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114results about "Flat-bed knitting machines" patented technology

Bottom plate and knitting needle assembly for flat knitting machine

The utility model relates to the field of flat knitting machines, and discloses a bottom plate and knitting needle assembly for a flat knitting machine, which comprises a bottom plate (1), a knitting area assembly (A), a station needle selection area assembly (B) and a knitting needle assembly (C), and the knitting needle assembly (C) comprises a knitting needle (C1), a long needle (C2) and a station needle selection (C3) which are matched with one another. The long needle (C2) is in contact fit with the knitting area assembly (A) and drives the knitting needle (C1) to move, and the station needle selection (C3) is in contact fit with the station needle selection area assembly (B) and drives the knitting needle (C1) to move. According to the triangular bottom plate of the flat knitting machine, the structural design and the knitting function are optimized, the overall size is reduced, meanwhile, the function integration degree and the operation efficiency of the flat knitting machine are greatly improved, the production level of the flat knitting machine and the quality of knitted products can be effectively improved, and an innovative solution is provided for technical development of the flat knitting machine.
Owner:ZHEJIANG TONGTAI INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD

Yarn re-gripping method and flat knitting machine

PendingEP4726091A1Flat-bed knitting machines
A yarn re-gripping method and a flat knitting machine capable of suppressing a yarn gripped by a gripper from having a long tail are provided. A yarn re-gripping method includes: a first re-gripping step of moving a standby yarn being gripped by a first gripper (2) provided on an opposite side of the needle bed with respect to a cutter (46), and causing a second gripper (49) provided on the side of the needle bed of the cutter (46) to grip the standby yarn; a second re-gripping step of moving the standby yarn to the opposite side of the needle bed, and causing the first gripper (2) to grip the standby yarn; a cutting step of causing the cutter (46) to cut the standby yarn; and at least one of a threading step and a yarn clipping step, the threading step including: causing a yarn feeder (120) to move the working yarn to be threaded and being gripped by the first gripper (2) and causing the second gripper (49) to grip the working yarn or causing a knitting needle (111) to catch the working yarn; and the yarn clipping step including: moving the working yarn to be clipped to a position permitting the first gripper (2) to grip the working yarn; causing the first gripper (2) to grip the working yarn; and then cutting the working yarn.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Stab-resistant fabric with cross-knit scale-like structure and method of making same

The application relates to a transverse knitting scale-shaped anti-puncture structure fabric and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the field of textile materials. The fabric is a regularly arranged and overlapped hollow anti-puncture structure, and the smallest cycle structure unit of the hollow anti-puncture structure comprises a surface layer, a bottom layer and an intermediate layer between the surface layer and the bottom layer; a plurality of three-side connecting single-side opening bag-shaped hollow interlayers are formed between the surface layer and the intermediate layer and between the bottom layer and the intermediate layer through a turning needle action, and anti-puncture blocks are replaceably arranged in the bag-shaped hollow interlayers; wherein the surface layer has an extension part which is located in the direction close to the opening side of the bag-shaped hollow interlayer. The anti-puncture structure fabric is integrally knitted by means of a four-needle bed computerized flat knitting machine, different knitting structures are adopted, the longitudinal row density of the surface layer, the intermediate layer and the bottom layer is changed, the area of the surface layer structure unit is larger than that of the intermediate layer (the bottom layer) structure unit, the anti-puncture blocks can be better attached to the inside of the knitted fabric, and the falling of the anti-puncture blocks is avoided.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV

Stitch pressing member, knitting machine having stitch pressing member, and methods of making, integrating, and using stitch pressing member

Stitch pressing members (56, 82), knitting machines (10) having stitch pressing members (56, 82), and methods of making, integrating, and using these stitch pressing members (56, 82) are provided. The stitch pressing member (56, 82) herein may be configured to replace a yarn feeder (20, 36) mounted on a guide rail (22) of a knitting machine (10). This allows the stitch pressing member (56, 82) to move along the guide rail (22) and between a raised position and a lowered position as the yarn feeder (20, 36), such that the stitch pressing member (56, 82) can be used to press the embedded yarn (13) to form part of the knitted structure. The stitch pressing member (56, 82) herein may be implemented in a knitting machine (10) to facilitate different stitch pressing processes with limited cost, complexity, and improvements to existing knitting machines (10).
Owner:NIKE INNOVATE CV

Method of knitting a knitted component for an article of footwear and knitted component

A knitted component for an article of footwear includes a knit element defining an upper and a gusseted tongue formed of unitary knit construction with the knit element and extending through a portion of an instep area of the upper. The upper includes an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface. A portion of the knit element overlaps a lateral side edge and a medial side edge of the gusseted tongue along opposite sides of the instep area. The lateral side edge and the medial side edge remain unsecured to the knit element. The gusseted tongue is joined to the knit element at a forward portion of the instep area. The lateral side edge and the medial side edge of the gusseted tongue are secured to the knit element along the forward portion of the instep area so as to form the knitted component as a one-piece element.
Owner:NIKE INNOVATE CV

Computerized flat knitting machine

The invention discloses a computerized flat knitting machine which comprises a rack, a front needle bed and a rear needle bed, the front needle bed and the rear needle bed are symmetrically arranged on the rack, a front triangular seat and a rear triangular seat are arranged on the front needle bed and the rear needle bed respectively, the front triangular seat moves on the front needle bed through a first front guide rail and a second front guide rail, and the first front guide rail is located on the lower side of the front triangular seat; the front triangular seat is connected with the front second guide rail through a front guide rail bracket; the rear triangular base moves on the rear needle bed through a rear first guide rail and a rear second guide rail, the rear first guide rail is located on the lower side of the rear triangular base, the rear second guide rail is located above the rear triangular base, and the rear triangular base is connected with the rear second guide rail through a rear guide rail support; a gap is formed between the front guide rail bracket and the rear guide rail bracket and is positioned above the front needle bed tooth opening and the rear needle bed tooth opening; a connecting part of the front triangular seat and the rear triangular seat is abandoned, and the front triangular seat and the rear triangular seat of the knitting machine head are separated to be mutually independent in structure, so that warps can be guided in from top to bottom in the front vertical direction.
Owner:CHANGSHU GUOGUANG MACHINERY

Needle guiding type warp guiding-in mechanism

The guide needle type warp guide-in mechanism comprises a plurality of yarn inlet holes, a plurality of yarn guide guide needles are arranged below the yarn inlet holes, yarn outlet holes are formed in the lower ends of the yarn guide guide needles, and the yarn outlet holes are located between tooth openings of a front needle bed and a rear needle bed. The front needle bed knitting needle and the rear needle bed knitting needle adjacent to the front needle bed knitting needle extend into a crack between the front needle bed knitting needle and the rear needle bed knitting needle adjacent to the front needle bed knitting needle; the needle guiding type warp guiding-in mechanism is simple in structure, warp penetrating is convenient, occupied space is remarkably reduced, and it can be guaranteed that the warp is guided in place.
Owner:CHANGSHU GUOGUANG MACHINERY

A pleated computerized flat knitting machine knitting method

The present invention discloses a computerized flat knitting method for pleats, which is specifically implemented through the following steps: S1, knitting the hem; S2, knitting the hem over one side; S3, knitting the first pleat portion; S4, knitting the last pleat cycle and one turn on one side. By using the knitting method of the present invention to knit pleats, not only can the effect of each pleat be consistent, which is difficult to achieve with manual sewing, but also the absence of a seam line, and the transverse elasticity of the portion where the pleats connect to the body of the shirt will be better than that of a seam; at the same time, the absence of a seam hem, and the purpose of improving the comfort of the product, are achieved. This effectively solves the problem in existing computerized knitting technology for pleats, which is not only high in cost, but also cannot guarantee the quality of the finished product due to manual sewing, and the pleats will become thicker due to folding, resulting in poor results.
Owner:INTELLIGENT KNITTING SOFTWARE (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

Warp-feeding device

A warp feeding device that can make a warp easily knitted down and suppress complication around a yarn feeding path is provided. A warp feeding device 1 that feeds a warp 3b from above to a flat knitting machine 2, the warp feeding device 1 including: a jacquard shedding machine 11 (motor 11a) that generates a driving force, a driving roller 20 provided rotatably below the jacquard shedding machine 11 and having a peripheral surface in contact with the warp 3b fed from a yarn source reel 3a so as to bend a yarn feeding direction downward, and a transmission mechanism 30 that transmits the driving force so as to rotate the driving roller 20 only in one direction and feeds the warp 3b downward.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Fully-fashioned compression ski suit knitted by four-needle bed, and knitting method of fully-fashioned compression ski suit

Provided are a fully-fashioned compression ski suit knitted by a four-needle bed, and a knitting method of the fully-fashioned compression ski suit. The fully-fashioned compression ski suit includes a top, and trousers. The top is integrally knitted and fashioned, and corresponding functional weave structures are arranged on shoulder parts, upper arm parts, elbow parts, a chest part and a back part of the top according to functional divisions of human body parts. The trousers are integrally knitted and fashioned, and corresponding functional weave structures are arranged on outer thigh parts, inner thigh parts, knee parts and rear shank parts of the trousers according to the functional divisions of the human body parts. Through the functional division design, the wearing comfort is improved while ensuring that the compression suit has a certain pressure support.
Owner:SUZHOU RAINBOW FASHION CO LTD

Method of knitting a knitted component for an article of footwear

A method of manufacturing a knitted component (130) for an article of footwear (100) comprises: holding a first portion (1150) on needles (1003) of one of a first needle bed (1001) and an opposite second needle bed of a knitting machine (1000); knitting a tongue portion (124) with the knitting machine (1000) while the first portion (1150) of the knit element (131) is held on the needles (1003); shifting the first needle bed (1001) on the knitting machine (1000) in a first lateral direction relative to the second needle bed; joining the first portion (1150) and the tongue portion (124) to form a combined portion (1152) while the needle beds are shifted; holding the combined portion (1152) on the needles (1004) of one of the first needle bed and the second needle bed of the knitting machine (1000); knitting a second portion (1154) of the knit element (131) with the knitting machine (1000) while the combined portion (1152) is held on the needles (1004); shifting the first needle bed (1001) on the knitting machine (1000) in a second lateral direction relative to the second needle bed; and joining the second portion (1154) and the combined portion (1152) while the needle beds are shifted to form the knitted component (130).
Owner:NIKE INNOVATE CV

Method for changing yarn grips and flat knitting machine

The present invention provides a method for changing the gripper of knitting yarn and a flat knitting machine that can suppress the lengthening of the yarn end of the yarn gripped by the gripper. [Solution] The device comprises: a first gripping step in which the waiting yarn, gripped by a first gripper 2 located on the opposite side of the needle bed of the cutter 46, is moved toward the needle bed and gripped by a second gripper 49 located on the needle bed side of the cutter 46; a second gripping step in which the waiting yarn, gripped by the second gripper 49, is moved toward the opposite side of the needle bed and gripped by the first gripper 2; a cutting step in which the waiting yarn, gripped by at least the first gripper 2 or the second gripper 49, is cut by the cutter 46; and a yarn feeding step in which the yarn to be fed, gripped by the first gripper 2, is gripped by the second gripper 49 or held by the knitting needle 111 by moving the yarn feeder 120, or a yarn feeding step in which the yarn to be fed is moved to a position where it can be gripped by the first gripper 2, gripped by the first gripper 2, and then the yarn is cut.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Device for knitting precious metal wires

Device for knitting precious metal wires in the form of a flat knitting machine, which has the following units: 1. at least one unit for wire feeding; 2. at least one wire tensioning unit; 3. at least one wire-guiding unit; and 4. a front and rear needle bed on which knitting can be carried out simultaneously with the at least one wire, the device being designed such that the unit under 2. creates a tension on the wire during the knitting process depending on the wire diameter, which is defined by the following formula (I): Voltage [g] = (0.11 × n) × wire diameter [μm] − 8 where n can take values ​​between 1 and 3 and the dimension [µm] -1 ] has.
Owner:UMICORE AG & CO KG

Method for knitting a tubular knitted fabric

To provide a method of knitting a cylindrical knitted fabric unnecessary of hand work, and capable of having knitting yarn hard to fray.SOLUTION: Knitting yarn extending from a first feeder used for knitting a first knitted fabric is prevented from fraying when knitting a cylindrical knitted fabric including a first knitted fabric part. A first stitch is knitted by moving a first feeder in a first direction. A specific stitch in the vicinity of the first stitch of existing stitch rows held on a second needle bed of a flat-knitting machine is transferred to a first needle bed to have the specific knitting needle held with the specific stitch an empty needle. The first stitch is transferred to the specific knitting needle. A second stitch drawn from the first stitch is knitted by split-knitting on the first stitch. There is formed a double stitch obtained by superposing the second stitch on the first stitch. The specific stitch is returned to the specific knitting needle. A final end stitch is knitted continuously in a wale direction of the double stitch.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

FLAT KNITTING MACHINE

ActiveDE602024000619T2Flat-bed knitting machines
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Medical knitted garment and manufacturing process for such a knitted garment

Medical knitted piece and method of manufacturing such a knitted piece. The invention relates to a medical knitted piece, particularly in the form of an orthopedic bandage or dressing, intended to be applied to a part of the body for medical or therapeutic treatment or intended to support the body part, in which the knitted piece has a main knit (1) knitted in one knitting direction(s) and at least one compartment (3) for receiving at least one functional element (4) as well as a notch-shaped opening (2) in the main knit, through which the functional element (4) can be inserted into the compartment and / or removed.To simplify the insertion of the functional element, the opening (2) extends obliquely with respect to the knitting direction(s), and, to simplify the production of the knitted piece, the opening (2) is made by seamless knitting in the main knit during the knitting of the main knit on a flat knitting machine. Figure for the abbreviation: Fig. 1.
Owner:JULIUS ZORN

Flat knitting machine

The invention discloses a flat knitting machine which comprises a yarn bed, a yarn nozzle and a traction mechanism, wherein the yarn bed is used for knitting yarns; the yarn nozzle is arranged above the yarn bed and can horizontally reciprocate; the traction mechanism is used for pulling the yarns and feeding the yarns into the yarn bed through the yarn nozzle; a main buffering piece is arranged at the position close to the downstream of the guiding mechanism, an auxiliary buffering piece is arranged at the position close to the upstream of the yarn nozzle, the main buffering piece and the auxiliary buffering piece are each provided with a yarn guiding part for guiding the yarn to pass through, and the yarn guiding parts of the main buffering piece and the auxiliary buffering piece apply upward lifting tension force to the yarn passing through the yarn guiding parts all the time. The device has the beneficial effects that friction loss and stress concentration in the yarn conveying process are reduced, and therefore the yarn tension stability and operation efficiency of the flat knitting machine under the high-frequency switching working condition are improved.
Owner:ZHEJIANG HENGQIANG TECH CO LTD

Method for manufacturing a compression article and associated compression article

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a compression article, more particularly for the treatment of lymphoedema or lipoedema, the method comprising the following steps: - providing a rectilinear knitting machine, the rectilinear knitting machine comprising four knitting beds and a depositing device which is suitable for depositing at least one weft yarn (46) between two of the four knitting beds; and - knitting a closed knit along a circumference comprising rows of stitches with the four knitting beds, at least one weft yarn (46) being inserted between the rows of stitches by the depositing device, the at least one weft yarn (46) being an elastic yarn, the rows of stitches being formed by stitch yarns comprising at least one elastic stitch yarn (42).
Owner:THUASNE SA

Double-sided yarn-dyed knitting

In double-sided yarn-dyed knitting, the presented color of each loop on the front is purer, providing a double-sided yarn-dyed knit with an improved visual experience on the front. [Solution] A double-sided yarn-dyed knitted fabric 20 comprising a plurality of front loops 21 and a plurality of back loops 22, wherein the double-sided yarn-dyed knitted fabric is knitted with at least two colored yarns, each of these front loops is knitted with at least one of two colored yarns 30, 31, each of these back loops is knitted simultaneously with at least two colored yarns, and the front of the double-sided yarn-dyed knitted fabric is varied by at least two colored yarns.
Owner:PAI LUNG MACHINERY MILL CO LTD

Stitch-pressing component, knitting machine with stitch-pressing component, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same

PendingEP4702183A1Flat-bed knitting machines
Stitch-pressing components (56, 82), knitting machines (10) with stitch-pressing components (56, 82), and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same. The stitch-pressing components (56, 82) herein can be configured to replace a yarn-feeder (20, 36) that is mounted on a rail (22) of a knitting machine (10). This allows the stitch-pressing component (56, 82) to be shifted along the rail (22), and shifted between a raised position and a lowered position like the yarn-feeder (20, 36), so that the stitch-pressing component (56, 82) can be used to press on yarn (13) that is inlaid to form part of a knitted structure. The stitch-pressing components (56, 82) herein can be implemented in knitting machines (10) to facilitate different stitch¬ pressing processes with limited cost, complexity, and modification to existing knitting machines (10).
Owner:NIKE INNOVATE CV

Glove machine for weaving low-fork gloves

The invention relates to a glove knitting machine for knitting low-fork gloves. The glove knitting machine comprises a rack, a front needle guide machine head and a rear needle guide machine head, the front needle guide machine head comprises a front triangular bottom plate as well as a front knitting needle triangle, a front left rubber string triangle, a front left needle raising triangle, a front middle triangle, a front right sealing triangle and a front right density triangle which are arranged on the front surface of the front triangular bottom plate, and the front right sealing triangle can move along the thickness direction of the front triangular bottom plate and is provided with a flush position and a full high position; the rear needle guide machine head comprises a rear triangular bottom plate, and a rear left density triangle, a rear left sealing triangle, a rear knitting triangle, a rear middle triangle, a rear right needle raising triangle and a rear right rubber string triangle which are arranged on the front surface of the rear triangular bottom plate, and the rear left sealing triangle moves along the thickness direction of the rear triangular bottom plate and has a flush position and a full high position; the rear middle triangle can move in the thickness direction of the rear triangle bottom plate and has a half-high position and a full-high position. According to the glove machine, the fingertips and the fingers are all free of thread ends, glove thread end processing is not needed, the working procedures are reduced, and the efficiency is improved.
Owner:ZHEJIANG BAIXIANG TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Method of braiding a braid

A knitting method of a knitted fabric capable of easily preventing the knitted yarn from being unraveled regardless of the structure of knitting needles. When knitting a knitted fabric including a first knitted fabric portion by a first needle bed of a flat knitting machine, a knitted yarn extending from a first feeder used in knitting of the first knitted fabric portion is fixed. The first feeder is moved in a first direction, and an anchor loop is knitted. The first feeder is moved in a second direction, and a first loop composed of a loop is caught in a second needle bed. The first feeder is moved in the first direction, and is disposed at a position beyond the first loop. The first feeder is moved in the second direction, and a second loop continuous in a loop wale direction of the first loop is knitted. The second loop is overlapped with a loop of an existing loop row caught in the first needle bed. The first feeder is moved in the first direction, and is disposed at a position beyond the second loop.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Flat knitting machine with adjustable gap between needle bed plates

The present invention discloses a knitting machine with adjustable needle bed plate gap, comprising two needle beds, each of which has several plate gap adjustment mechanisms. The plate gap adjustment mechanisms include an adjustment block, one end of which is rotatably connected to the needle bed via a pivot; the other end of which carries a rotatable adjustment cam, the side surface of which has several flat surfaces, the distances between the several flat surfaces and the center of the adjustment cam varying. The adjustment block has a roller in the middle that contacts the needle plate; the needle bed is also provided with a positioning block, the flat surface of the side surface of the adjusting cam contacts the positioning block on the needle bed. The present invention facilitates adjustment of the needle plate's longitudinal position, thereby adjusting the plate gap; the machine has multiple gear positions, and the overall structure is strong and reliable.
Owner:NINGBO CIXING

Method for braiding a tubular braid

A knitting method of a tubular knitted fabric, which can make a knitting thread difficult to be pulled out without hand work. In knitting a tubular knitted fabric including a first knitted fabric portion, a knitting thread extending from a first thread feeder used in knitting of the first knitted fabric portion is prevented from being pulled out. A first thread feeder is moved to a first direction, and a first loop is knitted. A specific loop in a loop row existing in the vicinity of the first loop is moved to a first needle bed from a second needle bed of a flat knitting machine, and a specific knitting needle in which the specific loop is latched is made to be an empty needle. The first loop is moved to the specific knitting needle. The first loop is increased in number of needles, and a second loop pulled out from the first loop is knitted. An overlapping loop in which the second loop is overlapped on the first loop is formed. The specific loop is returned to the specific knitting needle. The end loop is continuously knitted in a loop longitudinal direction of the overlapping loop.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Flat knitting machine with a pusher and pusher

A flat knitting machine is provided with an integrated transfer pusher, which improves stiffness and stabilizes the transfer by combining a base element and a blade element with a bilaterally asymmetrical shape, and which can also be used equally well for a blade element made of thin sheet metal with a bilaterally symmetrical shape. The transfer pusher 10 combines a base element 11, which is made of sheet metal with a certain stiffness, and a blade element 12, which is mounted on one side of the base element 11, is made of a thinner sheet metal material than the base element 11, and can be elastically deformed.The base member 11 comprises, sequentially in one direction from a front end to a rear end, a concave front end part 11a, which is recessed in one direction away from the blade member 12, a linearly extending stem part 11c, a drive part 11d, which receives the drive for the advance / retraction with respect to the needle bed gap 2, and a rear selector part 11e. The blade member 12 comprises, sequentially, a front end part 12a, a convex part 12b, and a stem part 12c.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Warp yarn feeding device

Provided is a warp yarn conveying device that can easily weave warp yarn downward and can suppress complication of the yarn path periphery. A warp yarn conveying device (1) that feeds warp yarn (3b) upward to a flat knitting machine (2) includes: a jacquard opening device (11) (motor (11a)) that generates a driving force; a driving roller (20) that is rotatably provided at a position below the jacquard opening device (11), a peripheral surface of the driving roller being in contact with the warp yarn (3b) that is fed from a yarn source bobbin (3a) to bend the yarn feeding direction downward; and a transmission mechanism (30) that transmits the driving force in such a manner that the driving roller (20) rotates in only one direction to feed the warp yarn (3b) downward.
Owner:SHIMA SEIKI MFG LTD

Double-sided knitted fabric with coloured yarns

A double-sided yarn-dyed fabric (20) includes a plurality of front yarn loops (21) and a plurality of back yarn loops (22). The double-sided yarn-dyed fabric (20) is knitted by at least two color yarns (30,31), each of the front yarn loops (21) is respectively knitted by one of the at least two color yarns (30,31), each of the back yarn loops (22) is knitted by the at least two color yarns (30,31) jointly, and a front side of the double-sided yarn-dyed fabric (20) is changed by the at least two color yarns (30,31).
Owner:PAI LUNG MACHINERY MILL CO LTD