摘要 |
Circular knitting machine for producing artificial furs or pile fabric having combed-in fibres comprises a drive motor and at least a carding device, which has a drive member being in operative connection with the drive motor for supplying rotary movement to the rotatable parts of the carding device. In order to achieve that in the event of excessive load in the rotating parts at least the operation of the carding device is automatically suspended, according to the invention there is provided between the drive motor (6) and the drive member (25) an overload clutch (23) having a device (30, 63) for automatically stopping the drive motor (6) (FIG. 2) when the overload condition is reached. |