Claims
- 1. In a pattern-making device for a pile knitting machine for manufacturing patterned knitted pile fabrics, the knitting machine being of the type having a row of needles which move fore and aft and multiple pile thread guides movable between the needles, thread selecting sinkers controlled according to the desired pattern by patterning means, the thread exit openings of said multiple pile thread guide being disposed in a plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axes of the needles, the improvement comprising means mounting the thread selecting sinkers for vertical movement perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the needles, said mounting means including means for pivotal movement of the thread selecting sinkers intermediate the ends thereof about axes parallel to the row of needles, varying pattern spacer means positioned adjacent the thread selecting sinkers and constituting means for moving said thread selecting sinkers about their pivotal mounting means and for positioning the lower ends of said thread selecting sinkers adjacent any selected one thread exit opening of the multiple pile thread guide, and means for locking the thread selecting sinkers in a respective selected position relative to the corresponding exit openings of the multiple pile thread guides.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 678,333 filed Apr. 14, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,031,717.
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3707853 |
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Jan 1973 |
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3857260 |
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678333 |
Apr 1976 |
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