| 摘要 |
<p>An object of the invention is to stably feed a yarn by suppressing the effect of inertia in a buffer mechanism provided in a yarn feeding path. A yarn feeder (36, 66) of the weft knitting machine (31) feeds a knitting yarn (34) from either of ends of a needle bed (40) through a yarn feeding member (33) to a knitting needle which carries out knitting motion based on knitting data while reciprocating the yarn feeding member (33) in a longitudinal direction of the needle bed (40). A buffer rod (37) is provided in the feeding path for the knitting yarn (34). Before the yarn feeding member (33) starts to feed the knitting yarn (34) to the knitting needle, a yarn feed controller (43) carries out control to feed out the yarn (34) to the buffer rod (37) beforehand in a moving direction in which the feeding path is extended and to pull back the yarn (34) stored in the buffer rod (37) in a moving direction in which the feeding path is reduced. Thus, since an overshoot and an undershoot by the effect of inertia caused by the buffer rod (37) provided in the feeding path for the knitting yarn (34) can be suppressed, the knitting yarn (34) can be stably fed.</p> |
