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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1975
Riccardo Tenconi, Varese, IT;
Other;
Abstract
A thread feed device for a circular knitting machine of the type having a fixed needle cylinder and needle dial and rotatable cams, for manufacturing open fabric. The needle cylinder and needle dial have a needle-free sector and the feed device comprises a stationary support for a plurality of thread spools, and a plurality of thread guides and levers arranged adjacent the needle-free sector. The thread guides and the levers associated therewith are selectively pivotable between a position in which they feed a selected thread to the needles and a position in which they hold the thread in a non-feeding position. Each thread is fed to the needles by means of a rotatable hooked member which entrains the thread around the needle cylinder. Each thread after being fed to the needles and having been knitted thereby is cut before reaching the needle-free sector.