Global Patent Index - EP 3368709 B1

EP 3368709 B1 20191204 - KNITTING MACHINE WITH A GUIDE CHANNEL AND A KNITTING ELEMENT GUIDED THEREIN

Title (en)

KNITTING MACHINE WITH A GUIDE CHANNEL AND A KNITTING ELEMENT GUIDED THEREIN

Title (de)

STRICKMASCHINE MIT EINEM FÜHRUNGSKANAL UND EINEM DARIN GEFÜHRTEN STRICKELEMENT

Title (fr)

MACHINE À TRICOTER COMPORTANT UN CANAL DE GUIDAGE DANS LEQUEL EST GUIDÉ UN ÉLÉMENT DE TRICOTAGE

Publication

EP 3368709 B1 20191204 (DE)

Application

EP 16790878 A 20161025

Priority

  • DE 102015013934 A 20151028
  • DE 102015014722 A 20151117
  • EP 2016001767 W 20161025

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017071801A1] The invention relates to a knitting machine with a guide channel and a knitting element guided therein, wherein the knitting element is accommodated and guided in the guide channel in a substantially moveable and interlocking manner. In addition, when viewed in the manufacturing state or in the production and output state, the knitting element (3) is designed with a surface structure at least in sections on at least one opposing knitting element side flank (3a, 3b) when viewed in cross-section and/or the guide channel (4) is formed with a surface structure at least in sections on at least one channel side wall (4a, 4b) facing the knitting element side flanks (3a, 3b), wherein the surface structure has a plurality of elevations (1) spaced apart from one another, which are arranged and designed so that they contact punctiformly and/or linearly on the respective facing area of the knitting element side flanks (3a, 3b) and/or the channel side walls (4a, 4b) during operation, and wherein the surface structure additionally has a plurality of depressions (2) spaced apart from one another which are arranged and designed so that they form a plurality of lubricant reservoirs spaced apart from one another, in which a part of a fluid lubricant, in particular a lubricant oil, introduced into the guide channel (4) is accommodated, and thus forms a lubricant film in the area between the knitting element side flanks (3a, 3b) and the channel side walls (4a, 4b) during operation. According to the invention, the surface structure has a material ratio (Rmr) of 50% at a cutting height (c) of 0.4 μm to 3 μm, preferably only at a cutting height (c) of 0.6 μm to 1.6 μm, according to DIN EN ISO 4287.

IPC 8 full level

D04B 35/02 (2006.01); D04B 15/06 (2006.01); D04B 15/10 (2006.01); D04B 15/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

D04B 15/06 (2013.01 - EP KR); D04B 15/10 (2013.01 - EP KR); D04B 15/14 (2013.01 - EP KR); D04B 35/02 (2013.01 - EP KR)

Citation (opposition)

Opponent : Groz-Beckert

  • DE 102011119335 B3 20130404 - LIEBERS THOMAS [DE], et al
  • EP 1860219 A1 20071128 - FUKUHARA NEEDLE CO LTD [JP]
  • US 6298692 B1 20011009 - KURODA KAZUAKI [JP], et al
  • US 255808 A 18820404
  • US 1500627 A 19240708 - JOHN LAWSON, et al
  • "Tribologie-Handbuch: Tribometrie, Tribomaterialien, Tribotechnik", 27 April 2010, SPRINGER VIEWEG, ISBN: 978-3-8348-0017-6, article CZICHOS HORST, KARL-HEINZ HABIG, JEAN-PIERRE CELIS, RICHARD S. COWAN, ALFONS FISCHER, THOMAS GRADT, PETER GROCHE, ERICH KLEINLEIN: "2. Tribologische Systeme // 3.1 Technische Oberflächen", pages: 8 - 28, XP055947234
  • "Reibung", Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reibung>

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102015014722 B3 20161215; CN 108138401 A 20180608; CN 108138401 B 20200717; EP 3368709 A1 20180905; EP 3368709 B1 20191204; KR 102613284 B1 20231212; KR 20180072694 A 20180629; PT 3368709 T 20200313; WO 2017071801 A1 20170504; WO 2017071801 A8 20170727

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102015014722 A 20151117; CN 201680062229 A 20161025; EP 16790878 A 20161025; EP 2016001767 W 20161025; KR 20187011079 A 20161025; PT 16790878 T 20161025