Patent ID: 6370923
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing lints in a regular/reverse type circular knitting machine comprising:a rotating device surrounding around a center shaft of a big diameter and a small diameter of said circular knitting machine and positioned interior of a yarn group and rotatably provided by regular/reverse directions, a plurality of air blowing devices which is provided at predetermined intervals to said rotating device and blowing a strong wind toward a needle portion of the circular knitting machine, a driving device which is fixedly provided at one side around said center shaft of said circular knitting machine, and which continuously and repeatedly reciprocately moves said rotating device in the regular/reverse directions within a range of predetermined angle smaller than 360Â° angle, and wherein said driving device is constructed to remove the lints on said needle portion by a strong wind generated at said respective air blowing device during knitting operation of the circular knitting machine.