Patent · US Expired

Thread control device for flat knitting machine

US5752396A · kind A · utility

4Cited by

13References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Franz Schmid · Bodelshausen, DE
Fritz Walker · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 1996
Grant date	May 19, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/44
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thread control device for a flat knitting machine having a housing and at least one thread brake arranged on the housing, has a spring acting on the thread brake, a flat spring web supported at one side, and a slider movable in a recess of the housing and having a foot which slides on the spring web so that a free end of the flat spring changes a force of the spring which acts on the thread brake in correspondence with a position of the slider.

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