Patent ID: 8561436

Claim:
A direct driving auxiliary yarn guide apparatus for a flat knitting machine, the flat knitting machine including a chassis, a needle bar located on the chassis, a slide track located above the needle bar, a yarn feeder slidably mounted onto the slide track and a yarn delivery device such that yarns are directed by the auxiliary yarn guide apparatus to pass through the yarn delivery device to the yarn feeder and knitted via the needle bar, the auxiliary yarn guide apparatus comprising: a motor located on the chassis and contained an extended spindle driven by the motor to generate spinning; a motor holder located on the chassis to hold the motor; a yarn guide plate fastened to the motor holder, the yarn guide plate including a plurality of apertures threaded through by the yarns, wherein the spindle includes a distal end coupled with a bearing and a support rack coupled with the bearing and the yarn guide plate; and a plurality of yarn guide wheels mounted on the spindle and driven to spin such that the yarn guide wheels draw and direct the yarns to the yarn feeder during spinning.