Knitting fabric take-down device of flat knitting machine

摘要

Knitting fabric take-down devices (7), located in front and back of and facing each other across a knitting fabric passageway (8) formed under a needle bed gap (5) between at least a pair of front and back needle beds of a flat knitting machine (1), for taking down a knitting fabric. Each of the knitting fabric take-down device includes front knitting fabric take-down means (16) for capturing only a front part of the knitting fabric in the knitting fabric passageway and taking it down; back knitting fabric take-down means (17) for capturing only a back part of the knitting fabric and taking it down; and a take-down force adjusting mechanism (20) for adjusting a take-down force of each of the knitting fabric take-down means. The front and back knitting fabric take-down means each comprise a plurality of take-down members (47) which are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the needle beds and are each adapted to be sequentially or individually actuated to take down the knitting fabric in the knitting fabric take-down operation. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>