Yarn guiding method and apparatus for flat knitting machine

摘要

To allow a yarn supplied to be held accurately to a predetermined object position of a front face or a rear face of a needle (8) which is to perform a knitting operation, a yarn holding down member (25) having a yarn pushing down operating face (36) at an end portion thereof is provided for advancing and retracting movements between each adjacent pair of a plurality of needles and sinkers arranged in a row without interfering with the needles. An advancing and retracting movement operating means (28) is provided for the yarn holding down members (25).