Patent ID: 7207194
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A weft knitting machine comprising: needle beds having needle plates disposed thereon at even intervals, and having knitting needles disposed side-by-side between each of said needle plates so as to be advanced and retreated by a carriage, said needle beds being arranged in a backward-and-forward direction such that mouth portions thereof confront each other, said carriage being operable to slide said knitting needles so as to advance and retreat said knitting needles, and being operable to run on each of said needle beds; a movable yarn guide member for guiding yarn fed from a yarn feeder to a predetermined position, said yarn guide member being provided at said mouth portions so as to be able to advance and retreat; a stitch cam for setting a density of knit by drawing in at least one of said knitting needles holding the yarn fed from said yarn feeder, said stitch cam being provided in said carriage and operable to allow adjustment of the density of the knit; and a linking device for linking said stitch cam to said yarn guide member such that when said stitch cam moves to a knit-forming side for forming the knit, said yarn guide member moves in a direction so as to advance to a side of a gap portion between said mouth portions, and such that when said stitch cam moves to a stitch-cam-intermitting side whereat the knit is not formed, said yarn guide member moves in a direction so as to retreat from the gap portion between said mouth portions toward a needle bed side.