Abstract:
In an adjusting device for opposite adjustment of drawing off cam parts of a cam system of a flat knitting machine carriage, with a common stepper motor moving with the machine carriage and providing a rotary movement which is converted into a longitudinal movement of a carriage running direction and transferred to cam parts to be adjusted, with at least one control curve transferring the rotary movement of the stepper motor the cam parts to be adjusted, and with two first control sliders adjustable in the carriage running direction and provided with a toothed strip, a driven pinion of the stepper motor acts simultaneously and oppositely directly on the first control sliders, and at least two second control are each connected with a cam part to be adjusted, with which the first control sliders are drivingly coupled through the control curve in a drawing manner.
Abstract:
A method of producing a fashioned, one-piece flat knitted article for a garment includes knitting several knitted article parts having a front part, a rear part and two sleeves separately and sequentially so that in each knitted article part always several loop rows are knitted in accordance with a pattern for said each knitted article part before transferring to a next knitted article part, knitting the front part and a shoulder region of any shape and pattern after finishing the sleeves with the formation of an arbitrarily shaped neck opening between the front part and the rear part, transferring connecting rows of the sleeves in a loop-like manner inwardly in a direction of the shoulder region and the front and rear parts until sleeve connecting edges are completely turned inwardly relative to the front part and rear part, and subsequently finally knitting a last knitted article part in correspondence with a pattern for said last knitted article part.
Abstract:
In a knitting take-off device provided with gripping elements (14) movable through the comb gap of a flat bed knitting machine, the plane of the gripping elements (14) is directed perpendicular to the hooking planes of the knitting needles (13) mounted in the needle beds. As a result, the dimensions of the gripping elements are no longer limited by the width of the comb gap, and the gripping elements (14) can be coupled to additional elements, such as a cover stop rod (16). By means of the cover stop rod (16), the opening (14.2) of the gripping element (14) can be closed and a thread take-up space (20), closable by the head (14.1) of the gripping element (14), can be formed.
Abstract:
In a flat knitting machine with adjustable sinkers (33), these sinkers are in each case arranged between a needle (43) and a fixed loop-forming web (31) of a needle bed (42) and designed in such a way that they can cooperate with the loop-forming webs (31) forming a draw edge when newly-formed loops are knocked over.
Abstract:
The dust extraction device located on the cam carriage (13) of the flat knitting machine has separate, independently operable suction fans (27) for the front and rear needle beds (11,12), which, by lowering of the suction nozzles (29,30), the use of smooth-walled suction ducts (31,32) and coupling of the dust containers (37) with the suction ducts and with the suction fans (27) ensures a good cleaning effect with low expenditure of energy and a maintenance free operation.
Abstract:
The yarn feeder slide proposed for intarsia knitting on a flat knitting machine and provided with a braking device has brake shoes (22,23) projecting sideways on pivoted levers (16,31) and which extend into a special longitudinal slot of the associated yarn feeder rail and can be jammed therein. Two control regions (19,38) for the braking device or for a moveable yarn feeder arm are provided and are spaced from one another in the direction of displacement of the yarn feeder slide (10) so that the yarn feeder driving member located on the cam carriage of the flat knitting machine can be selectively lowered into both control regions (19,38) of the yarn feeder slide.
Abstract:
In the yarn tension regulating device for knitting machines in which the yarn (25) runs through a yarn tension sensor (24) and a yarn brake (20) automatically adjustable in dependence upon the indication of the yarn tension sensor, there is located directly in front of the automatically adjustable yarn brake (20), in the direction of travel of the yarn, a yarn forwarding device, in particular a yarn storage feeder (13), by which the tension imparted to the yarn on its path from the yarn spool to the yarn brake is relieved. Between the yarn brake (20) and the yarn tension sensor (24), which follows it in the direction of movement of the yarn, is located a known yarn take-up (21), whereby the automatically adjustable brake (20) constitutes the yarn brake usually provided for this yarn take-up.
Abstract:
A flat-bed knitting machine having a needle bed apparatus and an associated carriage apparatus movable longitudinally thereon and having a data processing unit which controls the cams and/or selector units among others and store pattern information in memory and which has an input keyboard is described. To make the input keyboard accessible to the operator of such a machine during observation of the knitting process, yet not have this keyboard hinder access to the essential parts of the machine, the input keyboard is disposed, from the standpoint of the machine operator, at the level of and in an area in front of the needle bed and carriage apparatus in the longitudinal direction of the machine, in front of a transparent cover, which is also movable in the longitudinal direction of the machine, keyboard being movable parallel to and independently of this cover.
Abstract:
In the flat knitting machine with a needle selection device, the needles (12) are selected at double selection points and the non-selected needles (12) are locked by means of a locking jack (25) and the control butt (22) of their needle jack (19) is removed from the cam tracks. Force is transmitted to the needle (12) at a special coupling position (23/24) from the control butt (22) of the needle jack (19) articulated to the needle (12), and to increase the control possibilities without provision of additional cam tracks, presser cam elements (57-59), which act on the depressor butts (26) of the locking jacks (25) can be displaced in the plane of the cams. (FIG. 1).