| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method for knitting sliver fabric on a circular sliver knitting machine. An air blowing unit (63) is attached to the machine so as to be oriented radially inward from the knitting cylinder (52) and a card unit (34) so as to blow air radially outwardly toward the needles (54). The air blowing unit (63) blows air along generally horizontal longitudinal path toward the needles (54) so as to turn free ends of the sliver fibres once the medial portions thereof have been knit into the fabric. A modified latched guard (44) cooperates with air blowing unit for guiding free ends of the sliver fibres onto sinkers in a uniform and controlled manner to enable the free ends sliver fibres to be knit a second time by the adjacent needles.</p> |
