Patent ID: 6101850
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A system for selecting needles for a circular knitting machine having a series of mobile elements, interrelated with respective stationary elements comprising:a cylinder having an external contour; multiple longitudinal conduits distributed throughout said external contour;a needle located in each conduit;three successive positionable elements located in each conduit which determine a movement of said needle;one of said three successive positionable elements being an elastically deformable element in the form of a bascule;two electromagnetic selection systems having two cams which determine an action of said elastically deformable element;a press cam on which said elastically deformable element rests;an opposing elastic leg which works in an opposite direction than said elastically deformable element works;said elastically deformable element being capable of tilting with respect to said two electromagnetic selection systems and of moving in a longitudinal direction when it is free from said two electromagnetic selection systems to determine a moving section of said needle;a stationary part of the system having operating cams for said needle and each of said three successive positionable elements that determine an action of said positionable elements according to the rotation of said cylinder.