Patent · US Expired

Knitting machine, in particular flat knitting machine

US6092396A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

6References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Franz Schmid · Bodelshausen, DE
Martin Wörnle · Mössingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 1998
Grant date	Jul 25, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 10, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/90
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A knitting machine has a needle bed, a plurality of needles, plates arranged between the needles, each of the plates having a front operational part provided with edges engaging in a loop forming region and displaceable about an axis extending along the needle bed between a front position and a rear position, and a shaft part arranged substantially parallel to the needles and longitudinally displaceable for driving the plates, the operational part and the shaft part being connected by an elastic springy web to form a one-piece element.

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