Patent ID: 6968715
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic-type needle selection device of a flat knitting machine comprising: at least one pair of needle beds; a carriage that moves over the needle beds; a plurality of needle grooves formed in each needle bed, the needle grooves slidably containing needles; a magnetic needle-selection mechanism provided on the carriage, the magnetic needle-selection mechanism capable of selecting needles by supplying an electric current to an electromagnetic coil, by canceling a magnetic flux of an adsorption surface of a selector actuator, and by releasing a knitting member that has been adsorbed to the adsorption surface from the adsorption surface; the magnetic-type needle selection device of the flat knitting machine further comprising: a carriage speed detecting means for detecting the moving speed of the carriage; and a power supply control means for controlling a current-application interval of an electric current supplied to the selector actuator in accordance with a carriage speed detected by the carriage speed detecting means.