Patent · US Expired

Fabric take-down mechanism for flat knitting machines

US4503689A · kind A · utility

5Cited by

1References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Ernst Goller · Reutlingen, DE
Gunther Kazmaier · Eningen unter Achalm, DE
Hans Trissler · Reutlingen, DE
Henning Schmidt · Lillerød, DK

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 1983
Grant date	Mar 12, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/90
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The fabric take-down mechanism for flat knitting machines has an auxiliary take-down roller (22) following the main take-down roller (10) and extending over the whole length of the needle beds, this auxiliary roller having edges (24) and being grounded through metallic retaining loops (25). The auxiliary take-down roller (22) cooperates with a smooth but likewise electrical conducting counter plate (21).

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