US 6,981,393 B2 | ||
Yarn feeders of flat knitting machine | ||
Kenji Ikoma, Wakayama (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama (Japan) | ||
Appl. No. 10/472,521 PCT Filed Mar. 15, 2002, PCT No. PCT/JP02/02524 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 24, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/079556, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2002. |
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Claims priority of application No. 2001-095949 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2001. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0159126 A1, Aug. 19, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. D04B 15/52 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 66—126A | 2 Claims |
1. A yarn feeder for a flat knitting machine, comprising:
a feeder case that is slidably engaged with a guide rail disposed at an upper portion of a needle bed, and movable toward
the needle bed via operation of a bringing device; and
a yarn feeding port associated with said feeder case, said yarn feeding port capable of being positioned in a yarn feeding
position and first and second waiting positions on opposite sides of the yarn feeding position, and said yarn feeding port
capable of being swung between the yarn feeding position and the first and second waiting positions via operation of a switching
mechanism,
wherein the switching mechanism is constructed and arranged to
(i) swing said yarn feeding port from the first waiting position to the yarn feeding position at a time during which said
feeder case starts to be moved, via operation of the bringing device, from a stop state toward the needle bed, and set a swinging
direction such that said yarn feeding port is swung from the yarn feeding position to the second waiting position after yarn
is fed from said yarn feeding port, and
(ii) swing said yarn feeding port from the yarn feeding position to the second waiting position in association with a selection
cancellation operation, of said yarn feeder, as executed by the bringing device after yarn has been fed.
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