摘要 |
Yarn feeding apparatus for drawing off a plurality of yarns from their cones and feeding the same to the needles of a multiple feed circular knitting machine at the feeds thereof comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced first roller s rotated by an endless tape trained thereover with the latter driven by the knitting machine in adjustable timed relation therewith, second rollers of larger diameter than the first rollers and positioned atop thereof to rotate therewith, and means to guide the yarns around the second rollers for one or more turns, then (1) to guide the yarns to and between the tape and the first rollers and away therefrom to the needles, or then (2) to guide the yarns around the first rollers for one or more turns in spaced relation to the tape thereon, the first and second rollers acting as winches, under certain conditions, upon the one or more turns of the yarns thereon.
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