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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1989
Angelo Brega, Varese, IT;
MEC-MOR S.r.l., Induno Olona, IT;
Abstract
This device for tensioning knitted fabric in a circular knitting machine. In particular of the large-diameter type, comprises a plurality of tensioning rollers arranged with their respective axes in succession along a broken line inscribed in a circumference which is concentric to the machine; the tensioning roller co-operate with presser counter-rollers to retain the knitted fabric, and actuation elements act on the tensioning rollers and rotate them to tension the knitted fabric while it is being formed. The actuation elements are constituted by hydraulic motors, each motor being arranged inside a respective one of the tensioning rollers and acting on the roller to controllably rotate it about its axis.