Patent · US Expired

Flatbed knitting machine with electronic control

US4790149A · kind A · utility

1Cited by

6References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Universal Maschinenfabrik · DE
Rudolf Schieber GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 1981
Grant date	Dec 13, 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 for the knitting of standard patterns, comprising the whole of the knitting plan division and part of the function number schedule division, is stored permanently in the fixed word stores. The stored data for the operation of the machine can be extracted and archived. Parts of the data of the divisions can be extracted to compose new patterns. Certain knitting courses can be suppressed and certain needle groups can be selected for adjustment without altering the already stored data. Information as to gauge can also be entered.

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