Abstract: A knitting instrument carrier (10), having grooves which are confined by alternate demarcation strips (27) and bearing strips (28) following one after the other, which are in rows on common anchor bars (29-31). An accurate division of the knitting instrument carrier (10) is assured by holding bars (16-18), on which the common anchor bars (29-31) are clamped and which are provided with divisionally accurate edge grooves (21-23) in which the demarcation strips (27) interlock with projections. The loop-forming projections with their nib (39) manufactured separately from the demarcation strips (27) are also made up of individual laminations (FIG. 1).

Abstract: For a knitted fabric expander device on flat bed knitting machines, the guide bars positioned at the edge of the knitted fabric with their end projecting over the comb gap (13) are coupled in a detachable manner via a switch body (31) with a holder/expander (18) arranged beneath the needle beds (11, 12). The guide bars can be drawn upwards through the comb gap (13) together with the switch body (31) and reinserted from above into their adjustable or movable holder/expander (18).

Abstract: A cam system for flat-bed knitting machines is provided with a needle cam unit which has at least one knitting cam and a transfer cam, integrated therein, for both carriage travel and transfer directions. The knitting cam has adjustable needle sinkers and a knitting cam/knitting element that projects the needles for knitting, and the transfer cam has at least one delivery transfer element and an associated receiving transfer element. The needles, which are supported in needle tracks of the needle beds, are controlled by intermediate jacks embodied as pressure elements, the pressure feet of which can be moved along various courses, which are located in the planes of pressure bars. In order to be able to perform combined loop formation and loop transfer in a single cam unit in a single operation, using a single needle, in such a cam system, the knitting cam/knitting element simultaneously embodies the receiving transfer element of the transfer cam.

Abstract: A fabric draw-off roller (11) is described for flat-bed knitting machines equipped with individual roller elements (14, 14') situated side-by-side in line on a shaft (12), the rollers being allowed to turn relative to each other, but preferably restricted in their amount of angular movement. In order to ensure, with fabric draw-off rollers (11) of this type, that loose threads of the knitted fabric are prevented from entangling and jamming between neighboring roller elements (14, 14') when drawing off fabric from the machine, the individual roller elements (14, 14') are arranged at an axial distance from each other thereby forming a gap (54, 54') distance spacer (32, 32') is provided having a smaller external diameter than the maximum diameter of the roller element with at least one of its ends overlapping and penetrating an axial bore of an adjacent roller element (14, 14').

Abstract: A knitting machine, in particular a flat-bed knitting machine with a plurality of needle beds in each of which longitudinally extending needle tricks are formed in which a knitting needle moves longitudinally. The knitting needles comprise two parts, with one part including a needle head and the other part including a needle butt. The needle head defines a stitch forming part and the needle butt defines a movement-initiating part. A coupling device is provided for each needle to couple the two parts together. A coupling operating device is provided on the cam box carriage for operating the coupling devices in such a manner that the stitch forming part which has knitted is separated from the movement-initiating part until such time as the needle is again selected.

Abstract: A flat-bed knitting machine with a plurality of needle beds in each of which an intermediate plate is situated which is displaceable between four operating positions to thereby control the movement of an associated needle. Also located in each needle bed are pairs of selector plates and associated with each needle bed is an electro-magnetic selecting device which controls the location of the selector plates as a function of the knitting pattern relative to a cam track assembly and the intermediate plate associated with the selector plates.

Abstract: This invention relates to a single- or double-Jersey knitted fabric which not only has a closed starting seam, but also a closed terminal seam (24, 24', 24") which can follow a line of any shape, and a method of making the same on a machine having stitch-forming elements and having an arrangement for transferring and racking the formed stitches. The closed terminal seam (24) of the fabric may for example be formed by transferring the last terminal seam stitch (16), then racking the same, and finally transferring it to the next seam stitch and then knitting the two transferred stitches with a thread (25, 22) which may be either a separate thread or one used to form the remainder of the fabric. The linking stitch so formed (31) is then racked again and the next-succeeding selvedge stitch transferred thereto before being knitted with the thread into a further linking stitch.

Abstract: A single or multi-cam system (11) for flat-bed knitting machines having needle, jack and selector cam units (13, 14 and 16) arranged one beneath the other is described. The needle cam unit (13) features at least one knitting cam and an integrated transfer cam (17, 18) for both carriage traverse and transfer directions. The knitting cam has adjustable, spaced apart, stitch cams (26, 27). The transfer cam has transfer cam parts having a pretensioning higher lobe (48, 49) for pretensioning the loops and a trailing lower lobe (51, 52) for transfering the loops and associated transfer receiving cam parts.With a multi-cam system (11) for flat-bed knitting machines of this type, the combined, respectively integrated knit and transfer cam (17, 18) is made narrower, without the additional cost or effort associated with mechanical drives and/or switching devices being necessary. For this, the transfer cam parts are formed by the respective stitch cam (26, 27), which features the appropriate pretensioning lobe (48, 49).

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a knitting cambox system for a flat knitting machine with front and rear needle beds arranged gable-fashion and adapted for the production of multicolor knitted fabric a single pass of the machine carriage.An improvement is achieved in this invention by the interassociation of a plurality of independently-operable needle sinkers at the two sides of the knitting cambox so as to provide a timewise-staggered drawing-down of the stitches and increased stitch production.

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: The fabric take-down mechanism for flat knitting machines has an auxiliary take-down roller (22) following the main take-down roller (10) and extending over the whole length of the needle beds, this auxiliary roller having edges (24) and being grounded through metallic retaining loops (25). The auxiliary take-down roller (22) cooperates with a smooth but likewise electrical conducting counter plate (21).

Abstract: In a flat knitting machine having a needle selector device and selector jacks (50), which can be acted on by press cam parts, and needles (42) with a butt (47) which can be disconnected from the cam parts, there are arranged, in the direction of movement of the machine at each side of each needle selection locality (21) of the needle selector device, a cam part (23, 24). Both cam parts (23, 24) serve to move selected selector jacks (50) longitudinally and to effect a longitudinal movement into different positions (O, I, II) of the selector jacks. Furthermore, each knitting system is provided, for both directions of movement, each with a pair of adjustable draw-off cam parts (15, 17) of different draw-off length, the one of which parts acts on a fixed butt (44) of the needles (42) and the other on the butt (47) which can be disconnected by means of the selector jack (50).

Abstract: For the purpose of taking down shaped knitted products from a flat knitting machine the take-down mechanism comprises an auxiliary take-down roller (18) disposed in advance of the take-down roller (16), and this can have a superimposed take-down motion intermittently imparted thereto by means of an auxiliary driving device. To increase the effectiveness of the auxiliary take-down roller (18), the last course of separating stitches formed on one needle bed can be pressed off between two successive shaped knitted pieces (43) before the taking down of a double-sided separating knitting section (45).

Abstract: In the take-down mechanism the plurality of coaxial roller sections (14.1 . . . 14.x) of the take-down roller are moveable on a common shaft (16) and adapted to be coupled separately and selectively with a driving means (17/18) that is to say independently of one another. A return rotary movement of the roller sections is prevented by one-way clutches constituted by loop springs (35,36). The common shaft (16) can be turned for adjustment of all the roller sections in common. Annular guards (28) prevent threads intruding between the individual roller sections (14). (FIG. 1).

Abstract: This invention relates to a knitted fabric spreader device for flat knitting machines which have spiked rotatable rollers (14) disposed beneath the comb gap (12) of the needle beds of the machine. The spiked rollers (14) are mounted over the full length of the needle beds (10, 11) on a common carrier rod (13) concentric with this rod, and the common carrier rod (13) can be moved transversely to the longitudinal direction of the needle beds to provide for clearance of the comb gap (12) of the machine. To cater for this adjustment the carrier rod (13) is held on at least slides adjustable by means of a control cam (27). The rollers (14) are so mounted between eccentric intermediate discs (15) provided with a smooth peripheral edge that spikes (38) of the rollers (14) project radially above the intermediate discs (15) over a part only of the carrier rod (13) to engage the knitted fabric (29) (FIG. 2).