| 摘要 |
<p>A yarn feeder of a weft knitting machine, comprising a switching mechanism for switching the position of a yarn-feeding port, the switching mechanism further comprising a push-in operation member switchingly operating the height position of the yarn-feeding port in association with an entraining means, wherein a pressing operation panel setting a yarn feeding position where the yarn-feeding port mostly nears a knitting needle and an intermediate position where the yarn-feeding port is positioned above the yarn feeding position and nearest a movable knitting member is formed on the push-in operation member, and the lift of the yarn-feeding port is interlocked with the forward and backward movements of the movable knitting member so that the movable knitting member retracted inwardly to open a mouth, the yarn-feeding port lowers to the yarn feeding position and, at the intermediate position, the movable knitting member moves forward to a mouth clearance portion to close the mouth.</p> |
