Abstract: The present invention relates to a knitting method employed at the end of knitting of a fabric knitted by using a flat knitting machine possessing at least first and second needle beds disposed in a pair of front and rear ones, and a knit fabric knitted by executing the same method.

Abstract: The present invention presents a connective knitting method of tape-shaped knit ends capable of joining the end portions nearly simultaneously when knitting a tape or rope and a tape-shaped knit fabric having the end portions linked in a knit state, which comprises two pieces of tape-shaped knit fabric knitted by an arbitrary number of needles in different ranges across the boundary in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds disposed at least in a pair of front and rear sides, wherein symmetrical loops of the final course of both knit fabrics across the boundary are overlaid and knitted by binding off.

Abstract: The sinkers (15) which are used together with the needles of a two-bed flat knitting machine and which are located opposite one another in the needle beds (1, 2) have an upper projection (17) and a lower projection (18) which, in one of their positions, both have a retaining effect on the stitches or stitch rows made.

Abstract: An upholstered structure comprising a three dimensional support core having a fabric cover, and in which the fabric cover is a double jersey knitted structure, the technical reverse side of the fabric cover being located on the core side of the upholstered structure and exhibiting at least one identifying mark in a contrasting yarn to its surroundings, the mark being substantially not visible on the exposed technical face of the fabric.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of knitting a thick fabric, which is less in elasticity, less likely to deform, and firmer than a conventional fabric. The method is performed by using a flat knitting machine possessing a transfer lock capable of selecting and guiding the knitting needles to the loop transfer track or loop receiving track within the same phase as at least one knitting lock capable of selecting and guiding the knitting needles to three positions of knit, tuck and welt.

Abstract: A fabric presser for use with a V-bed flat knitting machine. The fabric presser includes an elongate presser bar supported on the end of a presser bar arm which is mounted for a rocking motion. The presser bar may be moved in the rocking motion toward and away from needle beds of the knitting machine and these beds have a space between them to allow entry of the presser bar. A reversible motor is associated with the pressure bar supporting arm to move the presser bar into and out of the spaced needle beds. First and second proximity sensors are provided to detect whether the presser bar is advanced into the range for a knitting operation or is retracted into a range for a knitting operation.

Abstract: The device comprises a plate placed over the needle beds and provided with two vertical grooves for each work zone. Within the grooves small bars slide vertically because of the action of a rocking lever that acts on the bars through two arms. The rocking lever has a third arm subject to the action of a rack, while a segment is hinged to each small bar and bears, fixed to its lower end, a small rod having a "L" shape, for pressing over the fabric. The rod extends for the whole length of the associated work zone. The grooves determine the contemporary oscillation of the small bars in opposite directions during their vertical movement, to allow the concurrent change of position of the small rods, while a wedge-shaped element, for retaining the fabric, is placed at the beginning and at the end of each work zone.

Abstract: A flat bed knitting machine having plural carriages that are independently controllable, preferably both as to movement along a needle bed and as to the knitting task performed thereby. A separate driver is provided for each of the carriages to move the carriages independently and reciprocally along the needle bed. A preferred embodiment includes a device for preventing the carriages from interfering with one another as they are moved along the needle bed.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine comprises four needle beds in the form of flat plates wherein a pair of front side and back side lower needle beds thereof are disposed in an inverted V-shape in side elevation with head portions thereof opposed to each other, and another pair of front side and back side upper needle beds thereof are disposed with head portions thereof positioned near the head portions of the respective lower needle beds and in an inclined relationship such that the head portions thereof may assume a little higher position.

Abstract: The device comprises a box-shaped element, mounted to a carriage of a flat knitting machine, a plate located above the needle bed of the machine being an integral part of this element.The plate features vertical grooves on one of its sides, within which pins are housed so that they are able to slide along their axes, subject to the action of rockers, which are hinged to the plate and operated by a rod with rack section, located above the plate and moved along their axes in order to raise or respectively lower pins, to the lower ends of which stitch retaining-pressing means are fitted.

Abstract: By the use of special latch needles (21) whose latch (14) can take up two stable positions lying within the limits of its pivotal movement and out of which it can be moved only against the action of a spring, there is ensured, even in fast running flat knitting machines with a transfer mechanism and with stitch presser and/or stitch hold-down elements, and even during the formation of long, loose stitches and loops, reliable trapping of the yarn and manipulation of the stitches and loops by the knitting elements. (FIG.

Abstract: A flat-bed knitting machine is described, the needle bed apparatus of which has a front and back needle bed, each continuous and extending over a substantial portion of the machine length, and the carriage apparatus of which, having a stop-free cam system, is movable back and forth on or above the needle bed apparatus by means of a drive apparatus and is triggered by a program for various knitting patterns. The intent is with this kind of flat-bed knitting machine to enable more-productive knitting of two or more articles on the needle bed apparatus in one operation, by exploiting the needle bed space, and at the same time to use it for knitting only a single article on the needle bed apparatus.

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: A flat-bed knitting machine is described which has a carriage apparatus movable along a needle bed apparatus, a front machine frame on which the needle bed apparatus is held and which includes at least one projecting part, and on each end a plurality of yarn eyes for supplying yarn to the needle bed apparatus. To make it possible to perform servicing and/or repair work on the underside, that is, in the cam area of the carriage apparatus without major effort or long stoppages, a protective cover receiving the plurality of yarn eyes is provided on one end of the needle bed apparatus, and this cover, when the machine is not in operation, is movable, along with the carriage apparatus contacting it on one side, by a predetermined displacement distance into an outer position in which the carriage apparatus is located partly on a projecting part of the front machine frame on the far side of the needle bed apparatus and there is freely accessible from below.

Abstract: A flat-bed knitting machine having a spool table disposed above the needle bed and carriage apparatus, preferably in a rear area of the machine, and on which there are a plurality of yarn spool holders is described. In order to make the spool table of such flat-bed knitting machines useable for other purposes, and also making the spool table easier to handle during assembly, the invention provides that the spool table comprises a plurality of interconnected extruded aluminum profile elements, which have integrated securing means on the surface for subsequently detachably securing yarn spool holders, and that the profile elements are provided on their lower portion with guide recesses, extending in the longitudinal extension of the spool table, for a protective cover and for an operating panel along with its control cables as well as for a trailing cable device.

Abstract: A double head flat knitting machine includes at least one front and one r needle bed (1,1) and two carriages (S1, S2) movable to-and-fro over the needle beds (1,1) by means of a drive (3). In order to be able to knit both normally and also oversize knitting on a single flat knitting machine with maximum effectiveness, only two needle beds (1,1) of double operative width are provided with a through-going needle space and with needles lowered into the needle beds (1,1), the drive for the carriages is a reversing drive (3) with a selectively-adjustable carriage stroke (SH) and the carriages (S1,S2) are detachably connectible with the reversing drive (3) in at least two positions.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing the carriage (1) from the frame (2) of a flat kting machine and holding it in any desired pivoted position includes, for simple and rapid removal, positioning for control and repair operations and the movement of even large and heavy carriages (1)a bearing member (3) of the longitudinal axis (S) through the center of gravity of the cross-section of the carriage,a support tube (5) securable at one end in the bearing member (3) so that it extends approximately along the longitudinal axis (S) through the center of gravity of the carriage cross-section,a supporting frame (6) on the other end of the support tube (5) and supporting and clamping means (7,8,9,10) securable to both ends of the carriage (1) and slidingly engaging the support tube (5).

Abstract: A carriage for a hand-operated knitting machine is disclosed which is suitable for knitting with a thick or heavy yarn. A brush wheel is supported on a support plate for rotation substantially in a vertical or acutely inclined plane and extends at a lower end thereof between a sinker and a forward edge of a needle bed and below a lower face of a knitting needle in the needle bed so that it may push down loops suspended from the knitting needles.

Abstract: A combined knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines with electively choosable slider needles whose sliders are also designed for the transfer of stitches comprises stationary and movable cam elements for engagement with the needle butts and the slider butts, as well as pressure cam elements for the selection of needles.

Abstract: A pair of flat needle beds are disposed in a V-configuration on a frame. Each needle bed includes a plurality of needles which can be extended and retracted by manually grasping butts thereof. When the needles of both beds are extended, a generally V-shaped recess is defined therebetween along which a yarn to be knitted is laid by hand. For single knitting, one of the flat needle beds can be omitted and an attachment can be secured to the frame which has a plurality of fingers which co-operate with the needles in the remaining bed.

Abstract: Knitting machine having two needle beds in which loop-forming knitting needles are mounted for extension and retraction, having disk cams disposed on a revolving drive shaft with an angular offset for the purpose of lifting the knitting needles, and having a patterning apparatus for engaging and disengaging the knitting needles and the cams according to the pattern, such that only engaged knitting needles can be raised by the disk cams, a transfer device being provided, which is intended for the transfer of loops formed on knitting needles of at least one needle bed to associated knitting needles of the other needle bed. This transfer device can control the coupling produced by means of the patterning apparatus between the disk cams and the knitting needles such that the knitting needles can be extended selectively by the disk cams into a knit position or into a transfer position (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A loop hold-down device for a flat bed knitting machine incorporates a carrier member attachable to the needle actuating carriage of the machine, two spaced parallel rods rotatable about their axes and also reciprocable in the carrier member in a direction which is vertical when the carrier member is attached to said movable carriage and a loop hold-down element attached to and projecting from the lowermost end of each rod. Each rod is slidable in a sleeve which is itself rotatable but restrained against reciprocation in the carrier member, each rod being entrained by the sleeve to rotate therewith. A driving band interconnects the two sleeves whereby to cause both sleeves to rotate together, two sliding blocks are slidable vertically in the carrier member, each block engaging a respective rod and each formed with a cam follower engageable with a cam surface located at each end of the ned of the knitting machine whereupon each cam follower causes the associated rod to reciprocate in the sleeve.

Abstract: To facilitate control of a presser foot between knocking over bits in a flat V-bed knitting machine, at least some of the knocking over bits have inner edges whose lower portions have a smooth profile and are inwardly inclined, in the downward direction, with respect to the knocking over bits of the opposite needle bed.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine, particularly one electronically operated and controlled and having two needle beds (17, 18), is provided with knitting assemblies (19-22) having cam parts for needle control, while the needle beds (17, 18) are mounted on the machine frame for reciprocating movement past the knitting assemblies. These can be coupled to a flat knitting machine which is provided with needle bed driving means, further flat knitting machines without an intrinsic drive, the needle beds of the latter being rigidly connected with the driven needle beds (17, 18) of the driven flat knitting machine (A). The flat knitting machine may be provided with a mechanism for adjusting the width of the comb gap and for each knitting assembly (19-21) with a special takedown mechanism (78-81) and with a thread change device (97-108).

Abstract: A flat knitting machine including a presser foot assembly comprising a support mounted on the machine for movement along the needle array of the machine and at least one presser foot mounted on the support. The assembly includes a supporting arm carried on the support and itself carrying a slider on which a presser foot is mounted, the supporting arm providing a structure for effecting guided displacement of the slider up-and-down in relation to the needles. Resilient means, such as one or more springs, are arranged to urge the slider and presser foot down, away from the support, so that the presser foot can ride up on the supporting arm against the pressure of the resilient means and thus the whole of the presser foot extending from in advance of the rising needles to the rear of the fully raised needle position is resiliently mounted in the machine.

Abstract: A knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines wherein needle butts of the needle bodies of slider needles are selectively lowerable in the needle channels of the needle beds by means of a needle selection device, and wherein the slider needles have sliders provided with slider butts and arranged for the transfer of stitches, comprises stationary and movable cam elements for engagement with the needle butts and the slider butts, and also comprises pressure cam elements.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine has a spool shelf arranged above and behind the nle bed or beds and carriage, the shelf carrying yarn spools and a yarn guide mechanism. In order to make the yarn spools and yarn guide mechanism more easily accessible, the spool shelf is arranged to be displaceable without skewing from a rearward position to a forward position, wherein in the forward position the shelf overlies at least a part of the needle bed or beds and of the carriage.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine with a carriage movable over the needle beds has presser foot wires with free trailing ends arranged in holders to extend in the direction of travel of the carriage in front of the withdrawal positions of the needles. For simple construction and selective utilization of the presser foot device the holders for the presser foot wires are secured on a slider which slides along the needle beds on a thread guide rail, and the slider is selectively entrained by the carriage by means of entraining pins carried displaceably on the carriage. The holders for the stroking-in wires are preferably displaceable vertically towards the needle bed combs.

Abstract: A stitch pressing device for flat knitting machine consists essentially of a combination of stitch pressing means and sub-presser means, both provided on a carriage. The forward end portion of a L-shaped stitch presser bar operative at same phase as a knitting lock on the carriage is adapted to enter into and retract from a gap between a pair of needle beds through movement involving a circular motion above a knockover comb. A sub-presser element which operates at a different phase from that of the stitch presser bar has its front portion constantly positioned in the gap between the needle beds and is urged downwardly deeper into the gap than the presser bar. A brush provided at substantially same phase as the horizontal portion of the stitch presser bar is adapted to retract from its operative position relative to needles in synchronism with the early phase of retraction of the presser bar so as for it not to damage the hair ends of the brush during such retracting movement.

Abstract: A presser foot device for a knitting machine includes a blade-like support which, when mounted in the knitting machine, extends downwardly with respect to the needles of the machine, a presser element carried by the support near its lower edge, and a channel-like protective element which enfolds the lower edges of the blade-like support to protect it. The channel-like protective element may include two laminas one at each side of the blade-like support and extending at least as low as the lower edge of the blade-like support, and at least one connecting member joining the laminas and extending between them below the lower edge of the blade-like support.

Abstract: A presser foot, for a knitting machine having independently operable needles located in opposed needle beds, has a leading portion and a trailing portion extending rearwardly from the leading portion. The leading portion comprises a member with a smooth surface adapted to contact knitted loops when the presser foot is in use, the forward part of this smooth surface being higher than the rearward part and the two parts having a smooth transition between them. This member is adapted to resist deformation by the forces applied by knitted loops and is so shaped that the inclination of the forward part of said smooth surface which first contacts the knitted loops during relative movement of machine needles and presser foot, in use, is inclined to the direction of said relative movement at an angle less than 35.degree..

Abstract: In a flat V-bed knitting machine with independently operable needles there is provided a presser foot device comprising a presser foot carriage arranged for movement along the needle beds of the machine in synchronism with needle operation, and a support element extending down towards the gap between the walls of the needle beds and resiliently mounted in relation to the carriage for up-and-down movement.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine with a carriage movable over the needle beds incls stroking-in wires mounted in holders on the carriage with free wire ends trailing in the direction of carriage traverse in front of the withdrawal positions of the needles. These wires are moved into and out of their working positions at the regions where the carriage reverses its direction of movement. In order to make possible a selectively controlled switching of the stroking-in wires into and out of effective operation, indexing cams engageable with entraining fingers on the holders are arranged on the machine frame to be displaceable perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the needle beds, and lifting cams which can be switched into and out of action are mounted on the carriage for selective displacement of the indexing cams on the machine frame.

Abstract: A stitch transfer device for a V-bed knitting machine, for transferring stitches from needles 4 in a first needle bed to needles 2 in a second needle bed comprises a carrier 5 slidably mounted on the second needle bed, a stitch transfer element 11 being mounted on carrier 5 for vertical and back and forth reciprocating movement. By means of interconnected cams, operable by rotation of a handle 21 on carrier 5 and cam follower and lever mechanisms cooperating with said cams, the stitch transfer device is moved up and down and back and forth, and the respective needles 2 of the second bed moved back and forth longitudinally, in a predetermined sequence which produces, reliably, one desired stitch transfer per revolution of the handle 10.The device affords high reliability of stitch transfer in a mechanical fashion, with a substantial reduction in time and labor, in operation, as compared with stitch transfer by means of hand held tools.

Abstract: A straight knitting machine having two needle beds with knocking-over combs isposed in an inverted V-shaped configuration and a sliding carriage located above said needle beds is further provided with horizontal stop edges on said combs beneath the crossover zone of the needles associated with said needle beds for preventing the upward movement of the knitted piece upon activation of the needles. A pair of rotatable heads are mounted on a common support movable with said carriage with each head having a layering device mounted thereon and displaced 90.degree. from a stripping device and a hold down device which are also mounted on each rotatable head. The heads are rotatable at the end of each traversing movement of the carriage so as to locate the layering device and hold down device of one head in advance of the knitting zone and the layering device of the other head in trailing relation to the knitting zone during a subsequent pass of the carriage.

Abstract: The zone of movement of the reciprocating carriage of a flatbed knitting machine is guarded, to prevent injury to the operator, by a light barrier set up between each end of the machine and the carriage. Only the barrier on that side of the carriage towards which the carriage is moving at any given time is effective to trigger braking of the carriage and stopping of the machine if the barrier is penetrated. The carriage may carry a double-sided reflector with combined light emitter/receiver units positioned at each end of the machine.

Abstract: A presser foot for a knitting machine with independently operable needles has a cross-section which is triangular or approximately triangular.The presser foot may comprise two elements of strip-like form, for example of metallic sheet material, extending side-by-side in the longitudinal direction of the presser foot. These two elements are arranged so that longitudinally extending edges thereof which are intended to press on knitted loops and to be the lower longitudinally extending edges of the elements, in use, are more widely separated than the longitudinally extending edges of the elements located above them and intended to be the higher longitudinally extending edges, in use.

Abstract: Knitting machine with a needle bed in which knitting tools having projections are mounted for raising and lowering, with a cam unit which can be transported past the projections and which has at least one lowering cam acting on the projections of the knitting tools which is adjustable with regard to its lowering depth, on which a runner is movably fastened having a plurality of pathways interacting according to pattern with the runner during the carrying of the cam unit past the projections of the knitting tools for the adjustment of the lowering cam to a preselected lowering depth, and with a controller acting before each passage of the cam unit past the feet of the knitting tools for the shifting of the runner to the position required for the interaction with a selected pathway (FIG. 7).

Abstract: A loop transfer device including a carriage supported by transverse sliding movement on first and second needle beds on each of which are disposed a multiplicity of latch needles is disclosed. A first path is formed on the carriage for guiding the butts of the loop transferring latch needles on the first needle bed therein and moving such latch needles in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first needle bed. A second path is formed on the carriage for guiding the butts of the loop receiving latch needles on the second needle bed therein and moving such latch needles in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the second needle bed.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding a plurality of threads to a knitting machine wherein the thread guides are moving in endless path about the needle bed one after the other in one direction.

Abstract: The flat knitting machine having two pairs of consecutively arranged needle beds and a plurality of knit carriages circulating in one direction above the needle beds and each supporting adjustable control bars cooperating with stationary control plates arranged between the pairs of needle beds, includes a control device for controlling the position of the control bars by means of a plurality of parallel tracks formed in respective control plates to guide the assigned control bar in a plurality of control positions. The ends of respective tracks are arranged in different consecutively arranged sections and each section movably supports a pair of switching flaps or guides activated by separate control members. The control guides in each section are activated simultaneously and independently from one another so that when the advancing control bars leaves one section the latter is ready for readjustment according to the desired position of the control bar in the subsequent carriage.

Abstract: The end run reversals of the reciprocating sled of a flat bed knitting mane are smoothly implemented by a roller 12 mounted on a hub 5 fixed to a link 4 of a drive chain 1 at one end. The other end of the hub is fixed to a member 6 slidable in a groove 7 of a lateral rail 8 mounted to the cross slide 9 of the sled. The roller runs on a semi-circular guide surface 13 of a support segment 14 mounted to the machine frame at each end adjacent a chain sprocket wheel 2. The support segments absorb the inertial forces of the sled and cross slide to thereby prevent the tilting of the chain links at the sprocket wheels and the attendant varying of the sled stroke.

Abstract: The clamping means, which has a clamping position and an open position for material in thread, ribbon or strip form, has an element which, in accordance with the invention, is resiliently bent double hairpin-wise in a first plane and has two arms of substantially equal length, the end of the first arm being bent double to a U shape in a second plane such that the gap between the two limbs of the U formed by this bend is smaller than the cross section of the portion of the free end of the second arm which cooperates with it, and the ends of the two arms being offset from one another parallel to the second plane such that, in the closed position, the free end of the second arm engages both limbs of the U in the area of the gap.

Abstract: The relative position of one knitting system in a knitting machine is varied with respect to another knitting system to vary the stitch patterns produced by the machine. The knitting machine includes one knitting carriage having two cam holders each provided with two knitting systems. At least one of these knitting systems is associated with moving means adapted to locate the system in at least two different working positions with respect to the other knitting system.

Abstract: A rocker arm 5 is pivotably mounted in a needle shank 15 and biased towards n open position of the needle hook 6 by a spring 17. Upstanding feet 10, 12 on respective lever arms 13, 14 of the rocker arm implement the positive and accurately controlled opening and closing of the needle hook by lock elements 9, 11 slidable along the needle bed.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding yarn, sliver or fibrous materials wound on stationary supply packages to a texile machine, comprising a plurality of movable material transporting elements and a plurality of movable material laying-in elements for feeding the materials from the supply packages to the textile machine, endless tracks defining working and return sections for said transporting elements and working and return regions for said laying-in elements, said transporting elements and said laying-in elements running in series on said endless tracks, and entwining of the materials during successive runs of said elements on said tracks is avoided by at least one deflection element by means of which the materials are fed via said transporting elements to said laying-in elements, during successive runs thereof through the working region, alternately from one and another side of a surface laid through the working region of said laying-in elements and the return section of said transporting elements.

Abstract: A knitting machine having reciprocable knitting tools and a cam operated means for reciprocating said knitting tools in which said cam operated means provides an amount of play in the movement of the knitting tools and means for moving said knitting tools an additional distance within the play permitted by said cam operated means.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine based on a flat Vee-bed arrangement has four opposed needle beds comprising front and back main needle beds and front and back auxiliary needle beds located above the main beds. A carriage traversible the length of the beds includes a cam assembly for imparting knitting and loop transferring motions to the needles in all the beds. By selective co-operation of the several beds flat and tubular knitted fabrics of any known design can be produced.

Abstract: A process for knitting a composite piece or panel on a straight bar knitting machine with double needle bed, provided with a presser foot device that is adjustable to operate at either of two preselected levels, each level corresponding to a level suitable for rib or jersey knitting, the piece or panel comprising at least one area of jersey knitting and one area of rib border knitting, characterized by the fact that it comprises the steps of starting a first knitting operation with the presser foot at the most appropriate level for the first area of knitting to be manufactured (rib or jersey); subsequently locating the presser foot at a second level which is adapted to the second area of knitting (jersey or rib) and continuing the knitting operation without interrupting the overall knitting operation of the machine to knit the other area of the piece or panel.

Abstract: A stitch presser for a knitting machine equipped with at least two needle beds arranged in an inverted "V", and provided with needles which intersect during their upward movement, a carriage movable above the needle beds, a system for control of the needles during their displacement in alternate directions, and a means for the alternate control of the stitch presser along a row of needles and in another adequate position for the movement in the opposite direction wherein the stitch presser acts between two needle beds on the stitches held by the needles. The stitch presser includes a slide thread for pressing the knitwear and a supplementary means for pressing the stitches against the needle beds.