Patent · US Expired

Flatbed knitting machine with electronic control

US4788835A · kind A · utility

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Assignees

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

Inventors

Albin Weingartner · Munich, DE
David Retallick · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 1981
Grant date	Dec 6, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/66
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a flatbed knitting machine with electronic control and comprising programmable fixed-word stores and freely accessible stores, all the data for the operation of the machine is split into five divisions, namely motif pattern draft, needle set-up, knitting plan, function number schedule, and plan run. Data sub-groups from the needle set-up division, together with associated special function numbers for call-up, are stored in the fixed-word stores. Motif designs are created using the data stored in the divisions for needle set-up and plan run and by means of external selector switches on the machine. Facilities are provided for mirror-imaging and for suppression of part or all of a motif.

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