Patent ID: 6988385
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A yarn feeding device of a flat knitting machine including: a feeder case a part of which is slidably engaged with a yarn guide rail disposed on an upper part of a needle bed; and a slide driving mechanism by which a yarn feeder selected from among a plurality of yarn feeders by a leading means is led, wherein the feeder case includes a switching mechanism for switching a position of a yarn feeding mouth to another and swinging the yarn feeder; the switching mechanism includes a push operating portion for changing a swing direction of the yarn feeding mouth and a height position thereof in cooperation with the leading means; and the push operating portion forms a lowering surface used to further lower the yarn feeding mouth from a yarn feeding position in a surface of the push operating portion, and, until the yarn feeder selected by the leading means feeds a yarn and is led from a stopped state, the yarn feeding mouth is lowered from a standby position to a descent position and is raised to the yarn feeding position after a knitting yarn is allowed to pass under a backface side of a knitting needle.