Patent ID: 6889531

Claim:
A method of controlling elastic thread laid in knitting by reciprocal movement in a small diameter knitting machine for production of sock goods, comprising: leading an elastic thread (E) to the knitting machine; during an interval after passing of a last knitting needle ( 1 ) in one direction of turning of a thread guide ( 2 ) and before the last knitting needle ( 1 ) reaches a dead point thereof, braking and halting the leading of the elastic thread; during a reverse passing of the last knitting needle ( 1 ) around the thread guide ( 2 ), braking off the elastic thread; lifting the thread guide ( 2 ) for laying the elastic thread into a non-working position; thereafter positively feeding the elastic thread into the thread guide ( 2 ) up to a moment of cutting off the elastic thread; cutting off the elastic thread at the moment of cutting off; and catching the cut off elastic thread in a pneumatic nozzle of the knitting machine.