Patent · US Expired

Flat knitting machine

US6240749A · kind A · utility

2Cited by

6References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Thomas Stoll · Reutlingen, DE
Franz Schmid · Bodelshausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2000
Grant date	Jun 5, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B15/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flat knitting machine has at least one needle bed, a carriage which slides along the needle bed which has at least one cam with needle section means and stitch cams, a sinking element which cooperates with the stitch cams and is arranged movably on the stitch cams, the sinking element being controllable independently from the stitch cams and together with the stitch cams forms sinking surfaces of different size and/or form depending on its position.

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