Patent ID: 7748239
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. Circular knitting machine, containing: a rotatably mounted needle cylinder ( 2 ), knitting tools ( 3 ) disposed therein, a plurality of knitting systems ( 6 ) disposed on the circumference of the needle cylinder ( 2 ) and a corresponding plurality of drawing frames ( 8 ) assigned individually to the knitting systems ( 6 ) for supplying essentially untwisted fibrous materials ( 10 ) to knitting tools ( 3 ) which can be deployed on the knitting systems ( 6 ) in respectively one fibre-receiving position, the drawing frames ( 8 ) having upper and lower rolls ( 26 a , 27 a , 28 a ; 26 b , 27 b , 28 b ) and being combined in bar form to form drawing frame assemblies which are provided with common drives and disposed distributed on the circumference of the needle cylinder ( 2 ), characterised in that each drawing frame assembly has at least four and at most eight adjacent drawing frames and a central housing ( 25 ) intended for receiving the drives ( 30 , 31 ), from which housing the upper and lower rolls ( 26 a , 27 a , 28 a ; 26 b , 27 b , 28 b ) of the drawing frame assembly protrude on both sides.