Patent ID: 7882710

Claim:
Circular knitting machine for the production of knitted goods by at least partially using fibre materials ( 10 , 11 ), including a machine axis ( 27 ), a multiplicity of knitting systems ( 6 ) distributed around the machine axis ( 27 ), drafting devices ( 8 , 8 a , 8 b , 8 c ) having drafting rollers to feed the fibre materials ( 10 , 11 ) at least to some of these knitting systems ( 6 ) and drive units ( 28 ) actively connected to associated drafting rollers to drive the drafting rollers, characterised in that a fibre-tight partition wall ( 26 ) is provided, which is arranged transversely to the machine axis ( 27 ), the drafting devices ( 8 , 8 a , 8 b , 8 c ) being arranged below this partition wall ( 26 ) and the drive units ( 28 ) being arranged above it, and the drive units ( 28 ) being coupled to the associated drafting rollers through the partition wall ( 26 ).