Machine for cleaning needle box plates for knitting machines

Abstract

A machine (1) for cleaning a needle box plate for a knitting machine comprising: - at least a base frame (12); - at least a washing tank (15), assembled on said base frame (12); - at least a support device (16), which can be placed corresponding to said cleaning tank (15) and is used to support at least a needle box plate (2) for a knitting machine in a preset cleaning position, said needle box plate (2) comprising: -at least a plate-like body (3) having a substantially rectilinear working side (4) and a plurality of grooves (5) substantially transverse to said working side (4); and - a plurality of needles (6) for knitwear, it is slidably housed in said groove (5) and has at least a working end (7) protruding from said working side (4); and - a distribution device (18) connected to said base frame (12) and for dispensing wash fluid (19) under pressure towards said needle cassette plate (2) placed at said preset wash position.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a machine for cleaning a needle box plate for a knitting machine. Background technique [0002] Knitting machines are known to be automatic, having a plurality of moving needles for the stitches of one or more yarns to be wound. The needles are usually assembled on a cassette plate called a "needle bed", which has a holding shape and a series of slots. [0003] The needles are received in a sliding manner along an equal number of parallel slots and protrude from the side of the needle box plate defining the working side along which the yarn runs during the trial. [0004] Within said slots, one or more actuating rods called "sub-needles", "sinks" and "sockets" are also arranged in a sliding manner, the purpose of which is to depend on the type of knitting work to be performed on the yarn and move the needle. [0005] During the use of the knitting machine, the needle box plate tends to become very dirty, not only due to dust...

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Problems solved by technology

[0012] But these machines also often require the needle box plate to be completely removed, and in particular all needles and all actuator rods; sometimes, these machines can be operated without the needle box plate completely removed, but in these cases the cleaning results not very satisfactory

[0013] Furthermore, the operating cycles of traditional ultrasonic machines last for several hours and do not always ensure a high standard of cleaning

Ultrasonic machines are thus significantly affected by the aforementioned disadvantages

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