Patent ID: 6079233
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds, each needle bed slidably holding a plurality of needles in needle grooves formed on said needle beds, said needle beds abutting each other at top ends of said needle beds and defining an opening between said top ends wherein at least one of said needle beds is slidable sideways relative to the flat knitting machine wherein said needles are slidable to and away from said opening,said flat knitting machine comprising:a plurality of movable loop forming plates movable to and away from said opening in parallel with said needles;each of said movable loop forming plates having a loop forming edge at a top end of the plate facing said opening;movement control means for moving each of said movable loop forming plates so that said loop forming edges move to and away from said opening,each of said movable loop forming plates comprise first movable loop forming plates and second movable loop forming plates;said movement control means comprises first control means for moving said first movable loop forming plates to and away from the opening and second control means for moving said second movable loop forming plates to and away from the opening so that one of half knitting, wherein loop forming edges of said first movable loop forming plates are made active by said first control means and loop forming edges of said second movable loop forming plates are made inactive by said second control means so as to feed every other of said needles with yarn, and full knitting, wherein said loop forming edges of said first movable loop forming plates and said second movable loop forming plates are both made active by said first control means and second control means so as to feed each of said needles with yarn, is selectively performed.