Abstract: An end yarn inserting device that is so constructed that an end yarn hook can be put into action only when necessary but otherwise be retreated to such a position in the vicinity of a needle bed gap as to avoid interfering with knitting members including a yarn feeder and knitting needles.

Abstract: A knitted article is produced on a flat knitting machine with a carriage and at least one cam system, wherein the carriage speed is controlled within a knitting row in dependence on pattern types produced by individual needles or needle groups, as well as on the properties of knitting thread or threads continuously so that the carriage at each location of the knitting row is moved with a maximum possible speed at which it is guaranteed that no knitting thread is torn.

Abstract: A method for producing one or more pockets (13) in a knitted ready-made garment. The method comprises knitting a piece of tricot (10) having a rectangular configuration with two long sides (11) and two short sides (12). The piece of tricot is folded in at least two places, substantially in parallel with the short sides for forming the back- and side parts of the garment. The remaining parts of the tricot piece at the short sides form a divided front and an arm opening is made at each side part of the tricot piece. The tricot piece is knitted with needles in single bed or double bed or in a combination of those beds, up to a point where a pocket (13) is to be located. A segment corresponding to the two sides of the pocket is knitted in a single bed. The remaining part of the tricot piece is finished by knitting in single or double bed or in a combination of this and the two sides of each pocket are stitched together by seams.

Abstract: Compound needles, each comprising a needle proper having a hook at the top end thereof and a slider including two thin plates put together are arranged in a pair of needle beds, and the needle proper and the slider of each compound needle can be moved forward and backward independently of each other. The needle proper of the compound needle of the first bed is moved forward into the trick gap. Then the slider is removed forward further to move the stitch loop from the hood of the needle proper onto the tongue of the slider. Both the hook and tongue of the compound needle of the second bed are inserted into the stitch loop being kept on the tongue of the slider of the first bed. Then the slider of the compound needle of the first bed is moved backward to deliver the stitch loop onto the tongue of the slider of the second bed.

Abstract: A method of knitting a knit fabric which is knitted by a flat knitting machine with a plurality of yarn carriers having the following steps: (a) knitting the first half knitting portion of a course to a plating stitch with a first ground yarn and a plating yarn; (b) knitting the second half knitting portion of the course to a plating stitch with a second ground yarn and the plating yarn; (c) knitting the first half knitting portion of a next course to be coupled with the course to a plating stitch with the second ground yarn and the plating yarn; and (d) knitting the second half knitting portion of said next course to a plating stitch with the first ground yarn and the plating yarn.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for knitting a seamless tubular fabric of 2.times.1 rib stitch uses a flat knitting machine having at least one front needle bed and at least one back needle bed. The beds extend sideways and abut against each other in a front-back relationship with a trick gap between them. The needles are preferably arranged in units consisting of six needles on the front needle bed and six needles on the back needle bed. The first and sixth needle on both the front and back beds are used to form face stitches. The second and forth needles of one needle bed and the third and fifth needles of the other bed are used to form back stitches. The remaining needles are used to align the stitches. At least one of the needle beds is preferably capable of racking sideways and transferring stitches between the needle beds. The resulting tubular fabric is especially suited for rib hem parts and similar fabric components.

Abstract: Needle beds are provided with needles, needle jacks and select jacks and selectors, and the selectors are provided with three butts. The front butt is made to contact the reference plane of the carriage to serve as the fulcrum of rocking. The second butt is used to withdraw the selector, and the tail butt is used to advance the selector. Two pressing cams of the carriage press the tail butt to make the selector to be attracted by a permanent magnet. Two raising cams of the carriage advance the selector to the H position and the A position.

Abstract: The invention provides a method by which a transit yarn fastening portion can be formed with a comparatively small number of steps by a flat knitting machine. The method of forming a transit yarn fastening portion is performed in a method of forming, by a flat knitting machine including a yarn carrier and two needle beds, a knit fabric having a transit yarn section in which a yarn from the yarn carrier is not knitted and forms a transit yarn portion and a knitting section in which the yarn from the yarn carrier is knitted, and includes the steps of successively forming two or more loops of the transit yarn by one of needles of that one of the needle beds which does not contribute to knitting which needle is located in the proximity of a boundary between the transit yarn section and the knitting section, and transferring the loops formed in the first step to one of needles on the other needle bed which contributes to knitting.

Abstract: A continuously weft-knitted three-dimensional fabric cover having sutures to accommodate its three-dimensional format in which each suture defines a straight line or a series of straight lines joined end-to-end, each straight line lying at an angle of between 0.degree. and 50.degree. to the course-wise direction of the fabric.

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: Empty-needle-knitting is made on an empty needle D, then a yarn feeder 2 is reversed to change the direction of the yarn, and the stitch is transferred to the opposing bed to form a loop. A knit stitch is formed on the formed loop, and the loop is knocked over to form a knot. The knot is made to overlap with a stitch of the knitted fabric, and in a subsequent course, the knot is held to the knitted fabric.

Abstract: A carrier of a flat knitting machine is configured to make a preparatory run in synchronization with a carriage, then the carrier is caught by a pin of the carriage. During this catching, the servo motor of the carrier side is driven to generate a constant torque in the direction for braking a carriage.

Abstract: A method of knitting on a full fashion flat bed knitting machine where a face yarn and a plated yarn are used in combination. The method includes knitting an inelastic yarn on the face of the fabric and knitting an elastic yarn on the back of the fabric in plated relationship. Two separate yarn carriers are used to deliver the yarn to the needles where the carries are offset from each other by at least one needle width.

Abstract: A front fabric 20 is transferred to the opposing needle bed to reverse the order of stitches sidewise. Next, the back fabric 21 is transferred to the opposing needle bed without altering the order of stitches. Then the front fabric 20 is transferred with the order of stitches reversed again. As a result, the curls of the front fabric 20 and the back fabric 21 appear on the outer side, and the binding-off is made under this condition. A first collar and a second collar are formed on the circumference of a neck hole of the front body, and then a back collar of which wale directions are continuous to those of the collars is formed on the back body.

Abstract: The sinker actuating apparatus has a sinker actuator which is displaced on a needle bed so as to move a movable sinker to a pressing or releasing position. A connector for connecting the actuator is non-fixedly provided to a needle moving device so that the actuator is moved in response to the movement of the needle mover. First and second stopper are provided for restricting the advanced or retracted positions of the sinker actuator. A resilient member is arranged to give an advancing force to the actuator.

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 break in twice as many yarns is made detectable merely by slightly modifying the tension switch assembly of a knitting machine. A yarn conductor 20 is rotatably attached to the forward end of an arm 16 of the assembly and provided with a pair of yarn supports 26, 27 on opposite sides of a rotational pin 19. Upon a break occurring in the yarn 2 retained on one of the yarns supports 26, 27, torques exerted by the yarns 2, 2 on the respective supports 26, 27 are brought out of balance to rotate the yarn conductor 20 and release the remaining other yarn 2 from the support 27.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rib knitting method for use with a flat knitting machine having at least one pair of front and back needle beds and a yarn feeder, and more particularly to improvements in the aesthetic appearance and durability of the side border of a rib stitch knitted parts or fabric. Using the needles [(A-H)], (a-h)] on a front-back pair of needle beds [(1), (2),]. A rib stitch knitting is carried out with no yarn feeding to the outermost needle [(I)], then the yarn is fed to needle [(I)] with the yarn feeder [(3)] being reversed, and the yarn feeder [(3)] is again reversed. The yarn feeder [(3)] is reversed once more for yarn to be fed to the needles [(A-I), (a-h)] in order.

Abstract: In a two-bed flat knitting machine separate sinker control devices are provided for controlling sinkers arranged between needles and have a device body laterally releasably mountable on a machine carriage. They extend only over an operating region of a cam system and their control parts are formed so that they are displaced during a carriage stroke return automatically to an operative position or a rest position.

Abstract: The method according to the invention permits the tying off of the free yarn ends, for example in Intarsia knit regions, with a straight knitting machine forming the knit goods without additional auxiliary devices which can negatively influence the structure of the knit goods. The method, in one of its most general forms, includes the steps of looping a new yarn strand in the vicinity of an Intarsia knit region edge of the knit goods with needles of a first and second needle bed to form at least one loop having legs; during successive carriage displacements, crossing both legs of at least one loop formed in the first needle bed to form a crossed-over yarn portion associated with the at least one loops; and looping the at least one loop having the legs crossed over on a needle of the second needle bed via the crossed-over portion.

Abstract: In knitting a knit fabric, knitting needles in a range corresponding with a desired knitting width for the fabric are fed with a draw yarn to form a course of stitches from the draw yarn. The knitting needles may be taken from a pair of needle beds which are sometimes referred to as the front bed and the rear bed. All or part of the knitting needles used for knitting the draw yarn are next fed with a knitting yarn and a course of stitches form from the knitting yarn. Thereafter, knitting needles from the front and rear needle beds in the range corresponding with the desired knitting width are fed with the knitting yarn and the initial portion of the fabric is knitted. Subsequently, knitting needles from either the front or rear needle beds are fed with knitting yarn and thereafter knitting needles from another needle bed are fed with knitting yarn to knit plan tubular stitches until the fabric is completed. The draw yarn is drawn out of the fabric after completion of the knitting.

Abstract: The machine comprises two knitting beds (2, 3) and at least one pair of opposed cam carriers (4, 5). These cam carriers are independent and are driven individually, for example by notched belts (10, 13) and motors (12, 15). The elimination of the bow of the carriage makes it possible to provide a large number of bars (17 to 22) for yarn guides driven individually. The yarns arrive at the yarn guides along the shortest path, and the working speed can be increased considerably.

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 present invention provides a flat knitting machine having a simple construction and provided with rocking sinkers capable of stably operating for high-speed knitting operation without damaging the yarns, and a method of operating the rocking sinkers. The flat knitting machine is provided with rocking sinkers (8), sinker operating means (3) for operating the sinkers (8), needle operating means (19), and a power transmitting mechanism (4, 21) interlocking the needle operating means (19) and the sinker operating means (3) to operate the sinker operating means (3) by at least part of the motion of the needle operating means (19).

Abstract: In a flat knitting machine equipped with a manually movable handlebar (11) which is oriented parallel to a needle bed, the eccentrically mounted handlebar (11) is connected to a pivoting lever (15) which is the carrier of an armature (19) for a stationarily arranged electromagnet which can be excited via a control device and which, in the excited state, keeps the handlebar in an end position. The arrangement is such that, when the handlebar (11) is struck from above, the magnetic coupling can be released and it is also thereby possible to switch off the machine drive by hand in the quickest way possible.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine provided with at least a pair of needle beds, either or both of the needle beds arranged for movement lengthwisely thereof. Two tubular knit fabrics being coupled each other at both ends, are provided in linear symmetrical relationship about a boundary line of adjointed ends. Two loops at the joint portion of each tubular fabrics are jointed, overlapping the new loop on the first overlapped loop. The method incorporates by repeating a predetermined number of times of a process of binding off the new loops, the cast-on of each tubular knit fabric is controlled so that the seams. Of the two tubular knit fabrics can be knitted in the same course.

Abstract: A flexible cable support is provided in a flat knitting machine for supporting power supply cables. The flat knitting machine comprises a carriage that reciprocates along a needle bed. The flexible cable support and the power supply cables are connected at one end to a terminal unit on the needle bed at a position representing approximately the middle of the travel path of the carriage. The other end is connected to the reciprocating carriage. The flexible cable support is composed of a series of joint sections pivotally connected to each other forming a continuous flexible support so that, as the carriage reciprocates, the cables supported on the flexible support are allowed to freely bend and move with the carriage.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the carriage drive motor of a flat-bed knitting machine is provided with a device used for activating, accelerating and turning off the carriage drive motor. The apparatus has at least one manually operable handlebar, essentially extending along a longitudinal section of the machine. The handlebar is mechanically connected to the device which causes the activation, acceleration or turning off of the motor.

Abstract: A flat-bed knitting machine is described, the needle bed apparatus of which has a front and back needle bed, each continuous and extending over a substantial portion of the machine length, and the carriage apparatus of which, having a stop-free cam system, is movable back and forth on or above the needle bed apparatus by means of a drive apparatus and is triggered by a program for various knitting patterns. The intent is with this kind of flat-bed knitting machine to enable more-productive knitting of two or more articles on the needle bed apparatus in one operation, by exploiting the needle bed space, and at the same time to use it for knitting only a single article on the needle bed apparatus.

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: A knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines wherein needle butts of the needle bodies of slider needles are selectively lowerable in the needle channels of the needle beds by means of a needle selection device, and wherein the slider needles have sliders provided with slider butts and arranged for the transfer of stitches, comprises stationary and movable cam elements for engagement with the needle butts and the slider butts, and also comprises pressure cam elements.

Abstract: A flat knitting machine has a spool shelf arranged above and behind the nle bed or beds and carriage, the shelf carrying yarn spools and a yarn guide mechanism. In order to make the yarn spools and yarn guide mechanism more easily accessible, the spool shelf is arranged to be displaceable without skewing from a rearward position to a forward position, wherein in the forward position the shelf overlies at least a part of the needle bed or beds and of the carriage.

Abstract: A presser foot device for a knitting machine includes a blade-like support which, when mounted in the knitting machine, extends downwardly with respect to the needles of the machine, a presser element carried by the support near its lower edge, and a channel-like protective element which enfolds the lower edges of the blade-like support to protect it. The channel-like protective element may include two laminas one at each side of the blade-like support and extending at least as low as the lower edge of the blade-like support, and at least one connecting member joining the laminas and extending between them below the lower edge of the blade-like support.

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: The zone of movement of the reciprocating carriage of a flatbed knitting machine is guarded, to prevent injury to the operator, by a light barrier set up between each end of the machine and the carriage. Only the barrier on that side of the carriage towards which the carriage is moving at any given time is effective to trigger braking of the carriage and stopping of the machine if the barrier is penetrated. The carriage may carry a double-sided reflector with combined light emitter/receiver units positioned at each end of the machine.

Abstract: The end run reversals of the reciprocating sled of a flat bed knitting mane are smoothly implemented by a roller 12 mounted on a hub 5 fixed to a link 4 of a drive chain 1 at one end. The other end of the hub is fixed to a member 6 slidable in a groove 7 of a lateral rail 8 mounted to the cross slide 9 of the sled. The roller runs on a semi-circular guide surface 13 of a support segment 14 mounted to the machine frame at each end adjacent a chain sprocket wheel 2. The support segments absorb the inertial forces of the sled and cross slide to thereby prevent the tilting of the chain links at the sprocket wheels and the attendant varying of the sled stroke.

Abstract: A carriage drive is provided for a flat bed home type knitting machine. Such carriage drive includes a reversible electric motor, a pair of motor driven capstans, and wire rope which winds on one capstan and unwinds on the other when the motor rotates, the rope being connected to opposite ends of the carriage of the machine.

Abstract: A yarn changing device for use in a flat-bed knitting machine having a carriage. The yarn changing device provides a relatively simple but effective arrangement for repetitive, alternating selection of any one of three or more yarns for knitting operation upon such successive reciprocation of the machine carriage.