Claims
- 1. An assembly plate mounted on a cam base plate for the stationary and interchangeable assembling of at least one cam part of a group of cam parts of a knitting machine at at least one location on the assembly plate, said group including a plurality of cam parts of the same or different type, each cam part having an outer contour and one predetermined position at said location, and the assembly plate having a first surface and attaching means for mounting said cam parts on said assembly plate first surface and a plurality of first positioning means for association with said cam parts, said first positioning means being raised portions of the assembly plate which are integral and unitary with such plate, said first positioning means being located essentially entirely on said assembly plate first surface about the outer contour of each of said cam parts with respect to said attaching means for non-rotatably and non-slidably maintaining said cam parts in position to accurately orient said cam parts into a selected needle guidance position, at least one cam part having only one position on said assembly plate in which all of said first positioning means associated with such one cam part bear against the outer contour of such one cam part, said first positioning means having a height above said first surface of the assembly plate less than the height of the cam parts so that butts of a needle assembly will contact only the cam parts and will not come into contact with said first positioning means, said assembly plate including means for mounting said plate on the cam base plate.
- 2. An assembly plate according to claim 1, said assembly plate being provided with a least one screwthreaded hole and wherein said attaching means comprises at least one screw, each cam part having at least one hole for receiving with play said screw such that in the assembled condition of said at least one cam part said screw projects with play through said hole of said at least one cam part and into the screwthreaded hole in said assembly plate for fastening said at least one cam part in said predetermined position.
- 3. An assembly plate according to claim 1, further having at least one second positioning means being accurately aligned to said first positioning means and serving to define the position of the assembly plate and thereby also of the cam part at the knitting machine.
- 4. An assembly plate according to claim 1, in which said assembly plate is associated with a slide member and said assembly plate further has at least one third positioning means serving to position the slide member within the assembly plate in a first direction, said slide member being movably mounted in at least one second direction by said third positioning means, and at least one cam part being fastened to the slide member.
- 5. An assembly plate according to claim 3, further including at least one fitting means fixed to said knitting machine, wherein said second positioning means comprises a rectangular opening in said assembly plate the width of the opening measured in a first direction being equal to the width of the at least one fitting means such that said assembly plate may be moved on said fitting means in a direction perpendicular to said first direction and is positioned by said fitting means in said first direction.
- 6. An assembly plate according to claim 1, wherein said knitting machine has a plurality of knitting systems and wherein the assembly plate includes a plurality of said first positioning means for positioning a number of cam parts corresponding to at least two of said plurality of knitting systems.
- 7. A metal assembly plate mounted on a cam base plate for assembling a plurality of cam parts of a knitting machine and for being mounted on said knitting machine, the assembly plate including a first surface and attaching means for mounting cam parts on said assembly plate first surface, at least one cam part being stationarily mountable and at least one cam part being movably mountable by means of at least one slide member, each cam part having an outer contour, wherein the assembly plate comprises first positioning means for positioning said stationary cam part in one predetermined position on the assembly plate by bearing against the outer contour thereof, said first positioning means being stamped raised portions of the assembly plate which are integral and unitary with such plate, said first positioning means being located essentially entirely on said assembly plate first surface about the outer contour of said cam part with respect to said attaching means for maintaining said cam part in position to accurately orient said cam part into a selected needle guidance position, said stationary cam part having only one position on said assembly plate in which all of said first positioning means associated with such one cam part bear against the outer contour of such one cam part, said first positioning means having a height above said first surface of the assembly plate less than the height of the cam parts so that butts of a needle assembly will contact only the cam parts and will not come into contact with said first positioning means, said assembly plate including means for mounting said plate on a cam base plate, second positioning means being accurately aligned to said first positioning means and serving to define the position of the assembly plate and thereby also of the cam parts on the knitting machine and third positioning means being accurately aligned to said first positioning means for positioning the slide member on the assembly plate, said second and third positioning means and the assembly plate being formed by a stamping process.
- 8. An assembly plate according to claim 1, wherein said assembly plate includes a bent part at an angle and further comprising a second positioning means.
- 9. An assembly plate according to claim 1, wherein said first positioning means are stamped.
- 10. An assembly plate according to claim 5, wherein said second positioning means further comprises a circular opening which receives with snug fit a fitting bolt, serving to position the assembly plate on said knitting machine in said second direction.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 728,460, filed Sept. 29, 1976, now abandoned.
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