Device for feeding thread to needles of a knitting machine

Abstract

A device () for feeding thread to the needles (N) of a knitting machine, the device comprising a body () destined to be associated to a needle-bearing organ of the knitting machine, and provided with at least a housing seating () configured such as to movably house the thread guide means () in the body. The device is provided with thread guide means (), movably housed in the housing seating () and comprising a first lever (), a thread guide () and a second lever (). The first lever is rotatably mounted to the body () such as to be able to rotate about a first rotation axis (X); the thread guide is rotatably mounted to the first lever () so as to be able to rotate, with respect to the first lever, about a second rotation axis (Y). The thread guide extends longitudinally between a rear end () and a front end (); the front end () extends and emerges from the seating () in the direction of the needle-bearing organ, and defines at least a passage () for a thread to be dispensed to the needles (N) of the needle-bearing organ; the thread guide is further provided with a guide portion (). The second lever () is rotatably mounted to the body () so as to be rotatable about a third rotation axis (Z) and extends between an activating end () and a guide end (), to which the guide portion () of the thread guide is maintained slidably in contact. The thread guide means further comprise activating means which controlledly move the first () and the second lever () so as to position the thread guide () in a plurality of operating positions with respect to the needle-bearing organ of the knitting machine.