Patent ID: 6257026
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A needle control device for stocking knitting machines, comprising:a connecting element accommodatable in a slot of a needle holder for engaging a needle or sub-needle or slider arranged in said slot of the needle holder; andan actuation element which is connected to said connecting element and which is oscillatable on command on a plane which is substantially parallel to sides of said slot of the needle holder when said connecting element and said actuation element are accommodated in said slot of the needle holder, said actuation element being provided with at least one first heel and at least one second heel which are mutually spaced along a first side of said actuation element that lies opposite a second side of said actuation element directed toward a bottom of said slot of the needle holder when said connecting element and said actuation element are accommodated in said slot of the needle holder, said actuation element being movable when said connecting element and said actuation element are accommodated in said slot of the needle holder, as a consequence of its oscillation on said plane, into three positions, respectively a first position, in which said heels are both inserted in said slot of the needle holder, a second position, in which said first heel protrudes from said slot of the needle holder while said second heel is inserted in said slot of the needle holder, and a third position, in which said first heel is inserted in said slot of the needle holder while said second heel protrudes from said slot of the needle holder.