Abstract: A slider spring for a slider used with a slider needle of a loop-forming textile machine includes a closing section for closing a hook opening of the slider needle, a connection section for connecting to a slider body, and a guide section for guiding the slider at a needle body. The slide spring includes at least one bead with a concave bead interior and a convex bead exterior. The slider spring is shaped and configured to be stacked against at least one other slider spring such that the convex bead exterior of the slider spring fits completely within the respective concave bead interior of the at least one other slider spring. A slider for a slider needle includes first and second slider springs as described. A slider needle includes a slider displaceable in a needle longitudinal direction relative to a needle body for opening or closing a hook opening.

Abstract: A slider spring for a slider used with a slider needle of a loop-forming textile machine includes a closing section for closing a hook opening of the slider needle, a connection section for connecting to a slider body, and a guide section for guiding the slider at a needle body. The slide spring includes at least one bead with a concave bead interior and a convex bead exterior. The slider spring is shaped and configured to be stacked against at least one other slider spring such that the convex bead exterior of the slider spring fits completely within the respective concave bead interior of the at least one other slider spring. A slider for a slider needle includes first and second slider springs as described. A slider needle includes a slider displaceable in a needle longitudinal direction relative to a needle body for opening or closing a hook opening.

Abstract: A movable sinker (8) can move a tip portion (8c) forward and backward relative to a needle bed gap (2) through pivotal displacement by setting, as a support point, a concave portion (5a) of a needle plate (5). A wire spring (10) energizes the movable sinker (8) so that the tip portion (8c) is moved forward into the needle bed gap (2). A stopper (20) on which an abutment portion (8e) of the tip portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) abuts to control the movable sinker (8) to be pivotally displaced by the energization of the wire spring (10) is provided in a position in the bottom portion of the base (4) near the needle bed gap (2). The maximum amount of press-in of the tip portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) is regulated by an abutment of the abutment portion (8e) on the stopper (20). The stopper (20) can adjust a forward and backward movement amount relative to the needle bed gap (2) by a position adjusting mechanism (21).

Abstract: There are provided a stitch cam including a first cam in which a stitch size determining cam surface for a large-sized stitch and a receiving cam surface are formed in the same phase, and a second cam which has a common retracting cam surface and in which a receiving cam surface is formed in the same phase as a stitch size determining cam surface for the small-sized stitch, and drive mechanism for the first cam and the second cam, wherein the second cam is supported on the first cam in such a manner that when the first cam is shifted in the front-and-back direction by the drive mechanism of the first cam, the second cam is shifted together in the front-and-back direction and also shifted relative thereto in the front-and-back direction by the drive mechanism of the second cam so that the stitch size determining cam surface provided in the second cam can be displaced with respect to the stitch size determining cam surface provided in the first cam, whereby a small-sized stitch and a large-sized stitch are form

Abstract: A weft knitting machine having a movable sinker capable of securing a large space at a needle bed near a knitting fabric knitting area and making a pause in the state of stopping action on the knitting fabric knitting area. A sinker operating cam mechanism (10) installed in a carriage acts on the butt (12c) of a sinker jack (12) to move the sinker jack (12) backward from a mouth part (2) so that the acting part (8c) of the movable sinker (8) can retract from the mouth part (2). The sinker jack (12) is locked to a moved back position by a locking mechanism (16). Since a wire (17) passed through a needle plate (5) is utilized to lock the sinker jack (12) in the locking mechanism (16), the locking mechanism (16) can be reduced in size. To lock the sinker jack (12) to the wire (17), the sinker jack (12) comprises a projection (12f).

Abstract: Provided is a weft knitting machine having movable sinkers capable of securing a large space at a needle bed near a knitted fabric knitting area and making a pause in the state of stopping action on the knitted fabric knitting area. A sinker operation cam mechanism (10) installed in a carriage acts on the butt (12c) of a sinker jack (12) to move the sinker jack (12) backward from a needle bed gap (2) so that an operation portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) can retract from the needle bed gap (2). The sinker jack (12) is interlocked at a backward position by an interlock mechanism (16). Since a wire (17) passed through a needle plate (5) is utilized to interlock the sinker jack (12) in the interlock mechanism (16), the interlock mechanism (16) can be reduced in size.

Abstract: A movable sinker (8) can move a tip portion (8c) forward and backward relative to a needle bed gap (2) through pivotal displacement by setting, as a support point, a concave portion (5a) of a needle plate (5). A wire spring (10) energizes the movable sinker (8) so that the tip portion (8c) is moved forward into the needle bed gap (2). A stopper (20) on which an abutment portion (8e) of the tip portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) abuts to control the movable sinker (8) to be pivotally displaced by the energization of the wire spring (10) is provided in a position in the bottom portion of the base (4) near the needle bed gap (2). The maximum amount of press-in of the tip portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) is regulated by an abutment of the abutment portion (8e) on the stopper (20). The stopper (20) can adjust a forward and backward movement amount relative to the needle bed gap (2) by a position adjusting mechanism (21).

Abstract: There are provided a stitch cam including a first cam (50, 150, 250) in which a stitch size determining cam surface for a large-sized stitch (61, 161, 261) and a receiving cam surface (63, 163, 305) are formed in the same phase, and a second cam (80, 180, 280) which has a common retracting cam surface and in which a receiving cam surface (95, 195, 331) is formed in the same phase as a stitch size determining cam surface for the small-sized stitch (89, 189, 289), and drive means for the first cam and the second cam, wherein the second cam is supported on the first cam in such a manner that when the first cam is shifted in the front-and-back direction by the drive means of the first cam, the second cam is shifted together in the front-and-back direction and also shifted relative thereto in the front-and-back direction by the drive means of the second cam so that the stitch size determining cam surface provided in the second cam can be displaced with respect to the stitch size determining cam surface provided in

Abstract: An apparatus for guiding yarn into a hook or to a predetermined position of a rear face of a needle of a flat knitting machine, and for guiding the yarn without making large horizontal advancing and retracting movements of a yarn guiding member of the yarn guiding apparatus. The apparatus guides the yarn, when a yarn pushing down operating edge at an end of the yarn guide member is engaged with and pushes down the yarn so that the yarn is slidably moved, without applying a high resistance to the yarn and parallel needles and sinkers, on at least one pair of needle beds having head portions opposed to each other with respect to the center of knock-over edge portions. Yarn holding members, each having a yarn pushing down edge operating at an end thereof, are supported for sliding movement toward the knock-over edge portion, with means for moving each of the yarn pushing down operating edges downward during or after sliding advancement of the yarn holding member.

Abstract: A pair of needle beds are provided with head portions thereof opposed to each other and a plurality of sinkers are provided in a juxtaposed relationship at the top portions of the needle beds, and first and second needles each having a transfer element are provided for sliding movement between each adjacent ones of the sinkers. The first and second needles are either provided alternately in a spaced relationship by an equal distance from each other throughout each needle bed or individually provided in an equally spaced relationship from each other but such that the distance between the first and second needles positioned on the opposite sides of each of the sinker plates is different from the other distance.

Abstract: A yarn guiding apparatus for a flat knitting machine in which a pair of opposed needle beds defines a knock over edge area and a center line therebetween. A yarn holding member is arranged between a needle and a sinker mounted on a needle bed. The yarn holding member is moveable relative to the knock over edge area and has an operating face for pushing down a yarn fed from a yarn feeder to the knock over edge area. The operating face is configured for contacting the yarn and for pushing the yarn down toward a needle when the yarn holding member is advanced toward the knock over edge area. The yarn holding member is advanceable to a position in which a portion of the yarn holding member extends beyond the center line defined by the opposing needle beds.

Abstract: A knitting yarn feeding apparatus has a base body provided along the longitudinal direction of a front needle bed and a rear needle bed, and plural lace bars movable reciprocally on the base body in the longitudinal direction. Holding blocks are easily attached to and detached from the lace bars. Plural feeder tubes, are detachably fitted to each holding block. From the front end of the feeder tubes, knitting yarn is supplied to the knitting needles of the front needle bed, and the lapping motion is effected by the reciprocal drive of the lace bar in the longitudinal direction. Moreover, the knitting yarn feeding apparatus oscillates and displaces about a swing shaft by an oscillating mechanism provided beneath the front needle bed 11 and rear needle bed, and the front ends of the feeder tubes make a swing motion.

Abstract: In a needle bed in which plural rows of needle plate grooves are provided in a lower needle bed base, lower needle plates are inserted into the needle plate grooves, and a lower needle groove is formed between the lower needle plates, wherein a part of the lower needle plates is extended upwardly, the extended portion serves as an upper needle bed supporting member, a fixing member for stopping an upper needle bed base is provided on the upper needle bed supporting member, and an upper needle bed base is supported above the lower needle bed by the upper needle bed supporting member.

Abstract: The invention hereby provides a novel flat knitting machine which is furnished with a pair of needle beds in the front and rear positions each having a plurality of knitting needles aligned in parallel in such a condition in which respective knitting needles face each other, where a loop expanding member is provided on a lateral surface of each knitting needle. When transferring a loop from a delivery-side knitting needle engaged with this loop to an opposite receiving-side knitting needle, the receiving-side knitting needle is carried forward before the loop engaged with the delivery-side knitting needle is expandably opened by the loop expanding member, and then, the receiving-side knitting needle receives the loop in order that the loop engaged with the delivery-side knitting needle can properly be transferred to the loop expanding member from a hook of the delivery-side knitting needle. Next, the loop expanding member expandably opens the loop engaged with the delivery-side knitting needle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat knitting machine provided with swing sinkers and presser bars which can move into and out from a space provided between two needle beds in relative relationship so that they effectively urge the loops or stitches of yarn. Accordingly, both plain and rib knitting operations will be carried out with ease.

Abstract: The invention sets forth a movable sinker which is to be disposed on a needle bed of a flat knitting machine, employing compound needles. The movable sinker is provided with a cam abutting part, a stopper with a pivot hole between the cam abutting part and the stopper, a front tip part includes a guide part with an inclined lower edge which guides the knitting thread to a stopping part. The guide part is so formed that the knitting thread supplied at the time of knitting by this flat knitting machine is securely guided in the hook part of the knitting needle, and the stitch pull-in amount of the carriage at the time of forming a stitch is reduced.