Abstract: A presser controller device of a carriage in a flat knitting machine in which the carriage comprises: cams that project from the carriage for urging selector jacks of corresponding knitting needles which are parallelly arranged on a needle bed of the traverse knitting machine; cam lift-down plates arranged in parallel therein for actuating their respective cams for upward and downward movement; holding means for holding selected ones of the cam lift-down plates in a given location; springs coupled to their respective cam lift-down plates for constantly urging them in one direction; and actuating means for pressing the cam lift-down plates for displacement while resisting the yielding force of the springs.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cam control mechanism of a carriage in a flat knitting machine capable of controlling vats with different heights from the carriage depending on the requirement, without having to mount plural solenoids on the carriage for controlling vats with different heights on the jacks for composing the knitting needles in a flat knitting machine.

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.