Patent · US Expired

Flatbed knitting machine including control data conveying means

US4167861A · kind A · utility

11Cited by

7References

32Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Universal Maschinenfabrik Dr. Rudolf Schieber GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Erich Krause · Bopfingen, DE
Hans Schieber
David Retallick · Munich, DE
Albin Weingartner · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 1977
Grant date	Sep 18, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/78
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a flatbed knitting machine having one or more carriages movable reciprocally or, on a closed path with respect to one or two needle beds, control data is conveyed to the or each carriage by light or other electromagnetic radiation or acoustically, one or more data transmitters being located externally of the needle bed or beds and the carriage having means for processing and storing data relating to at least one knitting course. The transmission zone is screened or otherwise shielded against interference. The transmitted signals may be modulated in various ways and alarm and timing control arrangements are described.

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