Patent ID: 6237372
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A device for detachably and pivotably mounting feeders in circular machines for knitted fabrics, comprising:a circular knitting machine having a central shaft having a longitudinal axis, said knitting machine having a fixed part;a feeder having a body having an upper-and-outer part;a support carried by one of said fixed part and said upper-and-outer part;a pivot shaft having an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the central shaft carried by another of said fixed part and said upper-and-outer part, portions of said pivot shaft being detachably and pivotably carried in said support;whereby said feeder can be pivoted about said axis of said pivot shaft from a first position wherein said feeder is oriented toward an interior of the machine, the first position being a working position suitable for delivery of threads to the machine, to a second non-working position wherein said feeder is oriented toward an exterior of the machine, such that in the second position the feeder is lifted outside a working area, thus making the interior of the machine accessible without having to remove the feeder from the machine or cutting the threads.