Abstract: A flat knitting machine structure with an adjustable gap between two knock-over bits includes two needle beds and two cam systems. Each needle bed comprises a plurality of needles and a plurality of knock-over bits. Each needle comprises a butt. Each of the knock-over bits comprises a control butt. The two needle beds are disposed at interval so that the knock-over bits face each other to define a gap. The distance of the gap is equal to a space between two knock-over bits facing each other. Each cam system comprises a needle cam to provide the plurality of butts being placed and guide each needle to make a knitting stroke towards the gap, and a knock-over bit cam provides the control butts being placed. The knock-over bit cam is controlled to define a displacement stroke for driving the plurality of knock-over bits to change the size of the gap.

Abstract: A knit fabric having a modified knit structure comprising a first layer of jersey knit fabric and a second layer of jersey knit fabric, wherein the first and second layers of jersey knit fabric are joined to each other by a third layer of tuck stitches, and wherein the first and second jersey stitch layers include at least one continuous strand of bare rubber and a plurality of continuous strands selected from the group consisting of continuous strands of bare rubber and continuous strands of non-elastic yarn, and the third layer of tuck stitches are made of continuous strands of non-elastic yarn, knit together into the fabric so as to hold the first and second jersey stitch layers together.

Abstract: A needle bed structure for flat knitting machines that is located at two sides of a needle bed gap includes a plurality of parallel needle plates, a plurality of knitting needles and sinkers located between the needle plates, a sinker control portion movable in parallel with the arranged direction of the sinkers, and at least one control cam driven by a switching portion to push the sinkers to rotate towards the needle bed gap during the switching movement. The switching portion performs a switching movement according to the moving direction. The needle plates hole at least one needle pressing board to restrict vertical movement of the knitting needles. The switching portion has a magnetic attracting portion corresponding to the needle pressing board to form magnetic attraction therewith. A spacer is provided between the needle plates to prevent the horizontal movement of the sinkers.

Abstract: A sinker control apparatus for flat knitting machines located on a transverse board over a plurality of knitting needles to drive parallel sinkers hinged between the knitting needles to rotate. The sinker control apparatus includes a base, a linked movement portion located on the base to perform driving movements, a first control cam and a second control cam hinged on the linked movement portion, and a switching portion coupled with the linked movement portion. The switching portion includes at least one connection rod connecting to the linked movement portion, a switching seat coupled on the connection rod and an elastic element coupled around the connection rod to provide a butting force to the switching seat towards the transverse board. The switching seat has a magnetic attracting portion at one side facing the transverse board to attract the transverse board magnetically.

Abstract: A downward pressing mesh mechanism and sinker thereof for flat knitting machines in which the downward pressing mesh mechanism includes a needle seat containing a bearing surface to hold a plurality of sinkers and knitting needles separated by spacers and a cam holder located above the sinkers to hold a cam. The cam has a guide track to drive the sinkers swinging. The spacers are vertically run through by a bracing shaft at a lower side. Each sinker includes a yarn pressing portion to press a yarn to form a mesh, a swing guide portion driven by the guide track and a shaft rotating recess to couple with the bracing shaft. The sinker thus structured is simpler and durable, hence can be produced and assembled, or repaired and replaced easier and faster. Thus manpower and material costs can be reduced, and product prices also are decreased to meet market requirements.

Abstract: A sinker control apparatus for flat knitting machines located on a transverse board over a plurality of knitting needles to drive parallel sinkers hinged between the knitting needles to rotate. The sinker control apparatus includes a base, a linked movement portion located on the base to perform driving movements, a first control cam and a second control cam hinged on the linked movement portion, and a switching portion coupled with the linked movement portion. The switching portion includes at least one connection rod connecting to the linked movement portion, a switching seat coupled on the connection rod and an elastic element coupled around the connection rod to provide a butting force to the switching seat towards the transverse board. The switching seat has a magnetic attracting portion at one side facing the transverse board to attract the transverse board magnetically.

Abstract: A knitting machine with latch needles and without sinkers comprising, in regions of the needle holder comprised between two contiguous slots which accommodate a corresponding needle, a knitting retention element with a portion forming a stop shoulder for the knitting; the knitting retention element can move on command from a first position, of no interference with the knitting formed, to a second position, of it insertion with the portion between two contiguous needles in a region which faces the knitting forming plane, such as retain the knitting portion lying between two contiguous needles, contrasting the entrainment of the knitting along the needles during extraction motion of the needles from the needle holder to release, onto their shank, the previously formed loop of knitting and/or to engage the yarn delivered at a feed or drop of the machine.

Abstract: A linear knitting machine (1) comprising a machine frame, at least one needlebed (3) associated with the machine frame, a plurality of needles (4) sliding in the needlebed (3), means for feeding the needles (4) with a yarn for building a new stitch and holding-down means (8) cooperating with said needles (4) on the needlebed (3) and moving between a forward position, which occurs when the needle (4) is lifted, in which they act upon said stitch so as to keep it on the stem (5) of the needle (4), and a rear position, when the needle (4) gets down, in which they do not act upon the stitch.

Abstract: A weft knitting machine with a movable sinker device capable of preventing yarn from being worn caused by repeatedly striking the yarn with a sinker energized by a spring to push down knitting fabric, wherein a stroke to which a yarn locking part (2a) at the tip of a sinker plate (2) is moved to a tooth port (6) by the energization of the spring (4) is increased at a first stage shown in (a) and decreased at a second stage shown in (b), the stroke is limited in (b) by locking a holding locking part (12a) of a holding member (12) to the holding locking part (2d) of the sinker plate (2), and a stage is switched to a second stage at a knitting portion where the yarn locking part (2a) repeatedly strikes the yarn to prevent the yarn from being thinned and fluffed.

Abstract: A sinker device comprises a sinker jack 50 which can be freely advanced and retracted with respect to a needle bed gap 4 and a sinker 30 supported on an upper surface of the sinker jack formed as a supporting surface in a freely swingable manner. The sinker 30 and the sinker jack 50 have sliding contact surfaces sidably contactable with each other which are each formed at a front side thereof with respect to a swinging pivot point. When the sinker jack 50 is advanced toward the needle bed gap 4 to move relative to the sinker 30, the sinker 30 takes the swinging attitude controlled by the sliding contact relation between the respective sliding contact surfaces of the sinker and the sinker jack, so that the sinker 30 is controllably swung to at least a knitted loop pushing level, a knitted loop releasing level and a stitch forming level.

Abstract: Grooves for receiving a movable loop forming plate are made in both front and back needle beds at the top ends thereof on the trick gap side, and movable loop forming plates are mounted in the grooves. A loop forming edge is provided at the top end of each movable loop forming plate, and the plate is energized by a spring in a direction that the plate moves away from the trick gap, and the plate is made to move forward or backward by a movable loop forming plate control means, around a fulcrum that is provided on the needle bed in the bottom of the trick gap.

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: The flatbed knitting machine includes opposing needle beds (V,H) with longitudinally movable needles (11,12); a carriage provided with cams (14,15,16) and sinkers (17,18; 17',18'; 17",18") having a closed position (S1), an end position (S2) and an open position (S0) and movable between the needles (11,12) with the help of the cams (14,15,16) in the carriage. The sinkers (17,18; 17',18'; 17",18") each have a hook-shaped projection (25, 26; 25', 26') that occludes or encloses from above a side of a loop on an adjacent needle in the needle beds when the sinkers are in the closed position.

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 sinker is disposed at the front end of a needle bed of a flat knitting machine so as to be capable of swinging displacement. A groove guiding advancing, retreating and swinging of the sinker is formed at the front end of the needle bed. A knitting yarn holding part is formed at the front end of a sinker plate. A knitting yarn drop preventive part, for preventing knitting yarn between a knitting needle and the sinker from dropping into the groove during knitting, is disposed adjacent to the sinker.

Abstract: A transferring jack for a flat knitting machine for entering the stitch expanded portion of a stitch to be transferred to allow the distal end of the knitting needle to which the stitch is to be transferred to enter such stitch, such transferring jack having a distal end from a stitch engaging portion, a stitch transferring aperture formed with an elastic plate at the stitch engaging portion and a guide face formed by outwardly bending the elastic outwardly at a bottom edge of the jack transferring aperture for guiding the knitting needle to enter the stitch transferring aperture.

Abstract: A knitted fabric presser unit includes pressers corresponding to respective reciprocal directions and installed in a carriage. A first presser presses a knitted fabric when the carriage is being moved in a first knitting direction, during which a second presser is in a rest position. The first presser moves in conjunction with displacement in one direction of a sliding plate due to a follower engaged with a grooved cam. Similarly, the second presser moves in conjunction with displacement in another direction of the sliding plate due to a follower engaged with a grooved cam. Displacement of the sliding plate is caused by a rack engaged with a pinion fixed at a rotation axis of a motor. Movement traces of the first presser and the second presser are determined so that the two pressers are prevented from interfering with each other on movement thereof between a respective pressing and rest positions.

Abstract: A sinker mechanism for a flat knitting machine having at least one front needle bed and one rear needle bed, is provided with a row of sinker assemblies, each sinker assembly having a needle plate, a swingable sinker next to a front region of the needle plate, and a yarn guide sheet fixedly mounted to a needle bed, the swingable sinker having at front end a yarn holding portion, the yarn guide sheet having at front end a yarn guide edge, and when the swingable sinker turns forward with its yarn holding portion moving down, the yarn guide edge of the yarn guide sheet comes above the yarn holding portion of the swingable sinker and projects outwardly of the front end of the sinker towards an intermediate position between the front ends of the opposite needle beds.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine which can carry out changing of knock over timing and changing of an elevating amount of a needle, in which a knock-over plate provided at its extreme end with a loop pressing plate having an end edge in contact with a knitting yarn is inserted into a bottom of a needle groove of a head portion of a needle bed so that the knock over plate can be slidably moved in a direction of forward and backward movement of a needle. Further, a knock over plate cam for operating the knock over plate in engagement with the knock over plate is provided on a carriage, and the knock over plate is moved forward and backward by the cam.

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 relates to a flat knitting machine capable of obtaining a high quality knit fabric excellent in knitting property (ease of knitting), by variably adjusting the knock-over timing when knitting, depending on the characteristics of knitting threads and knitted texture of the knit fabric. The characteristics of the knit fabric depends upon the sinkers which have at least one aperture near a tip end of the sinkers. A knitting thread stopping wire rod is passed through one aperture near the tip end of the sinker. The knit fabric depends upon which aperture near the tip end that the knitting thread stopping wire rod is passed.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses adjacent the needles of the knitting machine from breaking out when released or cast off the needles.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive tape employing a tricot knit carrier fabric having a minimum number of weft yarns. The tricot knit carrier fabric being knit on a tricot knitting machine which employs a loop hold down bar to prevent the first three or four courses adjacent the needles of the knitting machine from breaking out when released or cast off the needles.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the production of textile surface configurations. The invention is on chain stitching or needle stitching machines for the production of clothing, decorative and household textiles, as well as for technical textiles. The object of the invention is achieved in that a flat guiding element has a contact edge on the side facing the fleece to be bound, and has at least one guiding hole or an eyelet or the kind for the guidance of the thread. The guiding element is movable and can have different shapes.

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: There is provided a novel system for increasing the accuracy and delivery speed of weft thread insertion in warp knitting machines. The system includes a novel transport arrangement for providing magazine weft threads proximate to the needle bar and a knockover sinker bar whose knockover sinkers are operable to pass between the needle spaces to grip the weft thread.The system is most suitably employed in a warp knitting machine producing a fabric containing an intermediate layer such as a non-woven fabric overlayed with weft threads. This machine comprises a needle bar, at least one guide bar and an arrangement for providing the intermediate layer between the needles and the guide bar.

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: An apparatus for a warp knitting machine is disclosed as including individual sinkers movable between needles that hold a fabric, two right-angles sides of each sinker are disposed so that each knitted stitch row may be held away from the back of the needle.

Abstract: The Raschel machine is provided with locking belts which are fixed relative to a plane perpendicular to the shogging motion. In addition, the yarn laying-in comb and at least one guide bar for the stitch yarns are movable not only in a plane perpendicular to the shogging direction but also in a plane parallel to the shogging direction. The motion of the laying-in comb allows large underlaps without risk of faulty lapping of the yarns.

Abstract: An arrangement for a warp knitting machine is disclosed as including individual sinkers movable between needles that hold a fabric, two right-angles sides of each sinker are disposed so that each knitted stitch now may be held away from the back of the needle.

Abstract: The laying-in comb for a warp knitting machine has sinkers wherein the top edges are longitudinally offset relative to the bottom edges so as to impart rigidity to the sinkers. The amount of offset decreases from the securing end of the sinkers towards the head end of the sinkers. The sinkers may be permanently deformed by being cast into a mounting block or may be placed under tension by means of separate blocks which are movable relative to each other. The blocks may also be mounted on bars which are programmed in accordance with a suitable pattern.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for warp knitting machine elements includes a means for absorbing forces generated during the course of knitting. These forces are transferred to at least two surfaces thereby reducing the size and weight requirements of the working elements permitting the warp knitting machine to operate at higher speeds.

Abstract: An improved warp knitting machine employing compound needles and an interconnected trick-sinker mechanism which maintains a fixed relationship with the knitting needles and tends to hold the knitted fabric in line with the back guide bar to lessen the stress on the knitting needles.

Abstract: Modifications to a conventional warp knitting machine, which permit the loops on terry cloth towel material to be equal on both sides of the material, include a sinker bar with unequally spaced sinkers that are alternately disposed along the length of the sinker bar. The larger spaces accommodate a plurality of threads while the smaller spaces accommodate a single thread. The invention also permits the use of thicker thread for the pile loop than heretofore.

Abstract: In a jack bar assembly for a straight bar knitting machine, a pair of jacks is used for each jack-operated sinker. A first jack mounted on a first pivot has a rear edge engaged by the slurcock. A second jack mounted on a second pivot has a rear edge engaged by a nose of the first jack and a nose which engages and actuates the sinker. An increased mechanical leverage provided by the cooperating first and second jacks permits reduction in the advance provided by the slurcock and faster smoother operation.