Abstract: Fabric spreader for knitted goods on a circular knitting machine. The fabric spreader is provided with expanding wings which are pivotably and adjustably supported on a fabric spreader frame and are adjustably spring-loaded with respect to the force generated by the knitted goods being taken up.

Abstract: Device for depositing thread supply, particularly weft thread supply for unconventional weaving machines such as jet looms, the device being arranged between the feeding and withdrawing mechanisms for the thread. Said device has a thread inserter and at least one magazine in the shape of a body of revolution, on the circumference of which there is a system of ribs for depositing at least one thread, the said magazine and inserter being adapted for mutual relative motion.

Abstract: Knitting needle especially for circular knitting machines, having a shock-absorbing shank. The knitting needle is torsionally twisted through a certain angle in the region of its butt. The torsional twist, on the one hand, takes up the clearance in the needle trick of the needle carrier, and on the other hand, permits springing of the needle in the region of the butt, by its impact on the raising or sinker cam of a cam box system, which leads to damping the impact force. This springing of the needle also diminishes the angle of the twist, thus enabling the effecting of a line contact of a corresponding part of the butt with the cam edge. The friction between twisted needle stem or shank and its trick prevents the throwing off of the needle, thus reducing the stress to which the needles and the cam edges are exposed. The reduction of the impact force also reduces still other forces which affect the needle in the needle trick.

Abstract: The movement of each of a plurality jacks or rocking pressers of a ferromagnetic material a circular knitting machine between a knitting and a non-knitting position is accomplished by the cooperation of the fields of a permanent magnet and a selectively actuable electromagnet which are magnetically isolated from each other. The portion of the jack where such fields intersect may be recessed to accomplish jack positioning with minimum expenditure of magnetomotive force. The airgap in the pole structure of the permanent magnet and in the separate core of the electromagnet are coaxially disposed, with the electromagnet being suitably located either inside or outside the core of the electromagnet. Where outside mounting is used, the permanent magnet may be disposed on the periphery of the circular bed of the machine along with the jacks, while the electromagnet is radially spaced therefrom.

Abstract: Mechanism for adjustably supporting needle cams on knitting machines, particularly on circular knitting machines. The mechanism provides simple means for adjusting the cams both in the direction of the knitting stroke of the needles in the slots of the needle cylinder, i.e. in the direction of height, and in the direction transverse to this knitting stroke in the horizontal plane along the periphery of the cam assembly frame plate, that is, in a lateral direction for the lateral adjustment of the cams and thus to eliminate the manufacturing deviations in the angular distribution of the knitting feeds. In accordance with the invention, the cam assembly is provided with a prismatic recess, in which there is mounted a block which is slidable laterally, that is, in a direction tangential to the needle cylinder, such lateral adjustment being provided by a spring and a screw with a conical end or by an eccentric pin.

Abstract: A shockless needle for circular knitting machines, wherein the needle is slidably mounted in a trick and is provided with a butt which periodically engages a needle-sliding cam. The butt extends radially from the needle in a direction at least substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the needle. The needle or jack of the invention is provided at the location of the butt with a relief in order to decrease the thickness and thus the stiffness of the needle and also simultaneously increase the clearance between the butt portion and the confronting thick walls. In another embodiment, the walls of the trick of the knitting machine at the location confronting the needle butt are recessed in order to increase the clearance between the butt portion and trick walls and to provide space for the sidewise deflection of the needle when the needle is momentarily bent when its butt is engaged by the needle-sliding cam.

Abstract: A shockless needle for circular knitting machines wherein the needle is slidably mounted in a trick, and is provided with a butt which periodically engages a needle-sliding cam. The butt extends laterally from the needle in a direction at least substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the needle, the needle being pre-sprung in the location of the butt so that the opposite sides of the needle at such location engage the corresponding confronting sides of the trick.