Patent ID: 7895862

Claim:
A knitting machine with latch needles, comprising a needle holder on one face of which there are multiple side-by-side slots which are open at one of their longitudinal ends on a side of the needle holder which defines the knitting forming plane, each slot accommodating a needle which can be actuated with a reciprocating motion along the corresponding slot with an extraction motion, by means of which the needle is extracted from the needle holder with its tip and with a portion of its shank through said longitudinal end of the corresponding slot in order to release, onto its shank, the previously formed loop of knitting and/or engage the yarn or yarns dispensed at a feed or drop of the machine, and with a retraction motion, by means of which the needle is made to retract with its tip into the corresponding slot in order to form a new loop of knitting by lowering the loop of knitting previously formed in order to produce knitting, further comprising, in at least part of the regions of the needle holder comprised between two contiguous slots, elements for retaining the knitting which have a portion which forms a stop shoulder for the knitting, each knitting retention element being movable on command from a first position, in which it does not interfere with the knitting being formed, to a second position, in which it is inserted with said portion between two contiguous needles in a region which faces said knitting forming plane, in order to retain the portion of knitting that lies between two contiguous needles, contrasting the entrainment of the knitting along the needles during the extraction motion of said needles, actuation means being provided for actuating said knitting retention element for its passage from said first position to said second position and vice versa in a manner which is coordinated with the actuation of the contiguous needles wherein each knitting retention element is rigidly connected, proximate to its side directed away from the needle holder, to at least one contiguous knitting retention element.