Set up device of flat knitting machine and set up method by using the same

摘要

In a set up device for use in a flat knitting machine, first and second set up combs each having a plurality of upwardly extending comb teeth are used, wherein at least one of the first and second set up combs is provided with hooks extending either rightward or leftward formed at the tip ends of two or more comb teeth. The knitting yarn can be restrained in the dosed space formed by the set up combs or released therefrom by moving the first and second set up combs relatively in the lateral direction.