Patent ID: 7716955

Claim:
Sinker set for knitting systems for production of plush goods, comprising: a coulier sinker and a plush sinker, each having flat sides and; when in use, abutting against each other on two flat sides that face each other, and wherein the coulier sinker and the plush sinker have guiding edges at a distance from each other, said guiding edges being associated with various guiding surfaces of a sinker receiving device in which the sinkers are mounted with at least one of the sinkers being mounted for driven movement in a longitudinal direction of the sinkers and transverse to a longitudinal direction of a needle associated with both sinkers; and wherein at least some of said guiding surfaces are moveable in the longitudinal direction of the needle and engage certain of said guiding edges to adjust the relative positions of said sinkers in the longitudinal direction of the needle independently of one another.