Patent ID: 7216513
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for applying sliding resistance for a weft knitting machine, which applies sliding resistance to a moving member which is brought by a carriage and slides in a longitudinal direction of a needle bed in a weft knitting machine, the apparatus comprising: a guide rail disposed in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the needle bed, the moving member being able to slidably move on the guide rail; connection switching means which is capable of carrying out switching between a state where the moving member and the carriage are connected and the carriage brings the moving member, and a state where the connection is released and the carriage does not bring the moving member; first sliding resistance applying means for applying first sliding resistance in-between the guide rail and the moving member; and second sliding resistance applying means for applying second sliding resistance in-between the moving member and the carriage, and making the second sliding resistance smaller than the first sliding resistance at least when the carriage reverses a moving direction.