Patent ID: 7036342
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A yarn feeder installed on a circular knitting machine which has a plurality of knitting needles, comprising an indented yarn feeding portion on a lower end of the yarn feeder, a first yarn threading hole and a second yarn threading hole on the yarn feeding portion, and a jutting yarn guiding member located on one end of a lower edge of the yarn feeding portion such that a first yarn, a second yarn and a third yarn enter from a first yarn feeding surface formed on one side of the yarn feeding portion, and thread through to leave via another side thereof, and are directed to a hook of a knitting needle corresponding to the yarn feeder, wherein the hook is a common point of the first yarn, the second yarn and the third yarn, and forms a first included angle with the yarn guiding member and the first yarn threading hole, and forms a second included angle with the first yarn threading hole and the second yarn threading hole, the second included angle being larger than or equal to the first included angle.