Patent ID: 11898281
Assignee: KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A knitting machine for clothing, comprising:
a needle module in which a plurality of needle units are arranged side by side, each one of the plurality of needle units comprising:
a main body,
a needle hook formed in an end portion of the main body, and
a plurality of protrusions formed in a middle region of the main body;

a first actuation module comprising a carriage, a rear of the carriage being formed with a track to be linked with a first protrusion of a selected needle unit of the plurality of needle units, and the carriage being provided to be movable left and right;
a second actuation module comprising a connector formed with a screw thread for meshing with a second protrusion of the selected needle unit, and an actuator for actuating the connector to move, and the connector being provided to be movable left and right;
a first movement unit allowing the first actuation module to move up and down to be in contact with the needle module; and
a second movement unit allowing the connector of the second actuation module to move up and down with respect to the needle module,
wherein, when the first protrusion of the selected needle unit is linked to the track as the first movement unit moves the first actuation module toward the needle module, the selected needle unit moves in a longitudinal direction of a main body of the selected needle unit by a connection between the track of the carriage and the first protrusion of the selected needle unit as the carriage moves left and right, and
wherein, when the second movement unit moves the connector of the second actuation module toward the needle module, the selected needle unit meshing with the screw thread that moves in the longitudinal direction of the main body of the selected needle unit as the actuator actuates the connector to rotate while the screw thread is connecting with the second protrusion of the selected needle unit.