Patent ID: 7204103

Claim:
A fabric winding machine coupled on a circular knitting machine which knits an annular fabric through two transmission brackets to rotate therewith synchronously comprising a fabric directing mechanism to flatten the annular fabric and a transmission mechanism to drive a fabric winding mechanism to collect the fabric on a fabric collection rod, the fabric winding machine having: a fabric non-splitting mode in which the fabric directing mechanism includes a detectable fabric extending bracket to stretch the annular fabric and a fabric directing rod assembly located beneath the fabric extending bracket to form a first fabric collection path so that the annular fabric is collected on the fabric collection rod through the first fabric collection path and the fabric winding mechanism; and a fabric splitting mode in which the fabric winding machine includes a fabric splitting unit to split the annular fabric to become a planar fabric and the fabric directing mechanism includes a detectable arched bracket to stretch the planar fabric and a split fabric directing rod to collect the planar fabric stretched by the arched bracket, the arched bracket having a fabric stretching initial end on one end of the fabric winding machine opposing the split fabric directing rod on another thereof to form a second fabric collection path so that the planar fabric is collected on the fabric collection rod through the second fabric collection path and the fabric winding mechanism; and means to switch between the modes wherein the fabric splitting mode or the fabric non-splitting mode is selected and used by the fabric winding machine according to yarn characteristics of the fabric of different materials.