Patent ID: 6189345
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A yarn-locking/cutting device comprising:a circular stocking knitting machine with knitting needles, yarn guides for supplying yarns to the needles and movable from a position of knitting to a position of not knitting, and a cutting unit for taking and cutting the yarns when the yarns are removed from the knitting;a support;a fixed element; andan oscillating element, said fixed element and said oscillating element interacting with a pliers or scissors action and hanging from said support, said support being arranged stationarily in a zone contained between the yam guides and the cutting unit, said elements being inclined in a direction of rotation of the circular stocking knitting machine, said fixed element includes a fixed plate which hangs from said support and which has a back side turned towards an outside of the circular stocking knitting machine, and said oscillating element includes a locking lever movable on an oscillation pin between an inactive position at a distance from the outer back side of the fixed plate and an active position adjacent to the outer back side of the fixed plate, said oscillating lever having at least one means for capturing the yarn and pulling and locking same towards and against said back side of said fixed plate in response to a command to exit the knitting and cut the yarn proper.