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Knitting machine carriage with hall effect detecting means

US4081974A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 1976
Grant dateApr 4, 1978
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Expiry dateDec 20, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04B15/70
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The carriage of a flat bed knitting machine is provided with Hall effect devices at locations in close proximity to a steel needle bed and as the carriage is moved along the bed, one or another of the devices produces an output signal each time it passes over a steel segment separating slots in the bed.

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