Global Patent Index - EP 3715513 A1

EP 3715513 A1 20200930 - CLEANING APPARATUS FOR A NEEDLE BED OF COMPOUND NEEDLES

Title (en)

CLEANING APPARATUS FOR A NEEDLE BED OF COMPOUND NEEDLES

Title (de)

REINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR NADELBETT VON SCHIEBERNADELN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE NETTOYAGE POUR FONTURE D'AIGUILLES À COULISSE

Publication

EP 3715513 A1 20200930 (EN)

Application

EP 20158715 A 20200221

Priority

JP 2019059291 A 20190326

Abstract (en)

There is provided a cleaning apparatus for a needle bed of compound needles that is capable of reliably and efficiently clean a needle bed of a flatbed knitting needle machine equipped with compound needles.A needle bed 2, removed from a flatbed knitting machine and attached to a cleaning bath 3 of a cleaning apparatus for needle bed 1, is cleaned with a liquid such as a cleaning liquid or water sprayed from a nozzle 4. The nozzle 4 is attached to a head 5 that is movable along the surface of the needle bed 2. The compound needles are accommodated in needle grooves of the needle bed 2. While holding positions of sliders, spraying the liquid from the nozzle 4 onto butts for driving needle bodies to move the needle bodies with respect to needle grooves makes it possible to clean the needle bed 2 reliably and efficiently, switching relative positions of the needle bodies and the sliders.

IPC 8 full level

D04B 35/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP KR)

B08B 3/02 (2013.01 - KR); B08B 3/024 (2013.01 - EP); D04B 15/10 (2013.01 - KR); D04B 35/32 (2013.01 - CN KR); D04B 37/02 (2013.01 - CN EP KR)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3715513 A1 20200930; CN 111748903 A 20201009; CN 111748903 B 20220510; JP 2020158914 A 20201001; JP 7204557 B2 20230116; KR 102291262 B1 20210818; KR 20200115230 A 20201007

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20158715 A 20200221; CN 202010212016 A 20200324; JP 2019059291 A 20190326; KR 20200034904 A 20200323