(19)
(11) EP 0 978 582 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/06

(21) Application number: 99306226.4

(22) Date of filing: 05.08.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D04B 15/66, D04B 15/78
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.08.1998 JP 22146898

(71) Applicant: Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd.
Kobe, Hyogo 658-0012 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Miyagaki, Mitsuo
    Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 658-8841 (JP)
  • Aramaki, Yoshihiro
    Ashiya-shi, Hyogo 659-0041 (JP)

(74) Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU
London W8 5BU (GB)

   


(54) Method of and apparatus for controlling a knitting machine


(57) An apparatus for controlling a knitting machine (10) includes an plurality of needle selecting devices (20) for selectively actuating knitting needles of a circular machine. Each of the needle selecting devices (20) is provided with a drive circuit (25) for driving a pattern finger and a shift register (26). Knitting data a is sequentially supplied from a controller (30) to the shift register (26) in one of the needle selecting devices and then serially from this shift register to the remaining needle selecting devices (20). At the time the transfer of the knitting data completes, the knitting data is latched and retained in each of the shift registers (26) and the drive circuit (25) is activated based on the retained knitting data.






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