranged to either allow the yarn to slide over the jutting section without forming floss or to retain the floss on the jutting section, thereby preventing the yarn from rupturing during feeding to the knitting needle, facilitating a knitting operation by the knitting needle,
- wherein the jutting section is a strut with a curved yarn directing surface, and
- wherein the strut has fastening section formed at one end thereof to engage with a fastening aperture formed on the yarn feeding section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.