Patent · US Expired

Adjustment of stitch cams in a knitting machine

US4554802A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

3References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Ernst Goller · Reutlingen, DE
Jurgen Ploppa · Pfullingen, DE
Fritz Walker · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 1984
Grant date	Nov 26, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 13, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/327
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A carriage 14 is reciprocable along a needle bed of a flat knitting machine and carries a needle cam. A pair of stitch cams 12 and 13 are adjustably supported by the carriage 14 and are disposed so as to trail behind the needle cam in alternate strokes of the carriage, respectively. An adjustment mechanism 11 includes a stepping motor 38 (FIG. 3) which adjusts the trailing stitch cam 12 or 13 not only at the beginning of the respective stroke but also during the course of the stroke itself, thereby enabling the stitch density to be varied within each row of the knitted article as well as from row to row.

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