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(11) EP 0 452 082 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.03.1992 Bulletin 1992/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/42

(21) Application number: 91303104.3

(22) Date of filing: 09.04.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D04B 11/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 10.04.1990 GB 9008156

(71) Applicant: Herberts, Alan, Dawn, Terry, trading as, RHD Textile & Precision Engineers
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinhamshire NG17 5DB (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Herberts, Alan c/o RHD Textile & Precision Eng.
    Nottinghamshire NG17 5DB (GB)
  • Dawn, Terry c/o RHD Textile & Precision Eng.
    Nottinghamshire NG17 5DB (GB)

(74) Representative: Dealtry, Brian 
Eric Potter & Clarkson St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate
Nottingham NG1 1LE
Nottingham NG1 1LE (GB)


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    (54) A straight bar knitting machine


    (57) A straight bar knitting machine including a slurbar (21) reciprocally mounted in a frame of the machine and carrying a slurcock for each knitting section, an electronically controllable drive motor (30) mounted on the frame, the drive motor being drivingly connected to the slurbar (21) to cause reciprocal motion thereof, and control means operable on said motor for controlling the speed, direction and stroke displacement of the slurbar (21) for each knitting cycle of the machine.






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