Patent · US Expired

Fabric take-down mechanism for flat knitting machines

US4503690A · kind A · utility

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3References

8Claims

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Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Ernst Goller · Reutlingen, DE
Fritz Walker · Tübingen, DE

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

In a fabric take-down mechanism for a flat knitting machine provided with stitch strippers, the edge of the fabric disposed in front of the stitch strippers is engaged by a plurality of take-down hooks (27) of a hook bar (28) located beneath the comb gap (13) defined by the ends of the needle beds (10 and 11). The engagement of the fabric edge is produced by a free fall of the take-down hooks (27) over a limited initial length of take-down travel (A). The take-down of the fabric by the take-down hooks (27) is effected synchronously with the movement of a succeeding take-down roller (13) in the effective area of which the edge of the fabric is carried by means of the take-down hooks (27).

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