Flat bed knitting machine having an oil feeding device
AssigneeShima Seiki Manufacturing, Ltd.
InventorToshiaki Morita
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Abstract
A flat bed knitting machine having an oil feeding device is disclosed. Lubricant oil is fed, just when needed, to knitting members, such as needles, jacks and sinkers. The numbers of operations of knitting members are counted, and when a counted number exceeds a predetermined value, lubricant oil will be sprayed from a jet-type nozzle to the relevant knitting member.
Claims14
A flat bed knitting machine having an oil feeding device comprising at least a pair of a front needle bed and a rear needle bed, wherein a plurality of knitting members such as needles and jacks are positioned parallel to each other on the needle beds such that they move forwards and backwards, and a carriage moving and scanning reciprocally on the needle beds and having cams for selecting and operating knitting members according to knitting data for knitting a knitted fabric being characterized by:
- an oil feeding device including a lubricant oil supplying means for supplying lubricant oil through interconnection pipes to oil feeders being provided to the carriage for feeding lubricant oil to said plurality of knitting members;
- oil feeding data processing means for determining and outputting knitting members to be fed with lubricant oil as oil feeding data according to the knitting data or a locus of the carriage;
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- control means for controlling the oil feeding device according to the oil feeding data during knitting of the knitted fabric such that said knitting members to be fed are fed with lubricant oil.
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