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(11) EP 0 510 577 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.12.1992 Bulletin 1992/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/44

(21) Application number: 92106790.6

(22) Date of filing: 21.04.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D04B 11/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT PT

(30) Priority: 22.04.1991 IT MO910059

(71) Applicant: INTERCONTINENTAL - SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA
I-41032 Cavezzo (MO) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Pignatti, Franco
    I-41030 San Prospero sulla Secchia (MO) (IT)
  • Neri, Mario
    I-41030 Rovereto sulla Secchia (MO) (IT)

(74) Representative: Marietti, Giuseppe 
MARIETTI e GISLON S.r.l. Via Larga, 16
I-20122 Milano
I-20122 Milano (IT)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Automatic equipment for feeding cuffs or ribs to loom of cotton type, for production of knitted fabric


    (57) The storage comb (2) matches the feeding combs (6) of the sinker bars (27) by moving forward and/or swinging the supports (12,176) (Figures 1 and 27), which are borne by the carriage (1) moving along the loom; the selection means (5,105) break down the rib (3) from the pack (4) with strips of gripping material (46) and/or with retractable hooks (84,184); a pusher comb (17,117) moves between the matched comb needles (2 and 6) to transfer the rib; the feeding combs (6), supported on pairs of pivotal arms (29,129), are rotated by extending lower double cylinders (32) and an amplified transmission (48,49,50), or by a direct transmission (150,154) independently actuated; said combs (6) are shifted towards the sinker bar by the extension of sub-horizontal cylinders (33).






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