YARN FEED AND GUIDE APPARATUS IN CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR KNITTING USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent dropped stitches when knitting a quilting knitted fabric. SOLUTION: A dropped stitch preventing tool (thread keeper) (5) is used in a double knitting circular knitting machine for carrying out quilting knitting. The tool is equipped with a first guide surface (53) for preventing a knitting yarn from swaying in the radial direction of the circular knitting machine, and separating from the guide surface; and a second guide surface (54) for preventing the knitting yarn from swaying in the vertical directions, and separating from the guide surface. The first guide surface (53) is installed between a yarn carrier (4) and a cylinder needle (1) for catching the yarn fed from the yarn carrier (4) to maintain the yarn fed from the feeder at the nearly same feeding angle. The lower side of the second guide surface (54) extends in nearly parallel to a needle dial (D) to prevent the yarn from detouring the back of the cylinder needle (1). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT