Patent ID: 6021651
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds with a large number of needles, one in a front and one in a back, top ends of said needle beds being opposed to each other so as to form a trick gap in between, said flat knitting machine having a yarn feeding system comprising at least a carrier rail arranged above the needle beds and a yarn carrier movable along the carrier rail and for feeding yarn to the needles,said flat knitting machine characterized in thatsaid yarn carrier comprises:a base movable along the carrier rail;a planar plate guide disposed substantially parallel with said carrier rail and having one end fixed to said base, said plate guide extending downwards from said base near the trick gap; anda feeder rod extending from the base towards the trick gap, movable vertically, having a yarn feeding eyelet at a bottom end towards the trick gap, and being supported by said plate guide proximate said yarn feeding eyelet, and thatsaid flat knitting machine further comprises:raising means for keeping said feeder rod in a raised position while the yarn feeder is in a stand-by position; andlowering means for lowering said feeder rod while yarn is to be fed from said yarn feeding eyelet to a needle.