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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koji Tsuchiya, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66168 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for removing fiber waste from the knitting instrumentalities of a circular knitting machine including an air jet for blowing a high velocity stream of air thereonto, the air jet is mounted for rotation coaxially with the rotary cylinder of the circular knitting machine, a drive independent of the drive of the circular knitting machine for rotating the air jet in one direction for a predetermined distance or time interval and for then reversing the direction of rotation for a predetermined distance or time interval, and an air supply which supplies compressed air to the air jet while accommodating the different directions of rotation thereof.