Patent · US Expired

Flat knitting machine with data processing apparatus

US4774819A · kind A · utility

2Cited by

3References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Ernst Goller · Reutlingen, DE
Juergen Ploppa · Pfullingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 1988
Grant date	Oct 4, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/96
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Data processing apparatus for a flat knitting machine having several cam systems usable in both travel directions and having needles or needle jacks disengageable from the cam tracks of the cam systems, contains an optimisation circuit (15) with at least one microprocessor, with which circuit is achieved, with the data available from several store areas (16-20), whatever is the optimal limitation of the carriage stroke and at the same time an adjustment and pre-adjustment of the yarn guides (24) corresponding thereto, via thread guide carriers.

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