The utility model discloses a transverse driving device suitable for a needle plate of a flat knitting
machine. The transverse driving device comprises a motor, a
rocker arm, a left sliding rod, a right sliding rod, at least one left limiting hole and at least one right limiting hole, an output shaft of the motor is connected with a first end of a
rocker arm, the axial direction of the output shaft is perpendicular to the length direction of the
rocker arm, a second end of the rocker arm is connected with a right sliding rod, the right sliding rod is connected with the right part of the needle plate, and the length directions of the right sliding rod and the rocker arm are parallel to the
base plane of the needle plate; the right limiting hole is formed in the horizontal direction, the right sliding rod penetrates through the right limiting hole to be connected with the right portion of the needle plate, and the right sliding rod can only do transverse
reciprocating motion in the width range of the right limiting hole in the vertical direction. The left limiting hole is formed in the horizontal direction, the left sliding rod penetrates through the left limiting hole to be connected with the left portion of the needle plate, the left sliding rod can only do transverse back-and-forth movement in the width range of the left limiting hole in the vertical direction, the working requirement for transverse high-speed back-and-forth movement of the needle plate is met, and stability is achieved. The utility model further discloses the flat knitting
machine comprising the transverse driving device.