Patent ID: 9010156
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A single circular knitting machine consisting of: (a) a central rotatable needle cylinder, (b) a sinker ring surrounding the central rotatable needle cylinder, the sinker ring comprising a circular arrangement of a plurality of sinkers and cam systems, wherein each sinker has a proximal end, which is proximal to the needle cylinder, and a distal end, which is distal to the needle cylinder, and corresponds to a needle, and wherein said cam systems acts to vertically raise and lower such needles, wherein each sinker comprises a rocker at the distal end, such rocker further comprising an upper and a lower control bump, and wherein each sinker comprises a recessed pivot inlet, and (c) the sinker ring comprising a pivot point projection below the sinkers at the distal end, the pivot point projection comprising a plurality of pivot point slits, each such pivot point slit extending into a corresponding pivot inlet, wherein a sinker is accommodated by each pivot point slit such that the sinker can be tilted with its pivot inlet and wherein each sinker is laterally fixed at its proximal end in a needle gap by means of a sliding bump, such that a loop of thread or yarn is transported to a shaft of the needle behind a corresponding needle latch in response to a formation of thread or yarn loops.