Patent ID: 9222204
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A fabric rolling apparatus located beneath a circular knitting machine and driven to revolve by the circular knitting machine to receive a fabric knitted by the circular knitting machine, comprising: a bracket including two corresponding side boxes, a drive mechanism located in the side boxes and a fabric rolling space located between the two side boxes, each side box including a top side close to the circular knitting machine and a bottom side remote from the circular knitting machine; a transmission rod set located in the fabric rolling space and driven by the drive mechanism to revolve and guide the fabric to move along a fabric transporting path; and a revolving fabric collection mechanism including two revolving arms hinged respectively on the side boxes and a fabric rolling rod located in the fabric transporting path and driven by the transmission rod set to revolve and roll the fabric, each revolving arm including a revolving end hinged on the bottom side of the side box and a holding end coupled on the fabric rolling rod higher than the revolving end, the fabric wound on the fabric rolling rod pressing the transmission rod set to provide a fabric pressure component to the transmission rod set, each revolving arm being driven by increase of fabric amount on the fabric rolling rod to form a revolving fabric collection stroke in which the holding end rotates about the revolving end thereof to move upward from the bottom side of the side box to adjust the fabric pressure component.