Method and knitting machine for producing knitwear, especially from hard, inelastic thread material
AssigneeSIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
InventorsRolf Willmer, Hermann Stauss
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Abstract
A knitting machine and a method to be accomplished on said machine are described, which are suitable for the production of knitwear from hard, inelastic thread material, e.g. from metal threads. According to the invention, at knitting systems (8a, 8b) provided for this purpose, knitting needles (2) are raised to pick up threads, which are then preformed over the upper edges of knocking-over/holding-down sinkers (3) to form loops. Thereafter the stitch formation takes place by needle and sinker movements directed in opposite directions in the manner of the relative technique.
Claims12
A method of producing knitwear which has stitches, on a knitting machine provided with knitting needles and holding-down/knocking-over sinkers associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of raising the knitting needles of at least one knitting system to pick/up threads;
- taking down said raised knitting needles into an intermediate position in order to preform said threads which have been picked-up over the sinkers to form loops of pre-selected lengths;
- and forming the stitches by drawing down said knitting needles from said intermediate position into a lowermost position and raising said sinkers in an opposite direction.
A knitting machine for producing knitwear which has stitches, comprising a support;
- knitting needles and holding-down knocking-over sinkers disposed in said support alternatingly beside one another;
- at least one knitting system having a raising cam to raise said knitting needles, at least one thread guide to lay a thread into said knitting needles which have been raised, and a stitch-formation section with cams for providing opposite movements to said knitting needles and said sinkers in order to form stitches from said threads which have been laid-in, said knitting system between said raising cam and said stitch-formation section having a drawing-down edge drawing a raised knitting needle down into an intermediate position, to form thread loops over said sinkers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.