Patent ID: 8484998

Claim:
A circular knitting machine with a fine gauge, comprising: a circular cylinder including a needle holding surface, a plurality of knitting needles located on the needle holding surface and arranged in parallel with an axial direction of the circular cylinder to move alternately, and an annular top surface corresponding to the plurality of the knitting needles and a bending angle being formed between the annular top surface and the needle holding surface; and a sinker holder which is located annularly on an outer side of the circular cylinder and includes a plurality of retaining slots and a plurality of sinkers each being held in one of the plurality of retaining slots, each of the plurality of sinkers including a slide edge, a movement edge extended at a same elevation from the slide edge to the annular top surface and located above the annular top surface, and a loop forming nose located between two neighboring knitting needles, each of the plurality of retaining slots including a leaning surface in contact with the slide edge to allow the sinker to move towards the annular top surface to proceed a loop forming movement; wherein each of the plurality of knitting needles is formed at a thickness ranged from 0.15 mm to 0.3 mm and each of the plurality of sinkers is formed at a thickness ranged from 0.1 mm to 0.15 mm.