Silver Seiko Ltd.

Kensuke Uemura

Shigeo Kamikura

Mitsuhito Koike

Yutaka Kagaya

An input device for providing signals for controlling a knitting machine. The device includes a mechanical information storage means and a switch means responsive to the contents of the storage means to provide a signal corresponding to the stored information. The storage means is disposed for operation either manually by a machine operator or electromechanically in response to instructions provided by other components of the machine. The device is incorporated in a program reading apparatus to specify feeding direction of the program carrier on the knitting machine.

Control device in a knitting machine

A method and apparatus for providing patterning instructions in a knitting machine by reading a program carrier and converting the readings to digital signals to be stored in a memory means. A manually operable member cooperating with the reading means allows the instructions to be recalled from memory to be selectively determined for controlling for the knitting operation.

Growing community of inventors

Kodaira, Japan

Kensuke Uemura