Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited

Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.

Takuya Miyai

Norio Kotaka

Toshiaki Morita

Masaki Miyamoto

Hirokazu Nishitani

Hiroshi Maeda

Masanori Inumaki

Masato Morita

Tooru Hayama

Kazuhiro Wakimura

Hisatoshi Toguchi

In one embodiment of the present application, a knitting method is disclosed for a knitting fabric capable of eliminating the need of stitch transfer during knitting and easily knitting even a thick and less stretchable knitting fabric. Three types of stitching including knits marked with 'O,' tacks marked with 'V,' and missings marked with &#x201c;-&#x201d; are knitted repeatedly in a course direction and a wale direction. The thickness of the clothing fabric of a knitted product is 1.5 times that by plain knitting or thicker which is equal to a thickness obtained by rib knitting. The elongation of the knitted product in the course direction is approximately 1.5 times that by the other methods which is approximately half an elongation obtained by plain knitting which is approximately three times that by the other methods. The elongation of the knitted product in the wale direction is approximately 1.7 to 1.8 times that obtained by the other methods which is equal to an elongation obtained by plain knitting. Since the three types of stitches including the knits, tacks, and missings may be repeatedly knitted in each course for knitting the knitting fabric, the stitch transfer is not required during the knitting, and the thick and laterally less stretchable knitting fabric can be easily knitted.

Fabric knitting method and knitted product

In order to switching yarns used for knitting by switching a plurality of yarn feeders, a knitting member switching apparatus is provided. The knitting member switching apparatus includes a plurality of holders provided on a side of a carriage, a stopping device provided on an end portion such as a left side end on a needle bed. The stopping device includes a plurality of stopping stands and switching mechanisms in correspondence with the holders, and is further provided with a control device for letting the carriages travel and for selecting knitting needles based on knitting data.

Removable moving member for knitting and weft knitting machine provided with knitting member switching apparatus

On each of carriages are disposed a group of transfer cams and a group of receiving cams. A leftward movement of the carriages makes it possible to transfer a knitted loop from a front needle bed provided with one carnage to a rear needle bed provided with another carriage. A rightward movement of the carriages makes it possible to transfer the knitted loop from the rear needle bed provided with the other carriage to the front needle bed provided with one carriage. The transferring can be freely carried out between the needle beds, and it is possible to temporarily place a knitted loop from one needle bed to another needle bed and keep a holding, and further retain the knitted loop separately from a fabric being knitted on the other needle bed and when needed, return the knitted loop from the other needle bed to the one needle bed.

Cam apparatus for knitting fabric

A yarn feeder can be stopped at a stopping mechanism and attached to and detached from a holder. The holder is fitted to a front end of a holding arm. The carriage-side holding arm is held by a moving member holding mechanism. The moving member holding mechanism includes a bringing state switching mechanism to switch the bringing state of the moving member by the carriage. The bringing state switching mechanism acts on a coupling portion on the carriage side, and can shift the bringing position of the moving member holding mechanism relative to the carriage and perform the switching to a position where the moving member holding mechanism is not brought. A rail is provided such that the yarn feeder's position does not change even when the moving member holding mechanism is separated from the carriage. The rail is installed to be parallel with a needle bed's longitudinal direction.

Weft knitting machine capable of switching moving member bringing state

A permanent magnet applies first sliding resistance in-between a holding arm and a guide rail. A carriage is provided with an electromagnet for magnetically applying second sliding resistance in-between the holding arm and the carriage. Although the holding arm persists in moving through inertia when the carriage stops movement, a sliding resistance that is the sum of the first sliding resistance and the second sliding resistance acts on the holding arm, and it is possible to promptly stop. Since the second sliding resistance does not act when the carriage brings the holding member, it is possible to reduce a load. When the carriage starts bringing the holding arm, a difference between the first sliding resistance and the second sliding resistance becomes the sliding resistance, and it is possible to decrease sliding resistance that acts when bringing is started, and reduce occurrence of an impact and a noise.

Apparatus for applying sliding resistance for weft knitting machine

A knitting method of a tubular knit fabric uses a flat-knitting machine comprising at least one pair of facing needle beds that extend in the sideways direction and face each other front to back. At least one of the facing needle beds is capable of racking in the sideways direction, and the flat-knitting machine is capable of transferring stitches between facing needle beds. The tubular portion with directionality toward (oriented with respect to) another tubular portion is turned by a predetermined amount by transferring of stitches of the tubular portion with directionality and by racking of the needle bed. Knitting is performed so as to link the tubular portion with directionality to the other tubular portion in a state wherein the state of being turned is sustained.

Tubular knit fabric and method of knitting the same

A method for knitting a glove is provided in which the glove is knitted by using a flat-knitting device including at least a pair of front and back needle beds which extend in a horizontal direction while facing each other from front and back directions, at least one of the front and back needle beds being movable horizontally in a racking motion, the flat-knitting device capable of transferring stitches between the front and back needle beds. The method includes the steps of knitting a four-finger body through which a little finger, a ring finger, a middle finger, and an index finger are to be inserted; performing a rotational operation before joining the four-finger body with a thumb sheath, the rotational operation being performed by transferring stitches of the four-finger body held by knitting needles to free needles and moving at least one of the front and back needles beds in a racking motion so as to rotate the four-finger body towards knitting needles holding stitches of the thumb sheath; and joining the four-finger body with the thumb sheath.

Gloves and method of knitting the same

An object of the invention is to improve yarn feeding conditions to a knitting needle and improve a loop pressing function and a yarn holding function for end stitches in a flat knitting machine provided with a compound needle. In a top portionof a loop presseradvancing to a tooth mouth, a knitting yarn holding portion for end stitchesand a loop presser portionare formed. The knitting yarn holding portion for end stitcheshides a tonguefrom the yarnat a wall portionabove the knitting yarn holding portion for end stitchesso that the problem of yarn entanglement that the yarnfed to a hookof the compound needlefrom a yarn feeding portis surmounted on the tonguemay be solved. A pressing portionbelow the knitting yarn holding portion for end stitchespresses the yarn. The knitting yarn holding portion for end stitchesholds the yarnoutside the end stitch by winding it around it. The loop presser portionpresses the yarnduring the knitting. While hiding the tongueof the needleof the end stitch at the wall portion, the yarncan be guided into the hookreliably by causing the loop presser portionof another loop presserto act.

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Wakayama, Japan

Takuya Miyai