Patent ID: 6047570
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A yarn feeding system of a flat knitting machine comprising needle beds with many needles, a plurality of yarn carrier rails extending in parallel to said needle beds and in a longitudinal direction of said needle beds, a cam carriage reciprocating over said needle beds, and yarn carriers caught/released by yarn carrier catching means mounted on said cam carriage to travel on a yarn carrier rail to feed yarn to the needles of said needle beds,said yarn feeding system being characterized by shifting members extending along and shiftable in the longitudinal direction of the yarn carrier rails;shifting means for reciprocally shifting said shifting members in the longitudinal direction of the yarn carrier rails; andengaging means for engaging the yarn carriers to the shifting member, wherein the yarn carriers are disengaged and released from the shifting members when catching and carrying is effected by said catching means.