Patent ID: 6321575
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A cam and sinker system with needles for terry cloth formation on circular knitting machines and stocking knitting machines, the system comprising:sinkers, each sinker including a shaft and a control bottom part, a head having a horizontal plain stitch formation plane, a top mouth for the formation of terry cloth loops, an intermediate mouth delimiting said top mouth, a notch for the formation of a mixed plain stitch, and a rear shoulder which is facing said bottom part and perpendicular to said shaft;a cam arrangement intended to selectively interact with said control bottom part and with said shoulder for differentiated inlet and outlet longitudinal movements of each sinker in relation to the needles for a selective formation of a plain stitch at said horizontal plane, a terry cloth stitch at said top mouth and a mixed stitch at said notch of the sinker.