Patent ID: 8240173

Claim:
A device for takedown of the article being formed, for circular knitting machines, comprising: at least one takedown roller, which is supported, so that it can rotate about its own axis, by a supporting structure and can engage, by means of its lateral surface, the article to be taken down; a motor element that can rotate with a reciprocating motion, along an arc of rotation, about a main axis; actuation means, which operate on said motor element for its rotation about said main axis in a first direction of rotation; reloading means that operate on said motor element for its rotation about said main axis in a second direction of rotation that is opposite to said first direction of rotation; unidirectional connection means interposed between said motor element and said takedown roller for connecting said takedown roller to said motor element in its rotation in said first direction of rotation and for disconnecting said takedown roller from said motor element in its rotation in said second direction of rotation; characterized in that said reloading means comprise a fluid-operated reloading cylinder, which is supported by said supporting structure and operates with the stem of its piston on said motor element with a reloading force that is oriented along a direction spaced from said main axis for applying to said motor element a reloading torque that is oriented concordantly with said second direction of rotation.