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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Santoni S.p.a., Brescia, IT;
SANTONI S.P.A., Brescia, IT;
Abstract
A circular knitting machine includes a needle-holding cylinder, having longitudinal grooves arranged around a central axis and housing a plurality of needles, and a needle-holding ring having radial grooves housing a plurality of holding-down sinkers, wherein each needle is paired with at least one respective adjacent sinker so as to form a needle-sinker assembly; each needle-sinker assembly includes a pre-selection element paired with the respective needle and comprising a connecting portion and an activation element comprising an operating portion, the pre-selection element is vertically movable to a pre-selection configuration in which the connecting portion is engaged into a connecting seat defined in the sinker, whereas the activation element is horizontally movable, until acting upon the pre-selection element, so that the connecting portion causes a movement of the sinker in the radial groove towards the central axis, thus performing an activation of the sinker.