EP 1942216 A4 20120815 - WEFT KNITTING MACHINE HAVING MOVABLE YARN GUIDE

Title (en)

WEFT KNITTING MACHINE HAVING MOVABLE YARN GUIDE

Title (de)

FLACHSTRICKMASCHINE MIT BEWEGBAREM FADENFÜHRER

Title (fr)

MÉTIER À MAILLES CUEILLIES COMPORTANT UN GUIDE-FIL MOBILE

Publication

EP 1942216 A4 20120815 (EN)

Application

EP 06810662 A 20060927

Priority

JP 2006319204 W 20060927
JP 2005282919 A 20050928

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1942216A1] The invention relates to a weft knitting machine with a movable yarn guide that can prevent damage to a fabric due to undesired catch of a yarn. Since a forward movement amount of a movable yarn guide (1) to a needle bed gap (5) is reduced near a position where a yarn is fed from a yarn feeding port (10a), the yarn can be fed smoothly and the catch of the yarn by a slider (7b, 8b) can be prevented from occurring. Since a forward movement amount of the movable yarn guide (1) to the needle bed gap (5) is increased near a position where the yarn is received by a hook (7c, 8c), the yarn can be securely caught by the hook (7c, 8c). When a needle main body (7a, 8a) is pulled into a needle bed (3, 4) and a knitted loop is formed by the hook (7c, 8c) and a front edge (6b) of a sinker (6), a guide portion (1a) at the front end is driven so as to be moved backward from the needle bed gap (5) to a position where the sinker (6) forms a sinker loop. Therefore, a lower end of the guide portion (1a) capable of securely forming the sinker loop at a stitch determination position of the sinker (6) is extended to cover a tongue (8d), thereby preventing the yarn from being caught.

IPC 8 full level

D04B 15/06 (2006.01); D04B 15/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D04B 15/06 (2013.01); D04B 15/10 (2013.01); D04B 15/70 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[AD] EP 0672769 A1 19950920 - SHIMA SEIKI MFG [JP]
[A] DE 19806548 A1 19990819 - SCHIEBER UNIVERSAL MASCHF [DE]
See references of WO 2007037285A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1942216 A1 20080709; EP 1942216 A4 20120815; EP 1942216 B1 20180418; CN 101278086 A 20081001; CN 101278086 B 20101208; JP 5179878 B2 20130410; JP WO2007037285 A1 20090409; WO 2007037285 A1 20070405

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06810662 A 20060927; CN 200680036240 A 20060927; JP 2006319204 W 20060927; JP 2007537649 A 20060927