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(11) EP 0 210 790 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.1987 Bulletin 1987/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.02.1987 Bulletin 1987/06

(21) Application number: 86305492

(22) Date of filing: 16.07.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 24.07.1985 JP 16196585

(71) Applicant: WATANABE KUTSUSHITA KOGYO CO. LTD.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Watanabe, Yoshinori
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  • Watanabe, Yuji
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  • Watanabe, Fumio
     ()
  • Watanabe, Toshio
     ()
  • Watanabe, Chiharu
     ()

   


(54) Knitting needle driving mechanism of knitting machine


(57) A knitting needle driving mechanism (11) of a jacquard knitting machine in which a movement of fingers (10) defining a sliding motion of each knitting needle is applied by a bending movement of the finger activated by inputting a pulse emitted from a memory to a piezo-electric member (15) attached to one face or to both faces of the finger.







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