Patent ID: 8215131
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A knitting element, which has a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and carries out knitting using a rotational movement of the rotor, the knitting element comprising: the rotor, which is formed in a circular disk shape, and the circumferential surface of which forms a sliding surface; a pair of bearing plates which are separated from each other in a radial direction of the rotor and slidably support the circumferential surface of the rotor; and a pair of supporting plates which are disposed on either side of the rotor in a thickness direction so as to sandwich the rotor and the pair of bearing plates, and which support the rotor and the pair of bearing plates, wherein the bearing plates and the supporting plates are integrated to constitute a thin plate shape, the rotor is provided with an engaging recess section which passes through the rotor in the thickness direction and is opened from the circumferential surface side toward the inside of the rotor, a plurality of teeth to which rotational drive force is transmitted are formed in a circumference edge portion of the rotor, and a knitting yarn introduction opening through which a knitting yarn enters and exits from the engaging recess section is formed in each of the pair of supporting plates.