Patent ID: 6276174
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
List of reference characters 1 Slide needle 2 slide 3 enclosing and knock-off sinker 4 weft thread forwarding sinker 5 stay thread sinker 8 guide needle with guide holes 7 additional knock-off fitting 8 knitted material 9 stay threads 10 weft thread brought behind needle 11, 12, 13 weft threads 14 warp thread 20 weft thread downward presser rail 21 weft thread hooks 22 weft thread off-set rake 23 eyelet bar in the weft carriage 24 holding plate for rack teeth 25 transport chain 26 rail for transport chain 27 teeth of the off-set rake 30 off-set rake unit mounting plate 31 deviation pulley for the cleated belt 32 cleated belt 33 drive pulley for cleated belt 34 servo motor drive for off-set rake 35 off-set rake support 36 linear guides 40 servo motor drive for weft carriage 41 drive pulley for cleated belt 42 cleated belt 43 deviation pulley for the cleated belt 44 drive pulley for cleated belt 45 deviation pulley for cleated belt 46 cleated belt 47 linear guides 48 weft carriage 53 drive chain wheel 54 servo motor for transport chain 55 weft thread cutting system 56 pneumatic cylinder 60 separate beam frame cross carrier 61 column in the back 62 column in the front 63, 64 warp beam 65 machine main carrier 66 machine main base 67 fabric pull-off rollers 68 knitting bars 69 weft carriage carrier on separate beam frame 70 holder for linear longitudinal guides 71 weft guides frame carriers in front 72 weft guides frame carriers in back 73 holding elements for column in the back 74 holding elements for column in the front 75 supports up front 76 supports in back 77 chain guide frame 78 deviated weft thread array 79 weft thread array to be inserted 81 to 93 weft threads1. A method for production of a warp knitted fabric having an indefinitely long and a freely selectable pattern repeat, the method including the steps of inserting weft threads by way of a weft insertion system and guiding said weft threads into an area of knitting needles by way of moving longitudinal conveyors and driving said longitudinal conveyors independently of a machine drive of a warp knitting machine making said warp knitted fabric in at least one of an intermittent or continuous way with at least an occasional varying speed such that the weft threads are guided to the area of the knitting needles according to a pattern at arbitrary times and one after another in arbitrary and desired numbers.